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.
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.
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.
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 😅
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.
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.
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 😅 ❤
I just love a hot water bottle, I was bought up in a big old Victorian house in the 60s, we didn’t have any heating apart from the fire in lounge. We used to get ice on the inside of the windows in the winter, so a hot water bottle, jumpers, socks etc were vital. Unfortunately I’ve become a bit soft in my old age.🧡
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.❤
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.
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. ❤
I live in a 1890s house where my late husband and parents lived. It's a big house with very little central heating. All winter bedding is fleece and a high tog duvet, plus pj's. I wear fluffy slippers and at night a fleecy dressing gown. I love it but it's too big for now. Once the estate is settled I'll move.....to a small old terrace house.... with full central heating, I hope!!!!! My dream terrace house would be edwardian but my kitchen will have my real and retro 20s and 30s kitchenalia which I love!
I live in area where there's lots of 'old school' terraced houses with bathroom at back of the kitchen on ground floor, solidly built and I'd move into one too given the chance
I live in the US in 129-year-old building with 10 foot ceilings and quarters amazing windows. So yes, that means I am absolutely with you in spirit out here in New England.
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! 🤓
My grandma lived in one of three houses her father built in the 1800 on the hills in Yorkshire my mum remembers ice an inch thick on the inside of the walls. Her modern idea that work was to build perfect fitting frames for the inside of the windows, cover both sides with a plastic film creating secondary triple glazing. Then hang the nets and heavy curtains. Plenty of rugs on the flag floors.
I was brought up.in the 80s in a council house with the old lead windows we use to get thick ice inside the frames ....... It was freezing but mum always put like 20 blankets on and hot water bottles but going to the bathroom was hell 🥶🥶
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 ❤❤❤
I'm envious of you, although it's still fairly warm in England at the moment. The endless grey skies, rain, and cold is not nice- you'd soon be fed up of it when you've endured 6 months of it, and it's dark by 4pm, and you are chilly because the central heating costs too much to leave on!
I’m not jealous I hate cold N damp Yuck I’ll take the fall winter n spring of the South and hide in July n Aug like we hide Oct thru April in the arctic of western NY 🥶
Extra hot water bottle tip: wrap your hot water bottle in a large scarf or jumper (tuck the arms inside the folds so they aren't flapping around) it will distribute heat more evenly & stay warm MUCH longer. My hot water bottle is still hot in the morning if I keep it under the covers too. Even outside of the covers the wrap method still keeps it warm enough that 24 hours later it's still warm.
@@emmimiller3677 I use a big jumper & tuck the arms in last so the hot water bottle is entirely encased, but the important this is to wrap it firmly. Though if you move around the big jumper works better because tucking the arms last stops everything unfolding. Hope you have a cosy night with your hot water bottle.
We currently live in an old building that wasn't updated at all. The wiring is screwy and the windows are untreated and thin. I love the colder months FAR more than the warmer ones, though, so preparing the windows, the sweaters, the slippers, and everything makes me so happy.
Here I am in Michigan looking forward to the cool down into the mid 70'sF (mid 20,s C) next week. So looking forward to cooler weather! Setting the fire from the top warms the flue which keep smoke from coming back into the room (learned this the hard way working at the Henry Forrd in Greenfield Village in a 1850's tavern.
That only applies to an open fire though. A stove with a door and draught control will burn up well without smoking pretty much however you start the fire. I have an open grate in my dining room and have to warm the chimney up before I light it if it's not been used in a while. I set the fire and then scrunch some newspaper up on top of it and light that. The quick blaze from the paper heats the flue up fast and then I can light the fire from below. Nothing beats a proper fire.
My old french cottage is the rest of a huge farmhouse that was broken down before my arrival. It’s gettiing chilly in the evenings and I’m grateful for many of your ideas, as electrical heating is out of budget. I have found old heating bricks that I put beside the fire and wrap in cloths to warm the bed. Thick woollen carpets help with the cold floors, blankets, cushions and warm sweaters insolate from the chill of the stone walls. I love my old cottage.
I live in an older home 1960s, and I follow this routine although I use heatpacks rather than hot water bottles (had a leak and it took ages to dry out). I'm a great believer I wool on the bed, under the sheets as well as over. I made old blankets into quilts by using them as the interlining, they have a nice weight as well as warmth. I brought wool fabric to make someone a coat once, she changed her mind, so I bound the edges and it made an incredible blanket. Also husky polar fleece works well and is a cheaper option So think outside the box for bedding. Pure wool blankets are nuts expensive
@ rose, I taught myself to crochet, and so blankets have taken over my home, our cat loves them though 😮😂 I got a fab wool blanket on eBay, and have accumulated some vintage Persian rugs, that make all the difference in a 120 yr old home
I think i belong to that era. I have countless warm & cosey dressing gowns & slippers & hot water bottles of all shapes & sizes lol. (And thats was before we had high enetgy prices).
