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All cafes put cocoa powder on capuchinos here in the UK.

They do have Flat White on the menu, the "Gibraltar" is also known as a "noisette" in France, and the Cortade is just a latte macchiato!

That's like my ricer, madhausfrau! If you can roll it out, it's pasta, not spätzle.

I'd put up some really simple coving around the ceiling and paint it white. Then paint the walls and light, warm grey. Get gunmetal curtain poles with light teal finials, and white curtains with a grey toile pattern. White, wrought iron bed, light teal bed linen and lampshades. Sand and varnish the floor, put a grey patterned rug on top.

Oh, and check those ceiling tiles are fire retardant, otherwise you'll have to rip them out first.

I had a red chimney breast and red velvet curtains in my old house, and it looked magnificent. We thought we'd go for a change of colours in our new house, but now we're leaning towards red again. Grey walls and red curtains and accents this time.

But post recession? Not in Britain, it ain't.

Great find! I'm actually tall, but my even taller brother in law put the cupboards up a tad too high!

Thank goodness there are lots of far more superior brands that also make Earl Grey, hmm?

Don't hire professionals, just get a really good vacuum cleaner brush. One of those "pet" ones. If we'd hired professionals, we'd have paid the entire deposit in cleaning fees!

Also, we'd painted the walls in bright colours, but because the curtains we left matched, the landlord was fine with them.

I was going to do this with my bedroom. The walls are a light powdery blue and the ceiling is white and low. Leaving it unfinished really "pulled up" the ceiling, until my mother "helpfully" finished the edges!

I'd go with a very light aqua, a lime green or a very light yellow. Nothing brown, I think it'd make you feel like you were in a posh hotel rather than a home.

Do realise, Justin R., that packaged food is no cleaner than unpackaged food, especially where fruit and veg are concerned. And also don't forget you should *always* wash stuff when you can, whether packaged or not.