Oh brilliant hazelligan-just brilliant!! My trick is when they insist on wearing the same dreadful, manky, faded, stained, damaged T-shirt/ top/ jumper/cardigan is for it to disappear into laundry purgatory. Procedure as follows ; Stage 1 Item arrives for laundering. Laundry Maid /Fairy aka ME leaves the offending article into the pending tray aka the floor. Pending tray is emptied with contents being place into suitable container aka black plastic bag. The item is then posted to America aka place black bag in the rubbish bin. Stage 2 If the item is ever missed, it'll be at least 3 wks before Laundry Maid is contacted re same - usually when she is off-duty + doing nothing aka relaxing. Laundry Maid will inform owner that she has no idea which item is under discussion + remainder of 10 min conversation will establish description of article - Are you sure it's black + not navy. It's got an airplane printed on it? Really? Finishing up with a promise to look for same in a timely fashion. 3 weeks later, the first conversation takes place all over again. This time the Laundry Maid instructs owner to search his own room thoroughly + whilst he's at that he can clean room, throw out rubbish, return crockery + cutlery to the kitchen area where the Kitchen Maid is on duty + change bed linen. This tactic is double-edged as although you get 1 clean room, a vast amount of washing-up + laundry is generated. However, owner has now forgotten about missing article. 3 weeks later, discussion is resumed but Laundry Maid now instructs owner to look for missing item in siblings' rooms, pets sleeping quarters, existing dirty laundry basket, ironing basket, all kit-bags + holdalls and back + boot of car. This often generates more crockery, more soiled laundry, stinking sports kit but at least the original offending article will not turn up. In the very unlikely event that the issue is ever raised again - repeat stage 2 all over again. But time consuming- but works a treat!!

Hi @lexoo2020 Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to you, we are just getting to grips with Houzz so it has taken us a little longer that we would have liked to get back to everyone. Have you thought about using paint to create some feature elements on your wall? This way you can introduce your favourite colours in the room while creating some beautiful décor. You can paint a hexagon pattern on one of your walls as shown in the video below; just replace the colours with the ones you like and that will complement your room’s colour scheme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSLT9XYkdO4 Alternatively, how about making a collage of your favourite pictures in frames of various sizes and colours? This way you can include all your favourite moments and people in your room while still styling your space. The image below can give you an idea of how to mix and match to create the perfect look! If you would like some extra storage, why don’t you try some floating shelves? You can decorate them with your favourite accessories, and by adding a pop of colour on the edge, as the picture shows below, you create interest in your room in a subtle way.

Without any idea of where you are (how bad/wet your winter was) and the soil conditions and local environment we can only guess. My first guess would be that the root systems of the grass seedlings drowned. When did you plant it and how well was it established by the time the rains came? Unless it had at least a couple of months from when the seedlings statred to show I'd suggest that as the most likely answer. If drainage is poor in your garden it is almost certainly the answer. You say it is now brown earth. Have any weeds managed to come through? One reason for the grass dying off could be an overspray of weed killer or other harmful chemical. If nothing else looks like it is able to grow there this one is probably nearer to the truth, or possibly some combination of this and the first answer. It is possible, but I would say unlikely unless you are surrounded by countryside and there are at least a few shortened tufts of grass left, that nocturnal animals are the guilty parties. Rabbits perhaps? Disease is another possibility but again it would be unlikely to clean all of the growth off. Have you noticed high levels of bird, especially crow and blackbird, activity? Or animals such as badgers, stoats, weasels? This would indicate chafer grubs or leatherjackets eating the roots away. The birds or animals would be looking for the insect grubs, not the grass, but would dig or peck grass and earth up in order to get at them. The answer, if drowning is the culprit, is to check the drainage first and if generally OK - we did receive extraordinary downpours - re-seed now or very shortly, giving the grass a whole spring summer and autumn to get properly established. It should then survive any future such downpours. Otherwise, report back and we'll try and advise you accordingly.

Communitec, well I for one would like to put in a full electronic home security system with motion activated cameras so if there is an alarm I can view everything on my phone but my house has concrete walls and ceilings so potential installers all want to leave all cables on the surface - even wifi systems require power cables or new batteries way too often. For the same reason the rear speakers for my theatre system are in front with the other speakers - apart from cables to run the wall behind is a glass block feature wall. As for veering off topic goes, well I see people commenting on the appearance of things like thermostats and what functions they have as well as a lot on their aesthetics, so lighting, switches, sockets and control interfaces are on topic really. The fact that a lot of people simply accept these items without thought just goes to show how today's new tech becomes tomorrow's standard and expected items. Where we locate things has changed a lot due to changes in usage patterns and acceptance of items in different settings - phones are rarely in hallways now for example, even though that was a standard location up to the 1970s (and are disappearing in favour of hand phones). My computer always used to be in a room used as an office but I'm typing this on front of the TV on my notebook (no more PC) - tech evolving to suit environment or attitudes evolving to allow tech into what were exclusion zones or perhaps a mixture of the two?