Hi folks, I'm back!! Just getting into the swing of things again. Hello to all! Nev x
Hi folks, I'm back!! Just getting into the swing of things again. Hello to all! Nev x
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Still waiting to move house, feels like I'm going to be here forever, how many people feel like that?? So what with chocolate in hand and a home magazine, life can be escaped for an hour or two (not the chocolate though, that's about 5 seconds)!
IPC media who publish this magazine is one of UK's leading consumer magazine publishers selling over 350 million copies each year (so someone else is trying to escape too! or they might be just a little luckier than me and have just got their dream home to attack with wonderful new ideas)?? reaching 70% of UK women and 50% of UK men - 28 million UK adults.
Other magazines they publish: Living etc, Homes and Gardens, Woman and Home, What's on TV, Now, Marie Claire, In Style, Loaded, Nuts, NME, Wallpaper, Country Life, The Field, Rugby World, Practical Boat owner, Pick Me Up and TV Easy.
IPC (International Publishing Corporation) is owned by Time Inc - the publishing division of Time Warner, the world's largest media organisation. To find out more about IPC you can visit WWW.ipcmedia.com it has got quite an intersting history of their major magazines.
Back to the mag - you can subscribe for 6 issues for £6 or monthly £2.99 working out to be slightly pricier than some of their competitor mags (around £2.80) it has on average 195 pages including the usual advertisements.
It includes:
Home ideas, where to find bargains, advice on typical in-vogue decor, gardening and DIY topics.
If you can't wait for your next issue, there's a web-site you can visit with similar articles - WWW.idealhomemagazine.co.uk.
If you write a problem letter and yours is the star letter you win a prize for example a cooker worth over £1,000, so it's worth having a problem to write about! It seems the ones that win are the letters that are a little bit unusual, for example "Where can I get a glass stair well"?
Their suggestions of what to buy are realistically priced for example in their September's issue they had an article on how to get more for your money showing £9.50 for a kettle, 50p each for a drinking glass and £129 for a set of table and chairs, all very modern and stylish, giving you a wide range of shops' examples, such as M&S, Matalan and Ikea.
Their articles are on the modern side rather than traditional showing how to achieve a "chic and stylish" room for a fraction of the price, giving you a detailed list and prices of everything in each photograph.
There's tips and ideas on how with a few finishing touches to an existing product can save money and re-fresh your decor.
There is a VIP club - competitions exclusive to Ideal Home subscribers.
It includes real reader's homes and how they achieved their dream home (mine's still in my dreams)!
Each reader's feature is around 7 pages long and includes how to achieve that paticular style, with examples of products, prices and stores.
There's a hot property page, displaying properties for a particular price.
They include a variety of homes, which should appeal to all ages young and old, with plenty of budgeting ideas. There are adverts - on average 1 page of adverts to 4 pages of articles.
This magazine seems to provide more budget as well as pricier ideas than others, which if you're like me, eternally grateful to even save a penny!
Articles on DIY had one issue detailing "The essential decorator's kit". An "on test" page tested kitchen appliances and ratings.
There are various articles for all the family including ideas for children's bedrooms, gardening (8 pages), recipes (8 pages), a shopping guide page, 14 pages of classifieds, mostly adverts with pictures, not just listings, a "finishing touch" page where one issue showed you how to display flowers, another how to hang curtains properly, there's even an "Ask the vet" section.
Summary
Slightly pricier than some similar glossy magazines, but it should appeal to a wide age range with a modern slant and plenty of ideas to keep you busy 'til Christmas!
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