Your visitor is due to ring the doorbell at any moment, and you haven’t had the chance to clean up.
When you’re short on time, here's how to make your living room look spick and span with very little effort.
1. To disguise windows in need of washing, pull curtain panels closed.
2. Reserve one side of sofa cushions to be shown to guests. Before your visitors arrives, flip over the cushions to reveal good-as-new fabric. When guests are gone, flip them back.
3. Fold a clean blanket neatly and drape it over a stained sofa. Strategically placed throw pillows can also camouflage stained upholstery.
4. Rid the sofa of pet hair by wetting the fingertips of rubber gloves and gliding your hand over the sofa. The hair will stick to the rubber.
5. Stack books and magazines in neat piles on the floor or arrange them in a deep decorative basket.
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