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How do you get raw wood floating shelves like that? That place is rock star stunning.

With the single exception of Lili's place...I HATED the issue. I'm not interested in seeing beauty and fashion tips...I'll buy Allure or Lucky if I want that info. And really Ted Turner's daughters house? 6000 square feet and $9000 bedroom linens...yeah, she's an environmentalist all right...I really miss the old Domino.

I don't care for the beauty section either. It's funny that their green issues always feature a cover story on an eco-conscious supermodel. I did see one of the editor must-have pages featured a striped blanket exactly like the one on Celine's bed in "Before Sunset." And for $50 and in Brooklyn!

trixxie, i agree. i was disappointed by the issue as well...i don't want beauty tips. the green strategies might have been eco-conscious, but few were budget-conscious. i want to see people's homes!

argh... i agree with trixxie! i was shocked to see a 6,200sf home considered "eco-friendly"... maybe if 20 people live there?

i applaud her efforts, but compact fluorescents, organic cotton sheets and low-VOC paints in a manor/mansion are not a good model for sustainability.

I hope you pass the above comments along to Domino. Many magazines have left the shelf due to the lack of communication with their consumers.

I was just looking through the recent issue last night and keep thinking - Am I the only guy that subscribes to this magazine? Enough of the gauzy dresses and $1,300 beaded sandals. Domino is the one magazine that I have kept every issue and refer back to old issues, but this issue is not a keeper.

I hated this issue too. While it's nice to try to live a way that sustains the planet...we love Domino Magazine - we aren't subscribing to Greener Living. I rolled my eyes for most of the issue. Not only was it preachy and annoying - most of the options were quite ugly, as well.

And lastly...commuting each week by plane and offsetting it by buying carbon credits does not an environmentalist make..."Omg - I grabbed my organic apple before I got on the plane with my eco conscious tote bag!"

I am so glad to see I'm not the only one who hated this issue!

If I wanted to read a beauty or environmental magazine, that's what I'd buy. When I buy a design magazine, I want design . . . not pictures of a freaking tent and page after page of preaching!

And was Al Gore's PR firm writing the text? I counted three mentions of his name, before I got sick of it and tossed the issue in my recycling bin . . .

I think we are not the only ones that were disappointed with the issue.

http://decorno.blogspot.com/2008/02/open-letter-to-domino-magazine.html

The web editor of Domino even got in on the action.

There is an interesting lamp in the back ground of the image with the 3 models in white cotton dresses and the designer. It looks like a red desk lamp but its huge. Does any one have an idea who makes it, it isn't sourced.

And now for something completely different

I would like to add to all this domino hate. Usually their small homes are 1,000sf and that’s a large home to me. I live happily in 375sf and would like to find a home magazine that relates to me. Recently domino displayed the home of an actress that was more my size, and the girl had no closets. How can you have no closets? There must be something better out there. Does any one have any suggestions?

i almost died when i read the page on Lauren Bush... please.

Anyway, i LOVED the loft feature, and am busy trying to make mine look exactly like hers (no really, i am). Although - the previous renters really left behind a $8500 piece of art? What?? Supreme jealousy and/or disbelief.

romeoandjewels- I agree LOL
I read that stupid Lauren Bush piece to my husband and we both just laughed and laughed. Get over yourself!

cericericeri, I also was checking out that lamp! Too bad they were selling dresses...

Yes, The "day in the life" of Lauren Bush was a freaking joke! Love the beaded sandals but stop trying to kid yourself that you are eco concious! And if her dad picked you up at the airport I will eat every single page of Domino!!

Well, I gave Domino to some friends this year who have a cool home from the fifties but had never heard of Domino. I'm afraid that one look at that Day in the Ecologically Concious Life of Lauren Bush (!!) might be enough for them to toss the whole thing in the trash as a joke.

Since the newfound interest in "eco-living" is a response to a growing awareness of our impact on this small blue ball, rather than this year's raw linen tote screenprinted with soy-based inks, perhaps Domino's editors might want to steer clear of the topic altogether.

Oh Lauren Bush. I'm sorry you realized meat came from animals when you were 4 and haven't been able to eat it since. And I'm sure everyone was dying to know you went to bed trying to plan your next day's outfit in your head. We were all thrilled you settled on your easy peasy cashmere dress.

Really, Domino?

Hi there-

I'm the web editor at domino. I'm sorry to hear that some people are disappointed with this issue. We'll make sure everyone here sees what you have to say. In the meantime, we just posted a great slide show about how Linda Aldredge and her friends built her treehouse on the website. I think it's kind of cool and hope you like it:

http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2008/03/treehouse

Thanks,
Catherine Halley

I was pretty underwhelmed about this issue. I have no problems with Domino devoting an issue to greener living, but it just didn't seem all that "green" to me. My other beef was the vast majority of the green products listed were rediculously expensive. Completely out of reach for everyone I know.

I only skimmed it and read a few articles, but did the Cover model's make up line show up in the issue at all? Wasn't her line supposed to be green? So why didn't it appear in the unnecessary make-up spread? And telling me that Maybelline's Great Lash mascara was a beauty product I shouldn't live without, um, DURR!!! Every single fashion magazine has told me that since I was 12 and probably well before I started reading them. And is Maybelline a green company?

