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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Karina Toner

I’m a professional cleaner and I always notice these 5 dirty things in dining rooms

Trio of festive dining rooms. Left is neutral with sage green candles and fire place. Middle is green with wavy dining table cloth. Right is arctic blue and white.

We often think of the kitchen as the heart of the home and certainly, it's where your festive feasts will be prepared and lovingly cooked. But it's the dining room where your guests will spend hours enjoying the fruits of your labor.

That's why it's a key area I urge you to deep clean before hosting, as these five things I always notice in people's dining rooms may put an unceremonious dampener on your occasion. Worse still, pet hair and sticky floors may distract your guests from all the effort you've put in to host them and be the thing they remember.

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