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well, my heart is still with Domino, but I am a faithful reader of both Elle Decor and HB - though I often find the homes in HB a tad too traditional for my taste.

Domino and House & Garden were definitely my favourites, but I love Dwell too. Great writing, great ethos, great design.

However, I generally despise Elle Decor. So boring and urbane. Too many socialites and business tycoons. I will always prefer the quirky interiors of people with limited budgets, which is probably why I'm on AT every single day.

Country Living.

It's not what it used to be. It's awesome. Truly. Sort of a cross between Domino & Blueprint with a lot of DIY thrown in and the occasional recipe.

I love Living, Etc. It's always so fresh! Elle Decor is my absolute favorite, and I can't wait 'til it's delivered every month. House Beautiful has become WAY too traditional and farty. I'm not a fan of Dwell. It's too to the trade.

:( and I sure miss Domino.

Funny you ask this question as I have been thinking of getting a design mag subscription. I have the most love for Living Etc- but wont be subscribing cause its too pricey for US delivery. Elle Decor is always beautiful but most often out of reach in terms of sourcing items found in its pages. House Beautiful I usually love but every once in a while it will get too "country" or "french country" for my taste and then I will get annoyed. So I have some hesitancy about getting a subscription there. I have a subscription for Dwell which I will not renew because its way too spare and modernist for my taste.

I do miss Domino so! But, of the list above Dwell and Living ETC are favourites of mine purely because their aesthetic and style of writing appeals to me and my personal style.

That being said I do pick up the occasional Country living and recently came across a wonderful magazine in Australia called 'Australian Home Beautiful'.

Dwell seems too focused to me. I like more variety.

I don't really read design magazines because I like the ability to search and discuss online.

Living Etc has an awesome website, though, and I'm on it almost as often as AT!

I pulled out my stash of Dominos this past weekend, gosh
I miss it! I have to track it down, but I do love Canadian House and Home. I agree about Country Living but what has really surprised me the last few months is Better Homes and Gardens. I have purchased both September and October issues and enjoyed them both!

I love Living Etc. but it's so frustrating (for an American) that if I do actually want to source something, it's only available in Britain.

I still miss Domino.

I like several. Dwell, Living Etc. and Elle Decor are my favorites. I think they all have different personalities and I take a little bit of inspiration from each.

I think any of them are completely worn out by month 6 or so. Same tastes, same ads, same sources, month after month. I got really sick of Dwell after I realized that it might all be trendy and industrial and (maybe) green, but it was all also ugly. Did House Beautiful for a while, but it was a cheapo production. Architectural Digest - pretentious beyond words.

The one that wore best for me was This Old House. But even with that, I realized that I was never going to a tenth of the projects.

I also miss Domino terribly - none of the other US titles are filling the void so I'd have to go with Living etc. as well. Sounds like i should check out Country Living - i've always been a fan of Sarah Gray Miller.

Elle Decor is the absolute best! Beautiful and creative without being too stuffy. Also love House Beautiful... though recent issues have ticked me off. What is up with photographers draping a sweater or pair of pants across a bed before the shoot? I don't know why, but that annoys the poop out of me. They show these rooms that are pristine and organized beyond what is truly attainable, but then there's this article of clothing left behind as if to say, "This room really is lived in and not staged for the shoot." Does that annoy anyone else???

Canadian House and Home rocks right now. Not as good as Domino but it eases the pain.

International versions of Elle Decoration - especially UK, Italy and Australia. It's a real shame that the US version can't come close the level of it's sister publications abroad.

I don't think I have one favorite. Each one mentioned has something to offer but not one does it entirely like Domino did.

I rarely buy them anymore unless one issue is really worth while and inspires me or working on a specific project.

I find most of the interiors and products way out of my price range. Domino did such a good job at bringing affordable ideas and products to those that don't make 500,000 a year.

So if I am going to dream and get inspired I tend to go for the beautiful European magazines you need to get at a news stand. I miss my LA news stands, there are only a few good ones in San Francisco.

