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The coolest room in the house

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Jaxjacky Sun 25-Jun-23 15:50:53

Kitchen/diner faces East, living room West, if we keep the blinds closed at the right time and windows open/closed the living room is bearable. If not the chiller unit is set up in the living room.

ginny Sun 25-Jun-23 15:35:49

Our kitchen and dining room face North so never get any sun through the windows. Nice and cool and a sofa in the dining room for a comfortable read.

Cabbie21 Sun 25-Jun-23 15:29:13

North facing sitting room. I don't even need the fan on for long. Too noisy to open the widows however, but the double glazing keeps it very quiet.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 25-Jun-23 14:50:06

North east facing sitting room. Windows wide open - very pleasant. Although I’ve actually just come in from the garden to see how the tennis is doing as I like the Spanish lad.

AreWeThereYet Sun 25-Jun-23 14:47:16

North facing living room. No sun at all. Ever. Leather sofa is so cool too. Bliss after being out in the sun all morning.

tanith Sun 25-Jun-23 14:13:59

East facing living room, the blinds stay closed till the suns gone round the side it’s lovely in the afternoon with the windows open and the breeze passing through to the back of the house. A tall glass of ice and Robinsons lemon Barley, bliss!

M0nica Sun 25-Jun-23 13:50:56

Our study. Faces North has the kitchen behind it absorbing the southern sun and other rooms on the other aspects. No sun, just quiet and cool.

GrandmaSeaDragon Sun 25-Jun-23 13:47:38

The snug, north facing front of our home. Sun only reaches there about 6 pm at this time of year. It’s also the warmest place in the winter when the log burner is lit.

Iam64 Sun 25-Jun-23 13:41:02

I’m in the kitchen dining room. Patio doors open to allow the breeze in along with the big fan on full. The dogs can go anywhere,-all three flat out near the fan )so am I)

Lilymae Sun 25-Jun-23 13:38:01

The spare bedroom is the coolest , freezing in winter , but lovey and cool in the summer

Grandmabatty Sun 25-Jun-23 13:30:59

My living room is the coolest. It faces east so gets the morning sun but I keep the blinds closed until the sun moves round and hits the back of the house. I have a fan on at the moment which is making it pleasantly cool

maddyone Sun 25-Jun-23 13:26:30

Our living room has three windows and lets the sun in from dawn to dusk, so at the moment we keep the blinds and the curtains closed all day and we have a large fan running when we’re in that room. We keep blinds and curtains closed in all rooms where the sun shines until it moves around. The study is like a sauna first thing in the morning as the sun shines straight in and we only have a blind in there. We can open the patio door in there though. The patio is in shade from mid morning and so we use it for morning coffee and just chilling. The dining room is probably the coolest but we don’t want to live in there as it only has a dining table and chairs and the piano and stool in there.

crazyH Sun 25-Jun-23 13:21:59

My bedroom is cool, with blackout blinds and a ceiling fan. That’s where I am now after a fitful sleep. My 8 year old GS stayed over and he slept with me. But my gosh - he can kick for England!!! By early morning he was 90degrees to me , with his legs on my face 😂

kittylester Sun 25-Jun-23 13:14:44

Ours is the lounge which faces North too.

Margiknot Sun 25-Jun-23 13:14:30

The downstair loo is the coolest room in our old house-! No room for a garden chair. The bedrooms are under the eaves and are very warm in this hot weather.

Aldom Sun 25-Jun-23 13:06:51

In my home it's the kitchen/garden room that stays cool all day. It's bliss in hot weather. I can sit in the cool, but look out through French doors onto my garden.

Greenfinch Sun 25-Jun-23 13:02:27

Ours is the lounge. We always complain about how cold it is in the winter when we are huddled around the fire.

Troglodite Sun 25-Jun-23 12:58:51

I’ve just realised it’s the bathroom in our house.

Off to see if I can fit my garden easy chair for a good read!