11 Warm up the living room by layering floorcoverings. Add an area rug over broadloom, or a smaller Persian carpet over a large sisal or seagrass rug.
12 Save yourself the DIY effort and have a carpenter install crown moulding in the dining room.
13 Paint or wallpaper your powder room.
14 Buy new welcome mats for all doorways and add a boot scraper outside your most-often-used entrance.
15 Brighten up a dark corner with a new lamp.
16 Replace dated-looking window treatments like balloon valances or metal miniblinds with tailored valances, Roman blinds or drapery side panels.
17 Stock up on candles. You'll need tea lights, white and coloured tapers, and pillar candles in a few different sizes.
18 Move your artwork around; frame and hang all the pictures you've been meaning to display.
19 Clean chandeliers and pendant lights.
20 Create a natural home fragrance by placing a few orange slices, some cloves and a cinnamon stick into a saucepan with some water, and letting it simmer on the stove for about 15 minutes before company arrives.
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