Do it Yourself
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Without trying to sound sexest, this rag is aimed at the window decorating, changing the bed sheets and paintbrush type of DYI. It nowhere makes any use of wood shop tools, materials, or anything resembling serious home remodeling or auto repairs.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "We received the first issue of our subscription and after paging through it we threw it in the trash. Absolutely nothing in it sparked the imagination or even looked like much more than shabby craft work. And I don't mean shabby as in chic. May end up cancelling if the second isn't any better. Honestly, there wasn't one thing in there I haven't already seen on the internet. Why pay for what can be had for free?"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I got this magazine it is my first one and love it. The company nails it..lol. Great expertise on DIY projects and information on items like lumber in the issue I got. I love the fact this lists in order how to do the projects and also what is needed. As you look through the pages and read you get a better understanding of ideas to formulate your project. Also helps you to understand tools and hardware along with other vital items used to make the desire of your hearts on your projects. I like the compare and contrast on items as well as the best places to get them.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "While it's great to re-purpose, weaving cardboard into anything is not my idea of suitable home decor. Not that it can't be, but for me, the do it yourself projects overall seemed a little too cheap. I have only received two issues, so maybe the best is yet to come."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is my second favorite magazine, right after HGTV magazine. It provides me with ideas of improving the appeal of my interior and exterior home. Less ads and more content with lots of pictures is my type of magazine!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I like the ideas but 70% is advertisements. Just as bad as commercials.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "I had had a previous subscription to this magazine as well as a couple of others. I love this for DIY projects around the house, and I save them all! It is the only magazine I subscribe to. I always find some project I'd like to do in the magazine, and lots of helpful hints for projects like painting, etc. Super pleased and reordered a subscription here. Just wish it came out every month :)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "This magazine is not good digital quality. Doesn't fit on the screen and not easy to read. Will not renew and wish I could be refunded for the subscription because I will not read any new issues. Also, this magazine does not come monthly and for the price I paid for the subscription- that is disappointing."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "I just got my first issue of this magazine since subscribing. I had typically purchased in on the newstand since it comes out only a few times a year, but it is cheapest at BJ's, and they have not been reliable about carrying it.\n\nAnother subscription note, I found the price on Amazon for a 2-year subscription to be the best deal. However, it took a really long time for the first issue to arrive (although it came within the predicted window). What got me is that just a short time after I subscribed, and long before I got my first issue, I got a promotion in the mail to renew my subscription! If they can start sending junkmail out that fast, I would think they could send a magazine that has been out on the shelves for months (the first issue of my subscription, Summer 2014).\n\nI hope the Summer 2014 issue isn't indicative of what we have to expect from this magazine. As a quarterly publication, I expect this magazine to contain only the best ideas, and new information. I also realize with infrequent publication and the internet, that some of the ideas they plan to include will be out of date by the time the magazine is published.\n\nCompared to the Spring 2014 issue, this issue had a lot of ideas I had seen before, and the content seems almost exclusively from the internet - Etsy this, blogger that. There is definitely a place for featuring internet artists and makers, as well as bloggers, in magazines. I find this especially helpful when products and bloggers featured are ones I haven't seen before. It lacked a feeling of originality I have experienced with the magazine in the past. It lacked a lot of what made me like it to begin with.\n\nThat said, I also have the Spring 2014 issue (purchased pre-subscription), and that was an enjoyable read and had good ideas for projects I hadn't seen before. Also, this more recent issue lacked originality, but it also had some ideas that I can use, so it wasn't a total loss.\n\nI am hoping this disappointment was a one-time deal and that the next issue will be better. There is still a place for magazines in the world, and I want this one to succeed!\n\nUpdate: after receiving the first issue of my subscription, I did not receive any further issues. When some time had passed, I checked the magazine's website and realized that two subsequent issues had come out that I never received. When I contacted the seller, they informed me that would be unable to replace the missed issues but would extend my subscription for two additional issues. With a quarterly publication, two missed issues is a half a year of the subscription! I could have bought it at the newsstand for a dollar or two more and not had to deal with the aggravation. Not impressed."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have purchased this magazine, at newsstand price for years, so I was thrilled to have access to the e-mag. If you love DIY, or even just the idea of it, you will enjoy this magazine.'}]