Winter Tips: Here Is How to Keep Your Home Toasty
Take full advantage of the winter sun, insulate your home, and create fun sun-bathing spots while you're at it
The season for chattering teeth, cold hands and numb feet is almost here. This is also the time when the fickle winter sun plays hide and seek. To warm up your home and to bask in the precious sunlight, check out the following ideas…
Install mirrors to divert light inside
Their space enhancing and decorative functionality aside, mirrors are also a godsend for their ability to reflect light into a room. When placed adjacent to a window, positioned suitably, they bounce the sunlight into the room and warm up the space.
Here’s how you can give your home a makeover with mirrors
Their space enhancing and decorative functionality aside, mirrors are also a godsend for their ability to reflect light into a room. When placed adjacent to a window, positioned suitably, they bounce the sunlight into the room and warm up the space.
Here’s how you can give your home a makeover with mirrors
Settle down in places that receive sunlight
Find windows that get plenty of natural light and create cosy seating there. Arrange chairs, stools, mattresses or cushions next to corner windows. Soak in the winter sun during the day, with a good book or some music.
Tip: Before winter sets in, get all your windows checked and sealed so that no draft insinuates its way inside.
Find windows that get plenty of natural light and create cosy seating there. Arrange chairs, stools, mattresses or cushions next to corner windows. Soak in the winter sun during the day, with a good book or some music.
Tip: Before winter sets in, get all your windows checked and sealed so that no draft insinuates its way inside.
Choose dark fabrics
It is a well-known fact the darker fabrics absorb heat and lighter ones reflect it back. For the few months of winter, consider using a dark area rug or pepper deep-toned cushions around the house (place them in areas next to the window). During the day, these will warm up with exposure to the sun, and keep the room nice and toasty.
Find an interior designer to design your home
It is a well-known fact the darker fabrics absorb heat and lighter ones reflect it back. For the few months of winter, consider using a dark area rug or pepper deep-toned cushions around the house (place them in areas next to the window). During the day, these will warm up with exposure to the sun, and keep the room nice and toasty.
Find an interior designer to design your home
Add more layers to the room
Plenty of fabrics inside a room can help trap more heat and keep the room warm. Carpets, for instance, cover up the cold floor and provide warmth underfoot, as in this space. The double layer of carpets made of different weaves, plain and patterned cushions, the fabric-upholstered stool and the throw on the sofa, all create a layered effect, helping the interior feel comfortable and snug.
Plenty of fabrics inside a room can help trap more heat and keep the room warm. Carpets, for instance, cover up the cold floor and provide warmth underfoot, as in this space. The double layer of carpets made of different weaves, plain and patterned cushions, the fabric-upholstered stool and the throw on the sofa, all create a layered effect, helping the interior feel comfortable and snug.
Consider louvred sunshades
If you’re looking for a more specific contraption to welcome in more sunlight, you could opt for louvred sunshades that can be made a permanent fixture for your windows. Advantage: These assemblies are arranged in a manner that they block out the high summer sun, keeping the home cool, but allow the low winter sun’s light to slant in from below them. This way, sunlight enters the interior and helps keep it warm.
This story was last published in 2017 on Houzz India
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How do you plan on keeping your home warm and insulated this winter? Share your thoughts in Comments below.
If you’re looking for a more specific contraption to welcome in more sunlight, you could opt for louvred sunshades that can be made a permanent fixture for your windows. Advantage: These assemblies are arranged in a manner that they block out the high summer sun, keeping the home cool, but allow the low winter sun’s light to slant in from below them. This way, sunlight enters the interior and helps keep it warm.
This story was last published in 2017 on Houzz India
Read more:
DIY: Make Your Own Winter-Scented Potpourri
Tell us:
How do you plan on keeping your home warm and insulated this winter? Share your thoughts in Comments below.
Curtains of thick fabric help keep warmth inside the home but can also act as barriers, disallowing any heat from the outside to enter in. Consider going in for double curtains, with cotton or sheer additions. During the day, pull back the heavy fabrics and cover the windows with the thin curtains that allow light to pass through, thereby illuminating and warming up the interior while also providing privacy. During the evenings, draw the thick curtains to cover the windows and doors. The double layer aids insulation, making it harder for heat to escape.