What is a good interior&exterior home design magazine?
Question by digirldaisy: What is a good interior&exterior home design magazine?
My hubby & I are buying a “fixer-upper” home. What’s a good magazine for ideas on both interior & exterior design (including landscaping, decks, construction, architecture, styles, flooring, kitchens, baths, etc….)?
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Answer by Laurie c
I build custom homes for a living and have subscriptions to the following mags…
This old house- probably the best for you. Great info, step by step details, and a website to help you if you get stuck.
Architectural digest- not for the do it yourselfer, but so fun to get ideas from!
Home- my favorite, but they may not be publishing it after a month or so 
Fine home builder- great info, even if you’re not a builder.
Coastal living- don’t like it, too many recipes, not enough info.
Country Living- same as Coastal living.
Hope that helps!
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Laurie c has some good suggestions (I’m kind of biased about one in particular!). FYI Fine Homebuilding includes a mix of technical material for contractors and design-oriented material for homeowners.
As for This Old House, you can get a lot of good info on our website, including free video clips showing how to install, repair or maintain all sorts of things around the house. Here’s our directory of home improvement topics:
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/home-improvement-topics
And if you want to see what’s in the current issue of the magazine, just click on the “Magazine” button located at the far right hand side of the page, under the “Search” window.
By the way, we also send out free electronic newsletters on 5 different topics (one covers design solutions and room makeovers). You can sign up for one or all of them.