Guest-Ready | How to Prepare Your Home for Summer Visitors

Firstly, it’s important to make sure that your guest bedroom is beautifully furnished and well prepared for your guests to enjoy. Fresh cotton sheets, new throw pillows, beautiful bedside tables, and smart storage options can help your guest room feel like a luxury stay – complete with the comfiest bed for a great night’s sleep.

If you’re considering a sofa bed as your guest option, then we recommend taking a look at some of our offerings from brands like SITS and Bolzan. The HENRY Sofa Bed from SITS, for example, offers both a beautifully presented and comfortable three-seater sofa for your space, as well as a spacious and comfortable bed for overnight stays. Its minimalist design helps it to blend perfectly with many different room designs and interior styles and is available in many different colours and fabrics to suit your personal taste. 

Alternatively, the JILL Day Bed is a stylish, contemporary choice for those looking for a sofa bed with a more elevated, intentional design – pairing bold colour palettes with unique design features to create a standout piece for an eye-catching guest room. Easy to transform between sofa and bed, the curved padded back of the sofa creates a stylish headboard and provides the perfect spot for late night reading or morning coffees in bed.  

If you’re looking to create a cohesive guest bedroom set up, however, we recommend taking a look at some of our storage furniture sets – matching pieces that can create a seamless, stylish feel for your space. The SIRLIG range, for instance, offers a complete set of furniture, including a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers and bedside table in a beautifully coordinated and cohesive style that’s sure to impress your guests. All available for customisation with different woods and finishes, this made-to-order set is designed to make your furniture selection process as easy and hassle-free as possible – perfect for taking the stress out of hosting. 

Finally, adding some final touches, such as cosy rugs, bedside lamps, benches and dressing tables can really help to elevate your guest bedroom into a functional, beautiful space that your guests will love to rest and relax in.  

Seating is often the first problem that pops into a host’s mind after confirming an oncoming summer visitor – both in the living room and the dining room. Your guests will need somewhere to comfortably relax and unwind in your lounge space, as well as somewhere to sit comfortably during mealtimes, so it’s important to find the right kind of seating that works for you. 

Single lounge chairs are a thoughtful living room addition for your guests, offering an automatic sense of personal space and comfort – potentially a welcome alternative to squeezing onto the family sofa. Plush and inviting armchairs such as the AMY Lounge Chair or the JILL Armchair can create a cosy, relaxed feel in your living space, without overwhelming or overcrowding the room with additional sofas or stools. 

For a more cohesive, family feel, however, a large modular sofa is a great choice as its configuration can be changed and moved depending on the number of guests. Models like the HEAVEN Modular Sofa, for example, offer a number of different styling options, with different elements such as a divan or a box seat available to help create the perfect seating system for you and your guests. Whether you want more space for people to relax in, or prefer to stay cosy and connected, a modular sofa offers support, flexibility and comfort regardless. 

When it comes to dining tables, however, extendable or large dining tables are a great option for those big group meals. With each individual chair requiring an ideal gap of 20cm between them, it’s important to calculate just how many people you’ll be seating and how long your table should be to accommodate them. Extendable tables like the AMELIA, CASO 700 or the TARA table allow for both small intimate dining as well as family-style dinners and offer easy extension systems that make the set up process quick and simple – allowing you to spend more time entertaining your guests. 

Dining chairs are also an important factor to consider, in not only the style and visual appearance of the chairs, but their size and shape as well. For those with smaller or narrower dining rooms, slimline dining chairs like the ZED Dining Chair from Danform, the RAM Steel Dining Chair from Kristensen Kristensen and the CASO Peter Dining Chair make for a great option, neatly tucking in under the table when not in use. Particularly for those considering an extendable table, opting for chairs that can be stored away or stacked when not in use is a useful option to help keep your space decluttered and open. 

Finally, there’s never been a better time to enjoy being outside with your guests. Ensuring that your garden is beautifully presented and furnished before your guests arrive can leave you with more time to spend relaxing in the sunshine with friends and family – whether at the dining table under a parasol or lounging by the pool on a comfortable sunbed. 

Much like furnishing your interiors, creating a welcoming and inviting outdoor environment for your guests is all about preparation. Making sure that you have enough room around the dining table for everyone to sit comfortably, planning ahead for long lazy days reading on the outdoor sofa, finding the perfect coffee table for cosy coffee mornings in the sun... Envisioning your ideal summer activities and bringing them to life through beautiful bespoke furniture is one of the best ways to prepare both your home and yourself for the sunny season ahead. 

Here at Milola, our Outdoor Collection is perfectly curated to help you find every single piece of furniture you’ll need to prepare your garden for summer visitors. From extendable outdoor dining tables, colourful collections of dining chairs, stylish outdoor rugs, loungers, lanterns and sofas, we have a full range of products designed to make hosting this summer as easy as possible. 

With our Outdoor Showroom now open, we recommend coming in to explore and experience our Outdoor Collection in person, getting to test and try out our beautiful products before making your final decision. 

There’s so much to be excited about this summer, and planning for those all-important visits is a crucial part of it. Speak to our team at Milola for more insights into our curated furniture collections, or head into our showroom for an in-person consultation.