Preparing for Winter V

SuzeQStan

@Cheapskate - the free websites like olio, trash nothing, FB marketplace etc are good places to pick up free curtains.  I got some for our large French doors via one of these sites only recently and am very pleased with them. Keep meaning to post a photo - will do once back from visiting with family.

Green_hopeful

@Cheapskate we have got quite a few curtains on ebay and facebook. We use extra linings. You can get thermal linings to add on but i make my own with thermal linings fabric. You can also make thermal curtains with a duvet and shower curtain. They are called something proper but I can’t remember. 

I don’t know your circumstances but when I got divorced I was quite short of money and I took in a lodger. You can earn up to £7500 tax free and it costs practically nothing extra except a bit extra on your bills and council tax. It made such a difference to my finances. Best of luck anyway. 

amber03

OH put the heating on before, after 20 mins I turned it off. One of us was sat down doing nothing but watching tv in a thin jumper, whilst the other was running around sorting the house and tea out wearing a chunky fleece. Needless to say you can tell which one was me. Wouldn’t have minded but when I went out in the garden it was windy but mild. 

Green_hopeful

My husband laughed because I have put a second jumper on. Its not cold outside or if you are doing stuff but sitting still i get cold. 

Jellytotts

@Cheapskate sorry to hear about the divorce.  Check Dunelm for curtains too - I grabbed a couple of large pairs of lined curtains reduced to £16 a pair.  

Laura_Elsewhere

@Cheapskate - try eBay for second-hand curtains- a couple of years ago, I got four chenille curtains, fully lined, for under a tenner inc postage… two are our bedroom curtains in cold months. The other two are a door-curtain- I folded one nearly in half and just used strong safety pins to pin the fold onto the bottom of the other curtain so it makes a very long curtain that completely covers our front door, on a £4.00 bit of curtain track fixed to the front edge of the shelf over the front door. 

Fruball

I love this thread.  It's nice to know we are not alone when feeling cold, or trying to avoid feeling cold!

This thread has always made me feel cosy 

Such great tips  

ET22

I agree. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in the cold but keeping warm with good company. 

boultdj

Other half put the heating on this morning, his joints are not liking the damp weather, plus is we know it works.  I pulled the door curtain across last night, it stopped some of the draft and made it warmer.

London_1

Throws over your knees or slip into a sleeping bag and zip yourself in if you’re watching tv
hot water bottles are great when sitting watching tv as well. I have some thick wooly socks and soft pull on slipper boots that my eldest grandson bought me several years ago which I keep especially for the really cold winter mo this I have to take anti coagulants so my feet even in the summer are cold. As Martin sats heat the body not the house if your just watching tv