How can I naturally insulate my bedroom?

Question

I rent a house that's divided into a duplex and we decided to turn off our heater since our last month's bill racked up. (We live on the coast of SF so it's ALWAYS cold at night). Since then my room has been like an igloo. I want the room to be at a good decent temperature and not just have to use blankets because when i get up in the morning, I feel like i'm literally outside in Antartica or something.

Would there be any other ways to keep heat in my room besides using a space heater and using layers of clothes and blankets????

Answer 1

Pack the walls with a straw and dung mixture for a 'natural' insulation.

I would just use the heater or blankets, but it may work for you.

Answer 2

Get egg cartons and staple them to your walls ... they are usually used as sound insulation, but if you put them onto your walls and then cover them with cloth they'll also give you the heating insulation you want.  I know that means you'll need a TON of egg cartons, but if you feel along the walls, you can identify where the worst of the 'heat bleed' is coming from and put the egg cartons there first.  Ask your friends and their moms to save all the egg cartons for you ... go to restaurants, and ask if they'll give you the 'egg separators' (same thing, but bigger and flat, no lid) for free ... they'll probably be GLAD to have you 'recycle' them because they won't fill up the dumpsters!  Until you get enough to cover the walls, though, simply staple blankets to the walls, put a thick rug on the floor (the WHOLE floor needs to be covered, though, but you can use smaller rugs side by side or even overlapping).  The only 'look' you can get from this is sort of 'funky chic' but if you use good colors (choose three, your choice, and don't listen to others who will tell you that you can't 'mix' certain colors with others) it will look great ... and YOU will be much warmer come fall and winter.  Cover the ceiling too ... maybe even first, since heat rises, and the 'heat' may be passing right through your ceiling.