Dwell
by Dwell, LLC.
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THINK what you see, not BUY what you see
Dwell's mission is to introduce modern architecture and living style to the mass population. The Editor-in-Chief, Allison Arieff, believes in this vision. She is a fervor proponent of modern prefabricated houses. The goal of prefab houses is to provide low-cost modern architectural design to more ordinary people. In order to disseminate this promising future to more people, she published a book "Prefab", and also delivered several speaches on this subject. Dwell is Allison's another channel to tout the prefab idea. Up to now, the magazine has published two special issues on prefab houses and has held two modern home design competitions.

Based on the mission, Dwell wants to tell people that modern, cool, and sleek home is not so far away from us, and you don't have to be a millionnaire to realize this dream. The tone of the magazine is also very down-to-earth, approachable, and really friendly to ordinary people with limited budget.

Quite a few reviewers said that you need to have money to appreciate this magazine. I totally disagree with this notion. Those readers treat Dwell (maybe other design magazines) as a shopping catalogue. To really appreciate Dwell (and other similar magazines), you need to THINK what you see, not BUY what you see. What Dwell provides you is a life style. You can create your own version of this life style based on whatever budget you have (IKEA, Design within Reach, or Linge Roset; prefab or commissioning an architect). What's matter is your HEART, not your WALLET.

Of course, Dwell is not for everyone. Not all people embrace modernism. That's totally fine. But if you want to try something new, Dwell is a really good start for you. The editors are thinking about publishing a special issue about mixing traditional exterior with modern interior. So there are possibilities to create harmony between traditionalism and modernism. Don't treat them as two bipolar extremes.

Dwell triggered my interest of modern architecture and design. It not only presents the results of the projects, but unfolds the process (i.e., What are the difficulties they faced during the construction process? How did they handle those tough problems?). Enlightened by Dwell, I started reading some books on more advanced and bolder modern and minimalist architecture (see my other book reviews). Though the houses featured in Dwell are not always cutting edge, but the core modern ideologies are always there. By the way, Dwell just won the award of General Excellence 2005 (National Magazine Award).

Dwell is more than a magazine, a good mentor.

Nice magazine for ideas- but high budget
I bought this magazine at the airport and found myself enjoying it throughout my flight to Chicago.I love new home ideas and this magazine has ideas that anyone can incorporate in his/her home...if you have an unlimited budget.There are beautiful layouts, but some of the ideas were too costly for me to even consider.

Great references for design students and home owners!
Yes, Dwell's homes may be uber-expensive, but what's the fun in trying the replicate the houses? Besides, the most important thing about decorating or building a house is the feeling you get from looking at it and being inside it, not whether your lounge chair was $3000 or $300. The ideas that you can draw from the furniture, the decorations, or even the wallpaper designs that you find in Dweel are simply endless. I've looked through most architecture magazines, and Dwell is most consistently refreshing. There are tons of magazines that tell you how to make your house more "comfortable" and "homey" through more traditional methods, so if Dwell did that, it'd just be more of the same. Granted, Dwell caters more to the "young at heart", but many, if not most of Dwell's homes convey the same levels of comfort, privacy, and intimacy, except through modern designs. In fact, a great idea that I got from the December issue is to provide a child with his/her own sliding (or simply detachable) canvas "wall" as to not only personalize his/her room but also avoid the rest of the house being artistically "marked." If there are two children sharing one room, the wall can double as a divider! Another great thing about Dwell is that it often features very small residences that efficiently use its limited space--a plus for people like me who live in apartments or studios. If you're open to new and exciting ideas, Dwell's a great place to look.

