Hey there guys, I know that a lot of you here are incredibly crafty and clever and keep marvelous homes, so I'm coming to you for this.
Question #1: I need some ideas about how to keep an older-style, hardwood floor house nice and warm and inviting without breaking the budget, or cranking the heat up to replicate life on the equator. The landlords are very particular about the house so those "plastic stuff over the windows to keep the draft out" are not an option for us.
I already have plans to get the fella some nice cozy slippers so that his tootsies aren't so cold, and I already have a pair, and we've got some of those door-draft-stopper-cushion things (here's a photo since a picture is worth a thousand of my babbling words: http://totallystitchin.net/wp-conten...rafter_150.jpg), but I feel like that's not going to make the place warm enough.
I considered putting blankets over the windows, or cardboard, or styrofoam, but we need the sunlight in there too because otherwise the house becomes DARK LIKE MY SOUL. Gotta let in the rays, plus the sun will help heat the place too, so is there a way around this? I've never lived in an old house before and want to respect it as much as possible while still having it toasty and cozy for da love-bjorns.
Question # 2: Aside from a tree, twinkle lights, and mistletoe, does anyone have any clever ideas for harvest/winter/Yuletide cheer? The fella HATES winter and I want to make the house as warm and cozy and inviting as humanly possible so that he can forget that he's miserable, hah.
It would be especially nice to have ideas as to how to keep the place festive when we take the tree down, because there's still a whole lotta winter left after 12/25!
Question #1: I need some ideas about how to keep an older-style, hardwood floor house nice and warm and inviting without breaking the budget, or cranking the heat up to replicate life on the equator. The landlords are very particular about the house so those "plastic stuff over the windows to keep the draft out" are not an option for us.
I already have plans to get the fella some nice cozy slippers so that his tootsies aren't so cold, and I already have a pair, and we've got some of those door-draft-stopper-cushion things (here's a photo since a picture is worth a thousand of my babbling words: http://totallystitchin.net/wp-conten...rafter_150.jpg), but I feel like that's not going to make the place warm enough.
I considered putting blankets over the windows, or cardboard, or styrofoam, but we need the sunlight in there too because otherwise the house becomes DARK LIKE MY SOUL. Gotta let in the rays, plus the sun will help heat the place too, so is there a way around this? I've never lived in an old house before and want to respect it as much as possible while still having it toasty and cozy for da love-bjorns.
Question # 2: Aside from a tree, twinkle lights, and mistletoe, does anyone have any clever ideas for harvest/winter/Yuletide cheer? The fella HATES winter and I want to make the house as warm and cozy and inviting as humanly possible so that he can forget that he's miserable, hah.
It would be especially nice to have ideas as to how to keep the place festive when we take the tree down, because there's still a whole lotta winter left after 12/25!
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