Guest-ready in minutes!

Friends or family arriving soon but you don't have time for a deep clean? 'Fake' it with these strategic tricks!

- KATIE ALBERTS

Fluff bed pillows with a quick 'chop'

When Krisztina Bell, owner of Atlanta's No Vacancy Home Staging, has only a minute to freshen up a room, she has two moves up her sleeve: fluffing and floating. “I'll fluff all the throw pillows, doing a gentle chop only on a few front pillows so it doesn’t look too stiff. Then, I float a side table or an armchair a bit away from the wall. This reduces shadowy areas and creates the illusion of cleaner floors underneath.”

Nix gunk with a 'corner clean'