January 31, 2010  Drafty Window (Now With Photo)  We have a
drafty window right over our bed, and my project each winter is
stopping the freezing breezes from drifting down the wall onto
our heads. One year I tried moving the bed, but that didn't work
because the room is too small for the bed to make sense anywhere
but where it is. One year I tried one of those long sand bag
things. One year I tried towels stuffed inside and outside the
window.  This year I tried insulating curtains. The first set
cost $40 for two panels and were a total failure: they in fact
CHANNELED the cold air so that it hit our heads with less
diffusion. I returned them.  Yesterday I considered some
curtains that cost $70 for two panels and looked like quilts.
Then I thought maybe I should just get a quilt if I could find
one on clearance, and it is the right time of year for that. We
don't use that window for light (the shade usually stays down
all day) so I don't need panels that can be opened and closed.
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