With the country slowly adjusting to the new ‘normal’, the recent news from the government brings with it the new possibilities that family and friends in our bubbles can stay overnight. That means the guest bedroom is a top priority for keeping both guests and the household safe.
British sleep experts, Soak&Sleep have put together their top tips for getting your house ready for post-lockdown and how to host guests safely under the new rules.
You can see our full explanation behind our tips here – https://www.soakandsleep.com/blog/post/ready-for-guests-post-lockdown
These tips are:
- Leave your shoes at the door
- Handwash, handwash, handwash
- Keep the bathroom clean and safe
- A set of fresh fluffy towels – colour coded or personalised
- Thoroughly dry towels before use
- A luxury fabric feel to bedsheets – such as 100% hemp sheets
- Provide plump pillows
- Protect your bedding
- Feel the breeze with open windows
Quote from Soak&Sleep’s in-house Sleep Expert – James Montgomery-Castle, Senior Assistant Buyer
“Preparation is more important than ever – bedrooms and bathrooms can be hotbeds for germs, so making sure you are taking precautions and cleaning regularly and efficiently between guests is essential at this time. There are some simple things you can do to make your life easier when hosting guests, like using mattress protectors, duvet protectors and pillow protectors which means you can really deep clean your spare bed when your guests go home”.
How did we come up with these tips?
- Encourage your guests to kick back and leave their shoes and the door, ideally swapping to slippers or bed socks to prevent outside germs being spread indoors.
- One thing that’s not going to go away for a while is the need to handwash as frequently as possible. Invest in some nice hand soap and leave out some fluffy hand towels and encourage guests to freshen up frequently as they move around your home.
- If there is more than one bathroom, assign one for visitors, which can be cleaned down once they’ve left. Sharing a bathroom? Keep plenty of wipes and bacteria spray and ask guests to wash their hands, and wipe down the seat, taps and any other handles they’ve touched.
- For even more care during this time, choose different colour towels for each guest or sew a small piece of coloured ribbon in the corner of each towel – that way everybody knows to stick to their own towels.
- Towels need to be dried thoroughly to avoid bacteria which can be present in damp towels – avoid leaving them on the floor after use!
- 100% hemp bedding is quickly becoming a cult favourite – it’s eco-friendly and longlasting. Hemp can also be washed at a higher temperature to kill off germs.
- When your doors re-open for your favourite guests, make them feel like they’ve checked into a hotel by creating a pillow menu. Having a couple of different options for fills and firmness, or even asking your guests if they prefer one pillow or two!
- It’s important to feel confident that your bed and bathroom are germ-free. Deep cleaning mattresses supplemented by mattress protectors ensure you can easily launder and protect bedding.
- Leaving doors and windows keep the fresh air flowing inside, and will make those inside feel more comfortable knowing fresh air is circulating.
