Check out the CURBED.COM article on Rue vs. Lonny.
I think I am totally team RUE...and super honored to be mentioned!
check out the stats...
Founded by: Editor-in-chief Crystal Gentilello, of Plush Palate; executive editor Anne Sage, of The City Sage; managing editor Alaina Kaczmarski of Live Creating Yourself; and Caitlin Flemming of Sacramento Street.
Issue: September/October 2010.
Page count: 261.
Cover star: Ron Woodson and Jamie Rummerfield of LA-based Woodson + Rummerfield House of Design.
Ad on the inside cover: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
Table of Contents ads: New York Design Center, Fine Linen & Bath, The Beautiful Life, DesignLoveFest.com.
Size of editorial masthead (including art staff; excluding interns): 7
Notable contributor: Ashlina Kaposta, aka The Decorista
Best in "Shopping Cart" front-of-book section: A page incorporating moody, layered fall florals into home decor, clothes and accessories.Features: An apartment at downtown LA's Ritz-Carlton Residences designed by Woodson + Rummerfield House of Design; San Francisco bungalow of blogger Victoria Smith of sfgirlbybay; a day in the life of Vicente Wolf; a dinner party with HGTV Design Star winner Emily Henderson; the Brooklyn loft of Hayden-Harnett designers Toni Hacker and Ben Harnett; Rue founder Crystal Gentilello at home in Chicago; Buckingham Interiors' Julia Edelman's Chicago residence; a bright birthday party for accessories label Bando; a Mary Douglas Drydale-designed space in Washington, D.C.; a home in Dallas, Texas.
Lonny:
Issue: August/September 2010.
Page count: 197.
Cover star: Callie Jenschke of Scout Designs in her home on Central Park West.
Ad on the inside cover: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
Table of Contents ads: Stark, Bloomingdale's.
Size of editorial masthead (including art staff; excluding interns): 9
Notable contributor:Former Domino editor Tori Mellott, who's now working behind the scenes at The Nate Berkus Show.
Best of "Market" front-of-book section: Translating clothes from J.Crew, Tory Burch, and Lauren Moffatt into home furnishings and accessories.
Features: Historic home and gardens in Chiswick, U.K.; Rachel Aswell's London apartment and her store, Shabby Chic; Vicente Wolf's Montauk, NY, home; a Hell's Kitchen, NYC, apartment owned by the curator of Jonathan Adler's stores; a 25-year-old's apartment in Union Square, NYC, decorated by Ryan Korban; designer Callie Jenschke's Upper West Side, NYC, apartment.
They are both so great...Is it really a competition?