Cleaning for Company

My mom and little brother (who's not that little anymore) are coming to visit for the next few days. They will be staying here instead of a hotel so I need to make sure everything is extra clean. Of course, they'll understand construction mess and even regular house mess but I would like to make an effort. They'll be staying in our library/makeshift guest room. (When the house is done, we'll have a real guest room until we have kids.) So then I need to make sure everything is in order and there are new sheets on the bed and such. Company is always stressful and I'm not sure if it's more or less stressful when it's your own family. Generally, we get along so I would think less stressful but I also feel like they might expect more from you.

So anyway, everyone has a different way of cleaning for company. Some people only clean what they'll see (and then can stuff things upstairs or in closets) but my family will see the whole house (part of the reason for coming is to see progress) so I can't really do that. I have to scrub the kitchen and the bathroom, make sure I leave out extra towels. I've never had to share one bathroom with four people before but I guess we'll see how it goes! My husband will still be going to work and my sister lives not very far from here so my mom will be spending some time with her too.

Okay I feel like this post is a big ramble and I'm not sure any of it makes any sense because I'm distracted by my handful of a bunny, Cocoa. Bottom line: You should be cleaning your house like company is coming every day. Then it will actually end up presentable.