Yes Dwell lost me a couple of years ago..just became so redundant.

Living Etc is my fave, i've read it for years now, it is a bit of a pain that its only sourced from the UK, but if there is anything i really want i'll ship it to my mums then get it delivered to the US

Another vote for Canadian House and Home! They've got a great mix of design with some great food ideas thrown in

Living etc and Elle Decor UK are my favorites. I subscribed to Living etc for a year, but it was just too expensive and I couldn't justify renewing. Now I just buy it occasionally at the bookstore.
I really miss Domino. It did such a great job of covering so many different design styles and price points. I still have all the past issues and was flipping through them last weekend looking for kitchen inspiration. There really is nothing like Domino on the market now.

I have too many really! I miss Cottage Living terribly. Cottages and Bungalows is not the same!

Country Living
Country Living UK
House & Garden UK
Ideal Home UK
British Homes and Garden

I miss Domino, Budget Living, Blueprint...and now Cookie? I like others, but have not LOVED like I have lost in the shelter mag dept. I already am stuck with Glamour and Architectual Digest (yawn) to finish out my subscriptions..I'm not looking forward to what Cookie will stick me with. No. Not. Bitter. At. All.

I love Vogue Living Australia although its hard to find, and Living Etc.. But I hope someone with some clout at Conde Nast is reading this because Domino was the absolute best!! I'll never get rid of my old issues.. they're still better than anything that comes out today.

Living Etc. is my favourite, and I have an affordable subscription (thank goodness!)

I am still in mourning for the previous editorial direction of UK Elle Decoration though -- the current incarnation is but a shadow of its previous self... the earlier version was my favourite magazine of all-time.

Canadian House & Home is by far my favorite.

I love Sköna Hem... just not its $250 overseas price. I'll cast another vote for the new, hipper Country Living, too! It's filled with creative, do-able ideas.

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ModFruGal...I know. Those 3 were my all time faves. As a mom, I loved Cookie. Cute design in there too and great website. *sigh*

I still subscribe to HB, but am not loving it. Don't feel very inspired. Canadian House and Home is better, but I still wish it were Domino and I can't get over it.

This sucks.

Oh my goodness.. great question, but my answer could go on forever because I get a little something from so many different ones, but in order of preference here goes:

Elle Decoration - British Edition
Elle Decoration - French Edition
Marie Claire Maison - France
Marie Claire Maison - Italy
Elle Decoration - Italy Edition
Living Etc.
Elle Decor
New York Spaces
Architectural Digest
World of Interiors

..ok, so basically all international Elle Decoration's, lol! Although, I have yet to get my hands on the German and South Africa editions.. but they are on my wish list!

I've had a subscription to Dwell and Metropolitan Homes for years now, I tend to flip through them quickly, tear some things out, and then I'm done with 'em.

Elle Decor, Marie Claire Maison, and Canadian House and Home, which I pick up when I travel to Canada.

My favorite was Budget Living (RIP).
I like Elle Decor, though I'm rethinking that a bit after they made such a fuss of John Mayer's BO-ring NYC apartment.
House Beautiful is nice.

BTW, the Budget Living crew published a book by the same name. It is a GREAT idea book for DIYers.

canadian home and country and countryhome were my favourite . . . until they both closed up shop. yes, canadian home and country also left us this past february. before that was blueprint. for the past several months my mom and i have both been going through unimaginable magazine withdrawl. there is nothing left out there for us that costs the price of a magazine as opposed to the price of a hard bound book!. now all i have to curl up with is canadian house & home. it's a great magazine, but one magazine does not a collection make. now i get most of my design fixes from blogs like this one!

I completely agree in that I wish those who work at Conde Nast would realize what all blogs are saying - "We miss Domino. Bring it back! Nothing can replace it."

Big fan of LoftLife. its my methadone for sure. Loftlifemag.com

If you live in the South, nothing beats Southern Living.

The travel columns and recipes are pretty traditional, but the design and home features are surprisingly vintage /modern.

