Be prepared

Prepare your spare room in advance for overnight guests. First pack clutter out of sight, A Place For Everything sell a wide range of under-bed boxes, trunks and baskets. Next, make up the bed and provide a soft towel and pretty guest soap, and a couple of empty hangers. As a finishing touch arrange a carafe of water and a little bowl of chocolate eggs on the bedside table.

XXL Under Bed Box, £19, www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk