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I need some cheap, functional but mildly attractive ways to store magazines. I'm getting overrun. The problem is once you organize what you have...then more come in the mail. 
And do you save your National Geographic?
My books are overflowing as it is...not sure if some magazines are worthy enough to save.
Would love to hear what you do!
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What magazines are you saving?
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5athome wrote:
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Too many, probably.
Faith and Family
Martha Stewart Living (key issues)
Martha Stewart Kids
Martha Stewart Baby
Cook's Illustrated (some issues)
Sacred Music
Heart and Mind
Trying to decide on
National Geographic
Primo (stopped subscription, but have back copies)
These are what come to mind right now...I know there are stragglers around here.
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I used to save magazines, but have come to much peace with my decision to let them go. I keep a small basket full of old nature mags for the kids to cut up into collages (or shreds, depending on age!) until they become too ragged and then they are tossed. New magazines are kept in the bathroom until the next issue comes at which time they are tossed. If there is a recipe I really like I remove it and stick it into my cookbook before I toss the magazine.
Decluttering does the heart good! And now I need to take my own advice and go through my grandson's baby clothes!
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Magazines are so tough, aren't they? I recently went through all my cooking magazines and ripped out the recipes I really wanted, then three hole punched and placed them in a thin folder. I love it! Easy to add to or rip out a recipe if I try it and don't like it and they are not all different sizes, like if I cut the actual recipe off the page (and what do you do when it runs onto the back? Easier to keep the whole page, I decided)
So then I carefully went through my Martha's and decided alot were cooking articles so into the folder they went, and a second folder was started for crafts (no gardening here  ) and Martha was done! Honestly, I kept all the Martha Kids whole, but there are fewer of them, and a few special holiday issues or anniversary issues I also kept whole but I ripped out all doublesided ad pages, which were a ton, so that helped reduce overall width as well. Nothing has come apart yet. I was worried about the binding, but so far, so good.
Before I sold my collection of Victoria I kept them carefully in magazine holders (a teen girl bought them at an actual auction we held, she bid very deliberately and seriously against an elderly lady and the girl looked thrilled when she won the bid, scooping them off the pallet and racing to the car where she spent the rest of the time reading them. Made me feel a bit better selling them, at least some old man didn't get them to line a bird cage with.)
As for the National Geographics, have you considered The Complete National Geographic Collection? This one is on e-bay, I couldn't find it on Amazon or at National Geographic.com. Though I did find blogs that referenced an edition with 111 years, rather than this one with 109 years...
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i did the same thing as Jennifer with my food mags (Gourmet, F&W, Saveur) -- just had to accept that even if i lived to 200 years i couldn't possibly try all those recipes. and when the allergies were found out it was so much easier to get rid of stuff. i stopped my subscription to Cooks' Illustrated. Every once in a while I sign up for their $3.95/mo online subscription, because everything's there anyway and you can print out any articles you want -- the only thing is you need to remember to cancel:D -- but this way I can control what actually comes into the house.
We kept National Geographics from the 3 years that we were subscribed -- and bought the CDs 4 years ago. Still keeping those because the boys are getting interested after ignoring them for so long.
And I keep Faith and Family, but maybe at some point I'll cull as well -- I've got about 6 inches right now so not too bad...
The cookbooks, I don't have any advice for you. I did promise myself no cookbook-buying this year. I try to get everything through the lib -- got about 40 right now on my desk  -- a bit of overkill, but a visual reminder that I don't *need* to subscribe to anything.
My Victorias are in the basement (a small box). Everytime I look through them I can't part with them. I should just take them to the Amvets drop box and not even look at them. sigh....
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For some of the magazines, like the Marthas I would rely on looking up things or articles on her internet site rather than keep the magazines themselves.
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I think the best thing is to pass them on to friends who might enjoy them. or maybe trade.
I wouldnt keep all that lying around. We have enough clutter as it is and if I saved every magazine that came thru here we'd be living under a pile of trash, I suspect.
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