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List Price: $26.95
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
Manufacturer: Apg Media
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: Apg Media
Magazine Type: Trade magazine
Manufacturer: Apg Media
Number Of Issues: 12
Publisher: Apg Media
Studio: Apg Media
Subscription Length: 365
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Covers Victorian-style home decoration. Presents homes, accessories, table settings, gardens, and traditional decorating.
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Summary: Romantic Homes
Comment: Love this magazine. Has lots of inspirational ideas for my shabby chic home. Also has lots of shops listed to purchase items for decorating.
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Summary: Notice there are NO GOOD reviews after new editor, Jacqueline deMontravel took over 2+ years ago.
Comment: This magazine has gone from a unique, wonderful and one-of-a-kind magazine to a forgettable, can't-decide-on-a-style, vehicle for the over-blown ego of deMontravel, its self-involved-gotta-have-my-hand-in-every-article editor. I had saved every single issue of this magazine from the late 90's until it's demise under her "leadership".
What used to stand out was the uniquely identifiable shabby chic style. Lots of pink and roses may not appeal to many, but to those who love the look, we had found our "niche" publication. Now it is merely a mash-up of all the other decorating, craft and recipe magazines. There are already plenty of those type of magazines out there for those who want them. For die-hard Romantic Homes Magazine fans, the "how to make a valentine" and "new ways to cook beans" articles are completely out of place!
There are thousands of people who have turned away from this once-gorgeous publication that are just waiting for deMontravel's last day, hoping to have the OLD ROMANTIC HOMES MAGAZINE BACK.
Thanks for giving me a forum to vent here. If only RH online site would take feedback or allow readers' to write letters to the editor online, they would be buried in letters just like this one. But, even for those who take the time to write "snail mail", the chances of having their letter published is slim to none. It is obvious they screen out 99% of the critical "cancel my subscription" letters.
So I say SAVE ROMANTIC HOMES MAGAZINE! Dump deMontravel & her clique. Bring back the romance, roses and lace. I'll take a 5 year subscription!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worth it
Comment: I have enjoyed reading Romantic Homes for many years, but lately the style of the magazine has changed. Once you could count on every issue for romantic, whimsical, and lovely decorating and gardening ideas. The 2007 issues, however, have a very muddled style - some articles/photo spreads are starkly modern, or downright pretentious. The Romantic Homes company itself has TERRIBLE customer service. The customer service representatives I've spoken to on the phone barely speak English, and are unable to perform simple tasks like an address change. Letters written to the customer service department receive no response at all. Romantic Homes is definitely not worth my money anymore.
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Summary: Romantic Homes
Comment: Romantic Homes is a lovely magazine. It has great articles relating to interior design and I find it very inspirational.
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Summary: A little magazine that could
Comment: Over the past year, ROMANTIC HOMES has gone through some welcome, beautiful changes. It's a lot more sophisticated -- much less cutesy -- in style, format, design, and editorial content. (I hope this continues, as there's way too much "country" out there on our urban newsstands.) The writing in the new ROMANTIC HOMES is stronger and sharper, too; there's clearly a new editorial mission lately, and I hope it continues. As other reviewers mentioned, I have mourned the loss of VICTORIA, and found that this lovely magazine helps fill the void.
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