Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92792 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-19
• Binding: Hardcover
• 285 pages

Synopsis
Most of us lead desperately busy lives, with little time, we think, for spoiling ourselves or others. Yet wouldn't it be good to feel that we could make even the most everyday activities a little special? Domestic Bliss shows how to do just that. From throwing dinners and parties that everyone will kill to be invited to and welcoming house guests in style (even if they are only sleeping on the sofa), to forcing the more tedious domestic chores into submission and becoming the most ingenious present-giver ever, this book is packed with ideas. With Rita's idiosyncratic, sometimes bossy, always entertaining text, a chic design and fabulous publicity guaranteed, this book will allow everyone to add a little sparkle to life.

From the Publisher
A manual for living in style, from hot new talent Rita Konig

About the Author
As Nina Campbell's eldest daughter, Rita Konig's eye for beautiful things developed early on. After studying history and textile design, Rita initially worked as a journalist before joining Nina Campbell Ltd as a director of the company. Rita undertakes design commissions, writes the idiosyncratic column `Rita Says' for Vogue magazine, and is frequently featured in national newspapers and magazines as a style consultant.

Customer Reviews

-10
I really hated this book.To much name dropping and not alot of useful information

How to Live - for people with more money than sense
I read the other reviews, and weighed up the opinions...girly, that sounds great, glamorous, I like that, vapid, well I read all the glossies, so I'm used to that. I decided to give the book a go, but now I wish I'd spent that £15 on something else (an ounce of caviar, I expect the author would recommend). I dont mind a bit of frivolity, and I like books that treat subjects in a lighthearted manner, but bad writing I cannot forgive. Ms Konig is an interior designer by trade, and she should stick with that. The book is aimless and wandering, almost stream of consciousness at times, and I got very tired of her name dropping. There is nothing really practical in the book - if it was entertaining then that wouldnt matter, but it isnt that either. If you want a practical guide, choose one of the other domestic guides; if you want girly entertainment, buy Three Black Skirts, or better yet, an armful of magazines. Ms Konig, stick to matching up fabric designs, please.

Vapid? I don't think so..
far from being 'vapid' I thought this book was a great fun read written in a jaunty and witty style. If the other reviewer (from Temple, London) thought it so dreadful why on earth did they carry on reading it? havent they got anything better to do with their time than to pour scorn? What Rita Konig has achieved with this book is to make light and fun on the subject domesticity. I thoroughly recommend it.