PING Taria OT

This stuff helps a lot. I get it local but I am sure this is the same stuff:

I have not used the Warm Window products but I think Butterfly had good luck with that. It is really pricey though. I don't know how it would work for a roman shade. The Blackout lining worked well for me. Stay warm. Taria

Not Taria, but Warm Window (from the Warm Co., makers of Warm 'n' Natural, etc.) is designed for making Roman shades. It is a bit costly, but the whole concept is well thought out and fairly easy to do. Part of the system involves magnet strips to help hold the edges/ bottom of the shade to the window frame. Makes it dark, but really helps insulate.

Good luck, Pati, in Phx (haven't used it, but used to sell it. Check the Warm Co. website for where to get it.)

Can't do it with Warm Window- I have 48 windows in this house and I hope to get some type of insulating blind on most of them. Yikes! But thanks for the info. (I'm sure grateful for my large stash- I don't have to buy much other than the cords and the insulating stuff.)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Good luck, Pati, in Phx (haven't used it, but used to sell it. Check the Warm Co. website for where to get it.)

If you're going to leave the shades down all winter and/or there are rooms you're not using much, consider cutting a piece of styrofoam insulation to fit inside the window casing. Then a sheet of plastic over the top. Or cover the styrofoam with fabric and wedge into the window casing. Even covering the window with clear plastic (either inside or outside) will keep out a lot of the cold. There is also rope putty; use that to seal the cracks around the window frames. Caulking and weatherstripping will pay off.

Julia > Can't do it with Warm Window- I have 48 windows in this house and I hope

How many rooms in your house do you actually use? Can you close a few off during the coldest months? We used to close off the registers and then put rugs over them to help force the heat into the rooms we were living in. (At the time we were renting a 100 year old farmhouse -- lots of room but when the winter wind blew -- so did the curtains!)

I'm sure you've probably heard of the Scotch plastic stuff you tape up onto the windows then use your blow dryer to tighten it up. Looks almost like "glass" -- very clear and easy to see through. We used to use it all the time -- I assume they still make it.

What we ended up doing was getting a Wood stove -- and boy did it heat the house. With all of the excess rooms closed off -- We could keep the thermostat at like 55 or 60 and the wood stove kept the living room, dining room and kitchen plenty warm.

Good luck and here's to having a mild winter!

I close off the upstairs (2 bedrooms and a bath) and the front of the main level (living room and 1/2 bath). I use the rest of the house. It's 95 y.o. and last year we had a really, really cold month. My electric and propane for the month was just under $850- OUCH!!! I've done insulating and weather-stripping and added a foundation under the 13X45 master suite. Now I'm getting ready to make insulated Roman blinds for all the windows I can. I'm determined to not freeze this winter and still have more 'moderate' heating bills.

And I added two unvented propane fireplaces- 99.8% efficiency rating- and they will heat the whole house in case of an electric outage. I'm trying.....

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I've had the same experience, Many rooms/ old house/ wind through the windows/ etc., used the same stuff.

Then we moved into the new house, twin pane windows, super insulated, etc. I put Scotch stuff on the full window screens and reinstalled the screens, tada triple pane windows.