He Said, She Said…: a house log
This post in fact has two parts, the first of which is referenced in the pre-ellipses part of the title above. Our latest “He Said, She Said” column in Do It Yourself Magazine is out! Which means we are permasmiling and pinching each other over here. Dorky? Yes. We admit it. But we still cannot believe we somehow tricked the editors into giving us our own little advice column.
Like our previous two installments (check out Winter ’09 and Spring ’10 here) we have once again rounded up reader questions from both sides of the gender line. And this time we helped Amanda come to terms with her husband’s request for a recliner and brainstormed an approach for Janelle to get the striped bathroom walls that she wants (but her husband does not). Click the image below to enlarge it.
This issue of Do It Yourself has in fact been on newsstands for a little while already, so you might want to grab a copy before it makes like Burger when it is bath time (and disappears). As usual it has plenty of other lively and useful content – including a strong “Summer School” section with dozens of projects that are clearly illustrated and outlined for you to tackle. We are consistently amazed at how much they can squeeze into each issue. And speaking of squeezed in, next time they’ve promised to devote at least two full pages to our column (and even plan to work in some large and in charge photos) so we cannot wait for that.
Of course you can consistently opt to peruse it at your local Barnes & Noble instead of shelling out loot to take it home (we enjoy flipping through stacks of magazines there in an attempt to absorb as much inspiration as possible on a lazy weekend). But when it comes to this next magazine, you likely will not see it at your local bookstore (that is my segue to the post-ellipses part of the title). Heck, I cannot even tell you what the magazine is called – simply that it has plenty of fairly homes in it.
However it is pronounced, this Ukrainian publication showed up in our PO Box a few weeks ago with pictures of our quite own house inside! And those photos were surrounded by a lot of text that we have been too intimidated to even attempt to translate. But feel free to click the image below to see it larger and take a stab at it.
Sherry in fact corresponded with the magazine’s editor a while back to provide the photos, but it was still a surprise to see all of those unfamiliar characters telling our home makeover story (well, at least we assume that is what it is about). And we learned our lesson with this Greek website that we should not trust online translators. So we are not going to even go there (even though we did get a few good laughs last time).
So now that you know what is on our coffee table these days, what magazines are you folks loving right now? Are there any that stand out to you as particularly helpful or especially striking as of late? Are you into the online magazines that are popping up these days (like Lonny and Southern Flourish)? Let us talk about deliciously glossy magazines (as Sherry would say, with a gleam in her eye).
