How I get my old house ready for autumn.

I love period homes, but if there's one thing that they need, it's good preparation for cold weather! And so, today, I am going to take you through the routines that we follow and get our old home ready for autumn.

=================================
🔥 Stay Connected:

=================================
☎️ Contact for inquiries:

=================================
📢 Engage With Me:

Comment below with your thoughts or questions!
Like and share this video if you found it helpful!

=================================
🎥 Credits:

Intro music: By Caine Laskowski

=================================
📅 Schedule

New videos every Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm GMT– don’t forget to hit the notification bell!

=================================

🎧 Podcast

Listen to my podcast, with more episodes to come:

Amazon Music:

Google Podcasts:

Podcast index:

Podcast Addict:

Deezer:

=================================

[Jfleshman]

Something I remember mom and dad doing was to turn on the kitchen oven to take the chill off the house on cold mornings. After the oven was heated, they turned it off and cracked the door open. This was in the 60's and early 70's.

[mellie]

I'm a Londoner living in Ottawa, it's gets very cold in winter and fuel is expensive so being English I put plastic over some of the windows, use old tights as a draught blocker and have a nice warm dressing gown for the morning and night time. I also live in an older house turned into two apartments.

[tonyworrall]

Our home was built in the 1800s and was the headmaster residence attached to a private boarding school for eight boys! Wouldn't swap it for anything new ever! Love your home.

[drleahwatson]

Preparing for the colder months also includes, in my house, the use of heavy curtains across front and back doors. Even if there doesn't seem to be any draft, it does make a big differance. Another is the heavier curtains on windows, and there are also ones I put at the end of hallways. I am in Melbourne Australia, and my rented house was built in 1913, and we do get cold temps here much like UK. I am loving your channal and feel in good company with your community. Cheers.

[susanjames]

Dont forget the draft excluders, typically in the shape of a sausage dog or just boring long cushion. And you can go a step further and hang a door curtain in front of your front door to stop any gusts coming through letter boxes or loose window panes. We had those in our old house growing up.

[vaunniethayer]

Home sweet home and the simple pleasures. Lovely.

[emmylou]

In the colder months, I have a flat sheet underneath my duvet, I sleep with bedsocks on, so I also put a hot water bottle underneath the flatsheet, where my feet are. As long as my feet are warm, then the rest of me is fine. My house is always colder inside during the winter and hotter inside during the summer 😅

[crisfernandez]

Great advise...I would add having a good tea cosy to keep your teapot nice and warm longer, that way you don't have to get up so many times while reading under your blanket 😅 ❤

[Lou-yu]

I love the idea of having a small blanket but over your shoulders at night. I had never thought of doing this and yet it is such a simple perfect idea!!! Thank you.❤

[SkintLivingUK]

This is what my childhood was like in the 1960s/70s. We had a coal fire in the living room and an old kitchen with a big built in dresser along one wall, a range in the fireplace (but we didn't use that), a Belfast sink with taps on the wall plus a big kitchen table in the middle of the room. I loved it and would love to have that set up again if I had the space.

[AfuraNefertiti]

Thank you for sharing this! You have no idea how helpful it is to hear that there is a way to have a fire indoors without a chimney. Game changer!

[lesleyharris]

My home is 1924, she's a bit draughty but she's a lovely place to live, steep stairs and all ❤

[SmidBeach]

You just reminded me that I have a quilt my great-aunt made which is at least 50 years old now. It's time to put it to good use again!

[JustBee]

I absolutely love the aesthetic of old buildings and period homes, but I sacrifice that love for comfort by choosing to live in a newbuild home, that I've decorated with a mix of modern and vintage items, as I really cannot tolerate the cold in older homes, even with all the hacks of staying warm. Hats off to anyone who can. Your home is an absolute gem, and your content is very peaceful to watch. Thank you. ❤

[jenniferlynn]

I was very surprised to hear of the condensation problem in British homes during the winter. I think of moisture during winter as a good thing, as it helps carry the heat …making one feel warmer.
I, too, live on an island in a brick building - and I have circulating hot water heat. The atmosphere becomes tremendously dry in my home when it’s on - even when there’s precipitation outdoors. For that reason, I have a humidifier running at full blast 6 months of the year. It helps the place feel warmer, is better for my skin, and reduces sinus pain.
Now I’m curious about winter humidity levels in each of our abodes! 🤓

[marygarcia]

Ahh I’m so jelly ❤ here in the south of the Carolinas in NC USA we are still hitting 80-90 degree days. Whilst fall is here, we’re still swimming and sweating 🥵 I love your home and the way you have decorated it ❤❤❤

[timefortea]

The best thing to keep warm at night is an electric blanket! it lies under the bottom sheet, so when you get in at night you are lying/sitting on it, and the duvet has also got warm so it's like being in a cosy warm sandwich. I couldn't be without one as my bedroom is so chilly the bed would feel like lying on ice (I know how it was til I got my blanket). I've got central heating but very frugal with it, so I have thermal slippers boots, shawls, a woollen body warmer and a Japanese hot water bottle (hard plastic because I am allergic to rubber). I've also just ordered another terry towelling dressing gown so I can wear it over my clothes (more economical and eco friendly than acrylic cardigans and I wanted easy washable cotton). I have two other dressing gowns for putting on in the mornings over my night wear on the way to and from the shower. And for cold hands I've ordered two pairs of cotton fingerless gloves.

[hattyburrow]

My house was built in about 1920 as a farm workers cottage. So solid and calm.

[vaunniethayer]

Oh my goodness your pigeons! So cool.

[LaFarmhouse]

love your old home videos🤎🍁🍂mine is from 1920, and wisconsin is cold