We may have guests come stay with us this weekend which means our 19 year old son will be moving out of his room for the weekend. We don't have a dedicated guest room - instead the child with the room with the nicest bed (we bought a nice queen sized bed for guests) knows that the "cost " of having the nice room all by themselves is that every few months they have to move out of it for a few days while we have guests. Since I don't have a guest room I have come up with ways to easily change the room a bit to make it more guest friendly. I bought guest only sheets and I use an antique bedspread on the bed. I bring in extra pillows, two of which are nice soft down and spread a throw over the end of the bed for extra warmth if it's an especially cold night. I've also bought some nice towels that I keep hidden away from general use since our guests have to share the upstairs bath with the four kids we still have at home.
I also keep a basket that I like to think of as my portable guest room. It has travel sized toiletries including ibuprofen and tums. I try to pick these things up when I see them on sale so I can keep the basket well stocked. I provide a snack basket too w/ fresh fruit, granola bars and chocolates. This, placed on the dresser w/ a carafe of water and some cups, keeps guests from feeling awkward about asking for a small snack to tide them through a time change adjustment.
I know our guest situation is not ideal and frankly I'm excited about someday having a bedroom dedicated to being a wonderful place for guest to stay, but in the mean time I am sure that I still need to be extending hospitality and hope that the warmth of our welcome makes up for the gaming posters and stacks of art supplies in the corner of the room.
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