Domino (1-year) Reviews



Amazon.com Customer Reviews

Biggest waste of $10.00 - Review written on October 07, 2008
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Rating: 1 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 2 did not.

I hate this magazine. Hard to read, definitely NOT for your average person. The stuff inside is just plain odd....not to mention expensive. Most of the rooms are ugly and would have no place in everyday life.
Fixing Up a 50+ year old home - Review written on September 11, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 1 did not.

We bought a house that is 56 years old and got stuck somewhere in the 70's, this is helping to give fresh ideas to fix up the house. Since we are ripping everything out and starting with a blank palette is helps to see modern designs and take from them. So if you need to redecorate or remodel this is a great magazine for inspiration!
Great Magazine... If you make $1 million a year! - Review written on July 13, 2008
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Rating: 3 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

My wife got this magazine subscription as a comp, and each month we both laugh at the ridiculously expensive stuff that is showcased (Like the $50,000 matress, the $35,000 Kitchen cart/organizer, the $3,500 "junk mail" trash bin or the $30,000 Kitchen sink)

That being said, this is a really nice Magazine, if you have wads of cash lying around unused.
Domino Magazine - Review written on May 31, 2008
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Rating: 1 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 14 did not.

I can't really review this, since I have yet to receive a copy! What's up with that, Amazon?

By the way, I wouldn't give even one star, but it's necessary to get me past the opening screen.
Love it - Review written on May 19, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
2 customers found this review not to be helpful.
This magazine kick starts my imagination. It's hip and not stuffed with too many boring advertisements. It has useful suggestions and ideas.
Great lyfestyle magazine - Review written on May 15, 2008
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Rating: 4 out of 5
2 customers found this review not to be helpful.
Great magazine for those who like to peak into other people's houses for decorating ideas.
Not for the Everyday Woman - Review written on April 21, 2008
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Rating: 2 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.

This magazine is not for the average middle income woman. Who wants to read how much Drew Barrymore pays for her jewelry and furnishings. I don't. I guess maybe I should have read more about the mag description before I signed on to receive it (for free,,,, thank god) Not a bit of a down to earth, easily relatable-to magazine!!!!!
not your mom's "home and garden" crap - Review written on April 12, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.

I am a 20 something, and not rich or upper middle class at all. so the people who think that this magazine is for ultra rich, green, eco lovers, are wrong or read the wrong issues. The editors have been on a greek kick lately, but I see most of the articles (gardening, cooking, and etiquette)as informative, creative, and inspiring. Especially "the adventuress". Domino's great for looking through, then finding your own deals on similar items. in every issue there are DIY projects, as well as articles about presigious designers who are up and coming. Overall I think well rounded, and a great alternative to tradional home, and architectural digest (both of which I love and subscribe to as well). I get so tired of all the same stuff out there that seem to be for established home owners who use "house beautiful" and "home and garden" as their bible. Domino sites many resourses on their site as well as the magazine to find similar items to shown, or exact items shown. most come from catalog sites such as west elm, anthropologie and the like. neither of which I think are exclusive to rich people only. give it a try at $10 per year how can you go wrong?
The One Magazine I Rely On - Review written on March 11, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.

I am a 20-something interior design enthusiast and always appreciate the fresh ideas and great articles Domino offers. The thing about this magazine is that its not Architectural Digest or Interior Design, nor does it claim to be. If those magazines are your cup of tea, this is probably not for you.
love It! - Review written on March 05, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review not to be helpful.
This is a great magazine for anyone who feels like they have a hidden designer in them. I am always redoing our home, and this magazine is what gives me a lot of the inspiration.
1st copy came in with a giant hole in the middle! - Review written on February 27, 2008
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Rating: 1 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 11 did not.

I was looking forward to my 1st issue of Domino. Somewhere between the Domino people and my mailbox I think it took a tour of Iraq. It looked like a truck ran over it, layed it the rain, then shot with a bb gun. The post office then took great care to put in a plastic bag with a note attached that the item had been damaged in transit. Understatement of the year! So I have never read my 1st issue yet.
Good magazine - Review written on February 25, 2008
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Rating: 3 out of 5

Wonderful pics and nice ideas for decorating your house. but, most things are fairlye expensive.

