A home can be orderly while leaving visible evidence that someone enjoys living there.

Tidiness and life are not opposites, though they are often arranged as though they were. A home with nothing out of place can read as a home nobody uses, while a book face down, a half-finished puzzle and a coat over a chair say that hours are being spent here. Order is for finding things. Evidence is for showing that somebody is home.

If you tidy before people arrive, try leaving one thing where it was. The plant you are propagating, the instrument out of its case. Rooms that admit to being lived in are easier for guests to relax in.