The cheapest way to heat your house, keep it dry and spread real heat into the stone walls is with a woodstove. The original layout was perfect for that. You then leave the doors open off the room with the wood stove. We are in Brittany with long cold wet winters and heat our house October to June for 800€. Our house is always between 18 and 24 degrees all year.
There must be something wrong with me because my bedroom in the winter is very cold. I have the heat off and the temperature outside might be -3°C. The heat is off most of the time and the window is open. It’s a rare occasion that is closed. I don’t spend any time in my bedroom except sleeping. I have adequate clothes on the bed to keep me warm and to enjoy the crisp air. I am never cold so I don’t understand people being cold when they’re under warm covers. please enlighten me because I have seen this so much People having the heat on in their bedroom and cuddle down under a a lot of bed clothes. I have a sheet, a duvet and a bedspread, when it gets exceptionally cold I add a blanket. This is not very heavy, but it’s very luxurious and comfortable and I’m perfectly warm. I’m not criticizing anyone because I seem to be the exception. I just want to know why cool or cold rooms don’t make excellent sleeping quarters. There had been occasions when I kept the window open, but filled a hot water bottle with boiling hot water from the kettle and since it had a cover on it, I could take it to bed with me. I love those nights when I can do that. By the way, I’m 87.
As children back in the 50s and early 60s heating in one room only coal and logs in open fire the rest of the house freezing no fitted carpet , and in the winter our bedroom windows had the most beautiful frosty pattern , dad said Jack frost had been , which I found scary it was only there in the morning a hot water bottle was put in the bed just before going up dad would come in and open the window a bit , said it was good for us , lol well we survived 😊❤❤🖤
Very good practice keeping fresh air when your sleeping we are in northern England we leave the window open an inch have for a few years. Once you’re in bed you warm up.
I feel the cold terribly, really really badly. (Like many, I have a below normal body temp) I have never had heat in the bedroom; but plenty of good, warm soft bedding, hot water bottle, and a small heat pad just to warm the bed up for a while; bed socks, also scarf for
Hi Marc, I'm a building and interior designer, these old stone houses are really designed for wood fires, as it keeps them dry, and it also stops condensation and mould. I would open the rooms up again, and make winter windows (cheap double glazing) like they do in Scandinavian countries, as that will help too. Have you checked in the roof space if there's adequate insulation? Also, a lot of heat loss occurs from gaps around windows and doors.
Best insulation: full length lined, and if possible, interlined curtains. I live in listed small Georgian house, which is always very cold. I also had made very thin, hinged wooden interior shutters for inside windows. Bedroom is very cold; but in bed very warm with correct bedding, nightwear - and a scarf! the room does not need to be the same temp as a living room. Buy thermal underwear...
@@serenashaw-q3y only problem with curtains/fabrics is they will get mouldy from holding onto dust and moisture. It's best to tackle the heating problem first, then curtains will be fine to hang.
I would suggest (as you say your budget is limited), to swap out the sofa and coffee table with the bed. You can put pillows behind you to make it more sofa-like during waking hours. I think it might go in that corner where the coffee table is. You have the making of a kitchen right at your fingertips. I would make a moveable table on wheels to go up to the sideboard for kitchen prep and then a stool added to eat there or work on the laptop. You can make a wooden board to cover the sink while not using to prep food as well. And you really only need a two burner hot plate for frying or boiling. A little countertop oven also doesn't cost much. Tiny home research is also a good source for limited spaces.