Dwell's homes are very modern but very varied, too. They're not all hard, edgy, or cold, as some people say. As an industrial design student, I love being able to say what I like and dislike and WHY. The magazine is filled with great ideas that spark my creativity. Many bookstores carry this magazine, so you can start by taking a look at Dwell there. But more than likely, you'll just regret not subscribing to it in the first place. ... Read more

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Elle Decor
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Elle Decor presents top-of-the-line interiors with a younger, more sophisticated, and more whimsical air than most of its competitors. Nestled somewhere between pristine Architectural Digest and the Gen-X Wallpaper, Elle Decor is a colorful, imaginative, and reliable source for interior design ideas and trends. It's a little bit of fantasy for all tastes, with its visits to gardens, grand estates, city townhouses, tiny apartments, bungalows, and country homes. The magazine also synthesizes fashion and décor by including shots from runways, swatches of garment and decorating fabrics, and matching décor accessories. Correspondents travel the world to report on food, style, and interior design, and every issue includes a handy listing of its findings for globetrotting collectors and foodies. Aware that some of their readers are urban dwellers with limited space, the editors offer a monthly "Solutions" column with ideas from various designers on solving small-space challenges. --Gilia Angell ... Read more

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Where is my subscription?
Do not order through Amazon if you ever want to see an issue delivered to your door. 12 weeks later and im still waiting.
And reviewers are right about Metropolitan and British Elle being better. I just read the December Elle Decor(at the grocery store!) and the articles, if you find the three or four between the ads,were bad.
What happened to great customer service? :(

Get UK Elle Decor Instead
As another reviewer pointed out, the British version is much better, with great features and much better graphic layout. The U.S. edition is all ads with very little interest or resources regardless of your budget. Skip the U.S. version totally.

over 95% ads, pricey furniture
The first Elle Decor that I got in the mail I sat down to flip through it page by page.After going through the entire thing, I had to go back to the table of contents to specifically look for any articles.Yes, there are articles, but you have to do some hunting, and even when you find the page number, the article is usually just a small paragraph in the corner of a page surrounded by ads.On the plus side, the magazine is nicely bound and thicker than most house decorating magazines.

The reason I am not giving it 1 star is because there are some good decorating ideas for someone with contemporary taste.The furniture is pricey (couple thousand for a simple plastic chair, for example) but easy to emulate for the frugally-minded person.You could easily find knock-offs at your local Target.If, however, you wanted the exact piece and had the money to pay for it, you would have to travel to select places in New York or California, or get in contact with the artist him/herself.That is just not practical for most homeowners.

The decorating style is very modern, with simple clean lines, minimal distractions, and 1 of 2 color schemes - either bright colors (think Todd Oldham of Target) or black/silver.Occasionally they will feature eclectic styles, such as log benches from one artist in CA.But for the most part, highly contemporary.The magazine is best geared towards professional interior decorators with elite clients. ... Read more

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This Old House
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They sold themselves out
I had, repeat had been reading this magazine for ten years or so. Over that time they have really changed. I guess it started when they got a new editor four or five years ago. After that the adds changed from building suppliers to lexus ads. I don't like seeing automotive and home stereo ads in my how-to magazine. The information is more akin to Martha Stewart than it is Norm Abrams. Who by the way is hardly in there anymore if at all. Not to mention the new guy, A stray they picked up from ask this old house, what an opie taylor he is. What makes him eligible to write something for TOH magazine. I really miss Steve Thomas. The how-to's though somewhat informative really lack the intricate details. All I can say is thank god Tom Silva still puts in some minutia of his wealth of information. If you'd like a "Better Homes and Gardens plus magazine" then this magazines for you if you want to learn something try Fine Homebuilding or at the least Family Handyman.

Just an ad for the TV show
This Old House magazine is great for keeping up to date on other peoples remodels and what the TV show is doing.It is not however good at teaching you how to do much of anything.There is too much time spent reminding readers that all the "experts" quoted in the magazine can also be seen on the various TV shows.

Compared to the other magazine I get, Family Handyman, This Old House has very little in the way of useful tips and detailed instructions for projects.When projects are explained in detail, they are too high a level for most home handymen.

Good for ideas on what to do: Somewhat
Good for how to implent those ideas: Not

Northwest Fan
I've found that the magazine is a good companion to the TV program.Where the TV program often deals with home projects that are far outside the average person's economic means (unlike its early days), this magazine offers details and hints that are useful for all homeowners that like to swing hammers and delight in "demo dust". ... Read more

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Better Homes and Gardens
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I love this magazine but...
most of the beautiful gardens I see are in Washington or Oregon or back east somewhere.Having lived in Washington, I do enjoy seeing some of the plants that I am missing here in Colorado, but it would be nice to see a more varied selction of gardens becasue we all can't live in the Pacific Northwest.I have a subscription to Sunset so I guess that will have to suffice, but I do wish BH&G would take that into consideration.

