Make Your Home Welcoming To Others

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Debi Walter
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We have all been spending lots of time in our homes lately. It’s easy to neglect things because you no longer see them as visitors do. So this post is an encouragement to look at your home with fresh eyes.

I’m taking part in an Instagram challenge this month sponsored by the Come Home For Comfort blog. You can follow along using hashtag #happyhomemaker2020. Whitney is encouraging us to submit photos of our everyday lives as seen through the lens of our home. I love challenges like these because it gives me fresh eyes to see areas in my home that I love, as well as areas in need of improvement.

When guests arrive to stay in our home we like to think of little things to make them feel welcome. Here are some of the most appreciated things we’ve done shared by our guests.

  • Print a photo of them from one of their social media pages and frame it to display on their nightstand. Hint: If they’ve shared it on social media chances are they love this photo.
  • Write a personalized welcome message on a framed, matted picture in the room.
  • Buy the highest quality bed linens your budget will allow.
  • Make a basket of their favorite snacks and drinks and set up on the dresser of their room. You can even include toiletries they may have forgotten like a toothbrush, tooth paste, shampoo, conditioner or soap.
  • Have comfortable seating areas available for them to use their computers.
  • Leave a basket of fresh fruit and water bottles in the kitchen for them to help themselves in the morning.

I know right now there isn’t much opportunity for hospitality. But this is the perfect time to work on making your home ready for when this pandemic has ended. The Bible says many have entertained angels while unaware. Wow! Just think…Hospitality is a way we can share love with others all with a view of blessing them and building them up.

Lastly, we encourage you to provide a guest book for your visitors to sign. I like to keep the photo I printed of them and place it in the back of our guest book. Over the years our guest book has become a special momento of hospitality shared for the good of others. And you know what? Tom and I have received much more than we have given by opening our home and heart to others.

Date Night Prompt: Talk about the importance of hospitality and how you can make this a part of your life. Reflect on times when you have welcomed others into your home. What did you hear from them that made their stay special? What could you do to make your home more inviting?

About Debi Walter

Tom and Debi have been sharing encouragements through their blogs for many years. Marriage, Reading God's Word and documenting family history is our focus. Growing in our relationship with the Lord is primary in all we say, write or do. We are grateful for all who desire to join us in the same endeavors.
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1 Response to Make Your Home Welcoming To Others

  1. Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says:
    August 4, 2020 at 10:04 am

    Come in, come in and take a seat,
    you can sit most anywhere;
    the table is here for your feet,
    don’t mind the rifle in the chair.
    Here’s a clean towel for protection
    from plate upon your knees;
    we really have a fine selection
    of surplus MREs,
    and there is not a need to pine
    for Glenlivet on the rocks,
    for we have the finest wine
    you can buy in a box.
    And please don’t mind the restless Rott;
    he just thinks you’re in his spot.

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