
I only subscribe to three magazines, but the coming of the new year means that my mailbox is stuffed with "Last Chance!","Final Offer!", and "This Really Is The Last One We Mean It" re-subscription notices. I'm leaving them all in my mailbox until I decide what to do. Perhaps you all can help...
Do you still subscribe to magazines, or have you gone online-or-nothing? How many do you get? Are you happy with all of them? Have you traded several traditional magazine subscriptions in favor of just one of the new higher-end publications (Kinfolk, Anthology, and the like)? Are your subscriptions gifts or did you get them for yourself?
I always feel so indulgent getting three magazines, but I read them all cover-to-cover, and reference them frequently. Still, every year I debate whether they're worth it. A year ago I cancelled Martha Stewart and have regretted it ever since. Luckily my friend always brings her issues into work, so I can get my fix. As much as I love all of the amazing design, food, and tech websites, I can't imagine them ever replacing a magazine that I can throw in my purse to peruse at a cafe or on a flight, with beautiful pages to save in my inspiration binders. Thoughts?
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I let go of Elle Decor and Veranda. I found them to be disappointing. I think I saved maybe a handful of inspiration photos from Elle Decor and nothing from Veranda which was just not my style (or price range) at all. I get a little glimpse of Domino-esque decor in the Lucky Home section of that magazine, but it's not the same.
I do read many of the online mags, but nothing seems to really stick in my memory -- probably because I don't read through it more than once like I do paper mags.
i have too many magazines in my house! where to take them?! i rip out the pages that I can't live without.
I am in the process of letting my subscriptions run out. I bought the nook tablet and will subscribe to Elle Decor and House Beautiful. I've previewed the publications on the device and the image quality is excellent. The best part is that I can still have my magazines, but they do not take up any physical space.
@lovedecor I'm sure your local schools would appreciate the used magazines for their art departments, they are always looking for things to use with collage. Also church groups or nursing homes would appreciate them as well.
I love Elle magazine because it presents a great mix of fashion and culture. I subscribed to Elle Decor, but was dissapointed. The luxurious homes featured were so out my price range, that I didn't get much inspiration from them. I wish there was another magazine like Domino out there! That would be more up my alley.
@love decor- I also leave just read magazines at the laundromat, doctor's office, and work. I hope someone is reading them!
Every magazine I love enough to subscribe to gets canned. Budget Living. ReadyMade. Publishers should fear having me as a subscriber. I will never totally replace print magazines. There is something about curling up with a hot cocoa and a good magazine that an ereader or smartphone can't replace.
My Momma gets me a magazine subscription almost every year, for my birthday or the holidays. This year I got Martha Stewart, and I am soooooo happy with it! I get excited every time I see it waiting for me in the mailbox. I also subscribe to Real Simple and Dwell. I agree with the previous commenter -- hot cocoa and a magazine is where it's at.
I get Sunset and Marie Claire, but I'm months behind on both of them. I still love paging through a magazine, but I just got a Nook Tablet and plan to give online subscriptions a try. I don't think I want to read everything online, though. Sometimes I want that tactile feeling I get with paper.
I love having magazines. Online resources are great, but I find that the ideas I encounter there get forgotten quickly. It's far easier to pour over pictures in your hand than on a screen. I keep my magazines for a time, then tear out ideas that particularly move me, creating my own magazine in a sense. Then I revisit the idea notebook and take things out, replace them with new ideas.
I like Do it Yourself Magazine the best right now. Lots of great ideas for using on-hand and upcycled materials. Always an enjoyable read and holds up to multiple viewings. I've also recently picked up "My Home My Style" which is a small, ad-less publication.
My subscription to Dwell ran out and surprisingly I didn't get any renewal notices or emails. That made my decision for me.
I don't currently subscribe to any magazines, but I'm considering a subscription to Whole Living. I always buy it at the airport when I travel and I always end up tearing out pages to keep.
Dear Conde Nasty,
Bring back Domino.
will continue Marie Claire, let go of Real Simple and FOOD magazine
I subscribe to 3 magazines (Canadian House and Home, Style At Home and Oxygen) and I will soon have to build an extension to store them. I started weeding out the really out issues recently though and I try to keep to no more than 2 years worth of issues for each mag.
My boss's husband just got the Kindle Fire for Christmas and could not decide if he should re-subscribe to the magazines he normally gets or keep the paper subscription since it wasn't easy to change it over.
