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List Price: $49.90
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Manufacturer: Hachette Magazines, Inc.
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 10
Label: Hachette Magazines, Inc.
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Hachette Magazines, Inc.
Number Of Issues: 10
Publisher: Hachette Magazines, Inc.
Release Date: 2001-11-23
Studio: Hachette Magazines, Inc.
Subscription Length: 365
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This magazine is editorially focused on the art of living well. It contains coverage of home design, furnishings, fashion, food, wine and spirits, entertaining, electronics and travel. It is aimed at quality-conscious young adults seeking personal style and comfort in decorating.
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Summary: Inflated Amazon Price
Comment: $13.97 for a one year subscription from Amazon and the subscription card has it for $10.00?
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Summary: Make Your Home Look Modern and New
Comment: Home decorating isn't a subject in which I am well versed. In the past, I thought very little about the interior appearance of my residence and generally went for the lowest price when I shopped for new furniture or decorations. I kept my house clean, of course, but I wasn't all that concerned about keeping pace with the latest home fashions. Now, with a new home and a fresh start, I pay much greater attention to home decor and Metropolitan Home is one of my favorite magazines in its genre. It is a home design publication designed for those who want to keep pace with the latest styles and trends in home decor. Each issue features plenty of articles about modern interior decorating with a flair for the non- traditional look. This is a magazine intended for those who are hip and like to stay in tune with the latest fads and styles.
Among the several home decor magazines I read each month, Metropolitan Home ranks as my favorite and the reasons I like it so much boil down to the simplicity of many of the featured decor enhancements and the reasonable prices. The modern look that Metropolitan Home displays and encourages is different from other magazines and it isn't what I expected to see when I picked up a copy of this magazine for the first time. Many modern pieces of furniture and modern carpet, paint, etc., consist of solid colors and the rooms consist of a minimal amount of furniture. This struck me as boring at first, but the more I looked through this magazine, the more I liked it. Unlike the more traditional home, you won't see patterns, flowers, crowded rooms, and multiple colors. The modern look is more straightforward and direct, like a display found in a contemporary art museum.
The other thing I like about Metropolitan Home is that the prices of the items are more moderate in scope. Unlike some magazines that feature jaw- dropping prices, the cost of many items in Metropolitan Home are more reasonable. They aren't cheap and they will cost you more than you would pay for a comparable item at your local department store, but they are inexpensive enough to fit within the limits of most budgets.
Overall, I like Metropolitan Home and I will continue to read it each month as I search for ways to improve and re- design some rooms of my new home. I don't know how long it will take for the novelty of my new house to fade out, but until that time, I will count on the ideas presented by Metropolitan Home to keep my home looking modern and new.
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Summary: Spot the Mies van der Rohe daybed in each issue!
Comment: Like "Where's Waldo", it seems every issue must have at least one, if not several Mies van der Rohe daybeds. While this is admitedly a classic piece of furniture, one gets the impression that there are a gaggle of designers telling their clients, "You have to have one of these, they're what's IN!" Most of the features in Metropolitan Home suffer from the same fate; dreary antiseptic homes with the same dreary interiors that obviously were foisted upon gullible, uninformed clients by designers who know how to make an easy buck. "Modern" equals, of course, a Mies van der Rohe daybed (notice how many times it shows up in this review?), otherwise you get month after month of 1970's florals, faux Louis the Whatever tables. Even using feature extraction, wading through the dreck and finding something useable for your own purposes, it's painful to look through this magazine. If you really want ideas for making your house reflect you, trust yourself and what YOU like, and if you do like Mies van der Rohe daybeds, by all means get one. Just don't plunk one in your sun room because you were told it's trendy. If you like the Modern style, look up the works of Hans Wegner and Peter Hvidt and go from there; their furniture still looks stylish after 50 years of hard use by real families and is sturdy as well. Maybe you want a house where nobody is allowed to set foot in any of the rooms and amounts to a bad hodge-podge of styles that all seem a bit busy and bumpy. For everyone else, think about the things you'd like to see if you walked into a room, save your money and skip this magazine.
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Summary: The Contemporary Aesthetic In Home Design
Comment: I subscribe to many magazines, but of all the magazines I receive every month, my two favorites are "Dwell" and "Metropolitan Home," which both focus on the contemporary aesthetic in home design, renovation, and decorating. "Metropolitan Home" is my preferred magazine for decorating related tips, while I rely on "Dwell" more for renovation and design ideas.
I particularly like the comparative articles, which show how to achieve a specific, expensive, look within the confines of a smaller budget. Make no mistake about it, most of the homes in this magazine are upscale (read "expensive"), but are much more mainstream than the homes featured in more traditional magazines like "Architectural Digest." I also like the attention that "Metropolitan Home" places on details like fixtures and finishes, and I appreciate the balance it strikes between urban and suburban homes.
I find "Metropolitan Home" to be an excellent value, and read every issue thoroughly. I am in the midst of some remodeling and home improvements now, and have found many useful tips in this magazine. Anyone who appreciates contemporary architecture or design will appreciate "Metropolitan Home," and as a related aside, I also highly recommend, "Dwell."
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Summary: They'll Take The Money and Run
Comment: Don't purchase a subscription to this magazine if you would like to recieve the issues in this century. I purchased a subscription in July 2003. It is now Jan 2004 and I haven't recieved an issue yet.
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