Really lovely soothing video, thankyou! At the moment all the heating we have in our tiny cottage (used to be a gardener 's bothy apparently) is a couple of plug in electric heaters, so we're used to wrapping up warm. I have boot-style slippers, they keep my ankles warm as well. Feather duvets, blankets. When reading in bed I'll wear a wooly hat & fingerless gloves. Might possibly get a wood stove installed one day! Xx
Hello, Hanna. I suffer from SAD as well. I have tried those “sunlight” lightbulbs, but they don’t work for me. I think I’m going to try your method of just reading it out. Thanks for the idea!
My mother put these drawers in our bed in the icy bedroom we slept in. Ice made patterns on the inside of the windows and we had no electricity..My daughter does not believe me when I mention these facts!
I absolutely enjoy your videos, thanks! I also have an ethanol burner which is so simple to use giving the room a cozy feeling in no time. I would like to remind you that the room must be at least 25m2 to use the small burner, make sure you let in fresh air for the produced carbon dioxide. Further more, for safety the decoration logs are to be 2 cm distance from the burner and never be in the way of the flames, they’re not to be placed over the opening of the burner but on the sides…
Opening the windows for at least 10 minutes a day also helps with potential mould development. I tend to move around a lot in this time to get an air current going and wipe down any areas around the windows and the walls to make sure there's not even the slightest risk of build up (with a dry cloth). Always good to get a dehumidifier (the mini ones) for each room since the UK is just sopping wet to the most evil degree.
My Foursquare home is from 1920 and while quaint, leaks heat from every one of its 13 giant windows. In winter, the living room is an ice box no matter how high I turn up the heat. That being said, I truly love my old house.
I remember those days .We lived in a drafty old Victorian house in Essex England ,we would spend a Sunday cutting logs which would only last the week if lucky.We had a serving hatch from the living room into the kitchen when you opened the door you would get a blast of cold air and your hair would fly .We had the old sash windows too .We had a hip urge front door ,I made lovely red velvet curtains from old school curtains that were no longer needed.We would close them right across at night .I went to the local junk market and found two “winceyette” or as they say in USA flannel long striped nightshirts the kind you see Scrooge wearing .Me and hubby wore them in the winter we looked hilarious but they were warm .We were remembering about them recently .We live in Florida now but once we get that autumn feeling I start to put throws and heavier bed linens out .
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this, thank you. Was intrigued by ethanol burners, so had a look online. Far too expensive for me, so I’ll continue to wear multiple layers in front of my ‘pretend’ log burner! (ie it has a flame effect but does not emit heat still psychologically it makes you believe it’s warm!!). Very true regarding the cost of living crisis, it’s very de heartening, Enjoy and relish time with your Mum. I miss mine terribly still even though it’s been 6 years. x
That small firebox looks like an old coal-burner. They were smaller since coal puts out more heat. Would also explain the coal basket rather than andirons to hold the logs. I could be wrong. I’m in Pennsylvania, where coal was a way of life.
Gosh this made me feel cold. It was mid September when you made it. I'm still in crop trousers and still have the summer duvet on. But my house is really old and actually keeps itself quite warm. Small windows can make daylight a prized possession but it cuts down on the cold. Built sometime before 1742 (clearly the same property is painted on a map of that date) it's walls are very thick. That helps. The open fire in the dining room works really well and the wood burner in the sitting room heats up the stairs too. We don't have a boiler. Just a few modern efficient storage heaters in discrete places for a little background heat for winter which means condensation is a thing of the past in normal day to day operation. But if my husband is having a heavy cooking session and creating a lot of steam, or I am drying washing on the airer in the dining room, our dehumidifier is indeed a wonderful tool. This has been a strange month (Sept). We don't normally start lighting the wood burner before October. But it's been used quite a few times now. However, then along comes a lovely day and we are fine without it again that evening. I do think it's time to go up a notch in duvet terms now though because I don't have any heating in the bedroom as I like to sleep cool. What a delightful house, looks like my Nan's house. New subscriber coming up!
I loved this content...🥰 Some great ideas too. My stone home is 84yo and gets cold too. I bring out blankets, sheepskin rugs to lay on the lounge which makes it cost and stock up on wood. Hot water bottles are fantastic. Thankyou 💓
Moving (not even gonna say 'hopefully', its mine!) Into a house built in 1958 soon. Luckily missed this specific "cold" period of building you mentioned, but I can see how it would get a little chilly~ I'm so excited. Thank you for all the information!
