Magazines Make Great Home Staging Props

Would you believe it if I told you that I actually had over 50 different subscriptions to various magazines at one point?  My poor mail person!  I had every fashion, home, design magazine you can think of.  It was insane.  I couldn't keep up with the subscriptions (obviously).  I never had time to read them so finally one day, I made a list of every magazine I was receiving and started cancelling them as the subscriptions expired.  I can proudly say I'm a recovering magazine subscriber and only have two active subscriptions.So, what did I do with all these publications?  I actually used a lot of them for staging.  Some of the higher end ones like Architectural Digest, Town & Country, and San Francisco was used as coffee table displays or in offices, and Wine Spectator was sometimes used in the kitchen, dining or bar areas.  We actually used quite a few of the fashion magazines as art to stage girls bedrooms.  Below are two examples.  You can easily tear the covers off and place them in a frame and voila...instant art!  We also occasionally purchased magazines specifically for staging purposes like the the Cosmo Girl and Teen People magazine in the girls bedroom and the  Women's Health magazine seen in the yoga room below.  There are Yoga magazines available if you want to be more specific, but just like cookbooks, you can build a theme around a magazine - I can personally attest to the wide range available.  BONUS TIP:  If you need to find a photo to place in a picture frame for a bedside table, desk or bookcase, flip through magazines for prop wedding, kids or pet photos.   This way, you preserve your own privacy by not having to use personal photos for this purpose.  Click on the photos below to enlarge them.You just never know where you can find inspiration - take a look around, there are a lot of inexpensive options available.