Something strange is happening in my bedroom and I can’t work out why!

[Wendyer]

I’m sorry, it’s not very exciting but I just don’t understand it.

I have a bedside cabinet, and about 6 weeks ago I noticed that there was some gritty rubbley type stuff on it. I wiped it away but later on there was more there. I thought I mustn’t have cleared it up properly so did it again, more thoroughly.

And basically, ever since, there’s nearly always this gritty stuff there! I can’t imagine where it’s coming from - there’s nothing above the cabinet except the ceiling and a hanging light but they don’t seem to be the source. I never hear it dropping onto the cabinet, or see it dropping, it’s just there!

Where is it coming from?!

@BluTangClan

The white, round plastic thing that the light cable goes through at the ceiling is the ceiling rose. Unscrew it with your hands and see if there's any grit in there.

Oh sorry - I thought a ceiling rose was one of those fancy bits of plaster. I’ll have a go at unscrewing it tomorrow.

I used to get gritty, sandy deposits like this on my wooden floor. Now I have tiles it's disappeared.

Lightly off topic but I have window spider and ot poops out blood. It's a few years old now

[quote Forion]@LuluBlakey1 they'll hatch out in the spring.[/quote]
Thanks I can't wait to see them. 🙂👍

@IncessantNameChanger

Lightly off topic but I have window spider and ot poops out blood. It's a few years old now

Blood?! Is that normal for spiders?

@SwanShaped

I ALSO have a spider guarding eggs who does tiny poos on the kitchen windowsill. I can see the egg case. Never seen the spider tho.

Ours sits next to it.

Or you could put a piece of paper on the bedside chest tonight and see if the grit appears on it or under it.

@ChonkyDonkey

Or you could put a piece of paper on the bedside chest tonight and see if the grit appears on it or under it.

Clever!!

@Wendyer

I just stood on the bed to inspect the coving and the light fixture but I can’t see anything. There’s more on the bedside table now - here’s another lovely picture (hopefully of the right thing!)

Oh that is definitely not spider poo.

@IncessantNameChanger

Lightly off topic but I have window spider and ot poops out blood. It's a few years old now

Is that unusual for spiders?

This is a most peculiar and interesting mystery and I'm really eager to find out if it's woodworm or spider poo.

Perhaps the bedside table is getting darked on.

@ChonkyDonkey

Or you could put a piece of paper on the bedside chest tonight and see if the grit appears on it or under it.

Done!

Strangely invested here. Love that lamp too!

I can't wait to see this mystery cracked.

It is very weird as it looks like sand ? It is gritty between your fingers or can you crush it like wood dust ?

Looks like sand. Maybe your house is haunted by an ocean spirit. Or the ghost of a drowned sailor. Do you live near the coast?

What's the base of the white lamp made of? I had a bathroom grit mystery and it was the weighted base of the loo roll holder degrading, it was like a lump of rubbishy concrete held in with tape

Woodworm living in the cabinet itself is the likeliest guess. Move the cabinet to a different room, see if it still appears.

Check that the inside bit of your bedside lamp, close to the bulb, isn’t breaking down and creating debris. Over years the heat of bulbs makes plastic brittle and can make it deteriorate.

Is this a clearer picture? It’s literally just like grit.

The trap is set!

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Can we guess how many pickled eggs are in the jar please?

@Echinops I had lamp base like that too!

And it left rubbly lumps.

@PrittySticky

Can we guess how many pickled eggs are in the jar please?

I think it’s pickled onions not eggs!