The One Book Every Airbnb Host Should Have on Their Coffee Table
- bhauzinger
- May 8
- 3 min read
How one coffee table book can transform the way your guests experience your home.
Barbee Hauzinger | Airbnb Host Tips · Short-Term Rental Decor · Guest Experience
The Photo Book That Belongs in Every Short-Term Rental
🎁 Free with every Deluxe booking or above: Book a Deluxe-level or higher photography session with Bhauz Productions and receive a complimentary signed copy of The Art of Ordinary Living — a $48 photo book — to place in your rental home.
I've walked through a lot of short-term rentals. As a vacation rental photographer based in Vermont — shooting Airbnbs, VRBOs, and boutique rental homes across New Hampshire and the Adirondacks — I've seen what separates the forgettable listings from the ones guests rave about in reviews and return to year after year.
It's almost never the thread count or the smart TV. It's the feeling. It's whether the home communicates that someone thought about them — that the space was designed to welcome, to slow them down, to make them feel like they've arrived somewhere worth being.
That's exactly what my new photo book, The Art of Ordinary Living, is designed to do.
"A photo-forward, soul-soothing book that invites you to slow down, pay attention, and find beauty in the everyday."
This isn't a decorating manual or a lifestyle instruction guide. It's a curated collection of photography and reflections — a love letter to intentional living, cozy moments, and the quiet magic woven into daily life. The images are warm, tactile, grounding. The kind of thing you open when the world feels loud and you need to exhale.
For Airbnb hosts and short-term rental owners, that's not just a nice sentiment — it's a genuine hosting strategy. Think about what your guests are actually craving when they book a cozy Vermont cabin, a lakeside retreat in the Adirondacks, or a Scandinavian-inspired rental in New Hampshire. They're not just looking for a bed. They're looking for a reset. They want to feel present, unhurried, grounded. They want to notice things.
The Art of Ordinary Living meets them exactly there.
Place it on the coffee table of your hygge-inspired rental. Set it on the nightstand of your retro modern cabin. Tuck it into the reading nook of your mountain vacation rental. Wherever it lands, it signals something important to your guests: this host pays attention to the details that matter.
And that signal pays off. Airbnb Superhosts know that five-star reviews are built in the margins — in the small choices that add up to a feeling. A hand-written welcome note. A local candle. And now, a stunning photo book that guests will actually sit with, page through, and mention by name when they write their review.
As someone who has spent years photographing intimate, character-rich rental homes — the ones with the worn wood floors, the vintage mugs, the window seat piled with quilts — I know that the best spaces tell a story. The Art of Ordinary Living is another chapter in yours.
It's also a genuinely beautiful gift for returning guests, property managers, fellow short-term rental investors, or anyone who appreciates visual storytelling and the art of noticing the world around them.
Because a beautiful home deserves a beautiful book.
Book a Deluxe or above session with us — serving Vermont, New Hampshire, the Adirondacks, and beyond — and receive a complimentary copy of The Art of Ordinary Living for your rental home.
Because a beautiful home deserves a beautiful book.
Visit spacialharmonyphotography.com to connect and book your session.
Spacial Harmony Photography is a Vermont-based architectural, interior, and Airbnb photography studio serving short term rental hosts, vacation rental owners, real estate professionals, and interior designers across Vermont and beyond. Founded by Barbee Hauzinger, a photographer with over twenty years of experience and a deep love of the storytelling of space.