Oh, my goodness, whatever next! Just open it up and turn it into a bedsit. I think you are bonkers not putting in a log burner, with the amount of free wood on your property. Maybe if you open that wall up again, lol. Put your bed back in the kitchen and build a cube around it. Put the kitchen where the wardrobe and drawers are. Then, put the legs back on the coffee table, all sorted. You have made me laugh. 😂 all the best x
Hi Marc, I love the idea of a cupboard tuoe kitchen that would really work for you,also bunk bed idea not so daft, we all know heat rises, so you could build the cupboard kitchen then put a.bed ontop,for winter. If you took down that wall.give you more space, keep.that lovely table it belongs there,and very useful,plus when you move the draws into bedroom.it will give more space ,plus if you decide to.put sink back in the other area 😂,now it's warmer, let's face it how long do you spend at the sink,you can keep.water for kettle etc in the main room. Looking forward to you plans,great thing about living on your own,you can do as you please.❤
I like the sleeping compartment and storage underneath if I could choose in my home I would definitely have a wood burner less reliant on the grid and I totally get why they used to have 4 poster beds it’s must be like a cosy tent within a room and keeps all the warmth within or maybe it’s just me lol 😊
Hi Marc, you have a natural gift of doing these blogs. One forgets you are in an empty room talking and smiling to a camera. What fun you have moving your walls and doors. 🙃 A cold bedroom is healthy. Teddy is certainly vocal but that’s the part Siamese in him. I guess he hears you talking and thinks it’s to him. A small cosy living room is all you need. I just thank my lucky stars I’m not in hot L.A. what a nightmare that would be.Did you see the lightning strikes in Sydney ? The world has gone mad. It’s summer here. Usually 30 degrees. No sun for weeks and not over 20. C’est la vie. ❤ always a joy to see you.❤
Have you got a loft and is it insulated if not think about insulation. I see in the living room no carpet maybe underlay then carpet as that makes a difference.
Mark, come on. Just put your bed in the corner of your living room for a couple of months, the sink is already there 🙄 ,bring the microwave in and put another jumper on lol🤗
Marc all these ideas of super small spaces are sending chills down my spine lol. Teddy is a joy can you repurpose the lefover wood from pony Dave s shelter to build a treehouse for him to enjoy when he is outside?
People did used to use sleeping cabinets. Also the original 4 poster beds had heavy multi layered drapes that could be closed and heavy fabric over the top so it was a small space to sleep within. In really cold areas like Sibera people had wood stoves with a lot of thermal mass and their beds were high up on the backside of their stove and chimney. The masonry would be hot from the cooking/heating fire all day and would disappate heat all night keeping them from being cold or freezing. I love studying about how people throughout history and around the world manage staying warm and keeping cool so watching Marc working out his heating issues is interesting to me.
You are the fun crazy owner, you turn your fournitures from a room to another room. You make me laugh 🤣. My bedroom is like yours, cold. Winter is a problem, easy to have a hot température but too too expensive the big problem 😩
I think he has a couple of videos where he has put 2-3 layers of insulation in the Loft. I agree with the woodburner though. I think he had bought one but installation was extremely expensive.
Another crazy idea, at bedtime pull the coffee table in front of the sofa and put a mattress across the two things . Instant double bed in the warm room !!!
Hi marc, what about building a Murphy bed against your wall on lounge room , being you can build almost anything, then in the summer its a shelf / shelving in the lounge room?? Without compromising your lounge space
At the risk of frustrating you! Take out the wall, return to one big room plus woodburner. Yes kitchen in a cupboard is a great idea. Grow bamboo as a fast renewable cheap fuel source. All these bits and pieces of electric heaters, gas heaters are just not really ideal. It's not a big place before your walls went up. Aim for relaxed, cheap, comfortable living.
Hello There Marc and Teddy , Hope you are well and keeping warm , Great video and sounds like you have many ideas for your Home , we have quite a lot of power cuts so we get the candles out and realised how much heat they gave off , and noticed you can make heaters out of plant pots , or buy one , just an idea as a back up , well All looking Good , Keep up your Great work , Take care Marc and Teddy , 🕯👍👍🐈⬛
A heated blanket that goes under your sheet could possibly the answer for your bedroom. Or make a comfy snook where you can read, eat and sleep, the idea has come to my head, as you only need to please you and Tommy, 💡 turn a room into something like the interior of a camping car, where you have everything you need for the winter apart from the toilet and shower of course, and in the spring/summer and autumn, you have the rest of the house to enjoy😊
Hi Marc my dog Cooper heard Teddy miawing and saw him on the sink, started barking at him like he does with my cat who also loves a sink 🤣 It’s been a while since you last moved a door you must be getting withdrawal symptoms. Good idea to have winter arrangements for houses, I have similar thoughts in my house, it’s too big to heat it all in winter.
