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.' 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
- ^ "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
- 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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