I made a mistake in the amount of insulation in the attic. It's 21" of the pink stuff up there.

My heat pump is set at 68, and we keep it there year round unless we turn it off in spring and fall. I also sleep under a fan to stay cool, with a flannel sheet in a t-shirt nightie only. DH says I was a polar bear in a past life. Lol!

Sixty-eight in the winter months. Summer months -- Central AC is on 72, with ceiling fans in every room and a couple of small window units in bedrooms for the really hot days.

I moved from the 200 yr old farm cottage in July. My new lodging has 10 foot ceilings and I worry about how cold it will be inside this winter. I am trying to acclimate to 70 daytime as the weather cools. And will likely use my ceramic heater in the living room often this winter.

This summer I maintained daytime at 75 unless I was working hard doing something and working up a sweat. (That's not hard to do for me; I sweat and breathe hard just walking to the mailbox!! :o)

Nights are currently at 67 with a bump up to 72 just before I get up and shower, then drops to 70.

I am, of necessity, mostly sedentary and that often makes my hands and ears, at least, stay cold in the winter. :(

Jan in VA

....72 in winter and 75 in summer.....my logic is if I can't be comfortable in my own home where then......and those numbers are my comfort level....no heating pads or extra heaters in winter or extra a/c units in summer....electricity is more expensive than natural gas. Many yrs ago my DH owned a barber shop ans was told to keep the thermostat at the same number even when not in shop, because if lowered or raised then adjusted when occupied, more energy is used to bring that temp to desired number, thus not really cost effective.....

great thread, amazing our differences! I remember my folks always froze up here after they'd been snowbirding in Arizona.

We use ceiling fans when the summer temperatures get high, no air conditioning here. In fall when we start using the thermostat again, it is set at 71 and turned down to 64-65 at night. We used 69 for many years, but our blood is thinner now :)

We keep ours set at 62 at night and 68 during the day except summer then we keep it around 76. All summer and winter I wear sweats because the air conditioning freezes me and makes fibro Fred miserable.

We just bought an energy efficient furnace and central air system to replace an 18 yr old system last November. Heat is on 67 during the day. Night is 65. Fan runs on low continually. (Yes, it takes electricity, but it keeps a constant temp throughout the house.) We have a humidifier on our system that runs during the winter, and a dehumidifier during the summer. Which means the furnace or central air system rarely kicks in. In the summer the air is on 76-78 24/7. Our monthly budget bill for gas and electric totals 113, whereas before it was over 230 per month in winter and hottest month of summer. It paid to have it replaced. It will have paid for itself in less than 4 years, but we are sooooo comfortable year round. We live in Wisconsin, so we know what cold is.
We used to have an electric mattress pad I had to have on. That was with our old system. Last year I never put it on the bed. We have a wood fireplace but dont use it due to asthma. The floors are always warm, we can breathe because it isn't too dry or damp, and our skin is even much improved. It was a chunk to dish out to pay for it, but oh so worth it.

Jan in VA==how about some quilts on the windows and also over doorways that aren't used that often? I have seen this done and if I needed it, I would try it.

It's funny ready the various responses. As the trend goes, I really believe it depends on where you live and what is the normal temp for the area. If you live in TX your normal temp is higher than it is in Wis. My son lives in AZ, Tucson, and we visited in Feb. It was in the low 80's and do you think that this old Wis couple could find a fan for sale? The answer is NO! Now we came from mid 20's to 80's for outside temps and it was crazy hot for me.

So this Wis fella likes it about 68 in the day and 65 at night. We sleep with two fans running in the bedroom. A ceiling fan and a bedside table top year round. I am the hot one and sleep with just a sheet and my wife has a sheet, a cotton blanket and a heavy quilt on. About half way through the night I grab the cotton blanket too as I cool down. We are on different planets as far as temps goes.

In the summer the house is set about 76 but I still like it about 74 at night.

Nice thread on a quilting forum, but we are all social beings and it's all fun to share.

I have a programmable thermostat and keep my house between 60 and 64. 60 at night, up to 63 in the morning, then if it is a day no one is home all day back down to 60. If I am home, I can bump up the thermostat, but never above 66.

