Olioboard Inspiration: Inviting Holiday Guest Bathroom

Entry #3045, November 24, 2013

Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Before you were inspired by – ‘Perfect Ideas to Bring the Holiday Hostess’ from Shelley Harcar. Today, I feature Adele Baumann Healey who is a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room group and she helps you prepare your guest bathroom for holiday guests! See tips to ensure your guests feel welcomed and at home this holiday season.

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Olioboard Inspiration #52

‘Inviting Holiday Guest Bathroom’ – Adele Baumann Healey

Not all homeowners are going to have a private en suite for overnight guests, and many visitors will be using the hall bath, or children’s bath, or sharing a master bath with the home owner.  Here are some suggestions to help your guests feel at home no matter which bathroom they will be using during their stay.

When thinking of what you need to have available for your guests when it comes to bath and personal hygiene, the best way to begin is to think of what YOU tend to forget when you travel.

Stock the bathroom with bath essentials

It’s always fun to go through the travel bins at pharmacies or grocery stores and see what travel size items are available.  Grab shampoos, mini-deodorants, body lotions, disposable razors, travel sized tooth paste and floss, inexpensive tooth brushes, and personal sized packets of cotton swabs or cotton balls and place all in a pretty basket or box.  Or, if you prefer, use glass jars and fill with cotton balls, cotton swabs, bath oil beads and other items to also use as decoration.  It might even be a good way to add a little holiday touch to the bathroom.  You can even go all out and offer loofah sponges or poufs to give a spa feel to the bath.  Be sure to announce upon showing your visitors the bath they will use, that all these things are available to them and for them to feel free to use anything they need.

How to Create an Inviting Holiday Guest Bathroom

It’s a good idea to have different colored or patterned towels and wash cloths available.  That way, each person will know which towel belongs to who, and hopefully, the kids won’t be grabbing the guest’s towels.

If the bath is large enough, a small stool will always come in handy.  Your visitors can have a place to sit or balance themselves while dressing or applying lotions or creams.

Be sure to have plenty of space to hang damp towels.  Hooks are always good, because not only are they easy for someone to toss a towel on, but they are a great place for people to hang their robe or clothes and then those robes or clothes are handy to grab

Have an extra hair dryer handy.  Nothing worse than a guest with wet hair realizing she left her hair dryer at home!

Be sure while cleaning the bath in preparation for overnight guests, to not forget to wash any bath rugs, and replace the shower curtain if it is getting grungy. This would be a great time to change your bath décor a tiny bit and the shower curtain is a quick way to achieve a new look.

A little air deodorant or potpourri will help keep the bathroom smelling fresh, while flowers can add a festive, welcoming flair.  Even a few pretty, scented soaps can add a subtle aroma to the room.

If everything is ready in the bath and bedroom before your guests arrive, you’ll be able to spend more time with your family or friends and less time racing around trying to make them comfortable.  And they will truly feel pampered.

About Adele

I am a mother of two and a grandmother of 4. Our family was a member of the military for 21 years and lived all over the U.S and in Europe, moving 13 times in 19 years. While residing in Germany, we travelled constantly (my little kids in tow in our old V.W. camper) and I absorbed, through osmosis, the many historical attributes of architecture and design. Even in the U.S. it was a learning experience to see how the many people I met decorated and used their creative skills, each influenced by the environment in which they were living. Simply put, when you move so much and live in so many types of residences it was always a challenge to achieve a homey place for your family to grow and be nurtured. What was my biggest challenge to make into a home? An old TB ward of an empty, Army hospital building! Follow Adele as Redadie on her Olioboard profile and find her on Facebook.