Upgrading Our Dated Baseboard Heaters

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Before John and I moved to Waynesboro, Virginia, back in 2015, we had never heard of baseboard heaters. Is it a regional thing? Of course, I know it’s an era thing—baseboard heaters became popular during the 1950s and ’60s—so it makes sense that our two mid-century homes have been outfitted with baseboard heaters.

I actually love baseboard heating. Our gas-powered system makes our home feel so warm and cozy during the cold months of the year, but living with them is certainly full of compromises from a design perspective. There’s no beating around the bush: baseboard heaters are ugly. I’ve learned over the years how to decorate (and photograph) around these unsightly wall units, but generally I just have to ignore them as best I can. Until now, that is!

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I was scrolling the Internet a couple of weeks ago, and happened to come across the brand Baseboarders. I found out that they manufacture sleek modern covers that easily install right over your existing baseboard heaters to make them look brand new in just a few minutes without any kind of demo or professional help. They’re made of galvanized steel—from 22- to 24-gauge, depending on the style you choose—and are powder-coated to help prevent rust.

The before/afters on their website gave me so much hope that we could use these covers to update our own dated baseboard heaters, and I’m so excited to prove exactly that to you in today’s post. After doing a bit more research on their website, I was able to confirm that, yes, they’re very safe to use with an existing 1960s system. The single-piece panel construction allows for good airflow around the heating element, while keeping fingers (and paws!) away from the heater itself, making it safer for children and pets. It was a pretty easy choice to go for it after reading that.

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Since this was my first time installing anything like this in our home, I decided to start small. I chose three rooms and baseboard heaters to makeover: the ones in our nook seating area off the kitchen, our dining room, and my home office. I specifically chose rooms where the baseboard heaters were especially visible and unsightly to get the most “bang for my buck.”

First, I removed the old baseboard heater covers, and measured the units exactly as directed on the Baseboarder’s website. I measured the height from the floor, the height of the heater unit itself, and also the depth. It was really easy, and I had this task finished up in just a few minutes. Then I relayed those notes to the Baseboarders team, and they were able to set us up with the right covers for our home. A week later, the box of new covers arrived, and I got to work installing them.

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To be honest, I was a little nervous about installing the covers by myself since I had never done anything like that before, but it was SO EASY. I took off the existing baseboard heater end caps, removed the front panel, and then set those in storage in our basement in case we (or the next homeowners) decide to reuse or recycle them. Next, I unboxed our Baseboarders covers, slipped the new endcaps over the outer edges of the new Baseboarders front panels, and then lowered the entire assembly down over the existing bare baseboard heater unit.

Each Baseboarder assembly took about five minutes to install, and the finished result was awesome! The rooms we installed them in look so much more modern and fresh, and even though I was worried about how the bright white new units would look next to our off-white painted trim, I think the combo is really nice and clean looking.

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Click here to watch a short video, which does a great job of demonstrating the ease of installation, plus it gives a few more details about how the covers are physically made, too. I genuinely can’t say enough good things, and have been telling everyone I know to get them! My parents are definitely considering upgrading their more visible baseboard heaters to these covers, and I have plans to continue replacing the rest of our own dated baseboard heaters with new covers later on this fall. I’ll be sure to update the post if I run into any issues once they finally have some heat running through them in the wintertime, but I don’t anticipate any problems at all. Leave a comment if you have a question, and either I or my Baseboarders rep will get back to you!

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Summer Bedding For Our Guest Room

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*This story was made possible by the generous support of Cozy Earth, and features gifted product for testing purposes. All opinions are my own.

Oh, how I adore our Cozy Earth bedding…It absolutely gets my pick for best bedding overall, and I’m so excited that we now have their sheets in both our main bedroom and our new guest room, too. After spending so much time painstakingly planning and setting up our guest bedroom earlier this summer, I got overwhelmed and reluctantly decided to cheap out on the bedding just to be able to call the room “done” once and for all. I grabbed $15 sheets from an overstock store here in town, and a $35 comforter. I splurged a tiny bit on a cotton duvet set from you-know-where on the Internet since that was going to be more visible, and I did like that set, but it definitely wasn’t even in the same universe as the one from Cozy Earth that we had in our main bedroom. In the end, I regretted the fact that I had scrimped on bedding, and knew I was going to have to stomach a do-over.

Ultimately, I started fresh with new linens from Cozy Earth. As much of an investment as it is, this bedding is something I know we’ll have forever. The sheets I have from the brand on our main bed (made of incredibly soft viscose from bamboo) have been washed, realistically, probably more than 75 times, and they just keep getting softer with age. They’ve held up great, and are so cooling to the touch. I really am smitten with them.

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In case you’re curious about what I actually ordered, I got their Bamboo Sheet Set in the color “Oat,” a Bamboo Viscose Comforter with Extra Fill,Bamboo Viscose Duvet Cover in “Oat,” and an Oversized Waffle Blanket in “Driftwood.” Cozy Earth products are all responsibly made and sourced, and I think you’ll appreciate the temperature regulation and breathability. I’ll explain why we especially appreciate that latter fact below.

This particular extra bedroom is on the corner of our house and gets blasted with hours of late afternoon and evening sun. Our ranch has a brick exterior, so it heats up quick and stays hot, which makes this room naturally feel much warmer than other rooms in our house. Most days, our AC can’t keep up, so this space stays toasty deep into the night (I know—I’ve tried sleeping in the room before). The old cheap bedding was really hot and didn’t have any breathability to speak of, whereas this set from Cozy Earth feels chilly to the touch as soon as you slide under the sheets, and it stays that way despite the addition of body heat. There is no other brand I would ever use in a hot room. No kidding. You have to feel it for yourself!

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Overall, our new Cozy Earth bedding has made such a big difference in this generally scorching room, and I’m excited to enjoy it through the fall, too. In extra exciting news, Cozy Earth is sharing the love with you guys, too, by offering a 40% discount to DGD readers! Use code “GREENDIY40” at check-out to get the deal, and be sure to come back here and let me know what you think of your new goodies. I really do think you’ll be just as happy with them as we are. Comment and let me know if you need specific recommendations, but I highly recommend their bamboo bedding in particular.

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