And our cabin sorta looks like that (not really big, loft, but the walks are shoveled!)

Makes for a very cozy den.

but we have a tap off of a 16 inch natural gas line and I have a ventless heater in the living room, plus a wood burning fireplace. the rest of the house has portable electric heaters.

Anyone want some 100 year old coal? Bring a truck and a few shovels.

I could turn the heat off and the dogs would keep me too warm. Hot even. Snuggle bunnies all. Love them dearly but they make sleep uncomfortably hot.

Louisiana.

He doesn't mind being hot.

Aye, mate sound like it's gonna be a three dog nite!!

Electric heat down here in SoFla.. the few days it gets cold that is... When it gets below 70º I'm a popsicle... Yea, I'm a wimp. When I lived up north I had a Jøtul wood stove. Very efficient.
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Has to be near freezing for me to flip the switch. Happens here but not too often. All season long we have about a week of freezing and below weather and that's spread over the entire winter.

When it comes time to sleep I lose layers because of the dogs. Three small dogs that more or less burrow next to me.

We have a solar hot water system, supplemented by a mini-boiler. The house is so well insulated, however, that we rarely have to have the hydronics turned on in any of the living areas.

Our 2nd floor 'porch' is an 8'x24' greenhouse, and we have been running the underfloor hydronics in there along some supplemental space heaters to keep al the orchids happy.

and a whole house generator run of the propane tank if the electric fails. I live in a rural part of Indiana and the power goes off if we have a strong wind.


So im hoping it is calm during the upcoming arctic blast.

I also have a very cuddly warm cat

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and wooly sweaters, shearling slippers, fatass fluffy robe...
mattress heater overnite, kero sun heater and elec space heaters...
and sunshine 🌞

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We've been using one for years... but as aux heat when the furnace couldn't keep up. Or that one year when an ice storm took out power lines and we were without electricity for a couple of days. That winter, we improvised and used the top of it as a way to warm up soup.

Kudos on the cozy cabin photo.

We have central heat. When it gets extremely cold from frigid temps I wear double layers inside the house.

We also pack snow over the crawl space entrance outside the house. We use the snow as an insulator to keep cold air out from under the house and it helps keep the water pipes from freezing.

The LP gas heater kicks on during the night after the fire dies down, and the largest bedroom upstairs has a ceramic heater that cycles on at 66* and off at 68*. The electric blanket sure will help tonight!