Which Items Got RUINED & Which LASTED in our Airbnb Cabins

From furniture to flooring I'll share my honest experiences to help you make informed decisions for your own rental or home. Get ready to discover the real MVPs and the not-so-stellar performers in my quest for durable home items!

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[biggyziggy]

The fridge opening the wrong way would drive me crazy 🤪

[jenniferjohnston]

I highly recommend ordering tempered glass tops from your local glass place for the tops of your nightstands, dressers, and buffets. It's so worth saving your furniture's surface finish from water rings, stains, scratches and dings, and much better than clear vinyl.

[gerbera]

You could buy rubber matting on a roll and cut pieces to fit neatly under your chair cushions which could stop them sliding around :)

[sandiwalker]

I would turn the worn part of rug around & put it under the couch. Get more use time before having to replace.

[quicksilvertears]

I am so glad you changed the polyester microfiber sheets out. Those make you sweat and feel terrible and cheap. My husband bought some for our bed and I was miserable at night until I realized why. I splurge one nice cotton. And no, I don't spend more than $125.00 I watch for the sales

[FrogeniusW.G.]

Great video! ❤
Maybe you could do a part 2 about how to straighten up/clean after /before guests. That would be very interesting. 😊

[champacaflower]

Hej, Great tips! I live in Sweden and we use the Ikea cushion called STEIVOR
Sheepskin chair pad, grey, 35 cm. They hold up well over time. Since your chair is made of metal. The chair pads will make the chairs more comfortable and they have a non-skid under the bottom. Love your channel ❤

[autumnmoonfire]

Re the chair pads, if you are handy with a sewing machine make some that fit the chairs exactly with some nonskid padding on the bottom and don’t try to have them attach to the chair backs. You can probably reuse the foam rubber pads. Also make them zippered so you can replace the padding as needed, as well as potentially washing the covers as needed.

As the person who rents these sorts of places, we don’t judge nicks and scratches, we do judge storage, hooks in the bathroom and flat surfaces. We need a place to put out our stuff. I’d far rather see lots of luggage stands than too many dressers in a bedroom. I don’t unpack into dressers, I live out of my suitcase.

Another comfort item is an electric kettle, I don’t like making tea with a nespresso machine, it always tastes of coffee. Electric kettles are cheap and you don’t even need to maintain an elaborate tea basket because people like me often bring our own tea. Just a few Twinings teas (no red rose/lipton, )

I noticed you didn’t have any scatter rugs in the kitchen, that’s good, they’re just trip hazards, I stayed in a cute house with my cousins and elderly aunt, it had a VERY slippery rug in the kitchen. After everyone saw the cute rug I stowed it away in a closet! I did put it back as we were getting ready to go.

Also, you can have a huge cleaning charge or a long list of departure duties, NOT both! I don’t mind stripping the beds and running the dishwasher. Of course I’ll take out the trash and I’ll certainly replace the furniture where it belongs, especially if you put a picture of the room in the welcome book. More than that? C’mon now! You are charging me how much to clean?

Cute cabins, nice video.

[scordero]

For the entryway I highly recommend area rugs from L.L Bean (waterhog collection). They are indestructible. We have them in our mudroom and we walk in with ski boots, snow, ice and then sand and dirt in summer. They still look great after 5 yrs of abuse...

[tammiamundson]

Hi Christina, Love your channel!!! Try the no tie chair pads, they have a rubber back that makes them no slip. The same type of backing that is used under a rug that makes them none slip.

[juliemartinez]

Such nice cabins! I would suggest leaving a cutting board out on those butcher block countertops to hopefully cut down on the marks.

[skaus]

As a long time Airbnb SuperHost, we would never use microfibre sheets in our rentals. Also, all pillows, etc. have encasements and pads on top. We also would never have anything but heavy duty metal bed frames weighted for up to 1, 500 lbs. Cheap IKEA furniture and especially wood bed frames don’t last and bed bugs can crawl up wood bed frames.

[ac]

What a great idea to demonstrate what lasts and what doesn't in a very high use area, (and as you mention, also a 'high clean' environment). The cabins look really lovely too.

[Itsmehi]

The missing screws on the entry switch plate doesn’t make your head spin? They handles on the left on the fridge also maddening. That fridge needs to open from the right. Cool space otherwise.

[joycemoody]

What a great video, thanks for your honesty about what worked and what didn’t. You and your husband worked so hard on those cabins and they are beautiful. I was thinking for the kitchen chair pads that maybe you could find the pads that have a grippy underside and they just kind of stay in place and no ties are needed. I bought some at a yard sale years ago and mine are still going strong. 😊

[gnomealone-gukr]

What a lot you’ve learned! This was really interesting, thanks.

[rachaelbruesch]

Prime, paint, & poly is a must! 😊

[grisellescakes]

I truly appreciate all of your tips and your video, amazing information. Maybe for your white sink the one that gets lots of scratches, get a silicone mat that is actually for the sink and it will protect it, I know that the sink by itself looks beautiful but to protect it get the mat, I did it for one of my sink and it is a life saver

[carmenlheureux]

So interesting! Thank you. For the cushions, maybe a strap from side to side that ties under the chair as well as behind?

[darlenesmith]

Non skid rug pad for cushions. Love your ideas ❤