To recommend this to keep warm inside..and ask for others

[daretodenim]

This has been on my mind for a few days with the rising heating costs and so I'm posting here for traffic, as maybe it can be useful for others.

I have my heating very low during the day and I'm often at home sitting - and get cold easily. Decathlon have cheap ski base layers. I use them to keep warm and they're great. I only use the tops but I have the leggings too and rarely have used them when there's not snow outside. So I'm not recommending those as a first step, unless your legs are always cold. They are really warm though! I often wear the base layer top under a jumper or sweatshirt, jeans and warm socks and it makes a really big difference.

The adults costs £6 and kids ones are £4. They're also quite thin so dry quickly.

There are also merino ones and other brands that make higher quality ones, but for the purpose of staying warm at home, rather than concerns about staying warm and dry on a cold piste, these do fine.

www.decathlon.co.uk/p/women-s-base-layer-ski-top-100/_/R-p-302806?mc=8510031&c=GREY

Anybody else have good tips?

Layering up is a great idea, even just using lots of t-shirts and vests, Also a heated throw or hot water bottle makes all the difference.If you can find a cheap freestanding towel rail, they cost pennies to run and give out low ambient heat. Does help keep the chill off.

I find even just having blanket draped over my legs helps when working from home. And agree layers are good!

Cup a soups aren’t the healthiest but warning

Wear boot type slippers too if my feet get cold I’m cold!

Layering up is a great idea,even just vests and t-shirts, also hot water bottles are cheap and work wonders. If you can stretch to it a heated throw is great, and a heated freestanding towel rail costs pennies to run and puts out a low ambient heat, which keeps the chill off, make sure to block up draughts and keep the door closed to build up the heat .

Heated throw was suggested on one of these threads. I got one and now so has everyone I know 😁

I like to wear fluffy boot slippers. They make such a difference to keeping warm.

Heated throws are going to be the birthday present of choice this year I think.
Long sleeves that cover your wrists make a difference.
If you’re working in one room try to close that off from the rest of the house.

Putting my dressing gown on over my clothes when the children are at school really helps. I put the heating on for a bit when they come home and it keeps us warm enough until the next morning.
The gown is a fleecy material and really warms me up. I just have to remember to take it off when answering the door.

@Lottieskeeper

Putting my dressing gown on over my clothes when the children are at school really helps. I put the heating on for a bit when they come home and it keeps us warm enough until the next morning. The gown is a fleecy material and really warms me up. I just have to remember to take it off when answering the door.

I borrowed a fleece onesie from my adult son when I was feeling cold one day, and my usual layers just weren't doing it. Forgot/couldn't be arsed taking it off when the door went, got some funny looks from the workies... Apparently a middle aged woman in a Bugs Bunny costume isn't an every day thing.

I was lovely and toasty though. I must have a rummage upstairs and see if he left it when he moved out last summer.

WFH I swear by sitting in a sleeping bag with a hot water bottle at my feet. I don't even boil loads of water, maybe just twice as much as normal when I'm making a cuppa. I have managed without using the heating much during the day, just a blast in the morning, then again in the evening.

Anything fleece is brilliant. I also wear my dressing gown during the day and a hot water bottle.

Cashmere. 2nd hand on ebay you can pick up sweaters for £10. My house is old and used to be freezing at night so I used to sleep in a cashmere sweater. It was amazing.

Pre marriage in a flat years ago, the heating system went in the building.

Our neighbour gave us two hot water bottles which she told us to put on our laps, with a blanket over us.

Worked a treat.

When wfh, put a folded blanket/throw on the back of your desk chair ie between your back and the back support bit of the chair, makes a huge difference in keeping warm.

Fleece duvet covers, absolutely marvellous.
Slipper boots.
Men's PJ's, they're generally longer and thicker than women's annoyingly.
Electric under blanket on bed (cheaper to run than heating, but takes an initial investment).

Fleece blankets on sofa, one under to sit on and one to have over the top.

Fill kettle in the morning, boil and put any excess into a thermos, so you don't need to keep reboiling.

Stodgy, warming food. And leave the oven door open when

I think we will see a lot more fleecy warm lounge wear in the shops soon
The sooner the better before we freeze to death

Fleece is brilliant all round and you can pick it up very cheaply by the meter in fabric shops and on market stalls. A layer under your bed sheet makes the bed toasty warm and a layer tacked to the back of your curtains keeps out draughts.

Wool is great if you can stand it, especially socks and a blanket.

Hot water bottle between your thighs. I'm not kidding, it warms the blood as it circulates. Also leggings underneath your jeans or other trousers.

Get an electric hot water bottle-so so good & stays warm for 8-12 hours. About 10 mins to charge

Fleece bedding is absolutely amazing, so warm. B&M have lots of choice.

I just bought some of the Uniqlo heatech socks. And they are really good! Also v comfy and not too thick. They are now my sock of choice. Those inside some sheepskin slippers and my feet (and therefore the rest of me) are toasty all day long

I love my merino base layer top!
I also just bought a wool poncho off of vinted that I can put on over my usual clothes, I figure it's like a wearable blanket!
I wear fingerless gloves when working from home as my fingers get cold on the computer mouse.

We had no heating at all last winter due to our boiler breaking and British Gas cocking up our replacement - we found the following worke incredibly well:

Thick, sherpa fleece blankets for the sofa and to use on top of the duvet. King-sized ones are about £20 on Amazon and they wash and dry really well.
Lots of hot drinks during the day.
Hot water bottles in the bed for 5-10 minutes at night before you get in, or on your "spot" on the sofa while you shower.
Thick merino wool walking socks (pulled over the top of your trousers) so you trap as much heat in as possible. Combine with fleecy/furry slippers if you really feel the cold.
Fleece-lined leggings or jeans. Add tights if necessary.
Base layers - again, tucked into trousers to trap the heat. Vests are surprisingly good at keeping you warm.
Body warmers on top - keeping your core warm is really important.
Teddy bear bedding and thicker duvets on the beds.

Let the dog or cat sleep on the bed

I’m wearing my decathlon base layer today too, top and bottom
As DH and I are both home during the day our kettle usually gets boiled many times for drinks. We’ve started using the large insulated lidded mugs now to cut this down. Works a treat.

A microwaveable heating pack is fantastic. You can make your own with an old sock and some rice, but you can also buy purpose-made ones from Amazon, etc.

It's like a hot water bottle, but you never have to worry about leaking. You can also freeze it in the summer to make a cold pack.

For the winter, pop it in the microwave for 90 seconds and put it under a duvet ten minutes before bed and you'll be enormously warm. Also good for under a throw in the sitting room or to put on aching muscles.