House Beautiful is an interior decorating magazine that focuses on decorating and the domestic arts. First published in 1896, it is currently published by the Hearst Corporation, who purchased it in 1934. It is the second oldest still-published magazine in what is known by publishers as the "shelter magazine" genre.
It was launched in the UK in 1989, targeting Middle England.
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