Ideal Home

I don’t have many vices but can’t resist buying home magazines. I have been buying Ideal home magazine for as long as I can remember and still get pleasure from opening the cellophane wrapper and turning the first page of this magazine. Well I don’t get out much these days! Ideal home magazine is published by IPC media, a huge company who also publish several other magazines including homes and garden and country life. Ideal home magazine is published every month and 1 month in advance. It is widely available from supermarkets and other retailers selling magazines. It retails at £3.10 in the shops but if you read Ideal home regularly it pays to take out ...  Read the complete review

One rather chilly Sunday morning last April, I dragged myself out of bed and went to a local car boot sale. A seller had a huge box of home magazines. I'd just started having a rifle and she said you can have the lot for £2. At the time we were about to embark on a complete house refurbishment and I bought them, hoping for some inspiration. I do have a tendency to cut things out and make brainstorming sheets so a big pile of back issues seemed like perfect fodder. This is when I discovered Ideal Home, which really struck a chord. To be honest I think I am probably a typical example of the target audience. The magazine is currently split into the following ...  Read the complete review

Blimey, what's the old duffer ranting on about now? I can hear you mouthing in the background, well, trust me, treasures, all will become clear later on, but if you can't wait then race to the end and find out what the hell I'm on about... Ideal Home is apparently "Britain's best-selling decorating magazine", the Consumer Magazine of the Year 2000 (Periodical Publishers Association), Circulation Excellence Award winner 2000 (Association of Circulation Executives) and comes out each month with a cover price of £2.60. Garn, you toffs, you know it's just one example of a coffee table mag for those who have got more time and money on ...  Read the complete review

The Ideal Home,something that I will never own ! But just looking through the magazine that is jam-packed with ideas makes up for all of that. A glossy covered magazine that is bursting with inspiration on how to design,decorate and furnish your home in the style of your choice. But there are no articles that refer to `muddy boots and dog hair`! a common problem in my home. There are pages devoted to showing you just how beautiful a home can look,the marbled bathroom to the shabby chic living room. The magazine covers each and every style of home,showing Victorian splendour,French chic,Traditional,Contemporary and Eclectic living.One ...  Read the complete review

Mrs Smiley-Perfect smiles perfectly as she plumps her floral cushions (hand-painted by authentic foreigners in a foreign country somewhere - available from Snob & Frumps for only £5000!) "We have always loved this house, and all our friends envy us. Everyone comes here, you know. They wish their homes were as lovely as ours! But they never could be!" Mr Smiley-Perfect hand-made their lovely dining room furniture from tiny elf-sleighs found in the outer regions of Greenland and specially imported for him. "It's just perfect!" he smiles. Miss Smiley-Perfect's bedroom is decorated throughout with pure white silk and ...  Read the complete review