For nearly a third of Americans, how tidy their home looks to others is the most important factor to consider during the holidays (31%), according to new research.
A survey of 2,000 adults who celebrate a winter holiday examined the pain points of preparing your home for the holiday season and found that looks matter.
The holidays are a merry, but daunting time, causing 55% to already think about holiday home prep back in September.
Conducted by Talker Research for The Container Store, the survey found that respondents have gotten a head start on putting up decor (59%), gift shopping (56%) and organizing their home (42%).
With all of the holiday to-do tasks, 47% expressed feeling overwhelmed or crunched for time (48%), with these respondents wishing they could spend an average of nearly 50 hours prepping their home for the holidays.
Those surveyed take their home’s appearance seriously, with six in 10 ranking it one of the top three factors to consider when having guests over (58%).
As a result, almost a third would opt to pay someone to take care of the pre-holiday organization and declutter for them (31%).
This is especially desirable to the 32% who feel stressed at the thought of organizing and clearing clutter in their home.
Fifty-five percent said that when preparing their home for guests during the holiday season, they often don’t know where to store things they usually have out.