What are the best (cheap) ways to stay warm at home?

[NicolaCasanova]

Fed up of feeling freezing whenever not in bed with 3 duvets, warm clothes and warm DH. Really want to be warm but can’t afford heaters.

Warm drinks. Hot water bottle but empty it back in the kettle when you pop it on again.
Layers
Oodies
Fluffy socks
Go for a run / keep moving

I'm currently sitting here in a big jumper, cardigan, jeans, legwarmers, fluffy slippers and with a hot water bottle in the small of my back. When it gets colder, I'll probably have a fluffy throw as well. There's often a furry cat radiator on my lap. If your hands get cold, you can clutch the purring body of the cat.

Don’t get cold- act first.
Think old fashioned. It used to be normal. Hot drinks, hot food, thin neck scarf, vest. Socks and slippers, hot water bottle in your lap. Thin layers.

Lots of clothes now have slightly short sleeves, scoop necks. Lose a lot of heat from neck and wrists!

Thin scarves - that's another good one! I have a couple of lightweight thin/gauzey cotton scarves that I find lovely and warm and more comfortable than wooly ones. Usually £1 or so from charity shops.

I've had a heated blanket that goes on my mattress for a few years but as I WFH I spend a lot of the day downstairs for calls so don't want to be in bed. This is my first year with a heated throw and it is a game changer. Our thermostat is set to 20 and some days I used to have to bump it up but I haven't touched it since getting the throw.

I think a heated blanket is known to be one that you can lay on where a throw is what you can put over you. That may be common knowledge but I've always used the terms throw and blanket interchangeably

Thermal underwear and a hat really makes a difference when I've been camping in winter

Thermal underwear from M&S is reasonably priced really does keep you warm. Heated throw when sat on sofa or just a nice thick Sherpa one will keep you warm. Electric blanket on the bed brushed cotton bed is very warm and can be very affordable from Asda.
Draft excluders and thermal curtains to keep the cold out even if it’s one room.

Frequent hot drinks
Bubble wrap on windows to exclude drafts if windows are old
Foil behind radiators
Layer up in thin layers.. traps the heat rather than one thick jumper
Throws/ blankets whatever you can afford
Asda do lovely Sherpa throws for £12
Fake Oodie type thing
I have the sienna from eBay/ Amazon and they're incredibly warm
Thermal tops, fleece lined leggings under jeans
Double up socks and wear shoes/ slippers at all times.
If my feet get cold, so does the rest of me!
Thin gloves if needed

Put a single electric underblanket on your sofa with a throw on top of it.
Heated throw to go over the top of you.
long sleeved thermal vests.
Wear loose layers. You want air between layers to warm up. So vest, polo neck jumper, fleece or oodie .
Hot drinks. Soup. Hit water bottle against your back or feet , or both.

I have a dreamland Alaskan heated throw best thing I ever bought. Cost around a£100 and worth every penny

dh has one as well
a long style water bottle ( get one every year for Xmas )

I always wear pjs and slippers or a hoodie

We have shutters on all windows and black out blinds
plus long heavy curtains on patio doors and front door

GCH is set at the 18

Without a doubt a heated throw. Makes the difference between heating off and heating on so many days.

A woolly hat. Most heat loss is from your head.

Layers are better at keeping your body warm rather than one thick jumper.

We use the heating very little. We gave our boiler its 10-year service last month and the guy couldn't believe it was 10 years old as it had so few signs of use. It's on for 2 x 30 mins each day which keeps our house at somewhere between 15-17°C. At weekends we tend to keep it a bit warmer.

A few ideas:

An insulated flask to sip hot drinks or warm soup straight out of.
Something insulating to sit on at your desk such as a sheepskin.
Sheepskin slippers (second hand on eBay or Vinted)
Natural fibers
...having said that ‐fleece trousers are a game changer!
Layers
A nice headband (as wearing a hat indoors is too annoying). I like a nice fleece-lined knitted woollen one ‐Jack Wills used on eBay.
Short blast of hair-dryer inside my sweater or down my pants (or under my bed covers)

Vintage bedding is available on eBay at really great prices:
Brushed cotton sheets and duvets
Cellular woollen blankets
A sheepskin in bed is also lovely -it only has to be big enough for your torso.

Thermals , lots of layers and a heated electric throw/ blanket,
no other heat and it’s just the job

It takes the same amount of energy to boil 2 pints in one go as it does 1 pint, twice.

Don't not put it on if you can afford it - lots of cold people on this thread. Its bad for health and home to be cold.

Don't not put it on if you can afford it - lots of cold people on this thread. Its bad for health and home to be cold.

Fixed for you

Keep one room warm with a oil filled radiator on, door shut.

I also close curtains earlier to keep in heat

I think you misread her post. You’re saying exactly the same thing.

Without question, an Oodie and fluffy bedsocks. My boiler packed up a couple of years ago on Christmas Eve, and I couldn’t get it repaired till after the New Year. My Oodie was a lifesaver.

She’s fixing the English.

The English is fine.

My hot water bottle comes everywhere. It's mainly for nerve pain relief but I put it under my top and it's heavenly no matter how cold the room is.

Thermal clothes. Those heat pads from Poundland are also incredibly warming if you stick one on your lower back.

Fine or not not fine?

I crocheted a headband that covers my ears. One in acrylic and a wool one for the really cold days. I wished I had done it years ago.

I have also raided the charity shops and bought some silk ties for just a couple of dollars. Unpicked, they are quite sizeable so I am turning them into scarves.