 September 2009 cover of House Beautiful | |
| Editor | Joanna Saltz |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 10 per year |
| Total circulation | 835,0051 (June 2012) |
| 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.' 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 (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
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 February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- Hearst Press Room
- "ABC Reports and Data Analysis: House Beautiful". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
January to December 2021, average circulation per issue.
- AdWeek
External links
External links
- Official website (US)
- Official website (UK)
- Official website (TR)
- 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