I do NOT read this magazine but the title and headline fits this post.

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Which is more fitting to represent the subject of my post?

I love magazines!  Especially decor and fashion.  Actually, only decor and fashion.  I once upon a time had 10 subscriptions and spent hundreds of dollars monthly feeding this obsession with pretty pictures of lovely decor and fashion.

I no longer do that.  I limit myself to two digital subscriptions, one for Style at Home and the other Canadian House and Home magazines.  I still feed the beast though…

These beautiful, fun and free online magazines feed my addiction in an environmentally friendly way.  I will always love an actual bound book and printed glossy magazine but this newer online version of magazines allows me to have MORE fodder for my appetite of all things new and exciting!  AND, I don’t have boxes and boxes of old issues cluttering up my home.  And, my husband doesn’t have additional heavy boxes to heave onto a moving truck every time we move…poor thing.  I  kinda miss those boxes of magazines with all the beautiful pictures of all beautiful things.  Below are 5 of my current favourites, with the links of course.

My list of online magazine recommendations:

Pure Green Magazine, http://www.puregreenmag.com/pure-green-blog from Montreal.  Embraces the live green philosophy with great style. Having lived in Montreal for a long time, in the distant past, I find it hopeful for the future that the green trend has finally caught on in a city of high fashion, overpopulation/strife that comes with too many people living squished together in a small space, and pollution laden skies.  Hopefully, green living is embraced as quickly and passionately in this historical city as trendy fashions do.

Covet Garden http://covetgarden.com/ covers spaces that have not been styled by interior decorators and that, above all else, reflect the passions/interests of the people who live in them.  From Toronto, another overpopulated, polluted and work driven city.  This magazine has the added bonus of enabling the reader to hover over an item and linking when clicked to the supplier of what we may covet (not exactly environmentally friendly all the time; but does showcase artists using skills and creativity to decorate their homes with up-cycled items.)  Innovative enough to make my list.

Dabble magazine, http://dabblemag.com/ founded by Canadian style favorite Kimberly Seldon and a personal fave of mine, this new magazine features inspiring design, food and travel from across the globe with a great focus on Canadian products, designs and people.  Also less about the environment movement but inspirational to talented DIYers that are able to use the newest trends to inspire their own originality.

And #4 on my list, Rue magazine http://www.ruemag.com/, started by design bloggers Crystal Gentillo and Toronto native Anne Sage.  It is younger, hipper and more modern than Lonny, plus geared more to the less established decorator or amateur(whereas Lonny magazine is geared to the professionals), it features great layouts of hot products and homes.  Oh, don’t get me wrong, I often check out Lonny magazine and have been on that mailing list since their inception which I heard about on the Nate Burkus show:)  yes, my addiction spills over to the TV LOL but Rue is more addictive for me because I love magazines more than television.

#5 is Adore Home Magazine http://www.adoremagazine.com, the only far, far away originator on my list of things I absolutely must look at.  It is an Australian online mag which features the fun and the fresh along with  entertaining ideas. A treat for someone like me that is attracted to all those wonderful, exciting, colorful objects.