Enjoyed your video! My house isn’t as old as yours, it’s a 1932 craftsman farmhouse with wrap around porch. I do know how chilly it can get and I have an old ladder with many seasonal throws and ones older ladies have crocheted or sewn for me. Even in the summertime there is one degree difference on my air conditioner between being too hot or freezing. The walls in the dining room, living room, den (snug?) and library(yes I have a library! Was the original master bedroom but as there are 3 bedrooms upstairs I made it into a library) are plaster which stays pretty cool. My only working fireplace is the one in the library which previous owners converted to gas. Since the den is where my grands and I watch movies and is on the shady side of the house I got an electric stove to sit on the hearth(all the fireplaces originally had coal burning stoves) and only heat that room as needed which helps cut costs. Happy autumn across the pond!🧡🎃🍁🍂
I love these tips! 😊 Our home was built in 1930, and our kitchen, dining room, and living room are the coldest during fall and winter, especially if you're near the front door in the living room, or the back door in the kitchen. We have a fire place in the living room that has been blocked off from sometime but it would be nice if it could work again 😊❤
The second duvet came out a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve had the leccy blanket on twice already! I love your fire. I miss my old house where I had one
Our little wooden Norwegian farmhouse from 1917 is quite cold and drafty. We light the wood stove most days, wear wool all year, mostly live in the one room with the fire, take a jot water bottle and warm stones to bed.
Your house is gorgeous! We also live in a period property from 1880. We did some research and builders' recommendation over and over was ventilation. It's tricky because you don't want a draughty house, but old houses were designed to stay dry by not being airtight! DaThe damp issue is often unwittingly compounded by people using unsuitable modern paints; that aren't breathable and so the plaster holds onto the water. You might notice condensation on the walls, or the paint work bubbling. We've had success with: - Opening the windows for two hours each morning - Leaving any doors we can slightly ajar, such as the bedroom door at night If you can't have a powered dehumidifier unit for any reason, we found the following worked well: - Unibond do a small non-electric dehumidifier we saw recommended online by builders, called a 360, with a replaceable salt 'doughnut' inside. It's done an excellent job of removing moisture from the air in our bedroom and bathroom and we use it year-round. - Karche Window vac. This makes removing condensation from the glass and sills a doddle. What took me 25 minutes to do badly with clothes and bucket I can now do well in ten minutes before I start work.
We live in a 1930s semi detached house. No central heating just an open fire in the front room. We have an electric blanket in our bed but that’s it! You kind of get used to it (we have lived here 5 years). Just wear more layers in winter. I find that now going into other houses with central heating that it’s too warm😂
Hanna, when i lived in an old property, i rented. i learned what true cold was, so now, i sleep in-between 2 duvets of 15 togs, one below me, and one above the most i've done since is direct a fan heater under the bed to warm it up, only for an hour, so i'm toasty, whatever the weather. i would love to go vintage, but not that far back.
I live in a stone and brick house built in 1870 doesn’t have high ceilings or large windows and doesn’t get that cold unless is below zero outside - we’ve no central heating only wood burner and Rayburn I love it and my children didn’t mind the cooler bedrooms when they were growing up
For thick winter jumpers, I fold them ( about 4 into a plastic clear bag) and then stack them into plastic/sea grass containers on the shelf under the hanging rail. Works a treat with small spaces.
I was born and raised in a house very similar to yours. We had sash windows (draughty, rattling, iced up inside on a Winter’s morning), open fires (including in the bedrooms - no central heating whatsoever), a back boiler for heating bath water, an enamel gas cooker like yours, concrete floors beneath lino or VERY thin carpet (no underlay as I recall - too expensive). The memory of the cold stays with me to this day. Frozen fingers, toes and chilblains were just the norm. We always had hot water bottles, socks, dressing gowns but they just didn’t help. Beds were made up with linen sheets, blankets and eiderdowns but were always freezing to get into in Winter, regardless of what you wore. I wouldn’t go back to those days if you paid me…
I never throw away old duvets. I put them under the sheet. They make the bed extra cozy and warm. You can even put the Summer duvet under the sheet to save on storage. Because i do this i use a king size sheet over the top of these so that they can cover all this deep padding on my double sized mattress.
I absolutely love this. As someone who lives in an older house, some things are renovated but there are many vintage old and retro things which you just have to live with and deal with. One of my favorite things is that we heat up our livingroom and hallway with wood fire, in the livingroom we have space above the stove for several kettles which heat up and increase the humidity due to the heating and cold reducing the humidity for us. It's also great for using the hot water for hot water bottles or washing the dishes ❤lots of love to you and your mum from Germany 🇩🇪
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.
Im in New Brunswick, Canada...I love this time of year, we have 2 heat pumps and a woodstove to heat..we use it in late Autumn if it's really cool outside and our cats absolutely love it of course...as much as we do...Im glad you have this also, from what I hear, its cold in the UK...