Interesting two part vlog, Marc, bursting with Tiny Home ideas. For me, as both the bedrooms of my g/f maisonette have two outside walls each, with big windows - making them cold in the UK Winter (and expensive to heat!) - I'm considering having a Murphy Bed fitted within my (toasty) lounge, for use during peak Winter cold spells(?). They can look good (built in, with extra storage space either side). I'm also thinking of applying thermal wallpaper to my outside walls and insulation film on the main window panels in both bedrooms. Best I can do - as I can't be knocking any walls down..
Do you have deep(ish) window ledges? Maybe you could look in 2nd hand places and see if you could get windows to fit and make it so you have 2 layers of glass?. It might be a lot cheaper than double glazing and you don't have to do all of the windows... just the rooms you use in the Winter.
Not that one would notice, walking into our house, but I can't handle chaotic clutter, so I am busy (once again) decluttering and reorganizing the remaining clutter. I could never live in a tiny house under construction.🤯 Regarding your bedroom... you could build yourself a box bed. They were used for centuries to conserve heat.
I’ve always hated that wall dividing the big room myself…. Take out door and window and put bed behind the remaining bit of wall?….but you’re always going to have to brave the cold to use bathroom and toilet as there’s the drainage pipes running along the wall where your sink n wardrobe are? In a perfect world a door where wardrobe is would be better 😊
AirBnb in Charente at this time of year £30-50 per night. But in the summer? With your beautiful garden? Just a thought. So the coffee table is a metre wide? Get a single mattress and sleep on it! Insulate the outside of the house using the simple rockwool, mesh and render method. Makes an amazing difference to indoor temperature. Wear a nightcap if you're really cold and make sure your electric blanket really warms your bed before you get in. Make your bed into a four-poster and line with heavy curtains. Think ahead. I'm beginning to think you need more money, Mark. There must be a way. Ok. In the summer offer your land for off-grid camping? Supply water, a fidelity and composting toilet. Something like that. Very popular in the UK. Not sure about living in a box, though.
If your house works for 75% of the year and you are asleep 40% of the remaining time why spend any more money keeping warm ? A heated throw would maybe solve your problem .
Will you change the window in the current kitchen? I built a sleeping cube about 10m2 raised up with a few steps at 90cm. There is a large atelier style opening with a metal frame and polycarbonate translucent panels , I built storage under it with wooden boxes that slide out on casters . Cosy
I have always thought that the previous owner had a reason for having the two bedrooms at the back of the house. You always point out how warm it is outside the back door. Perhaps leaving the house split in two from front to back was reasonable from the other owner. Or am I muddled? Another thought double glaze window in the existing kitchen, insulate that area,. Double glaze all the windows actually
Why don’t you have an open plan living room/kitchen? That way when you cook it adds to warming your room. Put a duvet under your bed sheet for added warmth. Been with you since the beginning and always wonder what you are going to do next lol.
Hello Marc..Carol P from smokey so Ca..Have you ever tried an electric blanker fir your bed...just warm it up 15 min. before u hope in. Cozy as "a bug in a rug."😊
Hi u could have a pull down bed with table attach to it it watch a man revotiating off grid in the mountains he lives in one room and his made all himself u mite like to check hi. Out
You could have a mezzanine, just big enough for your bed, or you could make an enclosed bed in your sitting-room, insulated. Failing that, just have a drop-down bed in the wall of your sitting room and live in one room in the winter. If you lived a bit nearer I could give you some hours work each month gardening :) we are making a one-bed flat in our open barn next to the house. I am going to make sure it is really well insulated, so that i can move into that in the winter as being inland in the countryside in France, it gets really cold in the winter. ua-cam.com/video/E0muiZTO4NI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/users/shortsp2a3-VmCw0g
Why don´t you convert the house into 2 studios. One that you live in and one that you rent out on AirBnB as an ex. Then you get some more money as well.