Waste of Money - Review written on February 23, 2008
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Rating: 2 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 3 did not.

I got this as a free subscription from Amazon from another purchase on here. After 2 issues, I thought it was a decorators magazine geared towards people who want to be green. Well, turns out being green means also being very rich. The magazine isn't very informative and for being a free subscription, it still isn't worth it. Save your money-- borrow this magazine from library and you will be saving a tree!!!
Excellent source of inspiration - Review written on October 10, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 1 did not.

A great magazine that gives me decorating ideas that are practical and elegant. I highly recommend it!
Domino Magazine - Review written on August 06, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.

I love this magazine. I was truly surprised when I read the first one, and eagerly awaited the second. So many ideas and pictures, really an ideal magazine for the home decorator.
Yes, many featured items are overpriced but ideas are fresh and fabulous! - Review written on June 18, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5
8 customers found this review helpful.

I absolutely love this magazine. It's young and hip without going ultra-modern and cold. As other reviewers have mentioned most of the featured furniture and accents are very expensive, but not always. Sometimes they highlight amazing deals. I find I can use the photos for inspiration. Who'd need a room exactly as pictured in a magazine? Use your imagination and resourcefulness and enjoy this mag.
Not what I expected - Review written on May 28, 2007
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Rating: 3 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful, 6 did not.

Unfortunately I wasn't pleased with this magazine. It's about ultra modern, very expensive home furnishings. I couldn't even find any good articles to read in it.
my favorite magazine. period. - Review written on April 24, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5
14 customers found this review helpful, 3 did not.

Not only does domino have the most excellent design ideas for the home, but it also contains great recipes and clothing ideas. I love how each month the editor spotlights an interesting but sometimes forgotten period in design, such as the Biba era, or using nautical elements in dress and in home decoration (not in the trashy stuffed singing fish way). As for those who say that Domino's ideas are much to expensive, I urge them to go anywhere other than america's largest discount store and be amazed, because good things cost money, but in Domino's case, I personally do not think the elements presented are out of my budget range, and I'm a college student. Besides, design magazines are for inspiration not imitation, so just based on that alone, Domino far exceeds its peers and is simply the best home design/living magazine out there.
Great ideas, pretty layout! - Review written on April 11, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5
10 customers found this review helpful, 3 did not.

This is a very nice magazine if you are looking for ideas for your home. It is a "shopping" magazine, meaning they will tell you where to find everything if you did want to purchase it. The items can be very pricey, but it is still a great magazine if you want to get inspiration for recreating looks at a lower budget.
Shopping Magazine for the Rich - Review written on March 30, 2007
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Rating: 2 out of 5
16 customers found this review helpful, 6 did not.

This is essentially a shopping magazine, featuring different things to buy for yourself and your home. It has a very pretty layout, colorful design, lots of interesting items featured. That said, everything in here is incredibly expensive. The women featured are all very rich living very rich lifestyles. The household and personal items shown are all hundreds and thousands of dollars. I tried a sample issue and will not subscribe. I find it too removed from my world. I prefer Real Simple, Oprah, Home and others.
Who dominos? - Review written on October 03, 2006
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Rating: 1 out of 5
11 customers found this review helpful, 16 did not.

I've seen three issues of domino, (all free, thanks to the doctor's office - that's me, the frugal felon), and have found nothing to relate to. The spreads are homes of very wealthy people with extravagant taste and resources. Even so, I've never seen anything remotely appealing in the mag. Definitely not my style.(LOOK, she spelled 'definitely' correctly!)
The Best new home/gift resource - Review written on August 26, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
7 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.

Great design for home decorators. Great resource for incorporating new ideas, old favorites, and a touch of the different. Resources are clearly identified with prices and ordering information--especially online. It's a new type of home decorating magazine. I love Home and Garden, but Domino is better for resources and ordering.
The Magazine Diva Says........ - Review written on August 04, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
10 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

Domino is Better Homes and Gardens for the younger crowd. I like it very much. It's fresh, detailed, lots of photos for how-tos and where to find the goods.
Domino is delightful! - Review written on July 25, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
5 customers found this review helpful.

An early review of Domino described it as "style-generous," a term I repeat here beacause it is an apt description. The magazine is hip without being snobby, informative without being condescending, and creative without being too outlandish. Domino addresses design, entertaining, art, cooking, fashion, and culture in a fun, accessible way.

