Ideal Home

Published by TI Media Limited Ideal Home is Britain's best-selling interiors magazine and has been empowering home-owners to make the most of their properties for over 80 years. The magazine covers every aspect of contemporary living, from a wide range of transformed houses, kitchens and bathrooms.

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Ideal Home

new & now • INSPIRE | INFORM | DISCOVER

High-street heroes THE DESIGN EDIT • Now and then, the high street comes up with something so utterly fabulous, it looks as if it’s come from a designer boutique. Here are some of our latest discoveries that will make your home look more expensive without the big spend…

20 UNDER £20 • Everyone loves a bargain – and our editor-in-chief Heather has hand-picked her fave buys for this month

Create a cosy corner

MODERN chintz • TRENDS COME AND GO, BUT HERE’S HOW TO GIVE THIS LOOK TIMELESS APPEAL

IDEAL vs GREAT DEAL • Bring an indoor/outdoor vibe with green tones and tactile weaves

Hay • ADD SOME WELCOME WARMTH TO YOUR SCHEME THIS SPRING USING THIS GENTLE YELLOW HUE

Style your understairs • IT COULD BE SO MUCH MORE THAN A PLACE TO KEEP THE VACUUM CLEANER

IDEAL vs GREAT DEAL • Brighten up your WFH space with cheery colours and comfy textiles

Window treatments • WINDOW TREATMENTS CAN MAKE – OR SOMETIMES BREAK – A SCHEME, SO HOW DO YOU GET YOURS JUST RIGHT? WE ASKED THREE EXPERTS FOR THEIR INSIDER KNOWLEDGE

FLOOR LAMPS • Brighten up a corner in more ways than one

Japandi bedroom • COMBINE JAPANESE MINIMALISM WITH RUSTIC SCANDI STYLE TO CREATE A CALM AND RESTFUL SLEEP SPACE

Weekend decorator • CLEVER TRICKS TO MINI DECOR PROJECTS… WE ROUND UP THE SIMPLEST, QUICKEST WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW

Headboards • ADD SOME SERIOUS WOW FACTOR TO THE BEDROOM

Shelf success

Love at FIRST SIGHT • WHEN BECKY AND IAN SAW THIS ELEGANT PERIOD PROPERTY IN THEIR MUCH-LOVED HOME TOWN OF COLCHESTER THEY KNEW IT WAS ‘THE ONE’

"MY STYLE IS timeless" • ABBI HAS CREATED A HOME FILLED WITH WARM NEUTRALS, NATURAL TEXTURES AND RUSTIC TREASURES

LIVING THE dream • YEARS IN THE PLANNING, LAURA’S RURAL IDYLL FINALLY BECAME REALITY WHEN SHE FOUND THE PERFECT COTTAGE AND SET ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE WITH COLOUR

"I GOT creative WITH colour" • NEW PARENTS FRANKY AND JACK REWORKED A DATED STUDENT HOUSE INTO A COLOURFUL FAMILY HOME

Salvaged STYLE • LOUISE AND PETER PROVE THAT BIG CHARACTER DOESN’T NEED A BIG BUDGET – JUST PLENTY OF RECLAIMED FINDS, CLEVER TWEAKS AND A LITTLE DIY KNOW-HOW

All in the detail • WITH A HANDFUL OF CLEVER IDEAS, KATIE AND NICK’S NEW KITCHEN IS PERFECT FOR FAMILY LIFE, WORK AND ENTERTAINING

The right surface • WHILE LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION, MEABH REALISED HER FAVOURITE LOOKS WERE ALL FINISHED WITH MICRO CEMENT

Colour match

GARAGE CONVERSIONS • NEED MORE ROOM IN YOUR HOME? A GARAGE CONVERSION WILL TURN A POORLY USED AREA INTO VALUABLE EXTRA LIVING SPACE. OUR SIMPLE GUIDE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHERE TO SPEND & SAVE • KEEP YOUR KITCHEN BUDGET IN CHECK BY KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT’S WORTH SPENDING ON AND WHERE YOU CAN MAKE SAVINGS

Boiling water taps • FORGET THE KETTLE – THESE TOP-RATED TAPS ARE ALL YOU NEED FOR EASY AND INSTANT ACCESS TO PIPING HOT WATER

WHERE TO SPEND & SAVE • DISCOVER THE DESIGN ELEMENTS YOU SHOULD INVEST IN WHEN PLANNING A BATHROOM (AND THOSE YOU CAN BUDGET LESS FOR)

WHAT TO DO THIS MONTH

HOW TO... NO-NONSENSE SOLUTIONS TO EVERYDAY HASSLES • Leftover paint? Donate to Dulux’s...