I'd keep a woodburner.. even only for emergencies. If there are electric cuts, I'd still be warm and can cook on it too. But it keeps the house very cosy. The bedroom doesn't matter if it's cold. A good quilt and overthrow on top keeps one (like me in my house) warm and cosy.. It's only for sleeping after all..when it's better not to have heatings on anyway.
Why dont you put your wide table in front of (along) the sofa and put your computer there. So you can work by sitting on the sofa. You can also put drinks, food, vitamin, water jug on the same table and organize by using a wide tray. You can also put vase, table lamp and candle to make it nice. Put the cat tower at the corner of the room beside the sofa. You can also put a rug or carpet under your table and sofa so you can have warm feet when you sit. It will be more functional and within your reach at any time and it looks aesthetically pleasing.
Do you ever go out? I liked the original French arrangement, one large room with a log burner (free wood from the land).
The cheapest way to heat your house, keep it dry and spread real heat into the stone walls is with a woodstove. The original layout was perfect for that. You then leave the doors open off the room with the wood stove. We are in Brittany with long cold wet winters and heat our house October to June for 800€. Our house is always between 18 and 24 degrees all year.
There must be something wrong with me because my bedroom in the winter is very cold. I have the heat off and the temperature outside might be -3°C. The heat is off most of the time and the window is open. It’s a rare occasion that is closed. I don’t spend any time in my bedroom except sleeping. I have adequate clothes on the bed to keep me warm and to enjoy the crisp air. I am never cold so I don’t understand people being cold when they’re under warm covers. please enlighten me because I have seen this so much People having the heat on in their bedroom and cuddle down under a a lot of bed clothes. I have a sheet, a duvet and a bedspread, when it gets exceptionally cold I add a blanket. This is not very heavy, but it’s very luxurious and comfortable and I’m perfectly warm. I’m not criticizing anyone because I seem to be the exception. I just want to know why cool or cold rooms don’t make excellent sleeping quarters. There had been occasions when I kept the window open, but filled a hot water bottle with boiling hot water from the kettle and since it had a cover on it, I could take it to bed with me. I love those nights when I can do that. By the way, I’m 87.
I agree wholeheartedly I’ve had my bedroom windows slightly open and always sleep better when it’s colder , I can’t sleep in a heated bedroom
As children back in the 50s and early 60s heating in one room only coal and logs in open fire the rest of the house freezing no fitted carpet , and in the winter our bedroom windows had the most beautiful frosty pattern , dad said Jack frost had been , which I found scary it was only there in the morning a hot water bottle was put in the bed just before going up dad would come in and open the window a bit , said it was good for us , lol well we survived 😊❤❤🖤
Very good practice keeping fresh air when your sleeping we are in northern England we leave the window open an inch have for a few years. Once you’re in bed you warm up.
Thank you for taking the time to comment :-)
I feel the cold terribly, really really badly. (Like many, I have a below normal body temp) I have never had heat in the bedroom; but plenty of good, warm soft bedding, hot water bottle, and a small heat pad just to warm the bed up for a while; bed socks, also scarf for
Hi Marc, I'm a building and interior designer, these old stone houses are really designed for wood fires, as it keeps them dry, and it also stops condensation and mould. I would open the rooms up again, and make winter windows (cheap double glazing) like they do in Scandinavian countries, as that will help too. Have you checked in the roof space if there's adequate insulation? Also, a lot of heat loss occurs from gaps around windows and doors.
Best insulation: full length lined, and if possible, interlined curtains. I live in listed small Georgian house, which is always very cold. I also had made very thin, hinged wooden interior shutters for inside windows. Bedroom is very cold; but in bed very warm with correct bedding, nightwear - and a scarf! the room does not need to be the same temp as a living room. Buy thermal underwear...
@@serenashaw-q3y only problem with curtains/fabrics is they will get mouldy from holding onto dust and moisture. It's best to tackle the heating problem first, then curtains will be fine to hang.