Wonderful! I love all your preparations and ideas. Husband and I live in Pacific Northwest , 2 hr. NW of Seattle Washington, USA. Our house will be 100 yr. old in 2025, is only 700 sq. feet, and comprised mostly of large Edwardian style windows. There is a crawl space but no cellar, so the floors are very cold in winter. We are just today bringing out heavier bedcovers and already have had heat on. Luckily, we do not get below zero Fahrenheit cold.
I remember my grandma's log fire plus those tools yes she had the same one my mother's mother next to her coal fire. Stephen had some sort of bucket and a little cold house they called it it was like a wooden homemade container under the back window. They had allotments in the gardens where the grew veg and fruit especially rhubarb and apples. Plus strawberries and raspberries they were the favourite fruits for my grandparents. The groove things like broad beans runner beans potatoes carrots turnips
All sorts of things. My parents copied their parents we're having allotments in the garden with concerned in greenhouses. My dad's parents had a shed under greenhouse like my parents what does parents actually had a large millstone or two stuck in the back garden it was that big
Have you considered, and is it possible in your home, to have blown in insulation installed? If possible, it would make a huge difference keeping your home cool in Summer and warm in Fall and winter. It's a foan that is blown in and expands to fill the space. I have watched your Tik Tok videos for a while and just subscribed to your You Tube channel. Always a pleasure to see you and your lifestyle. Thanks for sharing, Greetings from Arizona 🏜 🥰🍃🍂🍁💗✝
H Hannah ... I find such quiet loveliness watching your videos, thank you! I keep meaning to ask ... have you watched the old UK series The 1940's house? I just found it on UA-cam! Such an interesting show/social experiment. Xo from New Zealand
That was nice and relaxing. I love how you lingered on the wood fire,a dn seeing your pidgeons. Just coming out of winter here in Australia and hayfever headaches are bad , to the point I'd rather be back in winter now lol But you made me look forward to Autumn as well as summer!
My dad's parents has something that I think they used to flatten the grass but I'm not sure what it was. It was more decoration but it had a long handle it was attached to something like a heavy round cylinder made of either pot concrete or cement. I will have to ask my mum the name the
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.
Our house was a dormitory for girls belonging to what was a near-by private girls school !
Over the years some of the boys have carved their initials into the slate lintels! Including one that says: ' LLW 1905-8'!
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.
A foyer is even better
Front door
Small hall with closet n bench
Inside door to the house
I first read”to stop any GUESTS coming through”! I then thought I need me some of those! Lol!
Oh my goodness your pigeons! So cool.
Home sweet home and the simple pleasures. Lovely.
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.
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 😅
My 1920 house is the same.
Have you thought of getting an electric blanket? They keep you warm all night x
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.
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.
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 😅 ❤
I just love a hot water bottle, I was bought up in a big old Victorian house in the 60s, we didn’t have any heating apart from the fire in lounge. We used to get ice on the inside of the windows in the winter, so a hot water bottle, jumpers, socks etc were vital. Unfortunately I’ve become a bit soft in my old age.🧡
@@jenniferboyle2865the inside of my 1920 house windows ice up sometimes in Winter too. I wear an electric blanket type shawl to compensate.
Ooh tea cosy best Christmas present ever from my mother in law who's unfortunately passed now she always gave unusual yet useful gifts
@@ajvintage9579 That’s a great idea, we had sash windows so the glass was really thin, but we made it really cosy🕰️🧹🕯️🧡
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.❤
The real answer is a bed jacket [as per the 1920's/1930's/1940's!
I use a bed jacket just because I want to 😊 and gone back to real practical night dresses.
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!
I love your wee upstairs fireplace!
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.
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. ❤
I live in a 1890s house where my late husband and parents lived. It's a big house with very little central heating. All winter bedding is fleece and a high tog duvet, plus pj's. I wear fluffy slippers and at night a fleecy dressing gown. I love it but it's too big for now. Once the estate is settled I'll move.....to a small old terrace house.... with full central heating, I hope!!!!! My dream terrace house would be edwardian but my kitchen will have my real and retro 20s and 30s kitchenalia which I love!
I live in area where there's lots of 'old school' terraced houses with bathroom at back of the kitchen on ground floor, solidly built and I'd move into one too given the chance
The hacks are just ridiculous imo
I can’t stay huddled up
I have tasks to do! Home is a very busy place if ur not 65+
You don’t stay huddled up you should move around that keeps the blood flowing and keeps you warm during the day, stay huddled up when you sleep.
I live in the US in 129-year-old building with 10 foot ceilings and quarters amazing windows.
So yes, that means I am absolutely with you in spirit out here in New England.
