Wow your houseguests with these special touches to make them feel right at home. (Warning: They may never leave!)
Jess Chamberlain
1 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
Welcome note
Add that personal touch with a "So glad you're here!" $3/pack of 25 notecards, $3/pack of 10 envelopes;paper-source.com
2 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
Organic pillow
Ensure peaceful dreams with down-alternative hypoallergenic pillow. From $58;gaiam.com
3 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
Seersucker robe
Make the room spa-like—and morning-coffee modesty more likely—with organic cotton cover-ups. $60;coyuchi.com
4 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
iPhone alarm-clock dock
Download Larva Labs Flip Clock app (.99 cents) to turn the dock—made of sustainably harvested young beech—into a clock. $40;areaware.com
5 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
Key chain
This silicone cast—the original belonged to an old Italian church—is too cool, and large, to lose. Available in assorted colors; $19,areaware.com
6 /9Photo: Jeffery Cross
Glass water bottle and drinking cups
These transparent beauties whisper your eco-friendly values. $30 and $7 each;pigeontoeceramics.com
7 /9Photo: Jeffrey Cross
Toothbrushes
Because someone's bound to ask, "Do you happen to have a spare...?" $13/set of 4;branchhome.com
8 /9Photo: Thomas J. Story
Fresh bedside flowers
They're an all-natural air freshener. Some of our winter-garden favorites: jasmine, Camellia sasangua, and blossoming branches of citrus or wintersweet.
9 /9Photo: Annabelle Breakey
Cheat sheet
List your favorite sights, restaurants, and shops in a ruled notebook, and encourage guests to add their own finds. Cahier pocket notebooks, $8.95/set of 3;moleskineus.com