I've been a subscriber to CA magazine since collage- over 30 years ago. They would probably stack 10ft. high or more. It has always been a source of education, current trends and inspiration. Even though I rarely look back at old issues, I find it hard to give up at this point. But they sure take up some major bookshelf space!
I've had my nose stuck in a magazine from the age of 5, when a family friend gave my mother stacks of old Maison Francaise and House Beautiful. Gosh the early '70s were full of amazing design!
So, I'm old school -- tablet mags are a drag. I still love love paper copies. But, there are fewer and fewer that I want; titles are dwindling.
My favourite used to be Met Home, but I stopped buying it religiously every month around 2000/2002. It never recovered after Hachette took it over. That and British Elle Decor were my all-time favourites. These days, I get Living Etc., and scour the stands for Marie Claire Maison, and Skona Hem.
I've kept what old issues of Domino I had intact, but things like Met Home and Canadian House and Home were scavenged and filed.
I'm down to House Beautiful, Mother Earth News, and Canadian House and Home. Other magazines I read at the library, including Architectural Digest--so pleasant to sneak a bit of quiet time in a sunlit windowseat there. Another idea for passing on old issues: our local natural food co-op keeps 2 boxes inside the door for people to donate magazines of any subject or vintage. All are free for the taking, and most seem to be re-read and returned many times. If your town has a co-op, maybe suggest a magazine recycle box? (I also bring some magazines to the local senior center, which is happy to have them.)
@LOVEDECOR - I scan my favorite pages, so mine are intact, if yours are then hospitals & doctor's offices & lower budget senior living centers tend to be very happy to get them.
Although, once, my mother and I donated several bags to the local hospital and later realized we'd thought we were Recycling them and so inadvertently one of the bags contained a porn magazine from my brother that was about nurses... we laughed about it a lot but were so embarrassed we never donated there again, LOL.
I got about 9 new magazines last year (for free or under $5 for year-long subscriptions), I intend to let most of them lapse, the only ones that really interest me are two women's magazines and for design Canadian House & Home. However, I'm finding that, as I complete house projects I no longer want to be influenced by more 'buy buy buy' messages. Time to move on to some of my non-decor projects without the distraction.
If anyone wants a Better Homes subscription right now you can buy two boxes of Arm & Hammer baking soda, special boxes, and there's a coupon on there for a free 1-year subscription. I sent it off to a friend who loves the magazine and typically only sees it through her library.
I guess I am "old" (and now that I think about it, probably actually old as well)--I like magazines on paper--all the better to browse while lying down. I especially love British shelter and food mags and buy them monthly--my little indulgence.
I miss my subscriptions. I only have one right now, which is Cook's Country. I would love to have Real Simple, Southern Living, and Yankee magazines back. Yes, you read that right. I once subscribed to Southern Living and Yankee magazine. The very definition of "coexist."
Better Homes and Gardens
Southern Living
Town and Country
Details
Newsweek
Man cannot live by internet alone
I so miss Domino! In the meantime, I keep up with House Beautiful, Fast Company, Wired, and Food and Wine. I've tried some on the iPad but it's just not the same. I'll keep my paper magazines for as long as I can! Oh, and the return of Gourmet would be welcome as well.
I pick up Ideal Home UK at the bookstore since the subscription price is so high.
I miss Cottage Living :(
I was planning on renewing Ready Made, but learned of its demise today. I love a good paper magazine to read on the train. While I love Pinterest, nothing beats ripping out a page for inspiraiton. I miss Domino too. I've been following a few new online magazines on my iPad, but it's not the same. (See http://issuu.com/publications#cat=006000&start=0 for some new online mags)
((plus, it seems icky to bring the e-readers into the loo? not the eww factor, but the drop in the loo factor. ha!))
I work in a public library and check out a lot of magazines - it's a win-win! All the fun of getting something new every month without the enduring clutter, and because I'm on the collection development team, I have some influence in what gets bought. There are a few I find perennially useful and will take home after they've had their year of circulation and get removed - mostly cooking and art/architecture mags.
There are a couple of very specialized things that I'm thinking of buying home subscriptions for, though. High-end crafty things, mostly - Cloth Paper Scissors, Bead & Button, Belle Armoire.
Check out ReadyMade magazine, it's full of fun projects and ideas.
