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Try Bedroom Elegance in Dorset Street Dublin, I've had them instal built-ins in 2 bedrooms so far and I've been delighted with both their work and their suggestions. I'd recommend you visit their showroom because it's the only way to see all the options available. Absolutely no connection with...

I was in there this morning (Mary Street) and I'm sorted for the next four days! I'd recommend the steak (aberdeen angus and usually sold at a premium price) and the vegetables for roasting in particular. I just love the raspberry pannacotta and the melt in the middle chocolate puddings. Looking...

I think the most practical advice so far was from Scotsgirl, I have two friends who were in this position in the past and they house-shared with other single mothers, there were many advantages apart from the obvious financial one - shared babysitting and mutual moral support in particular.

I have three children and they know that everything I own will be theirs when "I go to the light" but if they wanted to remortgage any of my property now they'd get short shrift from me. Very presumptious I'd have thought.

Hi Chlipps, could you send me a pm with details of the painter/decorator, I have a load of work to do. Thanks.

I know that this is probably a stupid question but how do pull down tv screens with projectors actually work? I need a bigger tv but I think the large flat screens are very intrusive in a room and I thought a pull down screen would be much less so but I haven't a clue how they work. I have the...

Have you considered a 'sheltie' or shetland sheepdog? We had one for 16 years and she was the most wonderful family pet imaginable. We got her when our youngest child was a month old and they grew up together. She was so protective of him that whenever he tried to climb the garden wall she...

Thanks all for comments about washer/dryers, I had heard that they were more prone to breakdown than washing machines, but didn't know anything about how they performed. I'll go back to the drawing board and make room somehow for a separate dryer. By the way I have an AEG washing machine and...

I'm replacing my kitchen and love the look of American style fridge freezers but I'll be replacing a large upright freezer and the freezer part simply isn't big enough for my needs. I'm thinking of getting integrated matching upright fridge and separate freezer and wonder if anyone has any...

The only thing you can use safely is a 'claw' (didn't know that's what they're called) basically a system of expanding wire attached to 4 hooks which loop over the plate/platter, I have lots of hanging plates and platters in my kitchen and I found to my cost that they're the only thing that...

Speaking of wooden floors - has anyone any thoughts on parquet flooring? I love the look of it but I don't know whether it's still available or how expensive it is.

Personally I refuse to book priority on principle and have always wondered what would happen if no one did, I had my answer recently on a flight back from Tampere in Finland where no one joined the priority queue and everyone took seats and waited patiently and in relative comfort until boarding...

Tiles are meant to be cold - which is why they are used in hot climates, I have a holiday home in Spain which is tiled throughout and while it's great in the Summer it's a real problem in Winter, it causes condensation too! I'm in the process of planning renovations to my house here, combining...

Hi Homeadvice, First of all my sympathies, it feels like we are all on shifting sand which makes making decisions of any sort very difficult. Sometimes you have to go for it though and my advice would be to sell, that way you're avoiding negative equity which has to be the major...

Dr Moriarty, yes, couldn't believe it when I read the Irish Times, I promise I hadn't seen it before I posted, I always read it in the evening when husband brings it home with him. I'm very glad to see that I'm not the only one with a bee in my bonnet about this!

Jetblue, you're being presumptious - no partner at home all day, I wish! - we both work full time and yes, that does mean that sometimes I hang clothes out very early morning or very late at night - such is life! Hizzy, I haven't got a problem with the spiders, but earwigs AAGH! However, I...

Re: Save €€€'s on Tumble Drying! I can't understand why anyone would choose to dry clothes indoors, whether on a radiator, clothes airer or in a tumble dryer. My washing goes straight out on to the line where they dry without using electricity unnecessarily or making my house look like a...

Thanks, Romulan I don't know that range, I'll certainly try them.

I love my bath oils so much that I'll change my bath before I stop using them! Why is it that a new material is less user-friendly than what it replaced? I had no problems with my old bath.

Can anyone suggest the best way of cleaning an acrylic bath? I use bath oil and I'm finding it almost impossible to clean the bath properly afterwards. I've tried all the usual cleaners. The only way I can remove the residue completely is to use biological washing power and fill the bath with...