There are also great blogs that can be very inspiring, there was a recent discussion on favorite good ones.

Traditional Home seems to be a favorite magazine ; I like to see ecclectic decors so I'll flip through it to see if there's anything that catches my attention before buying it.

I wish more magazines would digitalize their issues, such as what "Interiors" did, it's a high end design mag with fabulous photography, I buy it for the eye candy and the over-the-top featured homes around the globe. Even the ads are gorgeous.

Here is a link that might be useful: whole magazine on-line

I read pretty much all restoration-oriented magazines, like Old House Interiors and American Bungalow. Not only do I own a house built in 1900 (which I alternately like and hate depending on how discouraged I am by all the work that needs to be done just to make it presentable - we've been here almost 2 years and it's still mostly decorated in Early Disaster Area!) but that's my preferred design period as well, things from about 1880 to the beginning of WWI. Once Deco comes in, I'm out. :-)

I own an old home and have a very modern sensibility; Husband is much more traditional. My first stops for ideas are Traditional Home, House Beautiful and This Old House. For my shot of modern/fun/funky inspiration, I get a British mag called Livingetc.

Veranda
House Beautiful
25 Beautiful Homes (English)
Beautiful Southern Homes (BH&G Special Interest publication)
Southern Accents

Bellaflora, were we separated at birth? My sister works for a large media corp and I get magazines dirt cheap. I subscribe to all the home magazines they carry....and then some.

Elle Decor, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, This Old House (but won't again),British House & Garden, World of Interiors (wish I got a discount on that one!), The English Home, Veranda, Southern Accents, Architectural Digest, Met Home....I think I'm missing some. Oh, Old House Journal's New Old House. Beautiful Homes. Renovation Style.

I miss Home & Garden and Home. I got O at Home too, but don't miss it so much. Domino was a gift to me. :(

Allison and Bellaflora, we were triplets separated at birth...

I am a recovering magazine addict...I subscribe only to House Beautiful now, but I buy the odd copy of Veranda, British House and Garden, Elle Decor, Renovation Style, World of Interiors, and Coastal Living.

I subscribe to several but my fave is Southern Accents.

Have you ever seen Veranda? SA used to be my favorite, but Veranda has taken over.

I, too, am a magazine addict. I love Trad Home, House Beautiful and Veranda. Also like Southern Living, Coastal Living, Southern Accents. If I could only have one, it would probably be TH, but it would be tough to choose that over HB. I have many things torn out of both. I also love specialty publications like Elegant Homes, Beautiful Homes and all the kitchen mags.

I've subscribed to so many decorating magazines that I'm often offered decorator's rates! For the good reasons that bellaflora describes, Elle Decor is my very favorite magazine. Additionally, the photography is superb. House Beautiful is probably my second favorite. I subscribe to Veranda but the two issues I've received so far have not floated my boat. Southern Accents is often also quite good. Architectural Digest interests me less and less, the homes often scream wealth and pricey decorator but I rarely see anything that I find exciting and livable at the same time. I've bought many British mags in the past but and also Interiors but that was when I lived in a large, custom-built home which had many architectural features inside and out, and an English country house style decor. My present home is much more modest (my ex still lives in the other one), but I love this one equally.

Another magazine and decor book addict here too!

House Beautiful, Southern Accents, Traditional Home, Veranda, Country Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Victoria .....

I usually check out the British decor mags at the bookstore -- along with a tea and goodies .....

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

I used to take House Beautiful and Traditional Home but no longer. Many mags such as those two and Veranda, Elle, etc. - the decorating is too pricey and formal looking to me. Honestly, I can get better ideas from some of your pictures shown here! More down to earth I guess.

I used to be a magazine addict, but in months lately I find myself bored with many of them. I prefer some of the special issues that are only offered so many times a year. I do enjoy English Country Home (may not be correct name). I also still enjoy Southern Living because it combines decor/gardening/travel/cooking - all of which I enjoy. Plus many of the places showcased in that mag we have either been to or chose to visit after reading about them. LOL I also take BH&G, enjoy it more for the garden articles/pics.

I, too have come to enjoy blogs moreso than many of the magazines recently.

tina

Thanks for all the responses. Several of your suggestions were ones I'm not familiar with; guess a browsing trip to the bookstore is in order. (What a shame.) I do have several blogs I enjoy reading, but I will have to look up the recent thread in which favorites were listed, too.

Thanks again!

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