I want to perform a clean install of Mavericks on my MacBook.......

and I would like to restore my entire Home Directory on the fresh install. I have up to date Time Machine backups, what would be the simplest steps to achieve this?
I am reasonably savvy, but don't want to have to reinstall all my apps from scratch.......
Cheers
Tom

Thanks very much for that speedy reply! If I do a clean install, I will install my apps from fresh. However, I will restore my iTunes stuff. Will this be available from the Time Machine backup under the new install? It won't attempt to format it under the fresh install? Apologies if that's a stupid question!
Tom

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http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/206250-ssd-w-hdd-windows-7-setup-help.html
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