How do you keep warm in your house when it's cold outside?

Well, if you are inside and you don't have any other options, you could make a batch of cookies and the heat from the oven will help warm up the house a little. If you have snow, you could throw some snow against the house to act as an insulator.

Besides keeping yourself warm (wearing extra clothes, etc), use throw rugs or area rugs to help keep the floors warmer. Keep the curtains or drapes closed over windows when there is no sun coming in them. If you don't have heavy drapes, put a blanket over the windows. If you feel cold, exercise by walking or cleaning or anything that gets your blood circulating. Go outside for a few moments and the house will feel much warmer when you come back in. Drink hot liquids. Think warm thoughts!

My house has a furnace, and is well-insulated too. Yet, once in a while, when the weather becomes extremely cold outside, one can feel the cold wave coming in too. So, I have to have some electric heaters in the rooms for those times. Enough warms clothes too, of course.

To conserve energy and save money I set my thermostat low in the Winter to about 67 F in the day and 62 F at night. During the day I wear an extra flannel shirt to stay warm and at night I'm in bed with three blankets in addition to the sheets. If wearing extra clothes does not work for you, you could try electric space heaters as long as you are very careful where you put them.

Hi Sun You may want to look into getting some better insultation for your house starting with the attic if you have one and also the windows and doors where a lot of cold air can get in... if you can't do that right now than maybe a space heater would help

I live in a rental house. It's a very old house. The walls are thin, the insulation is not very efficient at all, if it even exists, which I am begining to doubt about some rooms. I do everything I can think of to help keep the house warmer and my teeth from chattering (I exaggerate, it's not quite that bad, but close). Luckily, I live in Texas and we don't see terribly cold weather. But I will tell you that when the chill gets in these old bones it doesn't matter if it's -10 or just 22 degrees as it was this morning. We heat with natural gas so it is not real expensive here. Last year my highest gas bill was only $70. I use one large Dearborn heater in the main part of the house and since the heat doesn't make it into the bedrooms we use small electric space heaters there and in the bathroom. We can always turn on a burner on the cookstove for a little extra if we need to. We wear extra clothing, as others have already mentioned, we also have extra covers on the beds, and our house dogs add an extra layer of heat as they snuggle up to keep themselves warm. We make sure the windows are covered with insulated drapes and be sure to remove the window unit air conditioners so cold air does not blow through the vents. Be sure to check the weather stripping on doors and windows. Also, you would be surprised at the amount of cold air that can seep through around electric wall sockets and light switches if the insulation is not sufficient. With just a little thought and some quick thinking anyone can keep even the oldest, leaky windowed house at least warm enough to ward off the shivers. And I figure if i can keep it warm enoufh to take the edge off that should be sufficient. You don't really want it to get too warm now do you? Of course, if you can afford to just upgrade your furnace or heating system then you don't have to worry about any of this, do you?