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The all-American characters of Gary and Elaine have wormed their way into households aplenty thanks to the ingenuity of Molly Erdman, whose Catalog Living blog points to styling curiosities within catalogs. Here now, Erdman does the same for shelter magazine photos.
At the end of a long day, nothing relaxes Martin more than soaking in a hot tub and considering the repair possibilities of lawn mowers.Photo by Victoria Pearson/Country Living 
I provided some insight to a recent edition of a new French Magazine called The Good Life – the issue was dubbed 100% New York.
Since we make so much of the influence of international buyers in the New York City market, I found the issue to be refreshing as I flipped through it in its entirety, as if providing some sort of validation that the way we see the market as locals is how others outside of the US see it.
Of course this is a stretch because the issue is entirely in french, but hey, I took five years of french in school and on a good day can remember how to ask for permission to sharpen a pencil.
For the real estate portion, you can open it here, for the entire magazine – you can buy it here.
With the recent ratings downgrade to French banks, I wonder if the flow to US assets will accelerate.
Jonathan Miller
fondateur et président de Miller Samuel Inc.
I provided some insight to a recent edition of a new French Magazine called The Good Life – the issue was dubbed 100% New York.
Since we make so much of the influence of international buyers in the New York City market, I found the issue to be refreshing as I flipped through it in its entirety, as if providing some sort of validation that the way we see the market as locals is how others outside of the US see it.
Of course this is a stretch because the issue is entirely in french, but hey, I took five years of french in school and on a good day can remember how to ask for permission to sharpen a pencil.
For the real estate portion, you can open it here, for the entire magazine – you can buy it here.
With the recent ratings downgrade to French banks, I wonder if the flow to US assets will accelerate.
Jonathan Miller
fondateur et président de Miller Samuel Inc.
Aware of their friend Wayne's delicate stomach, Martin and Gareth made the wise choice to start the meal with a Pepto amuse bouche.Photo by Laurey W. Glenn/Southern Living 
"It's stunning, Martin, and I'm particularly amazed how the matted feathers of the dying bird brings out the gold tones in the sofa."Photo by Eric Piasecki/Arch Digest 
Martin and Gareth came downstairs Saturday morning to see that perhaps someone had partied a little too hard the night before.Photo by Max Kim-Bee/Country Living 
"I'll be honest Martin. I'd trade this huge hunk of fool's gold for just one more white button-down shirt."Photo by Paul Costello/Martha Stewart Living 
Martin was relieved to discover he had misread his grandmother's handwriting and hadn't inherited her wicked elephant.Photo: Patrick Cline/Lonny 
His knuckles bruised and raw, Martin didn't appreciate the irony of the fact that Gareth didn't answer the door because he was busy painting.Photo: Tim Street-Porter/Architectural Digest 
Time magazine coverboy Warren Buffett on the housing industry: "Once we get back to a million housing starts per year, I think pundits will be surprised just how fast unemployment will come down in this country,” he says. “There are 4 million people hitting age 22 every year in this country. Sure, you can double up on households for a while, but at some point, hormones kick in, and living with your in-laws loses its allure.” (He's done his part by listing his Calif. manse.) Read the full profile here. [Time via Zillow Blog; previously]
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"Gareth, get Roscoe out of the guest room! I'm open to mixing patterns, but I have my limits."Photo by Bjorn Wallander/Country LivingCountry Living 
Martin and Gareth had three simple wishes for their baby: to be happy, healthy, and infallibly aware of Central American geography.Photo: Erica Brechtel/High Gloss 
Martin self-righteously crossed his arms and reminded Gareth of his warning that the new terrace fountain would attract some odd creatures.Photo: Joshua McHugh/Arch Digest 
