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Making Holiday Guests at Home
Planning on stayover guests during the holidays? Designer Lily Zane has tips for making them feel special and welcome in her book, "Creating Home: Inspiring Comfort in Every Room" (Dearborn, $12.95).
Zane ushers you through the house, room by room, offering illustrations of how each space can be made special -- without breaking out the glue gun. The "Occasions" section advises how to make guests feel pampered.
Easy ideas include using a brick to anchor holiday greenery in a pot at the front door, so the greens don't blow away in winter gusts. Break out the seasonal towels in the kitchen and bath.
Nothing tells visitors they're special like asking them to sign a guest book. And make sure the guestroom has an alarm clock and a flashlight for those guests who feel like raiding the kitchen after hours.
Zane ushers you through the house, room by room, offering illustrations of how each space can be made special -- without breaking out the glue gun. The "Occasions" section advises how to make guests feel pampered.
Easy ideas include using a brick to anchor holiday greenery in a pot at the front door, so the greens don't blow away in winter gusts. Break out the seasonal towels in the kitchen and bath.
Nothing tells visitors they're special like asking them to sign a guest book. And make sure the guestroom has an alarm clock and a flashlight for those guests who feel like raiding the kitchen after hours.
