Customer Reviews

Do it Yourself (1-year)

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So many great ideas! I can't wait till the next issue arrives. Ranges from very simple to labor intense but always projects that most can do.

This is my favorite magazine and the only one that I will subscribe to again and again. It has wonderful projects that are reasonably inexpensive. The pictures are colorful and beautiful. In one section, they'll take something (for instance, a plain coffee table) and do it three different ways to give you some options on how you would like to do it to fit into your decor. I haven't found a project yet that I wouldn't want to do in this magazine.

The downside is that it only comes bi-monthly. I would sure love to see it in my mailbox every month, or even every other week for that matter!

Browse through it in the magazine section..........you will love it!

I also took another'a advice and went to the magazine's website. I got two full years for 19.99 and I got a full year subscription to Better Homes and Garden (their sister publication) for only $5.

I have not subscribed to this magazine, instead I borrowed four or five different issues from my local library. As a free magazine it is terrific, very entertaining. If I were paying for it I would love it a little less.

The magazine is full of different projects, some of them amazing and some of them a little nutty. I sort of hate to say it, but some of the finished projects (and these are done by professionals and photographed by more professionals) *look* handmade. Also there was a handful of little typos (and one page was printed so that the colors were off and impossible to read) that gave it a slightly unprofessional feeling.

Don't be fooled by the idea that "if it's here on Amazon, it must be the best price". Case in point, Amazon is offering 'do it yourself' for $19.97 for a 1-year subscription which sounds great until you visit the 'do it yourself' website directly and see that they are offering a 2-year subscription for $19.97!! As always, it pays to do your homework.

This magazine has great ideas...providing you even GET it! I signed onto BHG to check on my accounts and they had this magazine listed under my husband's name to be paid, and my name also as active, and I never got a single magazine, likely because their computer was confused. Then their server kicked me off and I could not log in again. I called them, raised hell and asked for a refund. Buy it at the newsstand, the aggravation of subscribing is not worth it. If you have a Michaels or Joann Fabrics coupon you may even get it at 40% off.

There are only 4 issues a year! I feel totally ripped off. There is also only one or two good things to try in the magazines, when they do finally arrive. You would be better off searching the internet for crafts and how-tos then buying this magazine.

I purchased a magazine subscription but have not received the first issue yet so I can't tell you if I like the magazine or not.