When your dishwasher or dish rack aren’t enough to hold the influx of inbound dishes, it’s time to call in the back-up! Pull out a drying mat for drying larger dishware and bakeware.
As a rule of thumb, anything with sharp blades should be washed and dried by hand.
Cut lemon and lime wedges for cocktails.Leave glassware out on the counter so guests can help themselves.Line your trash cans and recycling bins with fresh liners and label them with post-its or masking tape so guests know which one is which.Using household cleaning solutions give all the surfaces in your living room, bathroom, and kitchen a final polish.People forget to return the bottle opener and this way you won’t be asked about the location of the opener by every member of your family. Good Tip: Tie a string around your best bottle opener and tie to a drawer handle so it doesn’t walk off during the festivities.Start chilling your white and rosé wines in the fridge.Make sure all of your soap dispensing dish brushes and scrubs are filled with soap.Take some of the food prep load off on Thanksgiving Day by cleaning your veggies the day before. Get into all the nooks and grooves around your sink and under the grates of your stovetop with a good brush and scraper set.Give your kitchen surfaces and appliances a wipe down with household cleaner.Same goes for the freezer-purge frostbitten, forgotten items to make room for ice because the key to a good party is ice.Clean out the fridge! Throw out any old takeout or expired items to make room for all the food you’re preparing and also accommodate any desserts that guests will be bringing.The Day Before Thanksgiving: Prepare the Kitchen Good Tip: If you have a medicine cabinet, tuck away anything you want to keep from curious uncles or aunts (we all have at least one!) who may be tempted to snoop.Do a deep clean of the shower or bathtub.Arrange and organize any loose bathroom items around the sink and neatly arrange your toiletries in the shower.Give the toilet bowl a good scrub down.Cleaning is more enjoyable when it’s a team activity! Kids can be enlisted to help the adults with their own sized “broom” set.Ģ Days Before Thanksgiving: Clean the Bathroom This goes for any of the days leading up to and including Thanksgiving day. Good Tip: Break up tasks and enlist your family members to make cleaning more manageable.Be sure not to miss harder to reach spots like under furniture and fragile items on the top of bookshelves and around fan blades. Mop the floor and dust between all the small nooks and crannies and dusty corners.Tuck the laundry hamper away and out of sight in a laundry room, closet, garage, or basement.
Use your laundry hamper to store away all the miscellaneous odds and ends floating around or stacked up around your home. Walk through the common areas where guests will be mingling and declutter the space.Here’s a checklist to ensure you’ll be ready for your guests:ģ Days Before Thanksgiving: Declutter Your Space Don’t leave everything to the last minute - break up the tasks into manageable chunks divided by room over the course of 3 days so you’ll leave enough time to tend to the green bean casserole and tackle the turkey on Thanksgiving day. We’ve got some good hosting and cleaning tips to keep in your back pocket along the way. Turkey, stuffing, and sides may be front and center but behind the scenes, what makes for a seamlessly-hosted Thanksgiving gathering is the preparation that comes beforehand.
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