Organize Your Guestroom

Organize your guestroom to make your guests feel welcome. Staying in someone else's home can be an uncomfortable experience for some people.




By going the extra mile to keep your guestroom clean, organized and well stocked with those extra thoughtful touches, you can ensure that your guests will feel as comfortable as they do in their own homes.

If you are not using your guestroom as Clutter Central skip this section and start at Step One.

If you are using your guestroom as Clutter Central, make it the last room you organize. Complete steps one and two of Organizing Clutter Central to get those items out of the way before moving on to organize your guestroom.

If you can move the garage sale boxes out to your garage go ahead and do that as well. If not, simply move them out of your guestroom until you have it cleaned and organized and then place the garage sale items neatly back into the room until the day of your sale.

Step One

Wash the bed sheets and replace them with clean, fresh sheets.

Step Two

Take a look around and grab anything that belongs in another room in the house. If your guestroom is the last room you are organizing, be sure to put these items where they belong. If you are putting the items in rooms that you have not organized yet, don't worry about putting them away - just get them into the right rooms for now.

Step Three

Take a look around for any trash or recycling and dispose of them accordingly. If there is a wastebasket in the room, empty it.

Step Four

Take a careful look around for clutter. This means anything that is not useful to a guest and any knick knacks that you don't really like or need. Move all of these items to Clutter Central.

Step Five

Clean out the closet. If it is at all possible to store the items you have in your guestroom closet anywhere else in the house you should really consider moving them. Remember that you are trying to make your guests feel welcome. When they open the closet they should see extra pillows, extra blankets and empty hangers for their use, not a pile of shoe boxes falling on their head!

Step Six

Time for a thorough cleaning:

• Take window curtains down and throw them in the dryer to remove dust.
• Wash the windows and blinds.



• Vacuum, including using the crevice attachment to get into the corners and along the walls and use the extension attachment to clear dust and cobwebs from the ceiling. If you do not have carpet, wash the floor.
• Dust all surfaces, headboard, footboards, and knick knacks.
• Wash the overhead light fixture and ceiling fan blades

Organize Your Guestroom

Provide the Comforts of Home

• Make sure there are hangers in the closet for guests to hang up their clothes.
• Purchase a luggage rack to keep inside the closet so your guests will have a place for their suitcase.
• Make sure there are are extra pillows and blankets in the closet.
• Keep an extra set of clean sheets in the room just in case.
• Provide clean bath towels daily.
• Place a basket full of shampoo, conditioner, moisturizer, soap, and a variety of new, unopened toiletries so that if they have forgotten to bring something it will be at their disposal.



• Place an alarm clock and a box of tissues on the bedside table.
• If you know of any special accommodations your guests might require but feel uncomfortable asking for, take the time to provide them in advance. For instance, if your guest is elderly you might inquire about renting some special equipment to help them in the bathroom or if your guests have small children, be sure to have some toys and books for them.

Organize Your Guestroom - Daily Maintenance

• Take the time to change the bed linens immediately after guests leave. If you wind up with an impromptu overnight visit, you'll be glad you did.



• Replenish the toiletries basket after each visit.
• Vacuum (or wash the floor) and dust thoroughly at least once each week.

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