Chicago Home & Garden for eclectic modern in the DWR range (and sometimes a little Ikea thrown in). Livingetc for eclectic modern with an art vibe. Dwell so I can try out quips to submit to Unhappy Hipsters...yes it is lonely in the modern world...but after seeing the local paper's Sunday spread on country decor, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else... And Elle Decor for some international spreads, tiny New York apartments and being more attainable than Architectural Digest. Miss Met Home - been subscribing since it started as Apartment Life. Seeing Canadian House & Home mentioned so many times here, I'm going to check it out.
If I can have only one magazine, it would be DOMINO. I was crushed when it was killed off. Elle Decor UK and Dwell are my second and third choices.
Cannot live without my Elle Decor, especially the Dossier page. It is refreshing to read well-written (and edited) work.
I discovered 2 new magazines this year that made me forget Real Simple was even published: Whole Living and Everyday Food.
I still weep over the closing of Domino Magazine. I now only subscribe to food magazines (Food and Wine, Fine Cooking) and purchase House Beautiful off the newsstands when the mood strikes me. I still LOVE getting mail, but.... they've taken away all the good stuff.
One would have to pry Better Homes and Gardens from my cold dead hands before I would ever cancel my subscription. I've enjoyed this magazine for years and hopefully, if I'm raising my girls right, they'll subscribe to it when they become adults -- that, and Apartment Therapy of course -- that goes without saying.
I'm an addict ... Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Harpers Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Lucky, In Style,Real Simple, something since I've done from being a kid,a cup of tea, a biscuit or something chocolate and a new Maggie. Blissful.
I miss Domino too
Domino junkies! Check out LONNY magazine, started by former Domino editors- their website is an unfortunate pain-in-the-ass, but you can find it on issuu.com (which has a great UI). I've only started to discover all of the hard to find/ one of a kind publications they offer.
I let go of Martha during the repetitive (ie. prison) era... it's better now but I can take it or leave it. I could renew and save the occasional newstand price... maybe put the extra $$ toward an iPad, which seems like a good alternative to rip and file.
Cook's Illustrated is still the best. The recipes are spot on and it's low-key, ad-free format is great. I would still get the print version, but I recently switched because I can access the online content at the grocery store.
I don't subscribe to any magazine with the exception of Real Simple. But, I don't pay for that subscription--I fill out the free 1 year subscription card from their bridal issue every year. :-D
I do want to subscribe to Lucky Peach, because I've already bought the first two issues and I really enjoy it. Otherwise, I buy one magazine once in a blue moon.
While I love my Kindle I prefer my magazines (and anything with pictures really) in print. I spend enough time in front of the pc as it is and it's nice to sit on the sofa or lie in bed with a new magazine.
I've got UK Elle interior and am now going to get the UK Living etc. Plus a bi-weekly local Womens magazine.
In the post Domino age of home magazines (oh how I miss thee), I have tried Better Homes and Gardens (way too many ads for my liking), Dwell (didn't get a warm and fuzzy from it), Glamour (my Domino replacement), Lucking (don't know how that started), Wired and a few parenting mags. I have or are letting all of them lapse. I find I thumb through them and then have to figure out what to do with them.
I only take Martha Stewart, but if you subscribe you can get it free for your ipad and I suppose other devices. I did cancel for a while but I missed it. OTOH, the latest issue came, I paged through it once and tossed it in the recycling. There was nothing in it I wanted to save, so, that was a waste. I do like to tear out real pages, when I like something.
However, I've been reading the UK Ideal Home since I was a bride in the UK many years ago. Now, it's the first magazine I buy, if I'm travelling or in the mood for a magazine. Also the BBC homes magazine, and lots of other UK magazines. I much prefer to see clever down-to-earth solutions to real problems, rather than the tear-everything- out -and- rebuild- it -so - it's- perfect mentality that so many American magazines seem to feature.
My subscriptions to Met Home and Gourmet run out.
I would not mind to re-subscribe though.
I've reluctantly given up Sunset. Over the years it's gotten to be skinnier and skinner. Very disappointing. I really had a hard time giving up Fine Gardening; I'd been a subscriber since the beginning. I've stopped taking Better Homes and Gardens. I did, however, just re-up with Threads. I absolutely adore that magazine--so much to discover and conquer!
I don't subscribe to any magazines these days. I subscribed to Yoga Journal on a whim and found it to be nothing but woo, so that won't be renewed when it runs out soon. I used to get Cook's Illustrated for years, but I'm finding the online subscription to be better for me--I can just search for what I need and print it off without having to paw through old issues.