Otherwise, I LOVE this magazine.I used to get several magazines, but this was always my favorite.It is chock full of ideas that we can really use.And I love the photography.What sets BH&G apart is that you can see a hint of life in these beautiful houses.Slippers on the floor, newspaper on the table and often the owners of the home are in the pictures too.They are sometimes blurred from movement which is actually nicer than a posed shot.It helps set the feeling that this home is lived in and is attainable.

I would say get this magazine right away.I would have given it 5 stars except for the whole garden thing.

AKA...Better Homes and Advertising
I ordered this magazine recently only to cancel my subscription.There is way too much advertising in the magazine and none of the crafts or projects really enticed me to get creative.It's too bad.Go with Martha Stewart Living or Sunset magazines instead, both high quality.

Hello...
For those of you that complain about advertisments in magazines, what are you whining about? How do you think
magazines get a nice chunk of their funding? They have companies pay to have their products advertised in the mag.
so shut up.

On a happier note, I love this magazine. It has wonderfuly lovely ideas for make your house look beautiful though some of the ideas do seem a little pricey. ... Read more

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Budget Living
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A travesty !
That the editors would have the audacity to entitle this rag, "Budget Living," doesn't pass the straight faced test.

Genuine budget living is finding and buying a lovely Camel Hair Polo coat from the 40's in a thrift shop for $5.00, or uncovering an oak gothic throne chair at St. Vincent De Paul for $35.00, or locating an out of this world lipstick at "Family Dollar" that has everyone asking whether it's by Max Factor or Revlon.

Moreover, genuine budget living does not include purchases from "IKEA" or "Pottery Barn". Not only are such emporiums un-economical, they represent the worst in mass market copy cat merchandising.

Nonetheless that's the approach you'll find here, as the editors purport to guide their readers to stylish living on a meager budget. How?--by featuring unkempt models cavorting in cheap looking outfits, (you know the type--those hideous 70's retreads--loud colors, synthetic fabrics, poorly stitched hems etc.) You won't find classic "Pendleton" or "Talbot's" styles here rest assured! Clearly the editors don't understand the meaning of an understated well made garment.

Nor do they understand correct entertaining, inasmuch as their party scenes look like the jejune hootenany's they must assuredly be.

Worse, home decor economy, as presented here, consists in recommending new furniture for $500.00 instead of $2000.00! That's savings? When I have a Victorian sideboard purchased for $40.00? What planet are these editors living on? When a friend found a Knole Sofa at Salvation Army for $75.00?

Indeed, this magazine overflows with a profusion of useless and unattractive decor, the prevailing motif recalling a college dorm room rather than the home of a person of breeding.

True, this publication is aimed at youngsters, and one realizes that most are not "fully baked" at that age, but how much better off would they not be if led gently into an appropriately decorous lifesytle, rather than deluded into thinking life is a beach party.

Make no mistake--this magazine is in obeisance to its advertisors and as such only exists to recommend various retail outfits. These retailers allegedly provide the budgetary savings the title suggests. Thus, actual monetary savings are not only a ruse, but besides the point.

Finally, the text and letters make frequent use of offensive language and sexual references. This I suppose the editors consider "hip". Needless to say, such a publication deserves no place on the family hearth.

Instead of subscribing, save your money for your town's thrift and dollar stores. Better yet visit a museum. You'll get far more culture there than in any issue of "Budget Living."

Keep "Budget" out of your budget
Some other reviewers have nailed it on the head. Frankly, it amuses me that a magazine promoting (ostensibly) wise spending encourages its readers to blow money on things that will be garage sale material in a short period of time.

In addition, it accepts tobacco advertising -- an irresponsible editorial decision and the ultimate waste of money for the consumer, and for the taxpayers who foot the medical bills down the road.

If I want to make a Mona Lisa fabric 'painting' with a bleach pen, I know where to turn. Two stars because I think the layout is good, but I won't be renewing my subscription.

