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Floor Magazine Rack - Folding (Natural/White) (23 3/4"H x 14 1/2"W x 11 1/2"D)
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Magazine Rack
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Feb 28, 2004 (Danville, IL United States)Super product, shipped very fast, well packed, easy to buy. Love the clean lines, takes up little space, holds plenty of magazines and folds away. Perfect!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect for kids magazines & books
(5 out of 5) by Y. Baker on Sep 4, 2005 (Oregon, USA)We were looking for something that displayed the kids' magazines and books, and was easy for them to reach without difficulty. This stand works great and is small enough that it doesn't draw attention to itsself. It's perfect for the kids' to use, and they love being able to see their books easily. Before this, their books were stacked on a desk, and being young (2 and 5) they would just pick the top book on the pile or pull them all down on the floor and make a mess. Definitely worth getting.
Bland chic
(5 out of 5) by Samuel Chell on Nov 11, 2009 (Kenosha,, WI United States)Having just watched a CNBC program critical of McDonald's outrageously-sized (dis)prortions (over 1000 calories for a burger, fries, and coke--double the size of the company's offerings from the early '60s), this magazine stand reminds me of the program's main point--viz., If you serve people overly large proportions, their appetites, expectations, and capacities will adjust accordingly."
The point is that a floor rack such as this is a handy device--up to a point. That "tipping point" will be when you decide it's time for another rack just like it. We all tend to underestimate the amount of "stuff" we collect--especially magazines, catalogs, books, etc.--and we forget that it's the magazines and other material objects that determine how much space we need: it's not the space itself that limits our stockpiling of all this paraphernalia. If you labor for long under the illusion of the first possibility, you'll soon have too many magazine racks to know what to do with.
That said, this rack is quite practical--either as a purely pragmatic bedside companion to clear up the impossibly cluttered night stand or as a "lo-fi," proletarian objet d'art for the weekly magazines (but not too many) in a more conspicuous part of the house. And I like the plain wood and white canvas a lot better than some of the competing metal, wiry jobs--it's understated, domestic, almost exuding a home-made quality.
Just remember to throw away last week's issue of Time or Newsweek, Redbook or Rolling Stone when the new one arrives.
The point is that a floor rack such as this is a handy device--up to a point. That "tipping point" will be when you decide it's time for another rack just like it. We all tend to underestimate the amount of "stuff" we collect--especially magazines, catalogs, books, etc.--and we forget that it's the magazines and other material objects that determine how much space we need: it's not the space itself that limits our stockpiling of all this paraphernalia. If you labor for long under the illusion of the first possibility, you'll soon have too many magazine racks to know what to do with.
That said, this rack is quite practical--either as a purely pragmatic bedside companion to clear up the impossibly cluttered night stand or as a "lo-fi," proletarian objet d'art for the weekly magazines (but not too many) in a more conspicuous part of the house. And I like the plain wood and white canvas a lot better than some of the competing metal, wiry jobs--it's understated, domestic, almost exuding a home-made quality.
Just remember to throw away last week's issue of Time or Newsweek, Redbook or Rolling Stone when the new one arrives.
It always closes on me.
(3 out of 5) by Megan Wolfarth on Sep 14, 2009Even fully stacked with weight the stand isn't heavy enough to stand still. The legs slide all over the bathroom floor. Might work well on carpet? Anyhow, wouldn't recommend this to a friend.
Does the job
(4 out of 5) by J. Pethers on Aug 3, 2009 (Michigan)I use this for kids books in their room or in the living room "kids corner". It doesn't hold a lot of the board books but that is not a surprise since it is supposed to be a magazine rack.