I’m all about saving energy lately. It’s amazing how much more we use at this time of year when we need to keep our homes warm and well-lit for so many hours every day. I just learned this trick and I think it’s so fun and something I never thought of before. Just turn your ceiling fans on low and run them in a clockwise direction to help push warm air down. You could be able to turn your furnace down by as much as 2 degrees! If you have ceiling fans at home, let me know how this works for you!
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.