Hosting For The Holidays

Check out these festive upgrades to get your home holiday-ready.

Amanda Scott

The holidays are right around the corner, and entertaining and hosting guests is often inescapable around this time of year. Whether you're throwing a party or having family overnight, you'll want to make your home as comfortable as possible. Make this year’s holiday gatherings memorable and impress your guests with these easy home updates.

Smart Home

Keyless entry is the best way to allow overnight guests to come and go at their own leisure. Codes can be set and changed as often as needed, so they can be customized as well.

The theft of packages from front porches has become more and more common over the last few years. Doorbell camera technology can record, take photos, and alert a homeowner any time a visitor approaches the door, letting you know when a package is delivered or if anyone should attempt to steal it.

Security cameras allow you to keep an eye on your home and property even when you’re not there. They can be placed inside or outside the home to record happenings wherever monitoring is necessary.

Some of our favorites.

Landscape Lighting

Make sure all of your guests can make their way safely to your door with plenty of landscape lighting. From spotlights to path lights, an illuminated home is a welcoming home.

Some of our favorites.

Guest Bathroom

When traveling, a well-stocked bathroom is something every guest is always grateful to find. Be sure your guest bathroom has sufficient storage with an updated vanity.

Here are some vanities with ample storage.

The medicine cabinet is also a beneficial place to add extra storage as well as lighting.

These are some great options.

In addition to a stocked bathroom, a hot shower with even pressure is something every traveler seeks. An upgrade to your shower head can make a world of difference in your guest’s experience.

Check out these amazing shower heads.

Kitchen Updates

Make sure the kitchen can handle the workload put upon it when hosting guests. Is the dishwasher prepared to handle those holiday dishes?

Check out these upgrades.

Ready to refresh all of those guests’ drinks? A home can never have too much ice. These are some of our favorite ice makers.

Does your current refrigerator have room to store drinks, ingredients, and all of those holiday leftovers? It might be time to look into an upgrade.

Here are some new refrigerators with the latest technologies.

Dining Room

Hosting the main meal? Have enough seating room for the picture-perfect day? Need an extra leaf or extra chairs? Here are some of our favorites to create a beautiful spread for the big day.