House, homes and interiors and shelter magazines

4Homes Back to top

Monthly launched in April 2006 by 10 Media with Channel 4. 'The homes mag that makes cheek chic' is the magazine's maxim. 10 Media already works with TV station on Grand Designs. Contact: Media 10 Limited, National House, High Street, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BD, Tel: 01992 570030
Media 10 profile

25 Beautiful Homes Back to top

Photography and the stories behind 25 homes each month. Aims to be a sourcebook as well as an entertaining read. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

25 Beautiful Kitchens Back to top

The UK's best-selling kitchens magazine with a similar strategy to its Homes stablemate. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

BBC Good Homes Back to top

Contact: BBC Worldwide , Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT. Tel: +44 (0) 208 4332000
BBC Worldwide profile

BBC Homes & Antiques Back to top

Contact: BBC Worldwide , Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT. Tel: +44 (0) 208 4332000
BBC Worldwide profile

Coast Back to top

Quarterly aimed at owners, or would-be owners, of houses near the sea. Contact: The National Magazine Co, National Magazine House, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7439 5000
Natmags profile

Country Homes & Interiors To top

‘Inspires readers to buy, decorate and enjoy their dream country home.’ Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

Country Life Back to top

Sees itself as the quintessential English magazine. It offers ‘a unique core mix of contemporary country-related editorial and top end property advertising’. Coverage includes architecture, the arts, gardens and gardening, the countryside, field-sports and wildlife. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

Country Living Back to top

Contact: The National Magazine Co , National Magazine House, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7439 5000
Natmags profile

Elle Decoration Back to top

Contact: Hachette Filipacchi (UK) , 64 North Row, London W1K 7LL
HFUK profile

English Home Back to top

Contact: Archant Specialist, Jubilee House, 2 Jubilee Place, London SW3 3TQ. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7751 4800
Archant profile

Grand Designs Back to top

Monthly launched in 2004 by 10 Media based on the TV series from Channel 4. 10 Media also works with TV station on Grand Designs. Contact: Media 10 Limited, National House, High Street, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BD, Tel: 01992 570030
Media 10 profile

Home Style Back to top

Monthly makeover title that trades on competitions and giveaways. Publisher taken over by Burda in April 2006. Essential Publishing, The Tower, Phoenix Square, Colchester, C04 9HU. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 851117
Essential profile

Homebase Ideas Back to top

Contract title for Homebase DIY chain. Contact: Publicis Blueprint, 84/86 Baker Street, London W1U 6TG. Tel: +44 (0) 207 462 7969
Publicis Blueprint profile

Homes & Gardens To top

Lays claim to being ‘The world's most beautiful interiors magazine.’ Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

Homes & Inspirations To top

Launched by Highbury in 2005, but closed later that year as the company folded.
Highbury profile

Homes & Interiors Scotland Top

International Magazines title has won Magazine of the Year award from the Periodical Publishers Association for Homes & Interiors Scotland. Also publishes The Best Scottish Weddings, London Weddings and several contract titles. Contact: International Magazines , Suite 4, Sovereign House, 58 Elliot Street, Glasgow, G3 8DZ. Tel: +44 (0) 141 221 5559

House & Garden Back to top

Contact: Condé Nast Publications, Vogue House, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JU. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 9080
Condé Nast profile

House & Home Back to top

Contact: Dyflin Publications , First Floor, Cunningham House, 130 Francis Street, Dublin 8, Eire. Tel: +44 (0) 353 1 416 7900

House Beautiful Back to top

Contact: The National Magazine Co , National Magazine House, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7439 5000
Natmags profile

House to Home (website) Back to top

Homes portal launched in May 2007 by IPC Southbank. It includes:

· a gallery of rooms with 2,000 images;
· decorating toolkits such as a colour, garden and room planners;
· a product finder;
· a personal notebook section to save site research and plans.

The site can draw on the expertise of six relevant IPC titles: Ideal Home, Homes & Gardens, Country Homes & Interiors, Livingetc, 25 Beautiful Homes and 25 Beautiful Kitchens. Three of these had websites already.

Media Week reported that the site had set up an exclusive advertising partnership with Unilever brands Cif and Domestos and that Yvonne Ramsden, homes group publishing director, had set 150,000 unique users a month as the target audience by the end of 2007. A paid-search campaign run by Steak Media and house ads in IPC titles were used to support the launch.
IPC profile

Ideal Home Back to top

The UK's best-selling home title, which ‘has been the voice of the British homeowner for over 80 years’. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

Image Interiors Back to top

Spin-off from Irish women's monthly, Image. Contact: Image Publications , Crofton Mansions, 22 Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Eire. Tel: +1 280 8415

Inside Out (closed) Back to top

April 2006 launch from new magazines division of News International. Aspirational monthly title branded with the Sunday Times logo (as is the company's Travel magazine, which is a contract title by River). Closed in early 2007.