My house was built in about 1920 as a farm workers cottage. So solid and calm.
I'm hoping to buy a farm workers cottage! Second viewing on Monday. Are they cold?
That’s what we have. Warm in the winter, cool in the summer. Solid and secure xxx
@@hattyburrow716 That's so good to know thank you. We've put an offer in with lots of other people so hopefully we'll be successful.🤞🤞🤞
My home is 1924, she's a bit draughty but she's a lovely place to live, steep stairs and all ❤
Hey Hannah, any chance we can get a short giving an update on the baby pigeons? Fascinated about those little guys.
I love your vintage home. Thank you for sharing.
"When the weather starts to get a little worse"
😂I hear ya!
Also warm socks. You can double up on socks.
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! 🤓
My grandma lived in one of three houses her father built in the 1800 on the hills in Yorkshire my mum remembers ice an inch thick on the inside of the walls.
Her modern idea that work was to build perfect fitting frames for the inside of the windows, cover both sides with a plastic film creating secondary triple glazing. Then hang the nets and heavy curtains.
Plenty of rugs on the flag floors.
I was brought up.in the 80s in a council house with the old lead windows we use to get thick ice inside the frames ....... It was freezing but mum always put like 20 blankets on and hot water bottles but going to the bathroom was hell 🥶🥶
Since my tinnitus got worse a few weeks ago i discovered your channel and it gives me immense comfort. Thank you.
It's so lovely to have you here ❤️
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 ❤❤❤
I'm envious of you, although it's still fairly warm in England at the moment. The endless grey skies, rain, and cold is not nice- you'd soon be fed up of it when you've endured 6 months of it, and it's dark by 4pm, and you are chilly because the central heating costs too much to leave on!
I’m not jealous
I hate cold
N damp
Yuck
I’ll take the fall winter n spring of the South and hide in July n Aug like we hide Oct thru April in the arctic of western NY 🥶
Your videos always feel like a hug 😊
Thumbs 👍 great idea
Extra hot water bottle tip: wrap your hot water bottle in a large scarf or jumper (tuck the arms inside the folds so they aren't flapping around) it will distribute heat more evenly & stay warm MUCH longer. My hot water bottle is still hot in the morning if I keep it under the covers too. Even outside of the covers the wrap method still keeps it warm enough that 24 hours later it's still warm.
Trying this! Thanks for the tip
@@emmimiller3677 I use a big jumper & tuck the arms in last so the hot water bottle is entirely encased, but the important this is to wrap it firmly. Though if you move around the big jumper works better because tucking the arms last stops everything unfolding. Hope you have a cosy night with your hot water bottle.
love your old home videos🤎🍁🍂mine is from 1920, and wisconsin is cold
We currently live in an old building that wasn't updated at all. The wiring is screwy and the windows are untreated and thin. I love the colder months FAR more than the warmer ones, though, so preparing the windows, the sweaters, the slippers, and everything makes me so happy.
Here I am in Michigan looking forward to the cool down into the mid 70'sF (mid 20,s C) next week. So looking forward to cooler weather! Setting the fire from the top warms the flue which keep smoke from coming back into the room (learned this the hard way working at the Henry Forrd in Greenfield Village in a 1850's tavern.
That only applies to an open fire though. A stove with a door and draught control will burn up well without smoking pretty much however you start the fire. I have an open grate in my dining room and have to warm the chimney up before I light it if it's not been used in a while. I set the fire and then scrunch some newspaper up on top of it and light that. The quick blaze from the paper heats the flue up fast and then I can light the fire from below. Nothing beats a proper fire.
I loved my parent's drafty old Victorian house it broke my heart to sell it.
My old french cottage is the rest of a huge farmhouse that was broken down before my arrival. It’s gettiing chilly in the evenings and I’m grateful for many of your ideas, as electrical heating is out of budget. I have found old heating bricks that I put beside the fire and wrap in cloths to warm the bed. Thick woollen carpets help with the cold floors, blankets, cushions and warm sweaters insolate from the chill of the stone walls. I love my old cottage.
I live in an older home 1960s, and I follow this routine although I use heatpacks rather than hot water bottles (had a leak and it took ages to dry out). I'm a great believer I wool on the bed, under the sheets as well as over. I made old blankets into quilts by using them as the interlining, they have a nice weight as well as warmth. I brought wool fabric to make someone a coat once, she changed her mind, so I bound the edges and it made an incredible blanket. Also husky polar fleece works well and is a cheaper option
So think outside the box for bedding. Pure wool blankets are nuts expensive
@ rose, I taught myself to crochet, and so blankets have taken over my home, our cat loves them though 😮😂 I got a fab wool blanket on eBay, and have accumulated some vintage Persian rugs, that make all the difference in a 120 yr old home
I think i belong to that era. I have countless warm & cosey dressing gowns & slippers & hot water bottles of all shapes & sizes lol. (And thats was before we had high enetgy prices).