Last winter m ex was not paying support and I could not afford to fill the oil tank. Many days the house was very cold, down to 52 a few times. I never want to be that cold again. I was able to fill the oil tank in August and have a credit to fill it one more time this winter.

When the weather stays below freezing I do turn on a couple oil filled radiators to augment the heat.

I do layer my clothes and I put a heating pad on in my bed 20 minutes before I go to bed.

About 60 in the main living area, with a space heater on me or a toasty 70-75 in my quilting room :) only because I have an electric wall heater up there. I also live in the PNW, on the dry side of Washington and when it gets down around 0, we'll start a fire in the old wood-burning stove in the basement to help the antique oil furnace we have. Even keeping the thermometer low, oil for the furnace will run $600-$750 a month. The first year I was here, we kept the temp at 53...I baked a great deal that winter!! In the summer I won't turn the window a/c unit on until it's over 85 in the house.

68F in winter, 78F in summer. My husband used to have an electric blanket; then he met me. Now I'm the electric blanket if he gets cold while sleeping. Which is a fair trade off, because if I come to bed with cold feet he lets me stick them on him. :)

72....always!

After reading this thread, most of you would freeze at my house which is usually about 62 during the day and cooler (55) at night during the winter. My kitchen is often a little warmer as the oven or dishwasher may be on and the bedrooms are always cold as I like to layer on a couple of quilts rather than turn up the heat. I have a small electric heater that I turn on if I'm sitting at my computer or sewing machine. We have no air conditioning in the summer and have to rely on open windows and a couple of fans.

We live in county in eastern KS--keep the heat at 68-69 in winter and turn on AC when the whole house fan can't keep the inside temp under 85--then the AC gets set at about 78-79. That helps keep the electric bill from being out of control and it's really not uncomfortable. We do layer on some in winter and not in summer and while my DH complains in the summer, he survives!

Daytime - 66 winter, 78 summer. Nighttime - 58 winter, 76 summer. Windows are open as much as possible.

I hate hot weather and I love to wear layers. We keep the upstairs at 58°, which is perfect for me with several layers of blankets and quilts. My husband is cold, so he keeps the electric blanket on all night. Downstairs, it's at 65-66° during the day and 62° at night. If I get cold during the day, I get up and do some stair climbing or vigorous cleaning or walking. We switched to geothermal, which allowed us to have air conditioning for the few summer days in the Catskills when it's too hot.

Your husband is right, 63 is the perfect temperature!

I moved this year so haven't really gotten a good feel of my new abode. Previously, I was on the ground floor of a condo. Concrete slabs are cool in the summer and COLD in the winter. With ceiling fans I was quite comfortable in the summer around 72-75 degrees. Air moving makes such a difference. In the winter, I pulled up a dog and/or a quilt and used a space heater in my sewing room but was able to keep the thermostat set at 68 for the rest of the place.

Now that winter is coming to Long Island, we keep the house at 66-67. We set it to 64 at night and sleep under a fluffy down comforter. Oil is too expensive, so I use an energy efficient Eden Pure quartz heater in our family room

My house is a little warmer right now than what I like only because my daughter just moved back in and she has twin preemie boys. I don't want those little ones to get sick. Usually I don't keep it too warm because the only thing I like about the cold weather is being able to wear sweaters, hoodies and furry socks and also going to the faucet and getting a cold glass of water where ice isn't needed.

We keep ours at 71 in winter and 74 in summer, but I am having trouble staying warm this fall (new medication). Hopefully, this will moderate as I go through the winter.

The back, newer part of the house, which we use the most now that all the kids have moved out 72-74 during the day, 68 at night.
The front, old part of the house, that has it's own furnace and my sewing room 74 when I'm sewing, 68 when no one is in that part of the house.

The last 2 winters, here in Ohio, we've had something happen that hasn't happened in the 35 years we've lived here - the pipes to the upstairs bath, in the old part of the house, FROZE.
My husband built an airtight panel that we open when the temp is forecast to be -10 or lower. We close it in the morning, and it gets closed on those extremely frigid nights (the pipes are behind that panel)

Keep mine at 68 unless it gets 0 then i might put it on 70 and use my fan on me.