Living Etc. is my fave out the above choices. I, too, dearly miss my Domino and Blueprint mags in my mailbox. I cannot fathom why they shut down Cottage Living, either, and replaced my subscription with the wretched Southern Accents magazine!

I loved Dwell in its early days, but it has become way too elitist and architect-y. I'm expecting that bowl of pomegranates any day now.

There was a great subsidiary of BHG a few years ago called BHG-Home Ideas (or something similar) that was aimed at Gens X and Y. It was full of DIY projects and tours of spaces done on limited budgets. Sadly, it only lasted a few issues.

My favorites are:

Dwell
Metropolitan Home
New York Spaces
Elle Decor

Living Etc is totally worth the $9 American price tag. I eat up every page like candy.

another vote for Living Etc (I buy it @ the newsstand every month - - I don't subscribe) and County Living. I miss Country Home; it was even better than Country Living! no tole painting or anything like that. just comfy, lived in houses.

I've purchased a few Canada's Style at Home. I liked the magazine and am considering subscribing to it.

I liked the new Lonny. And like everyone else, it seems, I miss Domino.

I still mourn the loss of Domino.

sigh... Domino...

...sigh

HB and another vote for Country Living -- but nothing matches my love of Domino.
Stupid Conde Nast. And today they killed Gourmet.

I still mourn the loss of Domino, but in all honesty, I've gotten rid of all the other magazines that I used to read and look towards AT for daily inspiration.

living in london now i love living etc and elle decoration...and still buy elle decor every month at an outrageous price! always some good ideas but the design and items seem so unattainable lately and out of reach. and if i see one more photo caption saying "refrigeration by Sub-Zero" i'm going to scream. don't they realize we'll assume it by now..use it to mention something more interesting from the picture.

I like Readymade, although some of the DIY projects seem a little.. "obvious" holly hobby for my taste.

But at least it's a fun read.

I'm a little late on the Domino mag train, since I picked up the last issue :(

But I've found Living Etc. as great inspiration (although it's a little pricey and most of the stuff is in the UK). Elle Decor is sort of dull, Dwell is too urban/modern and Canadian House & Home is like the little sister who hasn't quite got there. I usually go for LE and House Beautiful (which is a bit formal) since they have more ideas than the others.

I've been a long-time reader of ReadyMade but once again, it's MCM with touches of Indie-Eclectic. It's not that I hate these styles, it's just a little dull.

Honestly, I sometimes reference my Domino book but use AT as inspiration 99% of the time. I love seeing what people can do on a budget and there's a lot more creativity. Plus, the comments give me ideas and ways to think about decorating your home or a room. I know, it's free but I feel bad for the people in the publishing world but I just really love AT and what it's grown to :)

Canadian House & Home, but it's a pain to find and they charge a fortune to ship it to your home (I was told it's coming from a printing house/distributor in England rather than from Canada), and I really miss Domino. Everything else I thumb through and only find 1 or 2 ideas but CH&H and Domino issues I dog-eared to an insane degree.

i really miss Cottage Living, always smaller well-designed homes and beautiful gardens.

these days i only take House Beautiful.
the homes are way out of my budget, but i like the color features and reading the interviews with designers.

i was getting so many magazines and not having the time to read them. plus i was looking so much i would get overwhelmed about making a decision about my apartment. like i was waiting to see what new idea would be in next month's issue.

i think i want to start taking This Old House.
and that Budget Living book has been on my bedside table for the next couple of years. i love that book.

Domino will forever be the love of my life. RIP.

Next in the favorites line would have to be Living Etc., then Elle Decor (though I prefer the Australian and British versions over the American).

Now that Domino is gone, I would have to say World of Interiors is my favorite shelter mag. It is in a completely different vein, but still showcases unique and extraordinary spaces in a non-whitewashed way. Still pedigreed, I guess, but way more interesting than the bland urbanity of Elle Decor and the bland pretentiousness of Architectural Digest. If I lived in Sweden, I would be a Skona Hem devotee! But I can only admire from afar....

i've been a fan of House Beautiful for years. Country Living is a sometime purchase and i prefer Style at Home to Canadian House & Home and just subscribed for the next year.

