Thanks for the post especially for me

I'm not familiar with the term 'living in high cotton', but I can certainly guess from the opulence evident in the pics.
The single dining option (and no plate for the bread

) actually looks rather like one of my concoctions - I find that less time spent in the kitchen leads to more time spent in the garage (and vice versa).
Your living room and dining areas appear to have a Tardis quality, no doubt helped by the upstairs location of the bedrooms. I couldn't make out a single Alfa part in the pictures (except possibly in the Priority Mail bag), so it seems that you have won the war (or lost, depending on your viewpoint).
What is the highly-futuristic-looking device installed in the wall where one would expect an open fire to be?
I won't get into the topic of drinks (I don't, except once a year or so) but let's just say that my chosen mixes have the appearance of meths (and probably taste similar), or, the more Campari the better.
One day I might have to post a response showing my place, but right now the volume of junk would horrify (e.g. the two windscreens leaning against the couches, various giant cardboard boxes, old Commodore computer collections).
Michael, I liked your choice of words, particularly 'recalcitrant' (one of my favourites). Why is it that the average Internet-forum tends to attract the sort of people that have difficulty with spelling "blow of valve", but the Alfa Romeo forum has people like you aboard...
Cheers,
-Alex