I love anything vintage!! This channel brings me joy!! ❤thank you from Tennessee USA .
A plate warmer! I wish that modern appliances would revisit some of these wonderfully practical features.
I find adding more lamps & candles add cosiness. For me it’s all about the lighting 🛋️💡🕯️🧡
Love your fires 🔥 x
I can’t afford moooore electric!
Really lovely soothing video, thankyou! At the moment all the heating we have in our tiny cottage (used to be a gardener 's bothy apparently) is a couple of plug in electric heaters, so we're used to wrapping up warm. I have boot-style slippers, they keep my ankles warm as well. Feather duvets, blankets. When reading in bed I'll wear a wooly hat & fingerless gloves. Might possibly get a wood stove installed one day! Xx
Hello, Hanna. I suffer from SAD as well. I have tried those “sunlight” lightbulbs, but they don’t work for me. I think I’m going to try your method of just reading it out. Thanks for the idea!
Very soothing, thank you!
In the 60s and 70s, I can remember us having a warming drawer in our oven - like a small oven or compartment underneath the main oven for plates.
My mother put these drawers in our bed in the icy bedroom we slept in. Ice made patterns on the inside of the windows and we had no electricity..My daughter does not believe me when I mention these facts!
I absolutely enjoy your videos, thanks! I also have an ethanol burner which is so simple to use giving the room a cozy feeling in no time. I would like to remind you that the room must be at least 25m2 to use the small burner, make sure you let in fresh air for the produced carbon dioxide. Further more, for safety the decoration logs are to be 2 cm distance from the burner and never be in the way of the flames, they’re not to be placed over the opening of the burner but on the sides…
I shut out rest of world in my own little world lol in the 1950 home we live in in colder d times
Opening the windows for at least 10 minutes a day also helps with potential mould development. I tend to move around a lot in this time to get an air current going and wipe down any areas around the windows and the walls to make sure there's not even the slightest risk of build up (with a dry cloth). Always good to get a dehumidifier (the mini ones) for each room since the UK is just sopping wet to the most evil degree.
so cozy so adorable , can I just be a guest with my miss marple novel :))) Thank you for your work and videos!
My Foursquare home is from 1920 and while quaint, leaks heat from every one of its 13 giant windows. In winter, the living room is an ice box no matter how high I turn up the heat. That being said, I truly love my old house.
I would block up half of each windows
Put heavy thick curtains across at sunset till sun gets bright in the a.m.
Thank you. I miss a cooler climate.
Lovely and cosy
Love your channel so much. You make me feel like I'm home again ❤
Just found your channel,love it👌
I have just found your channel and subscribed 💖
I remember those days .We lived in a drafty old Victorian house in Essex England ,we would spend a Sunday cutting logs which would only last the week if lucky.We had a serving hatch from the living room into the kitchen when you opened the door you would get a blast of cold air and your hair would fly .We had the old sash windows too .We had a hip urge front door ,I made lovely red velvet curtains from old school curtains that were no longer needed.We would close them right across at night .I went to the local junk market and found two “winceyette” or as they say in USA flannel long striped nightshirts the kind you see Scrooge wearing .Me and hubby wore them in the winter we looked hilarious but they were warm .We were remembering about them recently .We live in Florida now but once we get that autumn feeling I start to put throws and heavier bed linens out .
I love your old stove! The plate warmer is the icing on the cake 🍁🍁
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this, thank you. Was intrigued by ethanol burners, so had a look online. Far too expensive for me, so I’ll continue to wear multiple layers in front of my ‘pretend’ log burner! (ie it has a flame effect but does not emit heat still psychologically it makes you believe it’s warm!!). Very true regarding the cost of living crisis, it’s very de heartening, Enjoy and relish time with your Mum. I miss mine terribly still even though it’s been 6 years. x
That small firebox looks like an old coal-burner. They were smaller since coal puts out more heat. Would also explain the coal basket rather than andirons to hold the logs. I could be wrong. I’m in Pennsylvania, where coal was a way of life.
Gosh this made me feel cold. It was mid September when you made it. I'm still in crop trousers and still have the summer duvet on. But my house is really old and actually keeps itself quite warm. Small windows can make daylight a prized possession but it cuts down on the cold. Built sometime before 1742 (clearly the same property is painted on a map of that date) it's walls are very thick. That helps. The open fire in the dining room works really well and the wood burner in the sitting room heats up the stairs too. We don't have a boiler. Just a few modern efficient storage heaters in discrete places for a little background heat for winter which means condensation is a thing of the past in normal day to day operation. But if my husband is having a heavy cooking session and creating a lot of steam, or I am drying washing on the airer in the dining room, our dehumidifier is indeed a wonderful tool.
