MORTGAGE BLOGBlog posted On July 16, 2026
Homeowners, are you keeping hydrated and refreshed during this red-hot heatwave? Does it feel like you’re surviving on a desert planet right now? Here are some quick tips to help your home preserve its chill this season.
10 Affordable Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer
Close window blinds, especially on north and west-facing windows, during peak sunlight hours. Even better, invest in some black-out curtains to shield your home from the harshest of rays.
Set ceiling fans to spin counterclockwise to create a cooling breeze. This will draw warm air up to the ceiling. Just remember to turn fans off when you leave the room to save on energy costs!
LEDs emit less heat and use less energy than traditional bulbs, also called incandescent lightbulbs. They’re basically little heaters in light form. Swapping to LEDs is an energy-efficient way to shift your home into a more eco-friendly one.
You’ll want to avoid recipes with long cooking or baking times. If it’s hitting the 90s, you might want to ditch the oven altogether! Grill outdoors or use small appliances like an air fryer or microwave to avoid heating up your home. If you must use the stove, try making dishes like couscous, which cooks quickly in 5 minutes.
If you place a bowl of ice at the right angle, you can turn your fan into a cold mist machine. Ahhh, now that’s nice stuff!
Now’s a perfect excuse to fill some pitchers with your favorite refreshing drinks. Invite your neighbors over and indulge in some Arnold Palmers, Brazilian lemonades, Shirley Temples, or whatever else you might fancy. A spicy margarita wouldn’t go amiss either!
Banish those heavy quilts and sweltering duvets until the fall! It’s time to swap in some summer material to keep your nights as chill as possible. Opinions differ on the best warm weather bedding, but look into cotton percale, linen, silk, or even bamboo. Make sure to avoid synthetic comforters, which can trap body heat.
If you drape a damp towel over a sun-facing open window, this can create an evaporative cooling effect. As the towel heats up, the liquid evaporates and cools the air flowing through it. Yet another eco-friendly, low-tech method.
If you can stand it, opening all your windows on a summer night is the perfect way to let the warm air out and the cool air in. Just make sure you wake up early enough before temps start rising again and close all your windows in time!
Don’t worry, you needn’t break the bank, especially for an ice cream maker! You can often find gently used (or even new!) ice cream machines secondhand. It’s all the rage now. A quart of raspberry sorbet will hit the spot on a hot day, we guarantee it. Popsicle molds are an even cheaper method. Just save some extra lemonade from that Arnold Palmer recipe and pour into the molds, to be frozen and slurped up later.
Surviving the Summer Heat Will Be a Breeze!
While the hot weather can be pretty relentless in July and August, at least you don’t have to escape from giant desert sandworms! Instead, you can relax and refresh during the quiet mundanity and calm of a summer afternoon, relishing a big breezy fan and some refreshing lemonade. Take control of your heat-worn household and choose comfort and efficiency this summer, the smart way.
Source: TerraSol Energies, EcoFlow
