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Get inspiration for decorating and organizing your home.

Discover the best tricks and time-savers for cleaning everything in your house.

Feel inspired to make easy recipes.

Find fitness and wellness practices that you’ll actually enjoy.

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Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2014
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005R8BR

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Customers find the magazine useful for household tips and appreciate its simple, accessible content that takes no time to read. The magazine features well-done pictures and great decorating ideas, with one customer noting it's not full of advertising. They value its organization advice and consider it a great gift option. While many customers find it worth the price, some mention it's filled with expensive product recommendations.

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85 customers mention "Advice"85 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the magazine's advice, which is full of useful hints and tons of household tips.

"...that I can't recycle after reading it because every issue has too much useful information!" Read more

"...There's a bit of decorating advice, a bit of cooking, a bit of fashion, and some great articles...." Read more

"PROS: 1. I love the recipes and have had a lot of success with them 2...." Read more

"...I love a the new and old ideas and I love to cook so this is the perfect magazine for me...." Read more

48 customers mention "Simplicity"48 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the magazine's simplicity, finding it user-friendly and easy to read, with one customer noting that the recipes aren't overly-complicated.

"...isn't too expensive, home design isn't out of reach, recipies aren't overly-complicated or contain hard-to-find ingredients)...." Read more

"...only useful, but also attractively formatted in a way that makes it easy to read...." Read more

"...She completely adores the content and the writing style. Amazing, amazing magazine...." Read more

"...The writting is excellent, interesting, timely, and quick to read. The lay out is terrific, lots of great high quality photos...." Read more

36 customers mention "Decor"36 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the magazine's decorating ideas, layout, and well-done pictures, with one customer noting that it features current fashion trends in one place.

"...(fashion isn't too expensive, home design isn't out of reach, recipies aren't overly-complicated or contain hard-to-find..." Read more

"...about how to decorate fairly cheaply, and their pictures provide additional inspiration...." Read more

"...for the most part is full of common sense ideas and not many temporary "trends". (code word for: throw-it-away-and-buy-more-stuff)..." Read more

"...otherwise would throw away, print recepies for simple healthy and elegant meals. And the best part - they include coupons! Ladies how great is that?..." Read more

11 customers mention "Content"8 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the magazine's content, particularly its great ideas on how to organize the house.

"...It gives you great ideas on how to organize the house, hand make little things, use stuff around the house that you otherwise would throw away,..." Read more

"...I've found a few recipes to try. I've found some helpful hints for organizing and home decorating...." Read more

"...And the advice and articles just don't seem thoughtful or helpful. I actually end up feeling irritated and fleeced after finishing an issue." Read more

"...I think this is a fairly good magazine with lots of home organization tips and ways to change up your house and declutter ... things I am trying..." Read more

8 customers mention "Gift value"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the magazine makes a great gift, with one noting it's particularly suitable for limited budgets, and another mentioning it's very hard to give away.

"...They are also on top of trends and unusual gadgets that make great gifts." Read more

"...Makes a great gift.....highly recommend it! There's crafts, cooking, repair, organization,decorating.....everything!!" Read more

"...The holiday issues has the best gift ideas for limited budgets." Read more

"...Worth getting, and very hard to give away once it's read!" Read more

7 customers mention "Writing style"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the writing style of the magazine.

"...On the other hand, it's well written, attractive and interesting from cover to cover...." Read more

"...She completely adores the content and the writing style. Amazing, amazing magazine...." Read more

"...The writting is excellent, interesting, timely, and quick to read. The lay out is terrific, lots of great high quality photos...." Read more

"...It has recipes, style tips, and useful household advice. The writing is very good...." Read more

47 customers mention "Value for money"32 positive15 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the magazine's value for money, with some finding it worth the price while others complain about expensive product recommendations.

"...This magazine is chock full of tips to help you save money, time and energy from everything from cooking and cleaning to parenting and hosting a..." Read more

"...(fashion isn't too expensive, home design isn't out of reach, recipies aren't overly-..." Read more

"...2. Recommendations of expensive products: some products really are too pricey for me, but oftentimes I'll see it and think 'oh, i can repurpose item..." Read more

"...of the magazines I subscribe to and this one is by far, worth every dollar. The writting is excellent, interesting, timely, and quick to read...." Read more

12 customers mention "Advertising"7 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the magazine's advertising content, with some finding it excessive while others appreciate that it doesn't consist of pages and pages of ads.

