Being an excellent host is a combination of hard work, talent and creating the perfect atmosphere. This might seem mind-boggling, but everything falls into place when your custom built home is optimally designed to have a wonderful time. Thanks to the elegant house design features today, many homeowners across the world are now able to have the perfect space for guesting and hosting. Here is your guide to an impressive, inviting, and jolly entertaining home.
Front Porches
Truth is, first impressions always count even when meeting people for the umpteenth time. A great entrance is what you need under these circumstance, and you can never go wrong with appealing holiday lights, handrail garlands, and big wreaths. This is a sure fire way of offering every guest a happy, warm welcome. Imagine presenting a signature cocktail to welcome your dinner party guests with at the porch.
Open Floor Plans and Spacious Kitchens
It goes without saying that the kitchen is the heart of hosting – it is here that approving smiles are seasoned, baked, and cooked. Even so, the perfect way to share the joy is waiting until dinner is served. Preparing a meal together makes it twice as tasty, right? From the first potato peel to the last cookie bite, a roomy kitchen has sufficient space for great company and outdoor/indoor entertaining.
The open floor plan concept is selling like hot cakes today. This is a good fit for a custom built home thanks to how it offers a single large space for you to simultaneously cook, dine and relax. There is no better way to keep the family’s chef in the loop as you all have fun. An open floor plan offers a sense of togetherness that is second to none.
Stacked Ovens
Too many side dishes, but limited space in your preferred heating apparatus? If this sounds all too familiar, then it is the high time that you considered having a stacked oven, microwaves included. Heating and space efficiency is the secret behind ensuring all your food is table-ready at a go. The same goes when it comes to cookie baking. Oh, and pot luck dinners as well! None of your visitor’s contribution gets locked out in the cold
Spacious Kitchen Islands
Welcome your visitors to an island full of unforgettable stories and tasty delights. Oversized, and sometimes extendable, a kitchen island is everything you need for a buffet. What is more, this is an ideal setting for a wine tasting session – cover and line up all bottles, and ask visitors to figure out the cost of each bottle. The most accurate person wins. Cheers!
Bonus tip: Create a tasty dessert spread by using different plate-ware and tier trays. The island is also a great stage for an attractive flower arrangement.
Outdoor Dining and Back Patios
Inviting outdoor-indoor spaces in most cases go with the flow. Even so, there are interventions that can help you get a better deal. Keep your visitors mingling and the party moving by offering drink stations, food stations as well as music both outside and inside. However, it would be for your own good to cook plenty as fresh air takes appetite a notch higher.
Sliding Glass Wall Doors
You’ll definitely win the super-host crown should your custom built home have sliding glass wall doors. This feature takes entertainment to a whole new level. They are door-like, but the size of a wall. The mesmerizing disappearing act translates to lesser walls, more visitors, visually more room, and more fun.
That’s it! You are now up-to-date when it comes to making your custom built home entertaining. Why not give them a try today?