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ASK MR MERRIDEW

Q I’m redesigning my living room and have had to accept the inevitability of it including a television. Any ideas for stopping the goggle-box becoming the most obvious part of the room?

Gaby, Herefordshire

With the BBC series due to return at some point, I can see why you’d want to keep hold of your TV. But I can also see why you want to disguise it – as screens have gotten ever larger they have become big black vacuums, sucking life from the

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