I would suggest (as you say your budget is limited), to swap out the sofa and coffee table with the bed. You can put pillows behind you to make it more sofa-like during waking hours. I think it might go in that corner where the coffee table is. You have the making of a kitchen right at your fingertips. I would make a moveable table on wheels to go up to the sideboard for kitchen prep and then a stool added to eat there or work on the laptop. You can make a wooden board to cover the sink while not using to prep food as well. And you really only need a two burner hot plate for frying or boiling. A little countertop oven also doesn't cost much. Tiny home research is also a good source for limited spaces.
Thank you for taking the time to comment :-)
😂😂 I've been waiting for you to paint your plywood walls, seems like I'd better not hold my breath 😂😂
Hello, cannot wait to see what u come up with 😊
Oh, my goodness, whatever next! Just open it up and turn it into a bedsit. I think you are bonkers not putting in a log burner, with the amount of free wood on your property. Maybe if you open that wall up again, lol. Put your bed back in the kitchen and build a cube around it. Put the kitchen where the wardrobe and drawers are. Then, put the legs back on the coffee table, all sorted. You have made me laugh. 😂 all the best x
Hi Marc, I love the idea of a cupboard tuoe kitchen that would really work for you,also bunk bed idea not so daft, we all know heat rises, so you could build the cupboard kitchen then put a.bed ontop,for winter. If you took down that wall.give you more space, keep.that lovely table it belongs there,and very useful,plus when you move the draws into bedroom.it will give more space ,plus if you decide to.put sink back in the other area 😂,now it's warmer, let's face it how long do you spend at the sink,you can keep.water for kettle etc in the main room. Looking forward to you plans,great thing about living on your own,you can do as you please.❤
I like the sleeping compartment and storage underneath if I could choose in my home I would definitely have a wood burner less reliant on the grid and I totally get why they used to have 4 poster beds it’s must be like a cosy tent within a room and keeps all the warmth within or maybe it’s just me lol 😊
Hi Marc, you have a natural gift of doing these blogs. One forgets you are in an empty room talking and smiling to a camera. What fun you have moving your walls and doors. 🙃 A cold bedroom is healthy. Teddy is certainly vocal but that’s the part Siamese in him. I guess he hears you talking and thinks it’s to him. A small cosy living room is all you need. I just thank my lucky stars I’m not in hot L.A. what a nightmare that would be.Did you see the lightning strikes in Sydney ? The world has gone mad. It’s summer here. Usually 30 degrees. No sun for weeks and not over 20. C’est la vie. ❤ always a joy to see you.❤
Thank you for taking the time to write Carol. I didn't see the lightening. Are you in Sydney?
Only way is to super insulate all walls, ceilings and floors with these old properties.
Have you got a loft and is it insulated if not think about insulation. I see in the living room no carpet maybe underlay then carpet as that makes a difference.
Mark, come on. Just put your bed in the corner of your living room for a couple of months, the sink is already there 🙄 ,bring the microwave in and put another jumper on lol🤗
Lol, that made me laugh.
I mean, yes and yes. It is that simple.
Marc all these ideas of super small spaces are sending chills down my spine lol. Teddy is a joy can you repurpose the lefover wood from pony Dave s shelter to build a treehouse for him to enjoy when he is outside?
In Brittany they used to sleep in a cupboard. Make a four poster bed with curtains. Much cheaper than major construction.
People did used to use sleeping cabinets. Also the original 4 poster beds had heavy multi layered drapes that could be closed and heavy fabric over the top so it was a small space to sleep within. In really cold areas like Sibera people had wood stoves with a lot of thermal mass and their beds were high up on the backside of their stove and chimney. The masonry would be hot from the cooking/heating fire all day and would disappate heat all night keeping them from being cold or freezing. I love studying about how people throughout history and around the world manage staying warm and keeping cool so watching Marc working out his heating issues is interesting to me.
You are the fun crazy owner, you turn your fournitures from a room to another room. You make me laugh 🤣. My bedroom is like yours, cold. Winter is a problem, easy to have a hot température but too too expensive the big problem 😩
Maybe get your loft insulated and put underlay in every room and carpets on top as they help and a woodburner is a massive good thing to consider.