Elle, smokes them all!

My favourite is Living Etc as well. Every month there are amazing ideas, the houses are fresh, lived in and inspiring. Dwell has lost me. Instead of being a 'green' magazine of change, it seems to have become nothing more than an elitist buttwipe. Dwell has pretty much ruined all things Eames, Mid Century and 'designer'. If i see another bloody Barcelona Chair or an Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman I'm going to gouge my eyes out. What about people who are making cool stuff NOW that will be the smart design of the future!? Anyway, I could go on about Dwell for ages.

And yes, Country Living is getting pretty good! Great ideas, and very green ideas I might add. You just have to flip through about 15 ads for geriatric medications to see it all. As soon as those terrible pharma ads go, they may be onto something.

Overall though, AT RULES! thanks for existing.

CASA VIVA (España)
BRAVA CASA (Italia)
MÁXIMA Interiores (Portugal)
ELLE Decor (all countries)
Living Etc.

Australian House and Garden. I have a RealLiving sitting on the end of my bed waiting to be read, as well.

The one I really want to read is Marie Claire Maison! Almost EVERY single image I've ever seen from it, I've ADORED.

I am going to agree with 75% of the people in here and say "I miss Domino!" I was in New Zealand this spring and there was a great design mag that was lying on a table in a cafe. It was a cross between Domino and Dwell. I wish I could remember the name. If anyone does know please post it. I would also like to note that instead of my beloved Domino I receive Glamour Mag now. This is insulting on two levels. One, I have not read Glamour since I was 20. Second, they mentioned home decor in it which I have found none of. Moving on, I like Dwell but, it is very focused. It deals with a higher end of design. There are also a lot of trade advertisements. I also like Elle Decor but, find it severe at times. I will check out Country Living. Sigh....Domino......Sigh!

LivingEtc! By far. Canada's Style At Home is quite good as well.

I like the craziness of World of Interiors, also British Country Living. Aussie Vogue Living used to be better, as was Living Etc. InsideOut is good sometimes.
American mags in general tend to be a bit too boring and conservative. The worst, in my view, is Architectural Digest - too futzy with terrible photography and cluttered rooms often.

Give Metropolitan Home credit for having floorplans -- which I find endlessly fascinating. Elle Decor is aspirational but most houses/apts. shown do seem to have some personality and not be the decorator-ish sort found in Architectural Digest. If I could only take one magazine in the combined decor/food/garden category it would be Sunset -- not the strongest in any single category but well-rounded overall. Another regional candidate is Cottage Life -- not much on decor, although a fair amount of DIY and you DO have to do it yourself if you are on an island in the North Woods. This is a Canadian magazine which deserves a larger US distribution in the northern tier of States-- any place where seasonal housekeeping involves improvisation and less than the full range of city services.

"CANADIAN HOUSE & HOME" all the way!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll tell you my domino story.
a few months ago i swiped an oct 08 issue from the waiting room, and at home read every sentence cover to cover. it took me days to get thru. i'd seen it on the stands before, but never gave it a glance. but once i was able to see what it was all about i was a woman obsessed. i went online in a vehement tizzy to order FINALLY! THE GREATEST HOME INSPIRATION MAG! EVER! only to find out it was discontinued in march of this year. i was so damn mad! i've been meticulously cultivating a magazine subscription list for months, weeding out the impossibly unworthy. an arduous task, as any of you know. domino was like an epiphany, heaven-sent, an easy choice. now what to replace it with? to me, all of the others mentioned in this thread just cannot compare.

thank god for AT to get my fix, and sarah richardson's old show Room Service. xo

p.s. what if domino had a tv show instead of a print mag? or at LEAST a youtube vid channel?

1. Domino
2. Living Etc.
3. Sunset

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