Homemaker magazine, 1950s, 1960s, available from www.vintagebritishstyle.com

VINTAGE BRITISH STYLE

HOMEMAKER MAGAZINE

www.vintagebritishstyle.com

UK magazine full of DIY projects, interior design, product reviews, loads of adverts for homemaking/DIY products

£20
Homemaker Issue No. 2 April 1959

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Note - free gift not included

Projects include nest of trays, oak sideboard, bedroom suite

Feature on furniture you can build at home

£20
Homemaker Issue No. 3 May 1959

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Slight creasing to top right hand corner of front cover.

Has been folded over at about 1.5" in from opening edge, due to storage over the years

Free gift of Home Decorator's Wallet included

Projects include built-in Hi-Fi system, made-to-measure kitchen unit, making curtains

Feature on refrigerators

£15
Homemaker Issue No. 4 June 1959

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Projects include high level kitchen cabinet, needlework basket

£15
Homemaker Issue No. 5 July 1959

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Projects include folding picnic-table and chairs, garden barrow, frying pan clock

Features on buying furniture for today, designs of the year 1959

£15
Homemaker Issue No. 6 August 1959

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Projects include children's play cabin, table-top magazine rack, picture frames

Feature on cutlery

£10
Homemaker September-October 1959

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Projects include record cabinet, dining furniture, coal bunker

Features on new Scandinavian line furniture, gas and electric fires

£10
Homemaker November 1959

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Projects include pegboard tools rack, laying a garden path, built-in cupboard

Feature on washing machines

£10
Homemaker December 1959

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Projects include musical boxes, Christmas gifts, cane-work shopping basket

Feature on convertible beds/sofas

£10
Homemaker January 1960

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Projects include a corner bar, dining room suite, papering awkward corners

Features on buying a carpet, kitchen aids that earn their space, lighting in the home

£10
Homemaker February 1960

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Small tear at spine

Booklet on fibreboard included.

Projects include folding tables and shelves, building a fireplace in stone or brick,

folding fireside chair

Features on bed linen, knitting by machine

£10
Homemaker March 1960

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Projects include useful table for the living room, make your own sliding doors, basin unit

Features on fluorescent lighting, making a miniature garden, Ernest Race furniture

£10
Homemaker April 1960

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Central heating booklet included.

Projects include child's bedroom unit, making simple lampshades

Features include choosing a tape recorder, dining furniture and tableware

£10
Homemaker May 1960

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Projects include bathroom cabinet, constructing a pond, adding a conservatory

Features on window dressing, wallpapers,

£10
Homemaker June 1960

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Projects include bed table, record cabinet, planning a patio

Features on care for your carpets, aids to easier gardening, plastic surfacings

£10
Homemaker July 1960

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Projects include building a porch, a miniature greenhouse, picnic stool

Features on floor tiles, curtain fabrics, water heaters

£10
Homemaker August 1960

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Projects include reversing a door, three-way occasional table, fixing units to a wall

Features on outdoor lighting, built-in furniture, timber houses, brighter luggage

£10
Homemaker September 1960

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Projects include building dry walls in the garden, repainting the house outside,

shopping bag and briefcase

Features on  choosing a greenhouse, sisal carpeting,

£10
Homemaker October 1960

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Colourful homemaking booklet included.

Projects include bathroom linen box, bird table

Features on planning a study bedroom, food mixers, choosing your heating system

£10
Homemaker November 1960

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Projects include laying garage foundation and floors, chair and ladder in one, attic conversion

Features on furnishing on a budget, choosing fabric for loose covers, coffee makers, lighting

£10
Homemaker December 1960

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Projects include child's model shop, inexpensive gifts, a porch lantern

Features on furnishing a bedroom on a budget, irons, choosing a blanket

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