Winter - 64 during the day, and 54 at night. We also have a programmable thermostat that kicks on about 30 minutes before we get up, so we don't get up to a 54 degree house. We also spend our evenings in the family room, with a gas fireplace, and will use that in the winter. We stay comfortable.

Summer - about 76-78, depending on how active we are. We have a whole house fan, so don't turn on the AC until the outside temp or dew point doesn't drop below 70 at night.

68 to 72, year round. BUT where I live I rarely have to turn on heat or AC. I like it cool when I sleep.

during the day about 67 or 68. turn it down to 60 at night. can't afford a higher heating bill.

68 to 70 in winter and 78-80 summertime. Luckily here in central FL the winter is not as big a thing as the summer. I too feel the cold and DH doesn't as much.

I usually keep mine at 62 around the clock unless it gets really cold outside...then I may splurge and move it to 64 :0!

I keep it 60 at night and 65 or below when we're up and about in the winter. Summer we only have room air conditioners.

Oh my gosh, I would freeze to death at the temps you gals keep in the 60's. We have propane heat and try to keep it as low as we can, but anything below 71 in the winter is toooooooo cold, even layering clothes on. Right now we have it on 71, but when it really gets cold will probably put it on 72. We have the Eden Pure and another quartz heater and they really help in the room I am sitting in and are very economical to run. The summer time my hubby likes it to be about 74. I could use it higher, but keep a throw by my chair or in it to cover up with if reading or watching tv. Last winter we had to stretch our propane that we had contracted as it went to almost 7.00 a gal if we had to buy more over our contract, and I nearly froze to death. I could not get enough clothes on to get warm so that is when we bought the quartz heaters. They were a life saver and very economical to use. I prefer the summer over winter anytime, but really love the spring and fall seasons. The older I get the more heat I want!

It is currently being kept at 72. I am plenty warm but DH is freezing. I just have a hard time bumping it up because of cost. We drop it to 64 for sleep and kept it at 78 during the summer. I, too, throw on a sweater if I'm feeling a bit chilly......isn't that what they are for?

66 - 68 in the winter plus occasional extra spot heaters and 78ish in the summer........plus ceiling fans/standing fans.

I live in Iowa and once I get a chill, usually in November, I can't get warm until summer. I have a sister that lives in Northern CA and keeps her house at 63 all year around. I absolutely freeze when I am there. As soon as they leave for work, i usually set the heat at about 72 , just to take the chill off and then I set it back. I have often wondered if their electric bill is higher when I am there.

Our system is set to 70 degrees year round during the day and 65 degrees from 11 pm to 5 am. We have a wood burning insert in the fireplace that we use in extreme cold or when the power is out. We are all electric. The insert will keep our whole house very comfortable in cold weather. DH made a stacked wood fence going from tree to tree in our side yard so we have plenty of wood. He has to replace the oldest wood every few years if we don't burn it. I wouldn't be living in a home I couldn't afford to keep cool or warm to my preference.

I like 68 in the winter and 76 in the summer.

At 22 celsius.

I was forced into early retirement in April and can't get a job due to age discrimination so this thread is very interesting to me! I am going 64 night/66 day in the winter and 76 summer. There are some months here in North Carolina you can just turn the unit off. We have a feather bed and feather comforter because I sleep with a very large fan going year round. What I find hilarious is my husband has started asking me if I'm cold. He works in the meat department of the grocery store and it's 32 degrees in there!!! If I get chilly I put on a sweater or do a "moving around" chore. When I sit down at night I toss my flannel backed quilt into the dryer for a few minutes and heat up a rice bag in the microwave for my feet. I have blinds and insulating drapes which seem to help keep the warm air in. My brother who does heat & air work told me to leave the thermostat at close to the same temp and not close off vents because it causes the system to have to work harder. Yes, sometimes I'm cold or hot but I'd rather put on/take off clothes than give the power company more money that I could use for food or fabric!

Okay guys, I'm in Scotland so around 70 and above suits me. I'm always cold so like it warm, hubby God bless him, goes with the flow.

We have our home at 74 in winter, that is if we don`t have a strong west wind! In summer at 72. Our home was built in the early 1900`s, part log, part summer house. We may change more than once in a day, as the wind shifts. I still love my home here in Northern Wis..