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I imagine someday, when I grow up, I won’t wait till the trash reeks to take it outside. My bathroom will always have clean handtowels, and pretty handsoaps arranged just so in a proper soapdish by the sink. I’ll never ever let the house run out of toilet paper . And I won’t wait for a party to provide me with the motivation to clean my house. It’s a nice dream, anyway. In an ideal world, your pad (and mine) would be in a perpetually presentable state. No mail piled up high in pendulous towers on your kitchen countertops; no scary wall stains requiring clever cover-up solutions. In real life, alas, we just have to make do. Make the pre-party prep just a little easier for yourself with a few of these tips … The clean-up The one room that should be absolutely, positively pristine is the bathroom, as this is the only one in which you won’t have absolute control over the lighting. With the light switch flicked on, your guest is sure to see every little speck of caked-on grime, so be thorough. Scrub the sink free of dried-out toothpaste residue; do your best to remove the mold that’s starting to grow in your grout. And yes, I’m sorry, you have to clean the toilet. Suck it up.
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