What's your tips for keeping the house warm/yourself on a budget

[sunshineandkindle]

Here's mine:

Leaving the oven door open once finished cooking to heat our kitchen up.

Keep doors shut in-between rooms.

Thermal curtain up on our drafty front door.

Lined the doors with draft excluding tape

An electric blanket or throw. It heats the person instead of the room.

Slippers with VERY thick soles.
Rugs on hardwood/tiled floors.
Scarves indoors.

As a general rule, and I lived in a house that was impossible to heat, if your ankles and neck are warm, most of the rest of you stays warm too.

I agree about keeping your ankles and neck warm; I always feel fine when they are toasty

In our house it works well to open the curtains on the sunny side as soon as possible on the morning; the solar gain really warms the rooms up. Then close them again once the sun gets down to slow down the escape of heat

Oodies… heated throw ( not had that on yet ) thick socks

I've got a really good fur lined snood thing that is like a scarf. It's very nice and warm and doesn't keep undoing like a scarf.

My new boots are very warm too.

Indoors I usually wear sandals to keep my feet warm.

I prefer to warm myself and not the house because I like to have fresh air coming through.

I wear thermal under layers to keep warm all winter, and double trousers to go out. That really helps.

Hot water bottles, thick socks and thermal leggings and long sleeved thermal tops.

Ive bought loads of fluffy cosy socks that I took my jeans into, really cosy especially on wooden floors. Bought loads of funky designs as well as they cheer me up, got a bit of an obsession now. Menopausal so reat of me is warm but feet freezing so need the socks

Electric throw on the sofa 1000000%! After the first one appears in our family, at the latest count we have seven. I hardly ever need the heating on since buying three and the Dreamland ones I buy are washable too. Thick ones for downstairs, thinner ones for the bed. It pisses me off immensely that we have the grand title of the most expensive gas and electricity in the world 🤬

I made lentil soup in the slow cooker yesterday. The low heat on for hours really took the chill off the kitchen.
If you're at home, close the blinds/curtains before it gets dark.
Layers, put your dressing gown over your clothes, extra blankets or fleeces on the bed.

Hot water bottle, keep moving when you can , ie when going upstairs go up 2 and down 1 , even when sat down wiggle toes / fingers .
If your heating is on put a pan / stove top kettle on the radiator to start the water warming up for your next hot water bottle.
It won't get hot but it will take the chill off so it's quicker and cheaper to boil.

Fingerless gloves.

The best thing you can do is just use your heating. You’ll be so much more comfortable and if the house is kept to a reasonable temp it isn’t hard to maintain.

I've lined a built-in wardrobe with the radiator foil stuff and I am certain the room is staying warmer. Also, regularly use a dehumidifier as damp air feels colder than dry air.