The first real cold snap of the season always seems to arrive on a night you have people coming over. You plug in a string of lights you forgot you owned, shuffle furniture a few inches this way and that, and wonder if your small living room can really hold everyone you invited. Coats pile up on the bed, the scent of something warm drifts from the kitchen, and suddenly the question is not whether the space is big enough, but how to make it feel welcoming.
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