With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the festive season all on the horizon, now is the time for you to start thinking about all of the parties you plan on throwing.
If you want your gatherings to be memorable for all the right reasons, you can’t just leave your party planning to the last minute. More to the point, in order to host gatherings that are sure to live long in the memory of your guests, you’re going to have to get your home party-ready. If you don’t, unfortunately, your parties could end up being a pretty dull affair for all involved!
Here are four things you must do to get your home party-ready:
Make your home feel welcoming
There are still a number of months to go before the end-of-year party season really kicks in, so you’ve still got time to make a few much-needed adjustments to your home in your bid to make it more welcoming and get it truly party-ready.
Sprucing up your home before your first set of guests arrive is always going to require some degree of time, effort, and money on your part, there’s no denying that. This task doesn’t have to demand too much from you, though. You can always find a local handyman to come in and give your home a fresh lick of pain, for example. Or, you could always ask your friends and family to come round and help you boost your curb appeal.
No matter what route you take in this instance or what kind of help you enlist, just be sure to make your home feel more welcoming.
Set up a bar area
You should set up a bar area and stock it with all of the beverages your guests are going to want to consume when they visit your home. This doesn’t necessarily mean stocking the bar with alcoholic drinks — if you and your guests would prefer it, why not make and serve healthy smoothies instead?
Regardless of what you choose to serve, when it comes to setting up a bar area, you have to be careful not to make the space look cluttered or untidy. Don’t just place all of your drinks on a countertop in your kitchen — some sort of order should be kept, even once the party is in full-swing and your guests have had a bit to drink, so you should consider investing in bar that actually holds and hides your drinks for you. Bar carts fit the bill in this instance and, as an added bonus, they are most certainly in style.
De-clutter and tidy your hallway
Your hallway is the first thing visitors see when they enter your home. In order to make a great first impression, you should ensure that your hallway is de-cluttered and as tidy as it can possibly be.
Once you really get going with this task, you’ll realize it’s not as easy as it sounds. Finding other storage solutions for your shoes and coats has a knock-on effect that impacts the whole house — before you know, you’ve had to clean out your cupboard under the stairs and moved everything that
was stored in it upstairs. Be sure, then, to devote a large chunk of your time to this task. You’re going to need it!
Make sure your home smells nice
Ensuring that your home is appealing in an aesthetic sense is important, but you should know that scent plays just as crucial a role in this instance.
If you want to get your home’s party fragrance just right without spending too much money on doing so, you should:
Make a stove simmer (this involves throwing things like apples, mint leaves, and lavender into a pot, pouring a small amount of water into the pot, and then simmering it all on your stove)
Scatter scene-filled jars around your home
Clean out your garbage disposal
Place candles around your home strategically
If you want your parties over the coming months to live long in the memory of the guests that attend them, you have to ensure that your home is ready for their arrival. This means ensuring that your home looks and feels welcoming, setting up a tidy and accessible bar area, de-cluttering your hallway in order to make the best possible first impression, and making sure every room in your home smells perfect.
Do you want to garner a reputation as being the ultimate party host? Well, you better go ahead and get your home party-ready — pronto!