Despite Martin's claim that it adds a nice pop of color to an otherwise neglected space, Gareth was starting to doubt that his mum plant was a welcome gift. Photo: Brian Vanden Brink/Coastal Living 
After months of daily care, Martin and Gareth were thrilled to see their chain plant thriving.Photo: Martha Stewart Living 
"Well Gareth, my first suggestion would be for the box to be more accessible."Photo: Lisa Romerein/Country Living 
"No, Gareth, I said I wanted red suspenders for my birthday."Photo: Joshua McHugh/Arch Digest 
Today the New York Times runs a truly epic story about the state of digital shelter magazines. (So epic, in fact, that it contains roughly 2,700 words over four pages online—countless column inches, no doubt, in the print edition.) As we've said before, Lonny is the grand doyenne of this crowd—its 2009 hatch to life has since inspired a notable stable of copycats: Rue, High Gloss, and Matchbook, among them. Fascinating things are learned about the kind of photoshoots these pubs organize, their budget, and, of course, the amount of traffic each site receives. (The key to the fountain of youth an absurd number of pageviews is being what's essentially a 347-page flipbook, just like Trad Home.) Interviewing these girls—as congenial as a luncheon on Sex and the City, right? Let's just say that it's a good thing the new-to-town (and decidedly un-girly) online design magazine Entra is sitting this one out. Here now, the top 10 jabs, from both the reporter and from the interviewees:
10: On the lack of an ad/edit page ratio: And the freedom from printing costs can result in excess, as when Lonny devoted 38 pages to a home in Chiswick, England.
9: On making friends with Lonny: “We didn’t have a pre-existing relationship with them and haven’t been able to develop one,” [Rue editor in chief] Ms. Gentilello said.
8: On recycling content: Even the articles can feel oddly familiar: after Lonny featured the Manhattan decorator Vicente Wolf, he turned up in Rue’s first issue last fall.
7: On editorial judgment: And aside from the 22 pages that Rue devoted to him [Wolf], there was the added bonus of being referred to as a "design god" whose wrinkles “only increase his masculine beauty.”
6: On digital media: As Crystal Gentilello, the 28-year-old co-founder and editor of Rue, put it, “Everyone and their mother has a blog.”
5: On writing skills: High Gloss seems willing to introduce almost anyone as a “style maven,” and Matchbook’s recent “Portrait of a Lady” article on Diana, Princess of Wales, reads like a Wikipedia entry.
4: On gaining experience in the industry: “I think she [Adams] still has to learn a lot,” Ms. Simpson [her former boss at Domino] said. “She went from an assistant to running her own magazine. She skipped a lot of steps along the way.”
3: On editorial judgment, again: While the editors of Rue might run an article called “Darko Weirdo Dinner Party,” as they did in their March/April issue, Ms. Adams’s taste is more traditional, and old-line society decorators like Albert Hadley have appeared in the magazine.
2: On the market being flooded: Ms. Adams rarely mentions her competitors, and when she does it’s with barely contained annoyance. “All of our competition is using it right now, and no one knew it existed before,” she said of Issuu. “It’s sort of like, ‘Oh, really, guys?’ ”
1: On what sets Lonny apart: “A lot of our competitors seem interested in fame,” Ms. Adams said. “We’re interested in decorating.”
· The Thriving (Online) Shelter Magazine Industry [NYT]
· The Online-Only "Print" Pub Catfight: Rue Vs. Lonny [Curbed National]
· Please Welcome the World's First Non-Girly Digital Design Pub [Curbed National]
Striking the match, Martin reminded Gareth that he was given plenty of chances to pare down his book collection on his own terms. Photo: Lucas Allen/Country Living 
Don't you just love when ordinary things surprise you? That's what happened when I was waiting in this reception area and I spotted these magazine files bolted to the wall.
Apologies for my grainy cell phone shot, but I could not find any other visual evidence of this on the internet. Magazine files are inexpensive and easy to DIY. What a creative solution for corralling magazines off tables and not taking up precious shelf space. You could hang one next to a chair for an instant reading nook!
What are your favorite new uses for old things?
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