I think he has a couple of videos where he has put 2-3 layers of insulation in the Loft. I agree with the woodburner though. I think he had bought one but installation was extremely expensive.
Another crazy idea, at bedtime pull the coffee table in front of the sofa and put a mattress across the two things . Instant double bed in the warm room !!!
You really need to open that room up and reinstate a log stove.
Hi marc, what about building a Murphy bed against your wall on lounge room , being you can build almost anything, then in the summer its a shelf / shelving in the lounge room?? Without compromising your lounge space
OOOh, that could be a good suggestion.
Open up the whole house up and just have a small mud room at the entrance.
At the risk of frustrating you! Take out the wall, return to one big room plus woodburner. Yes kitchen in a cupboard is a great idea. Grow bamboo as a fast renewable cheap fuel source. All these bits and pieces of electric heaters, gas heaters are just not really ideal. It's not a big place before your walls went up. Aim for relaxed, cheap, comfortable living.
Hello There Marc and Teddy , Hope you are well and keeping warm , Great video and sounds like you have many ideas for your Home , we have quite a lot of power cuts so we get the candles out and realised how much heat they gave off , and noticed you can make heaters out of plant pots , or buy one , just an idea as a back up , well All looking Good , Keep up your Great work , Take care Marc and Teddy , 🕯👍👍🐈⬛
A heated blanket that goes under your sheet could possibly the answer for your bedroom. Or make a comfy snook where you can read, eat and sleep, the idea has come to my head, as you only need to please you and Tommy, 💡 turn a room into something like the interior of a camping car, where you have everything you need for the winter apart from the toilet and shower of course, and in the spring/summer and autumn, you have the rest of the house to enjoy😊
Hi Marc my dog Cooper heard Teddy miawing and saw him on the sink, started barking at him like he does with my cat who also loves a sink 🤣 It’s been a while since you last moved a door you must be getting withdrawal symptoms. Good idea to have winter arrangements for houses, I have similar thoughts in my house, it’s too big to heat it all in winter.
Interesting two part vlog, Marc, bursting with Tiny Home ideas. For me, as both the bedrooms of my g/f maisonette have two outside walls each, with big windows - making them cold in the UK Winter (and expensive to heat!) - I'm considering having a Murphy Bed fitted within my (toasty) lounge, for use during peak Winter cold spells(?). They can look good (built in, with extra storage space either side). I'm also thinking of applying thermal wallpaper to my outside walls and insulation film on the main window panels in both bedrooms. Best I can do - as I can't be knocking any walls down..
Do you have deep(ish) window ledges? Maybe you could look in 2nd hand places and see if you could get windows to fit and make it so you have 2 layers of glass?. It might be a lot cheaper than double glazing and you don't have to do all of the windows... just the rooms you use in the Winter.
Not that one would notice, walking into our house, but I can't handle chaotic clutter, so I am busy (once again) decluttering and reorganizing the remaining clutter. I could never live in a tiny house under construction.🤯
Regarding your bedroom... you could build yourself a box bed. They were used for centuries to conserve heat.
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@@rmil4531 Hello :-)
Marc my kitchen living room is all in the same place, long and narrow and the space is quite toasty. Maybe a pull down bed on the wall 😊
I’ve always hated that wall dividing the big room myself…. Take out door and window and put bed behind the remaining bit of wall?….but you’re always going to have to brave the cold to use bathroom and toilet as there’s the drainage pipes running along the wall where your sink n wardrobe are? In a perfect world a door where wardrobe is would be better 😊
AirBnb in Charente at this time of year £30-50 per night. But in the summer? With your beautiful garden? Just a thought.
So the coffee table is a metre wide? Get a single mattress and sleep on it!
Insulate the outside of the house using the simple rockwool, mesh and render method. Makes an amazing difference to indoor temperature.
Wear a nightcap if you're really cold and make sure your electric blanket really warms your bed before you get in. Make your bed into a four-poster and line with heavy curtains.