Domino is full of color and inspiration. People of all tastes and budgets can attain the style contained within. (I'm a poor student and I often use ideas from it.)

Although it arrives late in my mailbox every month, I look forward to Domino more than any other magazine. I page through it several times the day it arrives and then often page through back issues (I own every one since the beginning), wishing the magazine came out even more frequently.
Like Lucky and Shopping Inc? You'll Love Domino! - Review written on April 09, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
11 customers found this review helpful.

Domino magazine is dedicated to showing you the latest in home trends, and also revisiting the classics. Great decorating tips are offered as well such as using copied prints for wall collages. They also have sale coupons to use in the back on things from popular department stores. Seperated into unique sections, this magazine will definately help with those home decor questions that you may have. Product reviews are also given. Great gift for someone just moving out on their own or for a wedding shower.
Fresh as a daisy, this is NOT your mother's home magazine! - Review written on March 05, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
33 customers found this review helpful, 4 did not.

In a market positively glutted with "shelter" magazines which are little more than glossy, sometimes feeble, ad-filled clones of already successful titles, Domino is a breath of truly fresh air.

Sure, it's going to have a lot of cutting edge stuff in it that won't fly in the average suburban home, much less a traditional home in the country. But Domino is about ideas, inventiveness, and thinking outside the box. No -- that doesn't mean it's always necessarily sterile and "modern".

It's about looking at color, line, shape and design in a new way. If you step outside the genre you have always loved but grown a bit bored with, you might find it revitalized by the right injection of something new, something borrowed, something cerulean blue ...

Domino deconstructs the "fashion" of interiors, without dumbing it down. It's like a casual, non-hipster, insider elbow-to-elbow look at the real fun (and honest work) of creating livable, lovable spaces.

If you want the tried and the true, Domino is definitely not for you. If you want to have your eyes opened to something you might like, though you had never considered it before, give Domino a whirl.
Not what I expected... - Review written on March 03, 2006
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Rating: 3 out of 5
6 customers found this review helpful, 9 did not.

I thought I would LOVE this magazine. I didn't. I wasn't inspired and there were very few things I saw that I thought would work in my home, or most anyone's home. There was one idea I loved though....wallpapering a file cabinet. Very clever.
Absolute style - Review written on January 31, 2006
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Rating: 5 out of 5
11 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

Domino is really a wonderful read. Each issue is jam packed with ideas, and the editorial content is fresh and not stuffy like so many other home decorating magazines out there. This unique approach to home decor really sets this magazine apart although some of the articles aren't really about home decor in the first place, but more about daily living..subject matter include for instance wine selctions for entertaining, how to develop and run a a book club, how and where to buy lithographs and so much more..they even have deals on record players and unique furniture pieces in the back of the magazine..this is an excellent magazine and I read it from cover to cover each time. It ranks up there with Martha Stewart Weddings..one of those magazines you don't throw away but keep as a reference for ideas and information. Bravo Domino!
More for the NYC loft crowd than the rest of us - Review written on January 10, 2006
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Rating: 2 out of 5
8 customers found this review helpful, 13 did not.

I've had a subscription to Domino since the premiere issue and had high hopes. In short, another reviewer said it best when she described the magazine as "disappointing." The market is wide-open for a good home decorating publication, but this just isn't it. Most of the "design" is based on color and textural matchings that are intended to be cutting-edge, but come off as just plain odd. I would recommend saving your money and buying InStyle Home off the newsstand. It's the same genre, but with a more together sense of what design actually is.
Disappointing - Review written on January 02, 2006
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Rating: 2 out of 5
7 customers found this review helpful, 12 did not.

Not what I thought it was going to be at all. It's more of just an expensive catalog than a decorating magazine. Most of the items featured are too expensive for me. The designs that are featured are a little to over the top for my tastes. I wouldn't recommend this magazine unless you are an upper class 20 to early 30-year old city dweller!
Just get a catalog - Review written on December 09, 2005
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Rating: 1 out of 5
11 customers found this review helpful, 16 did not.

Lots of ads, nothing original...and even the layout is a Pottery Barn Teen knock-off. Not sure who the target audience is, but certainly not me.....
2 stars for magazine content, zero for conde nast - Review written on December 05, 2005
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Rating: 2 out of 5
12 customers found this review helpful, 7 did not.

