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I have the exact same issue and am looking forward to the suggestions. I LOVE my magazines and always wish i had a neat,orderly way to display them. They really are an expression of your personality... much like art, family photos, etc. I have such a hard time parting with them,although i know the organizer gurus say to rip out the page that you like and ditch the rest. The titles i refuse to part with: Coastal Living, Ocean Drive, O at Home, Western Interiors....just to name a few.

Just make sure the magazines are current. That will differentiate it from most doctor's offices. :)

I think you are safe with either rack... it just depends on where the rack is placed. If you don't give it *too* much prominence, I think you are okay.

If you just want to have the magazines nearby and not displayed, why not try one of those end tables with the built in magazine holders? I've seen some beautiful mid century ones.

I've seen over the door towel holders used to display magazines and liked the look of it.

Use a rack like this one: http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=77291&PRODID=10015551

and place half a magazine on each side of the bars.

A little pricey, but so worth the money. A soon to be classic:
https://www.inhousefurniture.com/store/store2.php?id=1

what about something like this?

http://www.pbteen.com/products/p3344/index.cfm?pkey=cmagazine-racks-shelves

It is Pottery Barn Teen, but you could paint it. Or, if you are crafty, you could probably just make it yourself. It would be like a revolving art exhibit.

Consult the design magazines. Do you see a magazine rack in any of the images? Didn't think so.

Get rid of 'em, and you'll be happier with a clutter-free lifestyle! (It's hard to do, but once you start it gets kinda fun!)

When you say "looking at them," do you mean looking through them or seeing them handsomely displayed? How many magazines would you need to display at a time? I googled for magazine rack wall, and arrived at the conclusion that mounting a wall rack for your magazines is always going to look like a waiting room, even if the design of it varies widely from the rack that's shown. Fanning them out on the coffee table will also. Stacking your magazines on the end table or in a small rack on the floor (except for the corny ones) will work nicely.

Here is another idea (I cannot vouch for the vendor but it was the first picture of some idea I had) for wanting to see the covers of current issues:
http://images.asia.ru/img/alibaba/photo/51314243/Magazine_Rack.jpg
A free-standing, front-facing magazine rack you can put on your shelf with your back issues would remove the waiting room effect of hanging them on a wall rack. It seems a little tougher to search on those criteria, but I think it might be a tidy compromise.

we have a large chrome wire newspaper bin/rack (and another steel trug/box) that they live in... not on display, just stacked/contained neatly for future perusal. magazines on display? weird ideology to me. perhaps that's what makes it look like a drs office (the notion that mags are displayed)... not the rack themselves.

Here is apparently a devoted (not nearly) weekly feature of a blog about loving magazines (books and all printed material, in fact), Magazine Rack of the Week:
http://printfetish.com/magazine-rack-of-the-week/

I found it because I liked January 22, 2007:
http://printfetish.com/bloggedimages/pic_111_2.jpg
A couple entries down, they mention someone using a wine rack in a similar manner, if you happen to see a wine rack you like.

One featured on a DIY, October 24, 2008:
http://replayground.com/pages/portfolio/marimba.asp

I also like the one shaped like an X, except for the part that it's only available in Europe:
http://www.yatego.com/ordnungshalber/p,4228cef2ead38,421c501b4731b8_7,zeitungsst%E4nder-bukan?sid=11Y1213374466Y0661f698e6ca9733a6

March 6, 2008:
http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=148109

That's a really interesting feature they have going there.

I think you should put up a shelf. or 2. get some cool, bold, clean lined book ends and put your magazines between them, library style. That's the only way they wont look waiting roomish, I think.

Unless you're already decided to get a rack, I would recommend to get a big basket (like this: http://utstallningen.markylen.se/images/artpreview/385.jpg) and stock your magazines in.

I bought two basket like that and I put a big plant in one of them and use the other to store my magazines. It gives a touch of nature to the room and it goes very well with the glossy magazines. Besides, I don't have to worry about always putting them back in the right order or stack them too neatly. When it get too ful I simply go through and stock the oldest magazine in a cupboard, but keep the most recent ten.

I keep my magazines in the white cardboard magazine holders from the Container Store. They're easier to move around than when I just stacked them on the bookshelf or coffee table. The magazine rack seems like a big investment to me.

I keep only craft and gardening magazines with articles I believe I will be referring to again, or that were written by friends. The are on the bottom shelves of my book cases. Just like books. (If there aren't enough to fill a shelf, I add regular books, but usually not necessary...)

As a librarian, I can recomment Princeton Files. Tose are the boxes that have diagonally cut sides, a tall back and a shorter front. Youstash your magazines in them and put the tall back facing out which disguises the clutter. You can get them in cardboard, plastic, wood, fabric covered, plain, etc. form office supply stores, library distributors online (DEMCO, Brodart, Bowker etc.), and sometimes places like Home Goods.