"...with tons of images, funky font to waste space, and articles split up over ten pages when it could fit on one page." Read more

"...CONS: 1. Yes, the magazine has a LOT of advertisements...." Read more

"I like the magazine beforyou even open it because of the oversized pages and thick, matte cover...." Read more

"Great tips and life hacks, but there are too many ads" Read more

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Becks5
Best Magazine Ever!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2010
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I just turned 25 and was looking for a magazine to help me simplify my life, organize my apartment, give me some cooking tips, etc - the stuff you don't learn in college. This magazine does the job perfectly! This magazine is chock full of tips to help you save money, time and energy from everything from cooking and cleaning to parenting and hosting a party. It addresses every day issues (how to stop your sink from dripping) to life issues (secrets to a happy marriage from couples who have been married at least 50 years). I think it's a must for recent college grads and would be very enjoyable to everyone else! Let's face it - who couldn't use some tips on how to make their life real simple?! Some of the products they review can be on the pricier side but they give you cheap alternatives as well, which is great for someone like me! Buy it for your sister, girlfriend, wife, best friend, mother and/or grandmother - they will not be disappointed! This is the only magazine that I can't recycle after reading it because every issue has too much useful information!

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ChristineB
Finally, a magazine that I can actually use ideas from.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2013
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I love Real Simple. I've been reading it for years now and like that the magazine isn't too much one thing or another. There's a bit of decorating advice, a bit of cooking, a bit of fashion, and some great articles. None of the material is pretentious and it's all very accessable and applicable to my life (fashion isn't too expensive, home design isn't out of reach, recipies aren't overly-complicated or contain hard-to-find ingredients). I also do like that the magazine doesn't seem to be for one niche market or another, and I feel like I'll be able to read and enjoy Real Simple for many years to come!

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crinberry
Decent magazine, but don't pay full price
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2009
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PROS:
1. I love the recipes and have had a lot of success with them
2. I like the articles about repurposing everyday household items for other uses
3. Lots of photos/articles about how to decorate fairly cheaply, and their pictures provide additional inspiration. I do like the layout and graphic design for the entire magazine.
4. I've actually clipped a lot of useful coupons from the ads, and used them to save money!

CONS:
1. Yes, the magazine has a LOT of advertisements. Being a bit of a marketing geek, I do like seeing the different kinds of ads, but it can become annoying when the ads seem like they're taking over the entire magazine
2. Recommendations of expensive products: some products really are too pricey for me, but oftentimes I'll see it and think 'oh, i can repurpose item x (which is cheaper) for the same result!'
3. Pricey magazine overall. I would not pay the full subscription price for the magazine. But Amazon magazine deals and other website subscription deals make it a much better deal.

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francine607
Great for new ideas
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2013
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I always wanted to subscribe to Real Simple but the cost way to high, so I finally bit the bullet and subscribed. So glad that I did because I read it from beginning to end every month. I love a the new and old ideas and I love to cook so this is the perfect magazine for me. I currently subscribe to 7 or 8 magazines a month and Real Simple is the one I look forward to receiving the most....so tired of the fashion magazines with all the young and skinny models...not to mention the ugly clothes....I guess I'm too old for "Cosmo"!!!

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MinimalistMomma
Magazine meant to entertain and inspire
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2009
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I believe this is a great magazine. Just because it tells you to buy some expensive gadget doesn't mean you have to. But, I believe that this magazine has entertained me, and has given me inspiration for new ideas around my house. Doesn't mean you have to do things the way they say, but you can take the information they give you and set about doing it your own simple way. When I buy magazines I either want them to entertain me, give me new knowledge, or inspire and I feel this magazine has done all of the above.

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lulu
Go back to basics!
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2010
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I've long been a fan of this publication since it first hit the market.

This magazine, for the most part is full of common sense ideas and not many temporary "trends".
(code word for: throw-it-away-and-buy-more-stuff)
There are tips for conservation and preserving which help keep junk out of the landfills.
On the other hand, it's well written, attractive and interesting from cover to cover.

I wouldn't have been able to afford it had I not been offered a sale price/deal. I'm delighted to get regular copies now.

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LilNafania
The read ever
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2009
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I've been getting it for the past 6 months and its the best magazine ever. It gives you great ideas on how to organize the house, hand make little things, use stuff around the house that you otherwise would throw away, print recepies for simple healthy and elegant meals. And the best part - they include coupons! Ladies how great is that? I absolutely recommend this magazine. I got subscriptions for my friends to this magazine as Xmas gifts and they all already got the first issue and love it!

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Ginger Ly
Target audience is mom's in their 30-40's - far cry from what it used to be
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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This used to be a really good magazine - worth the $20-$25 per year - probably 5 years ago. I resubscribed a few months ago due to Amazon offering a year for only $5! But the current version of Real Simple isn't even worth that. It's basically Redbook - totally for moms. Very disappointing and unrelatable as a single woman. And the advice and articles just don't seem thoughtful or helpful. I actually end up feeling irritated and fleeced after finishing an issue.

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