My Boiler Broke and I Don’t Have Heating – 7 Ways I’m Surviving the Cold at Home Until It’s Fixed

A cozy living room with statement wallpaper, a lit fire in the fireplace, a large velvet couch with matching ottoman, crushed velvet rug, and two leather chairs. On the ottoman is a tray with flowers, and above the mantelpiece are two round layered mirrors. To the left are bright, large windows with patterned curtains.

As I write this, I am wearing the thickest pants I own, wool slippers, a thermal vest, and I have a heating pad across my lap.

These are just some of the emergency comforts I am swearing by right now, as we await a heating engineer to come and fix our broken boiler. It broke down over the weekend, on one of the coldest days of the year in my region.