There’s something in that fashion
Having finally straightened out all of my finances (no real debt just gaining some wiggle room) and looking at what we’ve done round the house the past 6 years, I’ve bought some blinds to replace the venetian blinds we had everywhere.
We’re reasonably lucky: every window upstairs in identical in width and height, so the previous owners had a very coordinated look with identical blinds everywhere.
We’ve gone for something a little different. 5 of our upstairs windows are south facing which is great when it’s sunny in the winter but makes keeping the house cool in the summer a bit difficult.
We also have light pollution from the main street lights.
So a set of black out roller blinds has seen us proud. I’ve even got one in the bathroom.
What I wasn’t expecting was how much better they are at thermal insulation. It’s quite something to the extent I’m thinking of turning down the morning temp on the thermostats.
Are you sure that’s not just summer coming round the corner?
It’s not been warm the past week, at all. Barely 5ºC first thing in the morning, so I don’t think so.
It’ll be interesting next winter.
Sounds like you’ve been busy…
I’ve had some unexpected time on my hands and along with the home furnishings, I’ve been doing quite a bit of spring cleaning, garden maintenance and finishing off some DIY.
I’ve been getting on with my training for the cycle ride too, up to 62 miles in one go (over 6hrs 12minutes) so building up my average. Indeed it’s going well enough I might actually train for a longer ride so that the 100miles in August seems a little easier.
I love the start of a new financial year at work, things are quiet enough to let you plan outside of the office for what you want to be different going forward.
Posted: April 7th, 2019 under 42.