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ILoveChoo · Hermes

Old magazines: what to do with them?

joy0302 · Kate Spade

A coworker I was talking to told me that they keep the pages they like and then organize them in binders. I was thinking of doing that. Right now I keep them until I am tired of looking at them and then throw them out when I am on a cleaning kick.

Kelly · Hermes

I usually only keep the last couple months or so. I tear out anything I want to keep (which honestly isn't usually that much) and recycle the rest. I hand them off to my mom (who recycles them when she's done with them) and bring the ones she doesn't like to the recycle bin at the nearby grade school/church. They have huge yellow dumpsters and I think it helps fundraising or something somehow.

lynnie · Chanel

For years, I thought I'd save pages and organize them. It never happened. Now I recycle them after a couple of months. I have thought of bringing them to the gym once i"m done reading them though- I know there is always a shortage of good magazines there when i want to use the elliptical.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

I usually rip out things I like and keep them in binders (a decor binder and a fashion/beauty one). Lately, I have been ripping off the subscription stickers and bringing some issues to work. I drop them off in the staff lounge for others to read.

Sometimes, when I'm in waiting rooms that have really bad magazines, I think about dropping off some of my recent issues when I'm finished reading--I never do it. I would be like the Magazine Fairy.

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

You can also consider donating them to a thrift store.

cc · Marc Jacobs

I've had really good luck selling old magazines on Ebay, specifically back issues of Lucky. A few times I listed an entire year's worth of issues and the lots sold for at least $15 or $20. If it doesn't look like whatever I have is worth listing on Ebay I just recycle them. When I moved I threw out most of the folders where I saved clipped articles and I think from now on I'm going to try scanning anything I want to keep.

kealoha · Kate Spade

i take them to work & leave them in the lunch room. otherwise, i pass them on to a hospital or a nail salon i go to.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

joy0302 wrote:

A coworker I was talking to told me that they keep the pages they like and then organize them in binders.

This is what I do. I have them organized by categories: beauty, fashion, cooking, home improvement, etc.

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

I have a CRAP load of old magazines, that I have gone thru, took out the pages I liked, I just need to get rid of them. I have them in a binder ALSO in manilla folders, until I have to really do a nice binder. I have articles on "clothes/fashion", "make-up", "exercise", etc. Since today was garbage day, I guess I'll chunk the ones in my bedroom that are collecting dust..... LOL

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

I stuff a lot of my old mags into my boots so that they stand upright in my closet

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

I clip what I like and put in a file folder. Then I just toss the magazine. Or you could donate them to a doctor's office.

-- Edited by bloomie at 12:52, 2008-02-15

luckylily · Gucci

fairywings wrote:

I stuff a lot of my old mags into my boots so that they stand upright in my closet

Oh my god, I love that idea! It bothers me so much when my boots flop over at the ankles.

I usually store my mags under the bed for a few while. Every six months or so I spend an afternoon ripping out the pages I want to keep. Really it is usually just one to three pages from each mag. Right now the pages are just sitting in a file folder in my office, I should do something with them.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

fairywings wrote:

I stuff a lot of my old mags into my boots so that they stand upright in my closet

brilliant!!!