As an interior designer, I subscribe to half a dozen design mags. I enjoy this one a lot. It doesn't contain any of the ground-breaking designs you would find in magazines geared to the trade. Instead, it contains trendy designs that appeal to the average person with an interest in design. It's a fun read with the same layout as Lucky. My only problem is with subscription services. Domino magazines come extremely late (I consistantly receive issues in the mail 3 weeks after they have been on newstands!) or not at all. Save yourself the headache and don't subscribe.
Gotta love those "Domino deals"! - Review written on November 20, 2005
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Rating: 5 out of 5
64 customers found this review helpful, 19 did not.

First, I must address the idiots have never ordered a magazine before. Regardless of which magazines you order, it'll be at least six weeks before you get your first one. This of course means you'll miss at least one issue while waiting for the subscription to kick in. Amazon.com clearly explains why this is. Read the FAQ. Yes, you will be buying from the newsstand before you see your first one. Geez.

Now, as to the magazine, I love it. It's not "hoity toity", the people they profile are very down-to-earth; my favorite was Iona Skye and her very accessible living style that looked very much like my own.

I love the pull-out "Domino deals" in the back. There was a good deal on a Sony turntable (through Amazon.com!) in the last issue; only Domino readers get the discount!

Also good are the Domino cheat sheets, where you pull out the perforated cards and put them in your binder or filofax for later reference. They have information on three of the best Front-loading washing machine deals or mail-order turkeys, for example, and reference an article in the magazine.

The magazines are surprisingly timely. In the November issue there was information on how to help the Katrina victims: how to give to a fund that provides basic furnishings, how to donate studio space for displaced artists, how to donate unwanted (but not too old) cell phones so people could reconnect. Magazines and their stories are usually planned sometimes six months in advance, so I was surprised to see a reference to something that happened in very late August appear so soon.

The magazine does give you a lot to look at, though, and can appear cluttered and disorganized. However, I do like the captions that look like handwriting even with the curved arrow to point things out.

What immediately caught my eye was the very first issue in which there was an article on buying a weekend house while still retaining your city apartment, which is what I've always wanted to do. It was purely a case of "you had me at 'hello'".

Domino is readily available at your larger consumer home-supply stores (such as the one with the orange sign), as well as your usual places like Borders. I suggest going to either one of these places and browsing it to see if this is your style before investing in a subscription.
Wait till the kinks are smoothed out... - Review written on October 29, 2005
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Rating: 2 out of 5
20 customers found this review helpful, 7 did not.

As an ad exec who spends a lot of time following advertising and media for a living, I was extremely excited for this publication to come out! It seemed like a fresh, younger approach to decorating that would be more condusive to us urban dwellers who often don't have a ton of space to work with and want fresh, contemporary designs that are still livable. So far, I have enjoyed the magazines so far. I think my biggest complaint is that a shopping guide for your home is a little more difficult than a shopping guide for clothing. I feel like it's inherently easier (at least for me) to pair dress pants and a sweater than it is to decorate a whole room. While I understand the point is not to teach me design principles, but to showcase different things I can buy for my home, I wish a bit of this was mixed in. Because lets face it, many of us can't afford to buy the whole room on the page. Overall though, I've enjoyed the content and have gotten a few great ideas from the features.

My biggest complain isn't actually about the magazine itself, but the amount of time it takes me to get my issues!! Twice I've seen issues appear on the newstands before I got them at home, which is odd since I subscribe to many magazines and have never experienced this with any others! I was also very disapointed that soon after I subscribed they offered new subscribers a "bonus gift" for subscribing. While I understand companies and publications often rotate promotions, I found it a slap in the face to the magazine's earliest adopters that we were not offered anything despite the fact that we purchased in good faith having seen only one issue!

I think Domino has the potential to be a great magazine, but they have a lot of kinks to work out before it can be a top home title.
Interesting styles, but it's an expensive catalog - Review written on October 13, 2005
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Rating: 2 out of 5
17 customers found this review helpful, 9 did not.

I found almost nothing in this magazine that I liked. But past that, It just seemed like an expensive catalog. You can get those for free. It didn't have anything additional to add.