Marked the company's second launch of the year after weekly Love It! Backed by a £6 million marketing campaign to meet a target circulation of 100,000. The first issue had a focus on bathrooms and included:

* how to add £250,000 to your home's value;
* the ultimate bathroom;
* choosing a colour palette;
* a 32-page 'foundations' section covering properties and projects.

In its 12 March edition, the Sunday Times, which sells about 1.4 million copies each week, carried a 28-page preview of Inside Out (six of the pages were adverts). The sample carried money-off vouchers for the first three issue (£1, 50p, 50p). More copies of the sample went out with London Property News and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, bringing the total to 1.8 million.
News International profile

Ireland's Homes Interiors & Living Back to top

Monthly founded in 1994 that claims the title of Ireland's largest-selling monthly interiors and lifestyle title. Sister titles: All Ireland Kitchen Guide (twice a year: April and September) and Beautiful Irish Homes (annual of the best readers' homes in IHIL). Contact: (Northern address): PO Box 42, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 7AD. Southern address: Ashgrove House, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Tel: 028 (ROI 048) 9147 3979

Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Top

Monthly with a focus on upmarket homes. Publisher taken over by Burda in April 2006. Essential Publishing, The Tower, Phoenix Square, Colchester, C04 9HU. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 851117
Burda profile

Living etc Back to top

Monthly with a focus on modern homes. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

Living & Gardens Back to top

Monthly launched in March 2006 by Hubert Burda Media UK. Adopted a twee look with pink, pale tones, italic type and swirling background patterns abounding. First issue came in a double-pouch, plastic folder, the second pouch holding Food for Friends, a cookery book. The launch marked another attempt by Burda to establish itself in the UK. Title based on Continental offerings Wohnen & Garten in Germany, Vivere La Casa in Italy and Maison & Jardin Passion in France. Launch print run 200,000 copies. Contact: Bracton House, 34-36 High Holborn, London WC1V 6AE.
Burda profile

Period Home Back to top

Monthly that trades on competitions, expert advice and readers' homes. Publisher taken over by Burda in April 2006. Essential Publishing , The Tower, Phoenix Square, Colchester, C04 9HU. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 851117
Burda profile

Period Living and Traditional Homes Back to top

Contact: Emap Elan Network, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JG.
IPC Media profile

Real Homes Back to top

Bought from failing publisher Highbury in 2005 for £500,000, having been launched in April that year. Contact: Hachette Filipacchi (UK) , 64 North Row, London W1K 7LL
HFUK profile

Wallpaper* Back to top

Regards itself as ‘The authority on international design and essential guide to modern living,’ Wallpaper aims to 'search the globe for emerging trends and presenting the world’s best new designers and their extraordinary creations in a luxurious format'. Has a broader brief than other titles in this sector, covering fashion, entertaining, travel, grooming and beauty. Publishes 10 issues a year. Wallpaper appeared in London in 1996 (first issue was Sep/Oct) and was the brainchild of Canadian journalist Tyler Brûlé. After just four issues, he sold it to Time Inc for £1 million and stayed on as editor. He left after Wallpaper was put under the control of IPC, which AOL-Time Warner had bought in 2001, to concentrate on his consultancy, Wink Media, and freelance writing, including a column in the Saturday Financial Times. IPC licensed the title to Axel Springer to publish in Moscow in March 2005. Contact: IPC Media , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LS Tel: (0) 20 7261 5000
IPC Media profile

WI Home & Country Back to top

Describes itself as 'a unique mix of hard-hitting features, creative craft and cookery, top competitions and giveaways, informative articles, fiction, quirky stories and ... news of an extraordinary range of [Women's Institute] activities across the country'. Has about 36,000 subscribers. Contact: WI Enterprises , 104 New Kings Road, Fulham, London, SW6 4LY. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7371 9300 http://www.womensinstitute.org.uk

World of Interiors Back to top

Very high production values. Focuses on upmarket homes. Founded 1981. Contact: Condé Nast Publications , Vogue House, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JU. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 9080
Condé Nast profile

Your Home Back to top

Monthly focusing on solutions to DIY problems, step-by-step projects and helpful hints 'by women for women'. Bought from NatMags in August 2003. Publisher taken over by Burda in April 2006. Essential Publishing , The Tower, Phoenix Square, Colchester, C04 9HU. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 851117
Burda profile

Top five homes magazines (end 2005) Back to top

Details of homes magazines (2005) Back to top

BBC Good Homes

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BBC Worldwide

Essential Publishing