2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Staying at the dacha often depends on the weather and the time of year. Many do not know how to create comfortable conditions and not freeze, therefore they do not like to be in their country house in the off-season or in winter. When you arrive at a frozen house, you won't be able to heat it quickly. Some tricks and warm things will help to make a cozy atmosphere of warmth in the country on bad days and cold
Blankets, bedspreads and pillows
A warm blanket or soft bedspread will always keep you warm. You can wrap yourself up in them when it's cold, they will help you sit in a sun lounger or on the porch in cool weather. And if you cover yourself with small pillows, then life will just seem like paradise. If you do not have such things in your house, do not buy them, but do it yourself.
In every house there are secluded places where unnecessary things are stored for years, give them a second life. Having shown imagination, you can make exclusive bedspreads, pillow covers, blankets. This does not require special skill. When starting to work, it is not necessary to come up with intricate schemes. You can make classic things in a folk style. Cut the fabric into squares, lay out on the pattern and sew. As a result, you will have a beautiful patchwork bedspread that will save you from the coolness. If desired, a pad is made of padding polyester, batting.
An old sweater, scarf and other knitted items that have long gone out of fashion can be dismissed. The resulting yarn is useful for making a woolen cape, it can be tied to sofa pillows, to make decorative pillows. Such stylish things will delight you and your household.
Comfortable and warm indoor shoes
The basic rule to avoid getting sick is to keep your feet warm. For cold weather, you need to have appropriate indoor shoes. The best solution would be knitted socks with insulated soles. To do this, you can sew thick insoles, felt, felt, soles from old slippers to woolen socks. Any "construction" is assembled with a thick needle or crochet hook.
Leather slippers are more durable and practical. They make it possible to go out onto the veranda, porch, walk along the paths of the site. The warmest will be fur boots. You can walk in them at home and use them for walking in the snow-covered garden. Surely, somewhere in the bins, there is an old sheepskin coat, fur hats. To embody this idea, you will need a strong thread, a boot needle and insoles from slippers. Model solutions can include knitted elements, drape inserts, bouclé.
Rugs
From time immemorial, in rural houses, the floors have been covered with homespun rugs. They not only decorated the dwelling, but also protected the legs from hypothermia. Today, purchased rugs and rugs cannot replace any handmade rug. Such work takes time and diligence. As a result, an exquisite interior decoration and floor insulation will appear in your home.
Any woven, woolen, textile waste will be used. You need to cut everything into strips and knit with a thick crochet, using the simplest single crochet technique. Who does not know how to knit, there is another way: braids are woven from the material, and then sewn. In any case, you will get a stunning masterpiece. If you wish, you can make chair covers and stool covers in the same style.
Warming drinks
Warming drinks are an effective addition to warm clothes. They raise the tone, dilate blood vessels, and stimulate blood circulation. Hot tea will fill you with energy and cheer you up. Properly brewed, with the addition of herbs, it will relieve the symptoms of an incipient cold. In combination with honey or raspberry jam, it will eliminate chills and internal coldness.
Our ancestors drank sbiten on frosty days. Many variations of this drink can be found today. The result is a honey decoction with the addition of St. John's wort, mint, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, and cloves. If you wish, you can use a proven method - drink a cup of well-heated milk. Hot chocolate will give you satiety and long-lasting warmth. To do this, for 300 g of milk you need 3 tbsp. l cocoa powder, sugar to taste. After boiling, it is removed from the heat, infused for about five minutes.
Adherents of a healthy lifestyle have a negative attitude towards alcohol. But, if you are frozen and are in the company of friends, you can prepare healthy and tasty drinks that quickly warm up the body. A few sips will not harm, but will save you from colds. It is important to know how to cook punch, grog, mulled wine. They are prepared on the basis of rum, red, strong tea, spices, fruit juice, honey. These drinks are consumed hot or added to hot tea.
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