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I had the same problem with the dough not coming together enough, so I added about a quarter cup more flour in increments and that seemed to do the trick. It was still very very loose and floppy, but came away from the sides and formed a "ball" and then slapped about in the machine - which I had to hold down! The dough rose and baked beautifully. My family all loved it and I have another batch in the oven now! Thanks for the recipe :)

Looks great, love the paneling, but the "before" cabinets are completely different cabinets in a completely different space! Is the pic just to show the look of the pre-painted ones?

There's no storage (at all), there's no prep space in the kitchen. The door in the bedroom wouldn't close because of the chair in the way. This kind of fake styled space really annoys me. Show it how someone could actually use it.

I'm a fan of rolling. We are 2 adults and 3 kids and ended up having to pack just carry on for a 2 week summer vacation after a ticket mess-up (my fault). So I made a list (which I never normally do), ironed everything to get rid of air and lumps, rolled things small, stuffed shoes and every bit of space in each bag (all on wheels so the kids could drag their own most of the time - youngest is 2 and a half but loves to pull her case!) Everyone wore their bulkiest items on the plane (boots, jackets, etc) and we bought toiletries when we got off the plane. It worked like a charm. No fuss, no waiting for the carousel and the holiday was much more practical cos we had less crap all over the place. I'm now a packing light convert!

Beautiful, beautiful, house - just lovely, all of it. So light and clutter free, yet comfortable looking. V envious. But where do the kids live? My three would have grubby fingers everywhere in a second (seat covers, pillows, walls etc). What's the secret? I guess maybe you have a separate living room somewhere? I want to live in this house.

I was brought up salting everything that's cooked in boiling water too, as a matter of course for decent flavour. Pasta, rice, potatoes, veg, etc etc. Makes a huge difference.

Big bowl, oatmeal plus same amount water. Nuke for 2.5 mins on full blast in microwave. Season, stir and serve :) Much easier!

Ok Okashi. Where do you live? 390 sq ft for a family of 4??? Come on now. Way to generalise about a whole frigging continent.
Great tour btw. This place looks a lot larger than it is - and love love love the outside space! Beautiful :)

1. Recipes that miss out things from the list of ingredients or stick in extra ones that aren't used - infuriating! I hate re-reading the steps over and over trying to figure out badly written instructions.
2. Packets of yeast, sticks of butter, squares of chocolate, fahrenheit temps - I can never remember the conversions. I really should stick a conversion chart on a wall somewhere but never seem to get round to it.
3. Not noticing that the recipe includes leaving something to sit in the fridge for hours/overnight before you can finish the dish! My fault, but sooo annoying!

Presumably you don't need to let light in at night, so why not just add a layer of opaque curtains which can be pulled back in the daytime. Or am I missing something more complicated in the question?