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@luckylukie yes. I got rid of all my huge fluffy bath towels. I don't even live in a particularly warm climate and it's still been worth it. Just the savings in washing and drying, and the fact I can store five - seven peshtemels in the same space one towel took up.

My bathroom is tiny and drying outside is not often an option here. Big towels are a pain and have no benefit over a peshtemel except personal taste and maybe warmth, but I don't spend time wandering about in a towel anyway.

Yup, they are genius - take up very little room in the washer, dry in no time, large enough for pretty much anyone, wash wonderfully and last a long time. Take up very little room to store as well.

They only get better with age, don't ever use conditioner and they get softer and more absorbent every time.

Some of these are pretty expensive though, I get mine from http://www.turkishtowelstore.com/ and sort by price http://www.turkishtowelstore.com/categories/pestemals/cotton-pestemals.html?sort=priceasc

The hand towels are great as well, and I got some of the tiny guest towels in a basket. Oh, and the dressing gowns are super absorbent and light for summer.

We use the Petco white wainscoting thing. Ugly, but it works. Bought a tray to stick on the shelf to put all the cat stuff in. The only place with space for it is in the hall so you have to be insane about cleaning it out or the first waft visitors get is stinky cat pee.

It's slightly better if you tape a buttload of charcoal to the inside.

I got rid of a huge book collection when my son was born, you couldn't move in my flat except through wobbly stacks of books. It was great once the initial panic passed, I kept maybe fifty that were given to me by people I love, stuck them in a crate and marveled at the space I had.

Now I treat books like furniture - unless I absolutely love it or it serves a fundamental purpose, it gets donated. Sure, sometimes I buy a book again when it turns out I can't live without it. otherwise the lack of dusting and piles made it worth it.

Hmm, my walls are fairly solid. I think I'd have to use a billion brackets underneath and a fair few fixings at the top and sides for peace of mind.

Even if you couldn't live with one different screw, you could always just buy eleven and replace them all. Screws cost pennies, just make sure they're the same width and length.

For a trend I love and/or a thing I liked anyway I just do it cheaply until it bores me. If I don't get sick of it, it stays.

Ebay and charity shops and not spoonflower fabric until it's clear the house really can't live without owls in it.

This is timely for me, our office needs to share space in a tiny living room and it's a struggle to think of a way to deal with it that doesn't look too much like a teenagers homework station.

The office needs to house computers, printer/scanner and all sorts of hubs/bits and pieces that you never see in staged photos. While I'd love to have a neat desk and a slimline laptop with a random vase of twigs, it ain't gonna happen with my little mountain of electronic crap.

I have a list of about thirty tiny things that need doing, it works really well if I don't stress out and just scratch them out one by one no matter how long it takes. Half an hour every weekend and soon you have a satisfying list of thick black strikethroughs.

Love the purple lamp and the hanging light, very sleek. Shame the light is only in prototype or I'd be spending my weekend trying to install it and not electrocute myself.