We asked that we receive a call letting us know before showings. I had a special laundry basket that had for showings only nice light color towels and rugs for the bathrooms, and a photo album of nice pictures of our landscaping year round, and placemats for the kitchen island. Because I was called, I had time to pull up the bed comforters and fix up the pillows.
When I got a call, I took all of OUR towels and such and put them in the trunk to my car (I’m not kidding) along with a box that I kept nearby that I could put “stuff” in. Sometimes I put the towels in the washing machine. Then I put out the fresh ones, and the placemats.
Oh…I had a dresser drawer empty in my bedroom and that’s where the bathroom counter extra stuff went. In a little bin.
The photo album and nice placemats went on the island, we took the dog, and we left!
Really, it wasn’t awful.