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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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

Coordinated gallery wall

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

IDEAL vs GREAT DEAL • Reset your hallway with shapely accessories and tactile weaves

Easy paint projects • USE LEFTOVER PAINT TO GIVE EVERY ROOM A COLOURFUL LITTLE LIFT

IDEAL vs GREAT DEAL • Smart stripes and plush greens are the perfect recipe for a kitchen

Country kitchen-diner • WANT A RELAXED SPACE FOR YOUR FAMILY TO COOK, EAT AND SOCIALISE? HERE ARE THE KEY INGREDIENTS

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

Laundry baskets • Decor-friendly wash bins for any room

Workspace • THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO MAKE HOME WORKING PRODUCTIVE AND STYLISH, AS OUR EXPERTS SHARE

Eggshell • WARM UP YOUR SCHEME WITH A CALMING SHADE FULL OF SUBTLY SHIFTING CHARM

Make more of your fifth wall • USED WITH IMAGINATION, THESE SIMPLE STAPLES CAN BECOME UNIQUE ‘HERO’ PIECES

Armchairs • Sink into these new seating styles

Vintage vibe

BLACK magic • MIRANDA AND DAVID’S HOUSE WENT FROM BLAND AND DATED TO MODERN MASTERPIECE, FINISHED WITH BURNT-LARCH CLADDING

FACTORY settings • CONVERTING APARTMENTS IN A FORMER FACTORY INTO ONE FAMILY HOME HAS BEEN A 20-YEAR PROJECT FOR REBECCA AND MATTHEW

renovation ROLLERCOASTER • THERE WERE MANY HURDLES DURING THIS TOWNHOUSE REMODEL, BUT ALEX AND ADAM’S STAMINA PAID OFF – IT’S NOW A WARM FAMILY HOME WITH A SYMPATHETIC NOD TO ITS PAST

MID-CENTURY twist • CLAIRE AND CHRIS HAVE CREATED A LIGHT-FILLED HOME THAT COMBINES 1950S CHARACTER WITH A LUXURY CONTEMPORARY FEEL

ATTENTION TO detail • AFTER MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE BUILDING WORK, SUZI AND LEWIS HAVE TRANSFORMED THEIR VICTORIAN TERRACE HOUSE WITH CALMING COASTAL SHADES AND VINTAGE FINDS

Plant of the month LILY OF THE VALLEY

garden news • MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Calming oasis • CLEVER ZONING AND A BESPOKE OUTBUILDING HAVE TRANSFORMED THIS ONCE UNUSED GARDEN INTO LISA AND MICHAEL’S DREAM SPACE

PROTECT SEEDLINGS • STOP YOUR FEATHERED FRIENDS FROM PECKING AT YOUR SPROUTING PLANTS WITHOUT HARMING EITHER FLORA OR FAUNA

KITCHEN & BATHROOM SPECIAL • 51 PAGES OF REAL KITCHEN AND BATHROOM PROJECTS PLUS PLENTY OF EXPERT ADVICE, THE LATEST TRENDS AND MORE

Family plan • WITH THEIR HEARTS SET ON AN OPEN-PLAN KITCHEN DESIGN, LOUISE AND GRAHAM HAVE CREATED A BRIGHT, SOCIABLE SPACE

HOSTING-FRIENDLY LAYOUTS • FIND OUT HOW TO DESIGN A KITCHEN LAYOUT THAT WILL PERFECTLY ACCOMMODATE GATHERINGS OF ALL SIZES

New beginnings • AFTER A FIRE DEVASTATED THEIR HOME, ALICE AND CHARLIE CREATED THE KITCHEN OF THEIR DREAMS

COLOURFUL COUNTRY • WANT A...