It’s Friday! My favorite thing about the weekend is having extra time at home. I love having time to work in my house – whether it’s doing normal house work or fun decorating projects. I find so much inspiration for those things in the glossy pages of magazines. Recipes, tips for organizing and even step by step instructions on how to decorate your coffee table – magazines have it all! Here are the ones I’ve been loving lately:
- Southern Living – What’s not to love? I always find a good recipe or an interesting story in SL.
- Better Homes and Gardens – I love how they feature so many bloggers in each issue.
- HGTV Magazine – I just discovered this one a few months ago and absolutely love it!
- The Cottage Journal – 4 issues a year, but each one is packed with cozy ideas for your home.
- Martha Stewart Living – I love the organization tips and ideas in each issue.
As a side note – I never buy a magazine off the stand or pay full price for a subscription. Sometimes MoneySavingMom.com shares promotions that enable you to receive BHG or MSL at absolutely no cost. Last year on Cyber Monday I got a deal (discovered on Southern Savers) where I paid $12 and got 12 month subscriptions to 3 different magazines ($4 each). For me, magazines are a cheap hobby!
Do you enjoy finding inspiration in magazines? Is your favorite one that I didn’t mention?
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I adore Southern Living! And right now I am really liking Better Homes & Gardens. I’m so behind on reading magazines, but it’s so great to curl up with a stack and with a hot drink. Hope you had a restful weekend!
Katie @ Cup of Tea
BHG is probably my favorite – it’s the most practical for sure.
My husband just cashed in some credit card rewards points for magazine subscriptions and it’s been fun to have a mailbox full of magazines again. I’d kind of given them up for a while. I’m loving Cooking Light, Parents and Southern Living. Can’t wait to try some new recipes. Glad you found such great deals for your fun hobby 🙂
I love getting cheap magazines! I’ll have to keep my eye peeled for some good deals on these! And love that tray!
I used to subscribe to several magazines, but after I started homeschooling & then had a second child thrown in, I found that I never finished them. Sometimes I don’t even look at them. I still get a few free ones, my favorite of which is the Lowe’s Creative Designs one. On Cyber Monday I subscribed to Charleston Magazine and I am LOVING it. I’m still having trouble getting through it because it’s such a think magazine. 🙂
I recently subscribed to Cottage Journal. It is one of my favorites now.
Isn’t it so great?