What do you wear in winter to keep warm around the house?

officerripley said:
Joining this thread late but the subject's not a problem for me: we really only have 3 seasons here: December, January and Summer, so I'm never cold. So it's usually lightweight cotton for me year round.
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(I always chuckle at your "Porlock, California" thing)

I'm in the Sacramento Valley and it can get pretty cold when wind blows in from across the snowy mountains. Long sleeves is usually enough, though. But when it isn't, I wear my old ugly dark plaid robe all day.

It's made of a weird material....some kind of cotton blend that's neither flannel nor fleece. I bought it at a thrift store and it didn't have a label, so I'm not sure what kind of fabric it is. ...warmish and hypoallergenic, possibly hand-made.
 

My husband bought me something like that years ago, I was not happy. Growing up in England I remember it being bitterly cold in the house sitting by the fire trying to keep warm or around the electric fire. Outside it just got in your bones. I cannot stand the cold but I layer both inside and out. It has only been cold the last couple of days. Usually I put the gas fire on in October, this year I haven't had to put it on hardly at all so far. Our strata fees do not cover gas or hydro.
 
RobinWren said:
My husband bought me something like that years ago, I was not happy. Growing up in England I remember it being bitterly cold in the house sitting by the fire trying to keep warm or around the electric fire. Outside it just got in your bones. I cannot stand the cold but I layer both inside and out. It has only been cold the last couple of days. Usually I put the gas fire on in October, this year I haven't had to put it on hardly at all so far. Our strata fees do not cover gas or hydro.
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LOL...didn't you have central heating ?
 
RobinWren said:
Central heating:ROFLMAO: did they have such a thing in the 50s and 60s?
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yep they did... we had radiators like this in our school
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My new house is as, or more, drafty than my old one. I can stand near a door or window and feel the cold coming in. I tried putting batting in the windows and weather stripping around the doors and it didn't help. I have the thermostat set at 65F and the furnace is running almost constantly.

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RobinWren said:
Completely forgot about radiators, we had one in our DR not like that one but slim line. My mum used to hang the ironed clothes over it to air? We also had an airing cupboard. Thanks for the memories:ROFLMAO: so happy that I have a washer and dryer.
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I too have a washer and dryer.. but this is an old house so I still have an Airing cupboard... (y) :D
 
hollydolly said:
I too have a washer and dryer.. but this is an old house so I still have an Airing cupboard... (y) :D
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I looked this up because we don't have them here - or at least I've never come across one. It's defined as:
In British In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.

Do you somehow warm that cabinet? Trying to wrap my mind around this. Maybe a photo???
 
StarSong said:
I looked this up because we don't have them here - or at least I've never come across one. It's defined as:
In British In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.

Do you somehow warm that cabinet? Trying to wrap my mind around this. Maybe a photo???
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The airing cupboard is a closet with shelves over the hot water boiler.. it's where we mostly keep all our towels, sheets and linens...

This is a very typical airing cupboard in an older house

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StarSong said:
That makes much more sense. What a terrific idea!
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Mine looks almost identical to that picture, except my shelves are full of linens and towels, so I thought it best to find a picture which showed off the airing cupboard when not filled..

It's also where I and others would typically dry things that might be too fragile for the dryers.. like for example, when I wash my trainers (sneakers).. they're damp, but not wet so I put them in the airing cupboard on top of the tank to dry... or if my coat s wet when I come in from the rain, I hang it on the hanger and out it in there to dry in the warmth of the cupboard
 
hollydolly said:
yep they did... we had radiators like this in our school
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Oh my, this brings back memories. I love radiators. My cats loved radiators. It was such quiet steady heat.

To answer the OP's question, I usually wear fleecy jammie bottoms, a long sleeved tee shirt or sheatshirt and a cardigan and fingerless hand mitts so I can come online or lift weights while my hands stay warm against the cold. It's easiest to just turn on the heat if one is able to. I guess in some places it isn't.
 
chic said:
Oh my, this brings back memories. I love radiators. My cats loved radiators. It was such quiet steady heat.

To answer the OP's question, I usually wear fleecy jammie bottoms, a long sleeved tee shirt or sheatshirt and a cardigan and fingerless hand mitts so I can come online or lift weights while my hands stay warm against the cold. It's easiest to just turn on the heat if one is able to. I guess in some places it isn't.
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you'd love British houses then Chic, because the majority of us have radiators all around our houses...(y)
 
I was seriously considering moving back to the UK but radiators:( woodstoves:( and then the biting cold:(. My search being Dumfries and Galloway. I will stay here with my gas fire. Sorry to take away from the OP.
 

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