The only thing missing is celebrity gossip
Out of all the magazines I read monthly (which run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous)--from "Glamour" to "Vanity Fair" to "Dwell" to "Vogue"--this is the one I look forward to most. The title is deceptive. "Budget Living" is about MY kind of thriftiness... spending money on things that will create memories, and cutting corners on the boring bits. Every facet of a stylish and well-lived life is covered:

Home & Hearth: Every month a real home is profiled, and always the decoration is clever and original and warm and accessible, as opposed to the unaffordable, often-grim steel boxes profiled in "Wallpaper*" or "Dwell." For Halloween "Budget Living" covered a rickety Victorian transformed top-to-bottom into a kooky Addams-family Goth movie set, but usually the homeowners funnel their creativity into more practical ideas, like recovering a thrifted Hans Wegner chair with an oversized houndstooth fabric or using silvered lightbulbs to create a unique mercury-glass-look pendant lamp.

Travel: As a budget traveler, I've been to several of the destinations they've profiled, and the "Budget Living" guides have always been spot-on, listing all the most worthwhile spots, and usually a few I wish I'd seen.

Shopping: While "Lucky" and the dreadful "Shop Etc." cover the obvious, "Budget Living" almost always introduces me to a website or a store I've never heard of.

Entertaining: This section is probably my favorite, and includes all the details necessary to throw a Kentucky Derby party, a school cafeteria wedding, or a Prohibition cocktail soirée, depending on the season.

Throw in a little boring adult financial advice, and you've got a complete handbook for life. ... Read more

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Martha Stewart Living
by Martha Stewart Living
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Even if you will never make a "gourd candle" or a "Fortuny-inspired tablecloth," Martha Stewart Living can't be beat for its wealth of ideas concerning what Martha calls "good things." A crafter for craft's sake, and an obsessively organized woman (just look at her personal calendar, included in the first few pages), there is no concept or task that is too mundane for Martha. Like Martha herself, the magazine is impeccably organized--recipes and decorating instructions appear with full-color photos, each filed in their own sections of "cooking," "keeping," "crafts," "home," and "collecting." Learn to slip matched sets of bed linens into one of their pillowcases for easy and convenient shelving, make washcloth mitts, and coordinate mismatched towels with decorative ribbon. A whiz at flower arranging, dinner parties, card and sewing crafts, and decorating, Martha covers and conquers all areas of the home--plus weddings, baby showers, and holidays. --Daphne Durham ... Read more

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inspirational but...
I have had a hard time, not only finding the ingredients for recipes and crafts, but also getting them to work out the way they claim they should in the magazine.

style for the masses
This is a fine magazine with truly scrumptious recipes if you're into the kitchen/food thing, home ideas that one can actually use (or that will inspire one to do something similar), and exquisite photography, usually quite stark and simple, of ways to enhance the aesthetic beauty of one's life.
One can serve a plain meal of soup and bread, and make it look like a feast, if you get into Martha's way of looking at things, and it does not take a spending spree to have a "Martha Look". Her basic table settings tend to be white china (one can use mix and match white plates from the local thrift store), clear glass, and colorful fabric...add some well shaped twigs in a glass vase for a centerpiece, and voila ! you have a table that could be shown in this lovely magazine; a rule for "The Look" seems to be the absence of clutter.

Of the regular monthly articles, I like "Ask Martha", which solves problems posed by readers, from health issues to how best to clean your eyeglasses, to "How can I get the coating on my chicken to stay in place when I am frying it ?".
"Clip-Art Craft" is another I appreciate, where in the August '04 edition for example, there are attractive templates for postcards, which one can copy onto card stock, glue a 4 x 6 photo to, and send to your friends. It's another grand idea from Martha !
You'll find articles on antiques, pets, gardening, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and much more, and on the last page, the yummy "Cookie of the Month".

