House Beautiful
 September 2009 cover of House Beautiful | |
| Editor | Joanna Saltz |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 10 per year |
| Total circulation (June 2012) | 835,005[1] |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Company | Hearst Magazines |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0018-6422 |
House Beautiful is an interior decorating magazine that focuses on decorating and the domestic arts. First published in 1896,[2] it is currently published by the Hearst Corporation, who began publishing it in 1934. It is the oldest still-published magazine in what is known as the "shelter magazine" genre.[3]
The magazine was launched in the United Kingdom in the early 1950s, positioned for young 'home-makers.'[citation needed] It is still sold in the UK, where it has a circulation of 93,992.[4]
Editors
- Eugene Klapp and Henry B. Harvey (1896–1897)
- Eugene Klapp (1897–1898)
- Herbert S. Stone (1898–1913)
- Virginia Huntington Robie (1913–1915)
- Mabel Kent (1915–1916)
- Grace Atkinson Kimball (1916–1918)
- Mabel Rollins (1918–1920)
- Charlotte Lewis (1921)
- Ellery Sedgwick (1922)
- Ethel B. Power (1923–1934)
- Arthur H. Samuels (1934–1936)
- Kenneth K. Stowell (1936–1941)
- Elizabeth Gordon (editor) (1941–1964)
- Sarah Tomerlin Lee (1965–1969)
- Wallace Guenther (1969–1977)
- Doris Shaw (1977–1978)
- JoAnn Barwick (1978–1991)
- Louis Oliver Gropp (1991–2000)
- Marian McEvoy (2000–2002)
- Mark Mayfield (2002–2005)
- Stephen Drucker (2005–2010)
- Newell Turner (2010–2015)
- Sophie Donelson (2015–2018)[5]
- Joanna Saltz (2018–present)
References
- ^ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "Top 10 Best Interior Design Magazines on USA". Home Design. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ Hearst Press Room
- ^ "ABC Reports and Data Analysis: House Beautiful". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
January to December 2021, average circulation per issue.
- ^ AdWeek
External links
- Official website (US)
- Official website (UK)
- House Beautiful (US) at the HathiTrust
- Voices of Oklahoma interview with Charles Faudree. First person interview conducted on October 8, 2012, with Charles Faudree, interior designer featured in House Beautiful.
- Thoughts of Home: Reflections on Families, Houses, and Homelands from the Pages of House Beautiful Magazine
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