5 Tips to Boost Your Hospitality Game With Graceful Spaces

Graceful Spaces is a professional home organizing company rooted in an unwavering dedication to delivering exceptional client experiences. They combine elevated design, expert curation, and the highest level of service and hospitality to create spaces that are both elegant and functional. Based in Austin, Texas, and Charleston, South Carolina, Graceful Spaces offers a high-touch, seamless experience tailored to clients' needs, and soon, they will extend their exceptional services with virtual offerings available to clients everywhere.

 

We’ve teamed up with Graceful Spaces for a special Pink Wall Designs Academy lesson on Boosting Your Hospitality Game!

Don’t forget – Join The Pink Wall Designs Academy today and receive a free, complete list of our short-term rental essentials to help you implement these tips!

 

1. Help Guests Feel at Home: 

Curate a “Help Yourself” zone to ensure guests have everything they need to feel at home while they are away. 

This can be as simple as a basket with basic essentials or if you have drawer space in a bathroom, a deep drawer is also a great location for guest essentials. We recommend using various sizes of the The Home Edit drawer organizers. 

 

List of items to consider when curating concierge zones for clients’ spaces: 

 

2. Go The Extra Mile:

 If you want to "wow" your guests with little luxuries, here are a few ways to add special touches to the space to make them feel comfortable:

• Welcome note with the WiFi password
• A robe and slippers (especially if the bathroom they will be using is not attached to the bedroom or will be shared with others)
• Small fans for each room
• White noise machine (Check out this Pink Wall Designs favorite*)
• Extra phone chargers with various cord options
• Snacks and water bottles 
• Plenty of towels, including a Weezie towel (to ensure your white towels stay white!)
• A simple flower arrangement or orchid
• Bath salts, eye masks, face masks 
• Coffee/tea essentials. Grab a local coffee, various creamer options, beautiful mugs, and multiple additives.

3. Prepare a Fully-Stocked Cleaning Zone:

Whether it’s a full-size laundry space or an over-the-door Elfa solution. Providing your guests with basic cleaning essentials, as well as giving the cleaning staff a fully-stocked zone, will be beneficial for all.

1. Buy multiples! Eliminate one-off trips to the store for cleaning supplies by keeping the zone fully stocked. We recommend deep Linus bins for basic cleaning supplies.
2. Label, label, label. This will help everyone, including guests and staff, stay on the same page.
3. Be clear with expectations. If there are any special instructions, provide those details in the space for everyone to access.

If you’re limited on space, we highly recommend utilizing an Elfa over-the-door organizer for additional storage space.

Whether you’re in Austin or Charleston, interested in booking the Graceful Spaces travel team, or want to join the virtual services waitlist, Graceful Spaces would love to connect with you.

 

4. Invest in Organizational Products:

This will catch the attention of guests the moment they walk in the door. The kitchen is the best place to start. If you’re looking to dip your toe in and start with one zone, we recommend starting with under the kitchen sink.

Underneath the sink is all about finding vertical space. Stackable drawers are an amazing option when it works. We typically use The Home Edit all-purpose drawers or tall fridge drawers that work well in narrow spaces. Always maximize the inside of a cabinet door! This is a great place for an affix, a hook, and our favorite paper towel holder. Here’s exactly what we use!

What to include under your kitchen sink:

1. Cleaning supplies used on a daily basis
2. Dish pods
3. Trash bags
4. Dish soap, brushes, and sponges

5. Don’t Forget to Label: 

Help your guests help YOU maintain the spaces. This is the key to sustainability! Don’t be afraid to get specific. It might seem obvious where “trash bags” go, but you’d be surprised how quickly an organized space turns to chaos. Especially when there are multiple people using a space.

 

 

For more resources on how you can thoughtfully design, stock, and organize your spaces, visit Graceful Spaces website, where you can find tons of inspiration from our projects all over the United States, free resources to help you get started, and access to direct links to shop our projects. 

Looking to bring professionals in to take your space to the next level?  Connect with the Graceful Spaces teams in Austin or Charleston or inquire about their virtual organization services.

Looking to take your short-term rental design to the next level?  Book a complimentary consultation with The Pink Wall Designs Team today!

 

You May Also be Interested in:

• 3 Tips for Space-Planing a Boutique Hotel
• Best Design Tips for Smaller Vacation Rentals
• Setting Up Your Short-Term Rental: Essentials for Canada and the US

 

Disclaimer: All photos featured in this blog post are owned by Graceful Spaces and photographers Regan Morton Photography and Willie Simmons Photography.

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