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How To MAKE GUESTS FEEL COMFORTABLE (In Your Home)
Dec 13, 2024
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hi it's Lindsay Diane from Diane
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decor.com today let's talk about how to
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make someone feel comfortable in your
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home there are a lot of reasons why it's
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important to know how to make folks feel
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comfortable in your house
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from family to friends to new
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acquaintances that you've just met them
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feeling comfortable in your personal
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space is really important Beyond friends
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and family and the relationships that
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you already have established that you
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want to continue there are lots of
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opportunities where you're going to have
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new people in your home for the first
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time and you want to make them feel
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comfortable
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for instance you or your spouse may be
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up for a big promotion and you've
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invited your boss and their family over
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for a barbecue you want to make sure
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those folks feel comfortable in your
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home they want to feel at ease and feel
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like you've really made an effort to
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make them feel welcome luckily making
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someone feel comfortable in your home
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really only boils down to two things
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their physical comfort and their
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emotional comfort and we're going to
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talk all about it in this video let's
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start talking about physical Comfort
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these are your five senses you're going
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to want to address
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does it smell bad in here is it cold in
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here what is this that I'm stepping on
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under my feet all of the five senses
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really do play a part and whether or not
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you feel comfortable the first thing
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that you want to do to address your
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guests physical Comfort is to invite
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them to remove their outerwear so that's
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jackets coats hats scarves gloves things
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like that and have a place for them to
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put it preferably a place where they can
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see their items in case they need to
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jump up and grab something from their
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pocket or their handbag or something
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like that
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there have been lots of times where I've
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forgotten to do this and just invited
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folks to come on in and have a seat on
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the couch and then you see them kind of
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struggling to take their jacket off and
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Tuck their purse behind their back and
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things like that so please remember to
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invite them to take off their outerwear
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as soon as they come in the home number
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two in addressing physical Comfort is to
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manage your temperature make sure that
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your home is at a comfortable
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temperature for most people that's
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usually between you know 70 and 74
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degrees something like that make sure
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it's not too hot not too cold so that
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they can remove that outerwear and still
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feel comfortable and at ease number
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three is fresh air make sure that before
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you have guests arrive at least an hour
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or two before open up your windows and
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get some fresh air circulating through
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your home you don't want to have any
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lingering odors from breakfast or last
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night's dinner still floating around in
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your house you want someone to step into
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a space that smells clean and fresh and
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not overpowered by artificial fragrances
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number four is comfortable seating
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try to offer your guests your best
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possible seating option you don't want
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to put them in some uncomfortable
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beanbag chair or a chair with a wobbly
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leg or something like that you don't
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want them to feel like they're kind of
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balancing on your furniture the entire
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time it's very hard to get comfortable
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like that I'd say A good rule of thumb
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is if your guests are over 25 do not
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offer them a beanbag chair a floor
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pillow a one of those egg swings
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anything like that as standard sofa or
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armchair is preferable number five is
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clean floors in a shoe free home now
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it's completely up to you whether or not
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you want to ask your guests to remove
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their shoes but if you do you'd better
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have clean floors do not have people
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walking around and stepping into crumbs
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or bits of anything after you've asked
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them to remove their shoes that's a big
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big No-No and they will remember that
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because lots of people are a little bit
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uncomfortable with taking their shoes
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off in someone else's home even if they
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are used to doing it in their home you
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know you just you never know what you're
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going to get when you walk into
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someone's home their carpet might not be
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that great or you know you have you
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don't know so make sure that your floors
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are as clean as you can get them if
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you're going to ask people to take off
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their shoes also consider having some
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guest socks available
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I know that this is something that seems
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overboard to a lot of people but if
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someone was not expecting to take their
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shoes off and they just have flip-flops
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or sandals or lots of ladies wear heels
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their feet might get cold on your cold
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tile floor so having a clean never worn
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pair of socks available to be able to
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offer someone is a really nice gesture
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and they will absolutely appreciate it
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number six for physical Comfort is food
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and drink you definitely want to offer
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your guests something to drink and
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something to eat even if it's small even
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if it's just a little bottle of water
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cheese and crackers there's nothing more
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uncomfortable than sitting in someone
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else's house and being hungry and being
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afraid to ask for something because you
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know most no one will do that especially
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if they don't know you well it's it's
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really really uncomfortable feeling and
