After pandemic hunkering, there's an art to reopening your home Katherine Roth Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 With pandemic restrictions easing up around the country and vaccines widely available, this summer everyone seems to be getting back into the swing of social gatherings. But hosting guests in your home after hunkering down for so very long can be tricky.Karla Robles | APShow MoreShow Less 2of3 3of3 When COVID-19 put an abrupt halt to social gatherings, many homes were reconfigured to encompass school study areas and home offices. Now that pandemic restrictions are easing, there is a gentle art to opening your home again to guests who (like hosts) are out of practice and grappling with a somewhat changed social terrain.