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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you need to relax.  You need to tell yourself that you really wouldn't want to have friends who judge you for a crappy paint job or a little mess.  Put yourself in a frame of mind that the most important thing is to make them feel welcome.  That should include letting them see a bit of failure and humanity.  Let them help you make the crudites.  My best dinner parties have involved someone helping me out of a bind and taking over a chicken or gravy or something.  People love to feel needed.

Personally, I hate going to perfect houses.  I am suspicious of anyone whose house is immaculate and where all the furniture looks like it came out of a showroom.[/quote]

Nothing worse than walking into a Pottery Barn catalogue.  Maybe I just do not favor that kind of taste; or maybe I ma offended that someone was not creative enough to manage decorating on their own, to show they are their own person (and not such a follower).  It makes my skin crawl to feel like I am in a mall furniture catalogue, if the setting is too contrived and not comfortable and personal.

OP, if you serve food on clean plates, and you have dusted an vacuumed, it says you made an effort, and you want people to be there.  Settle down a bit!

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