Think ahead. I'm beginning to think you need more money, Mark. There must be a way.
Ok. In the summer offer your land for off-grid camping? Supply water, a fidelity and composting toilet. Something like that. Very popular in the UK.
Not sure about living in a box, though.
Yes soo true 😊😊
Hi Marc you could put your mattress on that coffee table for the winter . and sleep in the warmer room .BB UK
If your house works for 75% of the year and you are asleep 40% of the remaining time why spend any more money keeping warm ? A heated throw would maybe solve your problem .
Just put a bed in lounge during winter if warmer.I live in bed sitter too warm in summer cozy in winter.
Cats love sinks
Will you change the window in the current kitchen? I built a sleeping cube about 10m2 raised up with a few steps at 90cm. There is a large atelier style opening with a metal frame and polycarbonate translucent panels , I built storage under it with wooden boxes that slide out on casters . Cosy
I have always thought that the previous owner had a reason for having the two bedrooms at the back of the house. You always point out how warm it is outside the back door.
Perhaps leaving the house split in two from front to back was reasonable from the other owner. Or am I muddled?
Another thought double glaze window in the existing kitchen, insulate that area,. Double glaze all the windows actually
He's name is my cabin in the mountains
Why don’t you have an open plan living room/kitchen? That way when you cook it adds to warming your room. Put a duvet under your bed sheet for added warmth. Been with you since the beginning and always wonder what you are going to do next lol.
I know, me too..
Check out The Off Grid Ireland Dream re tiny house/heating etc.
I will take a look thank you Kerry :-)
Buy a second hand caravan and put it in a sunny spot.
Scaffolding pole bed
You watch too many DIY programs, Marc. A raised platform bed would soon get old, all that clambering up and down. Freddy would like it though.
Sell your sofa, replace it with a sofa bed then use your living room as a winter bedroom??
Hello Marc..Carol P from smokey so Ca..Have you ever tried an electric blanker fir your bed...just warm it up 15 min. before u hope in. Cozy as "a bug in a rug."😊
Sorry about the typos. Wrong glasses!
I have an electric blanket, I love it :-)
Hi u could have a pull down bed with table attach to it it watch a man revotiating off grid in the mountains he lives in one room and his made all himself u mite like to check hi. Out
Tis cold for such a short time, I don’t think it is worth all the bother .
Rooms within rooms and tiny kitchens behind big doors are great ideas Marc. I like your thinking!
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I daresay you will come up with an idea that will suit you Marc
You could have a mezzanine, just big enough for your bed, or you could make an enclosed bed in your sitting-room, insulated. Failing that, just have a drop-down bed in the wall of your sitting room and live in one room in the winter. If you lived a bit nearer I could give you some hours work each month gardening :) we are making a one-bed flat in our open barn next to the house. I am going to make sure it is really well insulated, so that i can move into that in the winter as being inland in the countryside in France, it gets really cold in the winter. ua-cam.com/video/E0muiZTO4NI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/users/shortsp2a3-VmCw0g
The alcove bed looks great. Thank you for the links :-)
Why don´t you convert the house into 2 studios. One that you live in and one that you rent out on AirBnB as an ex. Then you get some more money as well.
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I'd keep a woodburner.. even only for emergencies.
If there are electric cuts, I'd still be warm and can cook on it too.
But it keeps the house very cosy.
The bedroom doesn't matter if it's cold. A good quilt and overthrow on top keeps one (like me in my house) warm and cosy..
It's only for sleeping after all..when it's better not to have heatings on anyway.
Why dont you put your wide table in front of (along) the sofa and put your computer there. So you can work by sitting on the sofa. You can also put drinks, food, vitamin, water jug on the same table and organize by using a wide tray. You can also put vase, table lamp and candle to make it nice. Put the cat tower at the corner of the room beside the sofa. You can also put a rug or carpet under your table and sofa so you can have warm feet when you sit. It will be more functional and within your reach at any time and it looks aesthetically pleasing.