This has been a strange month (Sept). We don't normally start lighting the wood burner before October. But it's been used quite a few times now. However, then along comes a lovely day and we are fine without it again that evening. I do think it's time to go up a notch in duvet terms now though because I don't have any heating in the bedroom as I like to sleep cool.
What a delightful house, looks like my Nan's house. New subscriber coming up!
The sound of that log burner go is so nostalgic for me! i wish we could have one but we are in a new build and it would be ridiculously hot if we did!
I live in a 350 year old listed cottage with single glazed windows and no central heating. If you are prepared for winter it can be wonderful. x
I loved this content...🥰 Some great ideas too. My stone home is 84yo and gets cold too. I bring out blankets, sheepskin rugs to lay on the lounge which makes it cost and stock up on wood. Hot water bottles are fantastic. Thankyou 💓
loved your outfit 🤎
Moving (not even gonna say 'hopefully', its mine!) Into a house built in 1958 soon. Luckily missed this specific "cold" period of building you mentioned, but I can see how it would get a little chilly~ I'm so excited. Thank you for all the information!
Enjoyed your video! My house isn’t as old as yours, it’s a 1932 craftsman farmhouse with wrap around porch. I do know how chilly it can get and I have an old ladder with many seasonal throws and ones older ladies have crocheted or sewn for me. Even in the summertime there is one degree difference on my air conditioner between being too hot or freezing. The walls in the dining room, living room, den (snug?) and library(yes I have a library! Was the original master bedroom but as there are 3 bedrooms upstairs I made it into a library) are plaster which stays pretty cool. My only working fireplace is the one in the library which previous owners converted to gas. Since the den is where my grands and I watch movies and is on the shady side of the house I got an electric stove to sit on the hearth(all the fireplaces originally had coal burning stoves) and only heat that room as needed which helps cut costs. Happy autumn across the pond!🧡🎃🍁🍂
I love these tips! 😊 Our home was built in 1930, and our kitchen, dining room, and living room are the coldest during fall and winter, especially if you're near the front door in the living room, or the back door in the kitchen. We have a fire place in the living room that has been blocked off from sometime but it would be nice if it could work again 😊❤
The second duvet came out a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve had the leccy blanket on twice already!
I love your fire. I miss my old house where I had one
Yes, same here at my old house! Happy autumn to you!
Our little wooden Norwegian farmhouse from 1917 is quite cold and drafty. We light the wood stove most days, wear wool all year, mostly live in the one room with the fire, take a jot water bottle and warm stones to bed.
Love this video and all your videos, your home is beautiful ❤❤❤
Your house is gorgeous! We also live in a period property from 1880. We did some research and builders' recommendation over and over was ventilation. It's tricky because you don't want a draughty house, but old houses were designed to stay dry by not being airtight! DaThe damp issue is often unwittingly compounded by people using unsuitable modern paints; that aren't breathable and so the plaster holds onto the water. You might notice condensation on the walls, or the paint work bubbling.
We've had success with:
- Opening the windows for two hours each morning
- Leaving any doors we can slightly ajar, such as the bedroom door at night
If you can't have a powered dehumidifier unit for any reason, we found the following worked well:
- Unibond do a small non-electric dehumidifier we saw recommended online by builders, called a 360, with a replaceable salt 'doughnut' inside. It's done an excellent job of removing moisture from the air in our bedroom and bathroom and we use it year-round.
- Karche Window vac. This makes removing condensation from the glass and sills a doddle. What took me 25 minutes to do badly with clothes and bucket I can now do well in ten minutes before I start work.
Lovely to watch
We live in a 1930s semi detached house. No central heating just an open fire in the front room. We have an electric blanket in our bed but that’s it! You kind of get used to it (we have lived here 5 years). Just wear more layers in winter. I find that now going into other houses with central heating that it’s too warm😂
Love your videos, they are so lovely, homely… heart warming
Hanna, when i lived in an old property, i rented. i learned what true cold was, so now, i sleep in-between 2 duvets of 15 togs, one below me, and one above the most i've done since is direct a fan heater under the bed to warm it up, only for an hour, so i'm toasty, whatever the weather. i would love to go vintage, but not that far back.
Everything looks so cozy ❤
I live in a stone and brick house built in 1870 doesn’t have high ceilings or large windows and doesn’t get that cold unless is below zero outside - we’ve no central heating only wood burner and Rayburn I love it and my children didn’t mind the cooler bedrooms when they were growing up
This was so lovely to watch. Thank you so much.
For thick winter jumpers, I fold them ( about 4 into a plastic clear bag) and then stack them into plastic/sea grass containers on the shelf under the hanging rail. Works a treat with small spaces.
