Brrrr……It’s cold out there
This is certainly a good time to talk about energy efficiency. We have moved into the December days of cold. I use a small space heater in my lower level family room so I can keep the thermostat on my furnace lower in other parts of the house. But with the warm November weather I had forgotten to add the warm window panel I put over my sliding glass door for the winter.
This is an insulated backing that can be added to any fabric. It has thermal lining, batting and a Mylar film that really keeps the cold from moving into your room. I put it up two days ago and last night I noticed my family room was 3* warmer without any extra heat in the room and it was colder outside.
Insulation does matter. We often use insulated lining to add warm in the winter to fabric treatments but we can also add inner lining. We first started adding this felt-like inner lining to silk to give it more body but then it occurred to us to add it to other fabrics as well for insulation – either for keeping out the cold as we want to do today or to keep the heat out in the summer.
This is certainly a way to be “green” and add comfort to your life. Now I can still eat ice cream for my bedtime snack and not be cold.
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