Martha Stewart has brought style and good merchandise at affordable prices for those of us who are budget conscious, but like nice things. I have bought her bedding, and her bathroom accessories have graceful shapes and are an excellent value, and this magazine is one of my favorite aspects of the "Martha industry". The Patricians I know are not usually kind to Martha, but Proles & Plebes like me tend to greatly appreciate her.
Martha, we're going to stick by you through thick and thin !

i love it
This is the most well rounded magazine. Outstanding photography and truly well written articelsmake this a one of a kind. ... Read more

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Metropolitan Home
by Hachette Magazines, Inc.
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Filled with the latest in home design inspiration, Metropolitan Home offers its readers full-color layouts of innovative and classic homes, insightful commentary on architectural trends and interior decoration, and notes on home peripherals in its "TechNotes" and "Collecting" sections. Beautiful home pictorials offer a wide variety of visual examples for the aspiring designer. The magazine tends to focus on multibedroom homes, but it does sometimes branch out to cover smaller city dwellings such as apartments and condominiums, and even, in one 2001 issue, rooftop gardens. --Jonathon Tudor ... Read more

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They'll Take The Money and Run
Don't purchase a subscription to this magazine if you would like to recieve the issues in this century.I purchased a subscription in July 2003.It is now Jan 2004 and I haven't recieved an issue yet.

Beautiful classic modern design. But not cheap.
Each issue carefully covers the latest in interior design, focusing on modern, form follows function style.Not a how-to publicaton. Not trendy.Great photos of stunning architecture and design.

missing metropolitan home
I just tried to resubscribe to Metopolitan Home.
I was a subscriber for many years while living in the US, taking many "can't live without" issues with me when I moved to Australia 12 years ago. I found it very inspiring and am sorry to have just found out I cannot be a subcriber unless I live in the US.
Bit too difficult to move back right this moment. ... Read more

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Good Housekeeping
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Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping does not send a notice to the person receiving the subscription in a timly manner. It shouldn't take 2 to 3 weeks to receive notification.

Boring and full of ads!
My Dad bought this magazine for my mom and I usually pick up the copies to browse them.That is all both my mom in her fifties and I in my twenties do browse it as it is a joke.It is not that special it is chucked full of ads.The cover stories are dull and boring and many of the articles you would want to read have about one paragraph good information.I find this magazine a waste of our money.It will not be getting renewed at the end of the subscription.My mom has already stated that.

More a community than a magazine
Good Housekeeping has it all - wonderful recipes, health tips, diet tips, articles, parenting advice, product reviews - and delivers it with the warmth of a beloved next door neighbor. Buy a subscription in companion with Woman's Day for the best in women's reading. ... Read more

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House Beautiful
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Homeowners looking for design ideas will appreciate the wide selection of styles and treatments offered in House Beautiful. From the latest in simplistic style, new takes on Bauhaus-influenced furniture, lighter approaches to Victorian architecture, and a return to the gaudy patterns of 18th-century French room treatments, House Beautiful tends toward no particular school of design. It offers the best of a wide range of ideas, trusting the readers to make decisions of taste on their own. That said, one theme tends to run throughout. People looking for low-cost designs for small homes with simple architecture are more likely to find a sense of direction in these pages than those people of mightier means looking for the full-treatment solutions. --Brian Trinen ... Read more

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More Ads Than Anything
I just received my first two issues yesterday. This magazine is page after page of advertisements. The thing that really bugs me about that is - companys run the same advertisements in the same magazines again and again so two issues are virtually the magazine since there are very few articles.

For some reason even the articles in this magazine get lost because they have the same look as their ads. One article was suppose to be tips from over 125 top designers - what it really was - 125 designers listed with addresses and phone #s and a couple of tips on each page of that section.

I'm really disappointed. For a GREAT magazine, try Southern Living. For a REALLY GOOD magazine, try Better Homes and Gardens.

Mostly ads
This magazine comes with lots of advertisements - 70% or more. Plus, articles (less than 15 articles in every issue) in the magazines are not very useful.I subscribed the magazine because it is inexpensive and it is rated high by other subscribers.Now I realize I made a mistake.

