The LA Times Home & Garden reports today about the recent series of home design magazines closings, including a few of our favourite publications: Blueprint, House & Garden, InStyle Home. Conversely, we welcome a new niche of home decor and lifestyle publication specifically aimed toward the aesthetic, but practical, man.
Men's Health Living is headed up by the former editor-in-chief of Men's Health (and author of the popular Abs Diet), so we're not sure about his credentials as a style and design arbiter. We're hoping for less "Seduce Her With Your Space" articles (we'd be lying if we said we didn't peek) and more "Perfect Home Challenge" and "Location, Location, Lats". It's a tough market...we're not quite sure if there are enough everyday men who would pick up a magazine like this when we've always turned to decor/design specific rags or Popular Mechanics/This Old House for practical information. But perhaps the modern American man is ready?
I cringe at the thought of this. Men's Health had the most jocular, anti-gay tone. Hugely insulting.
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Um...ok?
But hey, did you read over at Bluelines (Blueprints blog) that they've received scads of negatives about the mag folding into weddings? That's probably being changed now.
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Yep, this one had the same anti-gay tone (and maybe a little anti-girl, too), if only because much of the magazine is spent on the Seduce her with your Space article.
Plus it kind of sucked.
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American males ready for this?
Um....NO!
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