9 Ways to Make your Guest Bedroom so inviting

1. Hotel Touches

If your guests have travelled far or flown in, they may not have brought many toiletries or towels so some large fluffy towels, a spare bathrobe and some pretty soaps and shampoos will be most appreciated.  Think of what a hotel would provide - tissues, water glasses, shower caps - and provide as many as you can.

2. Pictures

A guest bedroom should be a place of comfort for guests in a home away from home, and making a guest bedroom relaxing and inviting involves more than just providing clean sheets and soft pillows on a comfortable bed. The wall decor can make a guest bedroom look and feel as comfortable and as inviting as sheets designed from fine Egyptian cotton, and it has the power to greatly improve or lessen the overall appeal of the room. Using a selection of framed pictures not only add a homely touch, but make your best room look charming and stylish.  Frames in different styles and sizes add an eclectic, personalized touch too.

3. Fresh Flowers or Scented Candles

Since guest rooms are used only occasionally, they may feel stale and stuffy. Therefore, leave the windows open for a while. Scented candles or fresh flowers in the room make it much more welcoming.

4. To read or not to read:

Leaving a collection of books from different genres and/or magazines adds a homely touch as well as providing your guests with some reading material if they wish to read before going to sleep or have a lie on in the morning.

5. A Seating Area

A small desk or dressing table with a table and lamp provides a comfortable space for your guest to apply their make-up, place their toiletries, read a book or do some work.

6. Colour

It is best to decorate your room in a neutral colour and style as it is going to be used by various people.  You can change the mood of the room with different coloured bedlinen, cushions and flowers very simply.  Blue and white can be lovely fresh colours in a spare bedroom - and still be feminine if you use a floral design.

7. Pillows & Cushions

Lots of decorative cushions and pillows on the bed looks great but isn’t necessarily that practical.  Provide 2 pillows per person for comfort and a couple of cushions that they can use to lean against if reading or lounging but if adding more cushions for decorative detail, ensure there is a chair or sofa where your guests can place them at night as otherwise they will just end up on the floor!

8. Storage

We all have a habit of putting our off-season clothes and spare coats in the guest bedroom wardrobe.  Make sure there is some room in the wardrobe for their clothes.  There is nothing worse than having to put your clothes on flimsy clothes hangers so invest in some strong clothes hangers, or even better, get some scented ones to make your guests feel special.

9. Some little extras:

Don’t forget some other accessories that may be appreciated by your guests: an alarm clock, a radio, an extra blanket in case they are cold, water glasses, some fresh fruit …..

As you can see, many of these are just simple adjustments and additions that will ensure your guest bedroom is warm, welcoming and beautiful.  Indeed, your guests may never leave!