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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Indispensable Guide For Anyone Who Live Indoors, 12 Sep 2006

By	A Domestic Diva - See all my reviews

I've only had this guide for a short time but it's already changed my life for the better and saved me money. I've learned new skills and picked up great tips I've never seen elsewhere. How different to those shallow style-bibles full of fluff and froth and very short on substance. Open this book at any page and you're sure to learn something genuinely useful, which you can actually use in your daily life.

The instructions are a cinch to follow and the clear illustrations ensure you can't go wrong. Basically, it's idiot-proof--even if you only have the domestic skills of Glyn from Big Brother ('I'm cooking an egg for the very first time, ahh hum'). Armed with this guide, I feel I could tackle anything on the domestic front. And, unusually for a household manual, this one has a sense of humour, and kept me amused and entertained as well as educated.

I'm keeping my new guide in a handy place because I know I'll be referring to it for years to come--as will the rest of the family. My partner's well chuffed because he's learned new ways to tie his tie, and the kids are happy because they've learned how to play old-fashioned games like hopscotch and cat's cradle. The book's full of quirky and original things like that.

Jam-packed with time-money-and-stress-saving ideas and helpful practical advice, this book is superb value for money,and no home should be without it.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be worse but should have been much better, 18 Oct 2006

By	Bernard Smith (Somewhere, Europe) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book professes to be a guide to doing everyday things properly, and it is divided into 18 sections ranging from home laundry, through D.I.Y., to wrapping gifts and packing suitcases. As is the case with these types of books the reader already knows some of it, but buys the book in order to learn something new. I suppose the value of the book is in the balance between what the reader already knows and what is new. In rare occasions a handful of new information or a uniquely new insight can be so valuable that in itself it justifies buying the book and wading through the chaff. Whilst I learned a few bits and pieces from the book it neither justified its price of �9.99 (or given the ridiculous prices found these days perhaps it did justify its price, but only just - PS I bought the book in London airport and I should have bought in on Amazon for only �5.99), nor the 3-4 hours I spent reading it. Much is common sense and a lot is common knowledge. Nevertheless I did learn a few useful things, e.g. how to restore the pile in a carpet after it has been compressed by some heavy object, and I now know several ways to tie my tie. But at the end of the day I found some parts to be rather superficial, noticeably the sections on interior design and D.I.Y., which of course merit whole books in their own right.
Still all is not lost, the book will go on my shelf of reference books and may come in useful one day when I urgently need to find out how to clean off a beetroot stain or play cat's cradle.
In conclusion, I hate to say it (and normally I am far from being a misogynist) but it is a book written by a woman for women. And I am not convinced that just reading a few lines in a book like this will really enable someone to properly apply a waterproof seal on a sink, become an expert in cooking pasta, or a dab hand at Japanese-style gift wrapping.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Most of it is common sense. But one bit of it cracked me up., 25 Dec 2006

By	Mr. Neil Miller (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There is alot of advice about humdrum domestic chores which is really self-explanatory. Such as that you should hang up socks to dry by the toes. I mean does it really matter which way up you hang them?

Also "Train your dog not to bark unnecessarily" - you don't say.

Also a section on different types of knives. Nonsense- you only need two knives - a big one and a small one. Unless you want to be a chef or something.

But the bit that best had me laughing into my Christmas turkey was on page 195: the section titled "How To Go To The Toilet" (I'm not kidding!) explaining the techniques.

"6. Now it's time to wipe your bottom"
hehehehehehehehe
Apparently the correct method is from front to back. (Me personally I prefer side to side :-)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for someone starting a new home
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