That’s really too bad . I’d still rather look at a magazine for decorating ideas than on the internet. I like ripping out pictures to have a folder of ideas. Traditional Home was a good one.

I did not renew my subscription several years ago because they were no longer "Traditional".

I remember reading this earlier in the summer, allison,

https://businessofhome.com/articles/traditional-home-ceases-regular-publication-lays-off-most-staff

Sad. That was always one of my favorites.

Traditional Home had become less and less traditional over the past few years as tastes have changed. More like Transitional Home. I guess they lost their audience.

Thanks for the link, beckysharp.

Physical magazines are struggling across the board. They're expensive to produce, and there are so MANY that you're competing for a shrinking audience. What magazines are surviving are tending to get thinner with each issue (I'm looking at you, Midwest Living), or recycle the same content barely redressed, over and over again (pretty much all of Meredith Publications). It makes me sad, too, because I am a magazine addict. I really miss New Old House. And now F&W publications has filed for Chapter 11, affecting a lot of specialty crafting magazines.

There are also a lot of "flash in the pan" magazines that will exist as long as the fad for them does "American Farmhouse," "Flea Market Finds," etc.

The other side of the coin are the expensive ones printed on high end paper that often are not subscription at all. (The "Cottage" variants come to mind).

Traditional Home lost its way, lost it's audience, and probably will get turned into a "Special Interest" publication that you'll be able to buy on newstands for $12/issue.

That's exactly what they are doing, Holly. Quarterly specials. I don't ever buy those.

Southern Living went downhill years ago (mostly adds, it seems, and not much decorating. Broke my heart when Southern Accents publications ceased. I stopped getting AD when the covers started featuring famous people instead of houses, but ordered last year when it was dirt cheap. Doubt I will renew. One used to be able to learn something by reading and looking at these magazines, but now I find myself flipping the pages and barely reading. Most are now $5 a year via Amazon magazines, so I should not really be surprised when yet another publication is stopped.

That's too bad...I enjoyed that one. I've stopped subscribing to a lot of magazines as I simply don't get to them...though once in awhile I would binge on the eye candy in home deco mags. The one that's really eye candy to me was Veranda.

Yes, Allison! I miss Southern Accents more than any other magazine.

It’s all very sad — the end of an era. I loved flipping through my favorite magazines every month. Yes, the internet has a gazillion pictures, ideas, etc ... but it’s just not the same. And it’s overwhelming and an overload of the senses. When I looked through my magazines, my attention stayed there. With the internet, it’s, “Oooh, shiny” and one can end up going down endless rabbit holes. Ok, maybe just me, but still. There are too many choices and distractions, if that makes sense. Ironically, though ... most decor has the same trendy look, even with all the choices!

Allison I got the same card yesterday. I just rec'd the subscription as a gift and only got one issue! I'll keep the BHG since the subscription was a gift and it's always one of my waiting room choices.

Count me as another who misses Southern Accents!

Traditional Homes has lost its way and is now boring and beige, and I would not have renewed it in any case. The quality of these magazines, including the paper and the photography, is so poor now that I'm totally done with them. 'The English Home' which is from GB, still continues to please me.

Very sad. In the 80’s, I kept a stack of my favorite issues by the bed I would read and reread. More recently, I would find myself ignoring the issues from the last subscription I had a while back. They seem to have lost their identity, and, therefore, their audience.

I think subconsciously, foolishly, I was hoping this was just a phase of their trying tp appeal to all and would return to the original format soon. I still have a half dozen or so, along with my cherished Southern Accents...the very best, yes! I’m sad.

I was offered Martha Stewart Living as was my friend

The last time I picked up an actual, honest-to-goodness printed magazine (passed along to me by a friend), it was a slightly surreal experience since I'd not done so in a very long time. I used to LIVE for magazines. Well, ok, that's perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but I do remember being so excited when one of my country decorating (hey, it was the 80s) magazines would arrive in the mail or something "wonderful" would show up on the newsstand. When my ex and I were still together, he and I had a Friday night routine of going out for dinner and then stopping by one of the larger grocery stores near our home and browsing through the magazines. There's not a lot about "life with X" that I look back on fondly, but I do recall that little routine with a certain happy feeling in my heart. (It was all down to the excitement of discovering a new magazine and a belly full of Tex-Mex, though. Pretty sure it had nothing to do with him.) ;-p

I always enjoyed Traditional Home magazine, years ago, when we were decorating our house.
The magazine industry is quickly becoming a thing of the past, unfortunately. Recently, I was notified that my longtime subscription to Cooking Light, was changing, as the magazine had shut down. They transferred it to their "sister magazine", Eating Well. I have been receiving it, not wild about it. Even more recently, I was notified that Weight Watchers magazine was shuttering, stopping my subscription. Not to worry, though, they were transferring the remaining portion of the subscription to....wait for it....their sister publication, Eating Well. Must be a large family! Anyway, they automatically added that one to the end of the other subscription, so at least I am not getting two of the same mediocre magazine at the same time.

I liked Trad Home! It was kind of my style...”fresh traditional” or “young traditional” lol. But *sob* I also miss Southern Accents, desperately.

I still take Southern Living out of loyalty or something, but you know what my favorite mag is now?? Garden and Gun! While the title probably sounds terrifying to people from other parts of the country...it’s such a wonderfully put together magazine about life in the sporting south. While it does contain a few article about (mostly bird) hunting and fishing...it is mostly a lifestyle magazine with some of the most engaging and well-written articles I’ve read in a periodical. The home and garden articles are wonderful. And there is always a touching article about a beloved dog. Check it out...I am charmed by it each month. :)

This Californian whole heartedly endorses Garden & Gun. Wonderful writing, engaging point of view, lovely pictures. Check out their IG.

The home and garden articles are wonderful.

I will second this, and G&G also writes not just about homes and interior design but architecture, esp vernacular architecture of the American South.

https://gardenandgun.com/home-and-garden/homes-architecture/

Here's a recent very good article,

https://gardenandgun.com/articles/101-year-old-preservationist-saving-north-carolina-history/

I used to love magazines. I still like some of those special editions (particularly cottage issues) and the Cottage Journal which is 4 or 5 issues a year. Many of these are $10 or $12 an issue which is just ridiculous. I looked through the Amazon magazines a few weeks ago (I got an email about special pricing), but didn't go with anything. Instagram and blogs are the thing now I guess, and much cheaper.

I'm not surprised a lot of the publications are shutting down. My two high school aged kids are appalled that we still get paper magazines, because to them my husband and I are contributing to the destruction of the forests. They hate that we get the Sunday newspaper too. I know my kids aren't the only ones of their friend group that feel that way. Apparently it is something that has been discussed a lot among their friends, that my generation and the ones before it are "ruining" the planet.

Traditional Home lost me years ago. They started changing around the time they featured the royal gardens Prince Charles designed. They then kept adding in more and more high end home designs that were not a good match for their subscriber base. I guess they were trying to give Architectural Digest a run for their niche. I just wasn't interested in seeing rooms that didn't function well for real life families or would cost a year's salary plus. So, I bid them good-bye long ago. Too bad. They had a good thing going once a upon a time.