Period Living and Traditional Homes

Period Living and Traditional Homes magazine claims to be the leading period homes magazine within the UK. As the latest issue due out will be issue no 190, then I am guessing it has been around for 15 years or so, and so has built this reputation over the years. Having been a home owner for some 19 years myself, I have always been attracted to home magazines, although invariably, I read them, let them gather dust in a collection for a while then bin them. Occasionally they make their way to the dentist or doctor's surgery. Rarely have I directly made any home improvements as a result. However, I have now bought a Victorian property in a beautiful ...  Read the complete review

I have been getting this magazine for a couple of years now and found it useful whilst doing an interior design course. There are room settings showing how they would be decorated and furnished according to the period, for example Georgian or Victorian and where to buy the items. It would also be useful if you are renovating a period house as it shows ways of sympathetically repairing and renovating. They have articles showing different accessories through the ages such as mirrors, period heating or knockers, that's door knockers of course. ...  Read the complete review