Lovey cosy autumy vlog😂❤❤❤
Lovely
Lovely house. My victorian terrace has throws and quilts out all year round
I was born and raised in a house very similar to yours. We had sash windows (draughty, rattling, iced up inside on a Winter’s morning), open fires (including in the bedrooms - no central heating whatsoever), a back boiler for heating bath water, an enamel gas cooker like yours, concrete floors beneath lino or VERY thin carpet (no underlay as I recall - too expensive). The memory of the cold stays with me to this day. Frozen fingers, toes and chilblains were just the norm. We always had hot water bottles, socks, dressing gowns but they just didn’t help. Beds were made up with linen sheets, blankets and eiderdowns but were always freezing to get into in Winter, regardless of what you wore. I wouldn’t go back to those days if you paid me…
I never throw away old duvets. I put them under the sheet. They make the bed extra cozy and warm. You can even put the Summer duvet under the sheet to save on storage. Because i do this i use a king size sheet over the top of these so that they can cover all this deep padding on my double sized mattress.
I absolutely love this. As someone who lives in an older house, some things are renovated but there are many vintage old and retro things which you just have to live with and deal with. One of my favorite things is that we heat up our livingroom and hallway with wood fire, in the livingroom we have space above the stove for several kettles which heat up and increase the humidity due to the heating and cold reducing the humidity for us. It's also great for using the hot water for hot water bottles or washing the dishes ❤lots of love to you and your mum from Germany 🇩🇪
Brilliant video 😊
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.
Turn on ur heat for goodness sakes!
Couldn't survive winter in my old house if it wasn't for my Eiderdown!! Best investment I've made in a looooong time 🥶🥶
Lovely video with beautiful music. ❤
Im in New Brunswick, Canada...I love this time of year, we have 2 heat pumps and a woodstove to heat..we use it in late Autumn if it's really cool outside and our cats absolutely love it of course...as much as we do...Im glad you have this also, from what I hear, its cold in the UK...
This is great. Thank you.
I loved your vlog , thank you for sharing x
Lovely video❤
Looks very cosy ❤
Wonderful! I love all your preparations and ideas. Husband and I live in Pacific Northwest , 2 hr. NW of Seattle Washington, USA. Our house will be 100 yr. old in 2025, is only 700 sq. feet, and comprised mostly of large Edwardian style windows. There is a crawl space but no cellar, so the floors are very cold in winter. We are just today bringing out heavier bedcovers and already have had heat on. Luckily, we do not get below zero Fahrenheit cold.
I remember my grandma's log fire plus those tools yes she had the same one my mother's mother next to her coal fire. Stephen had some sort of bucket and a little cold house they called it it was like a wooden homemade container under the back window. They had allotments in the gardens where the grew veg and fruit especially rhubarb and apples. Plus strawberries and raspberries they were the favourite fruits for my grandparents. The groove things like broad beans runner beans potatoes carrots turnips
All sorts of things. My parents copied their parents we're having allotments in the garden with concerned in greenhouses. My dad's parents had a shed under greenhouse like my parents what does parents actually had a large millstone or two stuck in the back garden it was that big
Have you considered, and is it possible in your home, to have blown in insulation installed? If possible, it would make a huge difference keeping your home cool in Summer and warm in Fall and winter. It's a foan that is blown in and expands to fill the space. I have watched your Tik Tok videos for a while and just subscribed to your You Tube channel. Always a pleasure to see you and your lifestyle. Thanks for sharing, Greetings from Arizona 🏜 🥰🍃🍂🍁💗✝
H Hannah ... I find such quiet loveliness watching your videos, thank you! I keep meaning to ask ... have you watched the old UK series The 1940's house? I just found it on UA-cam! Such an interesting show/social experiment. Xo from New Zealand
Preparing for a cold night with an electric blanket.
That was nice and relaxing. I love how you lingered on the wood fire,a dn seeing your pidgeons.
Just coming out of winter here in Australia and hayfever headaches are bad , to the point I'd rather be back in winter now lol But you made me look forward to Autumn as well as summer!
We were our dressing gowns shawls blankets no mould or condensation thank God
Nice ❤
My dad's parents has something that I think they used to flatten the grass but I'm not sure what it was. It was more decoration but it had a long handle it was attached to something like a heavy round cylinder made of either pot concrete or cement. I will have to ask my mum the name the
It's called a roller.
Electric blankets after the initial outlay are very cost effective and keep me snuggly warm in winter and I go to bed earlier and get up later.
Amazing live this video and Is that a Captain Britain shield in the corner i spy?
I bought a small portable bio ethanol fire a few months ago and it’s great throws out some nice heat 😊