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you're sitting there waiting wondering
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when are we gonna eat is when are they
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gonna start the grill all that stuff so
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before you expect people to arrive to
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your home make sure that you have at
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least a little sort of platter tray and
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drinks ready so that they can nibble on
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something even if they're waiting for a
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main course or for other guests to
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arrive offering your guests food and
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drink also gives them something to do if
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they're nervous and are just warming up
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to the conversation it's a good thing to
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be able to have a plate in your hand or
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be able to pick up a cracker here and
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there it will put people at ease instead
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of just sitting on a sofa staring at you
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with their hands in their laps
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okay now let's talk about emotional
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Comfort these are the things that will
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affect the way a person behaves in your
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home will they be chatty will they be
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reserved will they feel welcome will
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they feel like they're a bother to you
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all of these things have to do with
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their emotional Comfort level
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the first thing that you can do to make
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someone feel at ease emotionally is to
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offer them a compliment a simple
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compliment is a great way to break the
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ice with someone and it's easy to find
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something to compliment someone about it
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could be their hair their jewelry their
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makeup their clothes their shoes their
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handbag I mean the the options are
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endless and a sincere compliment goes a
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long way in making someone feel
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comfortable compliments make us feel a
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sense of approval and whether or not we
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want to admit it everyone wants to feel
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accepted in some way another easy way to
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break the ice is to Simply ask someone's
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opinion about something
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it could be a movie it could be
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something in your house like hey do you
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like the way this coffee table is
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arranged I've been playing around with
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it I'm not sure what do you think or hey
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have you tried this food or have you
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heard this song or this movie what did
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you think
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getting someone engaged in a
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conversation is easy when you want when
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you just start by asking them their
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opinion on something number three is let
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them help
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as a person who has hosted lots of
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guests numerous times I know how much
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effort it goes into being a good Hostess
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and making people feel comfortable in
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your home and having all the things that
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they may need it takes days of planning
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really for a dinner party or a holiday
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party that could almost take you a month
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to plan out perfectly
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so when guests offer to help you don't
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reject their help they're going to feel
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some kind of way about it I know I do
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it's like I know all of the effort that
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you put in and I just want to be a help
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to you I want to show my appreciation to
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you by helping you out in some small way
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but if you turn around and reject it
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they're gonna feel kind of oh you know
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so it makes them feel awkward it makes
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them feel like they shouldn't offer
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again and it can make someone just plain
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feel uncomfortable which is the exact
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opposite of what you're trying to do
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so I understand if you have everything
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kind of meticulously planned and you
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don't necessarily want anyone stirring
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your pots or taking things out of the
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oven that's fine give people jobs that
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you would give kids on Thanksgiving can
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you set out the napkins can you set out
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the silverware oh can you open this bag
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of chips put it in this bowl very simple
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things that are not going to mess with
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your overall plans that will at least
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make someone feel a little bit
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comfortable like they're chipping in and
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it's just it works out all around so if
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someone offers to help you give them at
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least some small job to do
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number three is thank them for coming
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make sure that they know that you
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appreciate them taking time out of their
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day to spend it with you they had lots
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of other options especially when it
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comes to Holiday time if it's Fourth of
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July or Memorial Day people like to get
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together and they may have lots of
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invitations and if they chose to spend
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their time with you make sure you thank
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them for that last but not least and
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this is a no-brainer make sure your home
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is tidy and decluttered there's nothing
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like seeing piles of junk everywhere to
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make someone feel uneasy if junk mail is
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stacked up high or there are piles of
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books someplace that need to find a home
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people will feel cautious they'll be
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worried about accidentally bumping into
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something and causing an avalanche so
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make sure that your surfaces are clear
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there are no piles of anything it
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doesn't have to be Perfection but it
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should be tidy and neat to the point
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where people feel comfortable moving
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around in your space this is as simple
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as
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clearing off your countertops making
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sure your sink is empty making sure you
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don't have visible piles of laundry
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anywhere things like that now you know
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how to make someone feel comfortable in
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your home just make sure that you
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address their physical and their
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emotional comfort and they're sure to
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feel at ease even if it's their very
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first time visiting
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don't forget to visit me at Diane
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decor.com I post regularly about
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guests in your home and DIY home decor
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thank you so much for watching and I'll
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see you next time bye
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