to begin with, when it asks you to clear and tidy room 1, remove all the trash and clean from rooms 1-5 same when it asks you to buy the furniture buy 5x of all!

i highly reccomend getting the axe upgrade as in the winter your main focus is IGLOOS igloos cost $0 and cost $0 to furnish with the axe upgrade this is 1 hit for 1 ice block 40 needed per igloo

i would reccomend ignoring any more quests that come up untill you have ALOT of igloos as this will help you with money! (make sure to leave some plots for other rooms so you can get out of winter)

take full advantage of the day speed changer in settings make it so days are really long so u have more time to get ice

also focus on getting plenty of meat and fish to sell in your shop freezers all year round!