Friends!
As you know, John and I love entertaining in all its forms and we really raise our game when it comes to hosting houseguests. Think The Ritz by way of North Carolina, but cozier, softer, and a lot more fun. Dining room disco, anyone? We have an international guest arriving from London this weekend, and we want her stay to be as comfortable and memorable as we can make it. Quite simply, we want every one of our houseguests to feel like they’re at home and leave them wanting for nothing. A good mattress and a clean room are a given, but we are all about the small touches, the personal ones that focus on our guest’s comfort.
Here, a few tried-and-true recipes for the ultimate guest bedroom from your friends at Madcap Cottage…
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We love to add flowers next to bed. Flowers truly make the room feel fresh, alive, and cared for. You know your guests well, so think about their favorite blooms and adorn the nightstand with that particular blossom. At this time of year, what is more cheerful than a simple vase abundant with daffodils?
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Place either a bottle of water next to bed or fill a glass decanter with water and accompany it with a lovely crystal glass.
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Email a week before to ask your guests' must-haves or food preferences. Oat milk, almond milk, gluten-free bread? The Madcaps have you covered. Our guest this week isn’t fussy but she is a chocoholic. We will have some of our Hammond’s chocolate bars on standby for her, so she can try some Southern sweet treats!
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Add lovely toiletries pillaged from a hotel to your guest bathroom. Save the Hermès for really good friends or treat them to some of your favorite toiletries brands. We love to leave our guests with some of our French Lavender bath bombs from the Old Whaling Company to help them relax and unwind during their stay.
5. Have a phone charger with USB easily visible and plugged in near the bed. When they’ve retired for the evening after a long journey, the last thing they need is to be rustling through their belongings trying to find the right charger or adapter.
6. Good towels, well fluffed. The bigger and bouncier, the better!
7. Extra toilet paper. Be kind and save your guests the indignity of having to request more TP.
8. A soft rug next to the bed. We have our small accent rugs next to every bed in our house. Besides the fact that they make the room cozier and look more layered, they make getting out of bed that much easier when you’ve got a soft landing to look forward to. Have a look at our accent rugs here, but for this guest, we are choosing our fun scalloped strawberry rug which has been so popular with you all recently!
Let us know your favorite tips for hosting or the best experience you’ve had staying with a friend as we are always aiming to raise our game!
Have fun! And always bring the adventure home.
Jason Oliver and John
hello@madcapcottage.com