The Lauren Bush eco-life was just a huge slap in the face. I laughed out loud when she bragged that her Dad's Camry hybrid gets a mean 30 mpg. I'm sorry but that is pretty pathetic! Don't even get me started on how I can never take anyone with the last name of Bush talking about eco-consciousness seriously.

I did enjoy the spread on Lili Diallo's home. And thanks for that slideshow on the treehouse Catherine. That was much more interesting!

The title of the Lauren Bush piece alone was telling: "the keys to no-guilt jet setting are..."

You must be KIDDING me. The idea that "jet setting" can be "no-guilt" if you pile on more luxuries (i.e. buy the right bag and dress) is the most obnoxious, insulting take on the green movement I've ever read.

There is no need for Domino to do an entire "green" issue. The "my green life" page is not a bad idea, but rather than crown a new class of "green" socialites and celebrities, why not highlight a day in the life of readers who are trying to live green by making smart purchases and sometimes NOT purchasing things.

I applaud them for trying, but I boo them for what ends up resulting. Domino is really taking the easy way out. Although I haven't seen March yet (must be stuck in mail forwarding), I have many of the same complaints - - occasional references to really great beauty products is ok, but not every issue. Like it was said, I can buy Lucky or pretty much any magazine out there for that. I read Domino for design and decor. Stay true to your true calling!

I have appreciated in the past when they've offered a range of prices on whatever they're talking about (the couches section sticks out in my mind). They seem to be getting away from that, and as someone on a small budget, it's eventually off-putting.

I also agree that the being green options offered thus far are pretty weak. Nothing to write home about, much less to talk about with friends or even contemplate doing. The "I buy carbon offsets so I can fly coast to coast every week because I choose to live in the middle of nowhere is annoying." Better than nothing, but still, come on, Domino--we know you can do better!

Tell us what green home products (cleaners, couches, rugs) are really worth buying/making an investment in. Research the companies and products for us, test the products like cleaners and don't just go with the Clorox line of green because it's new. What kind of social/environmental issues is the company addressing by doing things the way they do, not just jumping on the green bandwagon because it's selling?

That would differentiate a green issue from all the rest--and help reinforce our faith in Domino's ability to bring us the great goods.

http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2008/03/lili_diallo?slide=1

For those that loved her home.

Usually finding the latest Domino in my mailbox when I get home means an evening devoted to nothing else but reading it cover to cover. But for these last couple of months - I find that the thrill is quickly gone. A few months ago, I was asked to be part of a subscriber poll that asked if beauty & fashion should be included - and I vehemently protested. Looking at all of the other comments against a beauty/fashion section in Domino - it seems like the editors aren't listening to their readers any more.

I've been a subscriber since day 1, and the reason I fell in love with Domino was for the resource guides, do-it-yourself tips, and the practical nature of its features. I LOVED those little cards you could tear out from the back page, especially the color combinations, and saved them all in a little MUJI binder that I kept in my purse for several trips to the paint store. In fact, I re-subscribed for two years in response to a Domino offer that said I would get a new MUJI binder with my paid subscription. I paid, and guess what? Not only did I never get my binder, the magazine stopped including those little cards. Gee thanks Domino.

anyone else bothered by the fact that more than 50% of the green products listed were attached to websites? you have have to buy them online, which means your oh-so-precious carbon footprint essentially explodes because you're requiring transportation (air, car) pollution, as well as packaging waste.

you know...i love domino and i'm all for green living and i'm trying to make some earth friendly changes to my life, like everyone else.

but there was absolutly nothing in this issue that i could use in my life. i'm a normal person making a normal salary. i live in a rented city apartment...not a tree house or a million dollar eco-friendly rehab. i can't afford $1000 hemp sheets or $400 handmade pottery.
how about tips and leads on eco-friendly decor and design a little more accesible to the masses? affordable options? anything?

while i appreciate that the issue did comment on the inherant elitism of some eco-friendly measures (though only in reference to eating locally), i think this issue of domino has bought into that idea a little too much.
there are affordable options out there. we're all just gonna have to work on our own to find them.

I COMPLETELY agree (I, also, never got my Muji notebook either)with Katy and have been saying this for a while. I, too, have been a subscriber from day one when the magazine was chock full of color, interesting people I could relate to, and a sense of practicality that was seriously lacking in other contemporary home decor periodicals.

Now I get a sliver-thin magazine full of overpriced products I cannot afford, advertisements, people with lifestyles I cannot begin to relate to, and practicality nearly non-existent. I've gone from being totally inspired to bored to death with this magazine.

According to my subscription, they've got 10 months to seriously shape up or I'm going to Better Homes and Gardens - and plan to take more than a few friends with me. BHG seems to have listened to the rants of Domino subscribers very well...

Plus..this is the second issue in a row that Domino has gotten their hand slapped for an excessively pricey "Green Issue." I guess they didn't learn their lesson last year.

I think a big problem with having green design issues is that as far as sourcing items goes, being green and selling items clash. The greenest way to go if you're buying items for your home is to go secondhand, but a design magazine isn't going to be able to make items like these accessable to all their readers because these items are most likely one-of-a-kind. Otherwise the options tend to be mega-expensive. I didn't like the issue anyway, but I tend to dislike any "green" magazine that is trying to sell you things or featuring homes that are unattainable and ridiculous (6,200sf?). If they want to include environmental issues, I'd rather they would do it in a more useful way, such as articles about real things that you can do to make less of an impact on the earth.