When the temperatures drop, keeping your home warm can feel frustrating, difficult, and downright expensive. However, staying comfortable is a priority, particularly if you have a family. The last thing you want is you or your family members getting sick because you couldn’t maintain your home’s temperature at a comfortable level.
The good news is that you can maintain a warm and cozy home, even during the dead cold of winter. Here are some simple yet effective strategies to keep your home warm— even during the coldest months.
Use Curtains
Curtains are your best friend for keeping the heat sealed inside. Take advantage of natural sunlight during the day by opening your curtains up to let the sun’s heat spill in, and when the temperatures drop at night, close the curtains to and an extra layer of insulation. Your windows can be a huge drain of warmth, so keeping them covered particularly during extremely cold nights.
Use Rugs
Floors can be another huge source of heat loss in your home, and can significantly lower the overall temperature of your home, particularly if it’s an extremely heat absorbing surface like marble or tile. Rugs will provide extra insultation by trapping heat and preventing cold air from creeping up beneath the floor. Not to mention, rugs are just a lot more comfortable to walk on when it’s cold! Even if you have slippers on, a cold floor can feel uncomfortable on your feet.
Use Your Heat System (Efficiently)
While the simplest thing to do might seem to simply crank up your heater, you want to make sure that you also keep your energy bills in check. Sometimes you may turn your heater up to the maximum setting, however, you fail to manage to keep your home warm.
To combat this, you want to make sure that you get your HVAC system regularly maintained. Change your air filters, and make sure that it’s operating at its best. This one shows that you get maximum air flow, and avoid astronomical bills for heating systems that aren’t even working at maximum capacity.
If you’re only working or spending time in a small part of your house, you should seriously consider using space heaters instead of your entire central heating system. This will avoid wasted energy and extra heating costs. A small space heater is much less expensive to run and can be even more efficient if you’re only staying in a small area.
Use Blankets and Sweaters
When in doubt, sometimes the simplest and most affordable way to stay warm in your home is to make use of sweaters and blankets. By combining this method with the other methods stated above, you should be able to stay nice and toasty—even on the coldest days.
Stay comfortable and healthy this winter! Buzz Revolve presents easy-to-follow strategies to keep your home warm and energy-efficient!