Excellent!
I just received my first order, and I love it!This magazine covers a broad range of topics and includes designer techniques, current trends, period styles and so much more.It has tons of vibrant pictures to illustrate the articles.I think this magazine would be ideal for someone just starting out in design to gain a basic understanding on a wide range of topics, and also for the experienced designer to keep up with current trends and fill in the gaps with knowledgeable tidbits. ... Read more

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Architectural Digest
by Conde Nast Publications Inc.
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Architectural Digest, the leading international magazine of interior design, embarks on exotic adventures to homes of celebrities and leaders in entertainment, business, society, and the arts. Discover extraordinary architectural design in Majorca or travel to a baroness's home in the Greek isles with Architectural Digest's topnotch writers and photographers. Or perhaps that 18th-century villa and estate in Tuscany you've been eyeing is finally for sale? Whether you hold a master's degree in interior design or simply love the pictures, you'll enjoy the fascinating and eclectic styles this magazine has to offer. --Alison Gubser ... Read more

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House Pornography
In summary, this magazine portrays houses that you can't possibly ever hope to own in an "airbrushed" presentation that can't possibly match real life; it is "house pornography".It is exciting to read and puts plenty of ideas into your head.

You have to determine whether repeated exposure to this type of media will enhance your life or make you miserable.Hey, if you have a spare million dollars and need someone to tell you what is fashionable or in good taste--this is for you!

People complain about the ads--I complain about the articles.People get in the way.I note that none of the owners of these showpiece homes have children--most are living alternative lifestyles.Actually, the house becomes the product of the relationship instead of children.It is a fascinating cultural phenomenon and this magazine is the leading journal of the movement.

Great magazine!
I love this magazine.Some reviewers have stated that they disliked some of the interiors.That's fine and fun!I show my husband some of the things (he's a graphic designer) and we have a great time laughing at some of the designs.Other times it's absolutely great.The latest issue (Aug. 2004) is one of the best and the theme is Exotic Homes Around The World, and they are all fantastic.

Of course I wish I could afford a lovely home such one of these in the magazine (maybe one day?) but in the meantime I can look at these homes and dream and also get great design ideas.This magazine is wonderful and relaxing to look at and read.

Try 'Architecture' and 'Dwell' Instead
'Architectural Digest' has changed over the years to become fussier and more lifestyle oriented than substantial architecture and design commentary. I still have a subscription, but intend to allow it to lapse when it expires for three primary reasons:

1) The magazine is huge and cumbersome, largely due to the massive quantity of advertisements;
2) The magazine exclusively highlights gazillion dollar homes, that only are a factor for celebrities;
3) Stylistically, the magazine seems stuck in a rut of cluttered end tables and credenzas, overstuffed pillows, and no space on a wall unoccupied by a huge, gold, gilded framed picture from eighteenth century France.

I don't like clutter, and I don't like being ornate to make a house look rich. That's why I no longer think this is a magazine that I really need. For me I will read 'Architecture' for serious architectural commentary, and 'Dwell' for reasonable (and financially attainable) interior design commentary. Thanks, but no thanks. ... Read more

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Southern Living
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Still the best
Southern Living captures the very flavor of its namesake with its coverage of gardening, decorating and especially its recipes. Don't miss their annual Christmas book - it's well worth the money and subscriptions to Southern Living are always a wonderful gift

My favorite magazine of all time
I subscribe to a lot of magazines. Southern Living, along with Cooking Light, are the two magazines I most look forward to arriving every month. It covers gardening, decorating, travel and entertaining. I remember back when my mom got this magazine in the 80s and it had black and white photos. Today, it is full of beautiful photography in full color, of course. The recipes are great - I have prepared many of them and not one has been a flop. By the way, you don't have to be southern to enjoy this magazine!

Thick magazine full of color gardening photos and reviews.
I just moved to the South so I thought I better learn about the area! This is a fun magazine. It's very thick, with sections on vacation spots, restaurant reviews, garden how-tos, home remodeling, and lots of recipes. I've already learned how to eat a steamed crab and that there are bed and breakfasts on islands off the Georgia coast. ... Read more

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Sunset
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Sunset: A Well Rounded Magazine
I've been a Sunset subscriber off and on for years. They are the most well-regarded magazine out here in California, for gardeners, cooks and do it your-selfers.

Each issue offers a regional spotlight, offering travel, lodging and special interest activities. It's a great resource for anyone looking for perhaps a different area to visit.

The cooks section is always great and usually I can find at least 4 recipes to use in my kitchen each issue. Sunset also offers their recipe annuals, which have become treasured favorites in my kitchen. These hardbound books are a compilation of all Sunsets recipes. For those that love bread baking, Sunset offers some simply awesome bread recipes. All recipes are tested first in Sunsets' kitchens, before publication.

