Architectural Digest Magazine Subscription

Pros: interesting essays, photos and features

Cons: a bit expensive

Review: For someone who is a regular reader of just about every shelter magazine, I have to admit that Architectural Digest is one that usually leaves me cold. I rarely read it because when I do I find that most of its features are unrealistic and...

Pros: wonderful photos and articles about homes we can only usually see from the road behind a fence

Cons: expensive

Review: Did you ever drive down the streets in "those" neighborhoods--the ones with the too-high-to-see-over fences, the key-pad entries, the manor at the back of the 5 acre lot places, and wonder just what they really look like inside? Do their...

Pros: Beautiful pictures, bountiful ideas

Cons: price

Review: I love this magazine. It is one of the best magazines if you LOVE to look at pictures of the unattainable! (At least some of these are unattainable to me). Beautiful houses, amazing interiors and breath-taking views/landscaping. There is such a...

Pros: Showcases the best of the best. Educational to the industry and the general public.

Cons: Sometimes too narrow in scope of interior design styles.

The Bottom Line: Definitely the premier magazine about interior design, it showcases the world's most renowned designers and their finest works. I highly recommend Architectural Digest. It is by far my favorite magazine.

Review: I work in an institution in a small town and have limited access to world-class architecture. My grandfather was an architect and house builder... of ranch-style homes. How could I possibly have access to some of the most beautiful buildings in the...

Pros: Chock-full of ideas and information

Cons: Truly, none

Review: To the non-professional, just the name - ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST - is daunting. But for anyone with an interest in home decorating and design, I urge you to not be put-off by the pretentious name and invest in the January issue ($5.95) while there's still...

Pros: Subject matter never fails to intrigue. Photos.

Cons: Pricey

Review: I love this magazine! Why? Because I get a kick out of seeing how people with too much money live. Some of the homes will take your breath away and others will make you glad to be middle-class. Gaudy or tasteful, the magazine gives you your dollars...

Pros: Great design and great design ideas

Cons: Floor plans are omitted

Review: On and off for the past 55 years I have been an avid reader of Architectural Digest. Originally I read it in junior high while working Saturday mornings in my uncle's design store. At that time some of our work was featured in the magazine. In 1948 the...

Pros: Great homes displayed

Cons: Pricey subscription

Review: Are you one of those people who like to go to open houses, not because you are actually looking for a house to buy, but just because you like to see the decor of killer homes? Are you not able to surrender to this hobby lately, because you keep bumping...

Pros: Lots of pages

Cons: Fairly expensive

Review: I can barely afford the magazine, but the hours of imaginary life styles I participate in give me reason to buy. I have a nice home and try to live on the "average" income so it is by no means on a par with what I see and read in The Digest,...

Pros: beautiful rooms and pictures, timeless rather than trendy design

Cons: very little is practical for the average person

The Bottom Line: Beautiful photos of extremely expensive homes. It is wonderful to look at but not very practical for the average person.

Review: Did you ever buy a magazine just to look at pictures of beautiful, yet unobtainable, objects . . . I definitely have a frustrated architect / interior designer living inside of me. That must be why I subscribe to so many decorating magazines. ...