It sounds silly until you actually do keep one of your closet doors closed for a day. The next time you go in there, you’ll definitely notice how chilly it is compared to the rest of the house. Now look at all the closet space in your house. You’ll realize that you’re saving a ton by not heating all that extra space for no reason! I’ll definitely be keeping all of my closet doors closed this Winter. Try it out!
Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.