Sunsets garden section contains monthly tips and reminders for doing seasonal chores. The planting guides are a novice gardeners best friend. Every issue devotes itself to between two and three garden projects-offered step by step, and again-only after being tested in Sunsets own gardens.

Add to that the many great home design feature and projects, you get a magazine worth 3 times the amount they charge. If you've never tried Sunset magazine, I can honestly say you're in for a treat.

Bring back the good memories of living in Northen California
I moved to midwest a couple of years ago due to a job change. I am bored by the midwest life style. I dreamed of flying back to California all the time and every time I see California on TV, my eyes get wet in a second. Sunset brings the sunshine, color, food, garden and fragrance of California to my life. Everything in the magazine just looks so familiar.
I do hope the magazine report more exciting things I like about San Francisco and Napa Valley, like the county fair, small town July 4th celebration and fireworks, good Chinese restaurants, and organic farms. Oh, the peach at San Rafael's farmer's market is just wonderful. I fly there every year in September to catch the flavor king and flavor queen peaches, the sweet and fragrant grapes, the tender and crunchy cucumber, the lovely peapod, the new crop cashew nuts, and handsome harp player and the nice farmers.....I would call that a good life.

West coast gardener's definitive guide
If you live west of the middle like I do you must also be addicted to this magazine.

I look forward to the release of every issue.Great articles on all sorts of things to do, places to go and gardening tips to savor, this magazine is all you need.

Go back and relish past issues too - there is never a dull feature. ... Read more

Asin: B00005NIOW
Sales Rank: 26
Subjects:  1. Gardening (Garden, Gardens)    2. Home (Houses, Homes)    3. Food & Gourmet    4. Regional    5. West Coast    6. Recipes    7. Cooking   

Country Living
by Hearst Magazines
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Great
I love this magazine.Itprovides great ideas that look good.Country is a lifestyle.This magazine exemplifies that.It shows all different styles of country.You don't have to fit into one look.I prefer this to Country Home, which generally is dated in their decorating.

Too Many Ads
I used to like this magazine. However,it is so difficult now to find the text due to the ad-heavy format.I would pay more for a subscription and have a cleaner, less cluttered format.

Country Living is geared Toward American Antiques
and especially the family heirlooms that have been passed
onto you. The ordinary everyday chairs,linens,and china that
belong to the agarian era of the Family Farmhouse.
In an inventive an unique way, Country Living uses the antiques
to compliment our modern way of living.Nothing is wasted.
Beauty can be found in the placement of objects.
A kitchen will have a dishwasher camouflaged among a one
hundred year old table and chairs.
The pictures are beautiful and the price of the magazine is
very reasonable.
Usually there is an article for the 20 somethings. It
is 60's retro, or how to be country in a city loft... ... Read more

Asin: B00005N7PN
Sales Rank: 218
Subjects:  1. Home (Houses, Homes)    2. Interior Decoration    3. Decor   

Family Handyman
by RD Publications, Inc.
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Perfect for do-it-yourselfers
This is one of the best sources for ideas on home improvement.Beyond the great ideas, they also give you detailed directions on projects along with a good number of pictures.I have learned how to do a great number of things I used to hire others to do because I thought I didn't have the skills - they make most projects around the house seem accessible, but not by oversimplifying the process.Some may argue that they give too much detail, but this is essential for anyone new to a project and can be breezed through for those that are more experienced.

The only downside is that they give you ideas for things you never knew you needed!

The Best of the Bunch
I am a DIY'er and have not yet found a better home improvement magazine than "The Family Handyman." An easy read with easy instructions for weekend projects, along with many tips and tricks.
When and if I find a better magazine I'll be sure to let you know.

Great for DIY stuff...
My only complaint - only 10 issues per year!!!That means twice a year I have to wait TWO whole months in anticipation for the next issue!!!!

That should about sum up how much I appreciate this magazine...... ... Read more

Asin: B00005N7Q1
Sales Rank: 171
Subjects:  1. Home (Houses, Homes)    2. Home Improvement