Really Readymade? Really?

Okay, so I love ReadyMade as much as the next person-in-my-demographic, but lately every time I read it I'm like "Come ON! Really??" I really think they might be running out of ideas, because everything seems to fall into one of two categories:

1. "YUPPIE SHELTER MAG BY ANOTHER NAME":
"I found this one-of-a-kind huge contraption from the 1800s at an antique store and paid $400 for it even though neither me nor the store owner knew what it was, and painted it (with $5 worth of paint, here's how!) and now it sits in my huge loft and gets me laid. That's it. That's the story. Look at me!" [Example: This month's not online "old print dryer"; Also RM search feature sucks]

2. "LIKE MY OVEN MITTS? I AM SO LONELY.":
"I spent 21 hours knitting/sewing/whatevering this X out of a bunch of old Ys when I could have just bought one at a 99 cent store and spent the 21 hours cleaning old Ys off the street or volunteering or watching TV." [Example]  [Other Example]

Comments

[Jeff]

I find myself screaming at that magazine when it arrives. I have such a love/hate(mostly hate) relationship with ReadyMade, that...(shudder)...I sent them an angry letter. Their projects are either forehead-slapping obvious (and equally useless), or cost $3000 dollars and 8 weeks to build (enough with the hawking of your lame, plywood modular building!). I have to say that I am much, MUCH happier with my subscriptions to MAKE and CRAFT. I recommend you jump ship. MAKE and CRAFT's articles are way better too, than the lameness of the ReadyMade features.