Cheryl Mendelson - Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House

Pros: Exhaustive, informative and extensive
Cons: This book is heavy, in more ways than one. Don't drop it on your foot.

First of all, I want to state that I am not a Martha Stewart clone, and I tend to depise her anyway. That said, let me say the main reason to buy this book.

If you know someone out on their own for the very first time, or they've got a new...

Pros: Excellent Advice, Comprehensive
Cons: $35.00, But worth it!

"Being perceived as excessively domestic can get you socially ostracized." ~*~ Cheryl Mendelson

Within the 896 –nonfiction— pages of Home Comforts, Author Cheryl Mendelson provides much insight toward the fine art...

Pros: Very informative, easy to read
Cons: Can be a bit intimidating

I picked this book up over the holidays. I'm so glad I did.
This book covers all the bases for making a house a home.

Do you know how to fold a fitted sheet into a neat square? I didn't, but now I do. Do you know all there is to know...

Pros: Very thorough. Good soap and water approach to cleaning.
Cons: Sometimes too thorough. Sloppy editing.

I purchased this book after hearing raves about it on the Martha Stewart bulletin boards. I am somewhat "housework challenged" and was really excited to have it demystified for me. I had high hopes of learning exactly what I needed to do, when I needed...

Pros: Learn the right method for cleaning and organizing home and the reasoning behind it.
Cons: Unrealistic level of cleanliness if you have any kind of a life.

Home Comforts is an incredible book. Cheryl Mendelson will teach you the correct way to clean, organize and care for anything in your home AND give you the reasoning behind doing it her way.

The sheer volume of information contained in this...

Pros: informative, interesting, covers a wide range of topics
Cons: not cheap (about $30)

With all due respect to my parents, I do not come from a family with a particularly strong emphasis on housekeeping. But you get used to the way you live -- and even once I'd gotten my own family and my own house, I guess I was used to living in sort of...

Pros: Modern/Comprehensive
Cons: Too Few Graphics

"Home Comforts" is to making a home, what "Joy of Cooking" is to cooking--a basic, a classic--the rare type of book that you'll keep handy, read, use and consult many times over a lifetime.

I wish I'd had this book when I...

Pros: very detailed, enjoying read
Cons: expensive

I first picked up Home Comforts at our local library because we had just purchased our first home and I wanted to get some tips on keeping it clean. I got so much more than I bargained for.

Ms. Mendelson showed me that I can have a career...

Pros: great detail and well-researched
Cons: could be intimidating

I read a review of this book in a newspaper, and what struck me most is that while the reviewer generally disagreed with the author's housekeeping recommendations, he grudgingly admitted that it was enjoyable to read! I was fascinated, and purchased the...

Pros: Covers every imaginable domestic topic at great length and with style and wit
Cons: Sheer size, not enough pictures

I bought Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson recently because I was feeling a bit panicky about the house I would be expected to run after my fiancé and I got married. I'm a compulsive planner - I refuse to go into any situation without having read...

Pros: Thought provoking and practical
Cons: none

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Home Comforts. Any one who has a home would profit from the resources in this book. It gets right down to the nitty-gritty of homemaking with sections on how to make a bed, how to clean a fridge, how to set a table, how...

Pros: A wonderful book about every aspect of keeping a home. Perfect for anyone with an interest in the subject.
Cons: It is over 800 pages and can be a little daunting, but its worth it.

I bought a copy of this book a few weeks ago and loved it immediately. I recently bought it for a friend of mine for her bridal shower. It is a book that should be in every house where the residents hope to have a well run and beautiful home.
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Pros: lots of good instructions, & illustrations
Cons: LONG: 837 pages

Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson in not what you'd expect. To begin with the author is not the housekeeping tips and tricks expert that I thought she was, by profession she is an attorney. By passion she is a homemaker. If you read this book for no...

Pros: Good educational value
Cons: none that I can think of

Wives, Mothers, Daughters and even Sons - any one going out on their own should invest in a copy of "Home Comforts" by Cheryl Mendelson.
It's a great book, and will enlighten you, as she puts it, to "the Art & Science of Keeping...

Pros: Thorough, Detailed, and Delightful
Cons: Needs to be in Hardcover to pass on to future family members

After searching high and low, and for an awfully long time, I was so delighted with this unique book. The practicality of the chapters, and the detailed background of "why this is done this way" is so needed in today's world. Also...