Feel for you with the steam soup thing. Humidity ruins my fire control every time. It's a lesson you only need to learn once.

Ugh that's the worst. Read somewhere that moving the pocket placement forward an inch helps with the hip puffiness. Like closer to the side seam than the actual hip curve. What @robertlane said about flat pockets makes sense too, less to bunch up. Linen is so unforgiving, every little lump shows. Hate when you spend all that time and have to take it completely apart.

Man, that would drive me crazy too. It's one thing to share a tip, but another to act like you came up with it. I had a friend do something similar with my grill trick for juicy burgers. It feels disrespectful when they don't give credit where it's due. Maybe next time he brags, you could gently remind him where it came from, like janah83 said. How do you usually handle stuff like this without causing a rift?

For a long time, I insisted on in-wall wiring for any install. A recent job made me reconsider that rule. The client used raceways similar to what @davidprice mentioned, and the result was surprisingly clean. You get most of the look without the extra time and mess of opening walls. It turns out that perfection isn't always worth the drywall dust. Now I recommend raceways for any project where full demolition isn't already planned.

My old barber blamed thinning shears for my frizz, @thomas_hill22.