MEDIA KIT
Home & Design Magazine is the leading luxury home publication in Southwest Florida and Florida’s Suncoast region, ideal for companies targeting affluent homeowners and specific geographic areas. Here are a few key reasons why your business should consider advertising with Home & Design Magazine:
Targeted Affluent Readership
The magazine caters to an affluent audience actively engaged in buying, selling, building, designing, and remodeling luxury homes in the region and aligns perfectly with the target market for luxury home-related companies.
Dedicated Luxury Home Focus
For the past 25 years, Home & Design has been the go-to publication dedicated to showcasing the luxury home market, featuring high-end construction, architecture, interior design, furnishings, and more. Our specialized focus ensures that luxury home advertisers receive the maximum relevance they need.
Credibility and Prestige
As an award-winning magazine with a long history in the region, Home & Design carries credibility and prestige that can enhance advertisers’ perception among its discerning readership.
Targeted Regional Coverage
With dedicated editions for Southwest Florida and Florida’s Suncoast, the magazine allows luxury home businesses to target their advertising efforts precisely within specific geographic markets.
By advertising with Home & Design Magazine, your business can effectively reach your desired affluent clientele who are actively engaged in the luxury home market within specific regions of Florida.
WHY IS PRINT MARKETING IMPORTANT FOR MARKETING A BUSINESS?
Print marketing remains an essential tool for businesses for several reasons:
Tangibility and Physicality
Print materials like magazines, brochures, catalogs, and direct mail have a physical presence that digital marketing lacks. This tangibility creates a more personal connection with customers and can leave a lasting impression. Studies show that consumers trust print advertisements more than digital ads when making purchasing decisions.
Increased Brand Awareness and Recall
Studies show that print ads have higher brand recall rates than digital ads. Physical print materials tend to stick in people’s minds better than fleeting digital ads. Increasing brand visibility and awareness effectively reaches potential customers who may not be actively searching for your products or services online.
Better Information Retention
People tend to retain information better from printed materials than digital content, as reading from physical media engages different parts of the brain and allows for deeper engagement.
Reaching Diverse Audiences
While digital marketing is prevalent, not everyone is active online or prefers digital content. Print marketing allows businesses to reach audiences across different age groups, including older demographics.
Building Trust and Credibility
Consumers perceive print marketing as more trustworthy and credible than digital ads. Print has a long-standing history and is seen as more authentic by many.
Longevity and Staying Power
Unlike digital ads that disappear quickly, print materials can be kept and referenced later, extending the lifespan of the marketing message.
By leveraging the tangibility, credibility, and targeted reach of print marketing, businesses can effectively complement their digital efforts, increase brand awareness, and ultimately drive more sales and customer engagement.
In summary, print marketing is a valuable component of a business-integrated marketing strategy.
DIGITAL MEDIA & ONLINE MAGAZINES
The online magazines are complimentary to readers allowing access to company ads, contact information, and hyperlinked company websites.
Online articles provide consumers with extensive project details and product descriptions, and highlight Home & Design professionals involved in projects by listing company names, contact information, and websites in each article.
Digital home tours showcase the finest collection of homes and the professionals that bring them to life in Southwest Florida and Florida’s Suncoast.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Published content such as the featured homes, distinctive design, and fine communities guide is shared online complimentary to readers. In addition, advertisers branding ads are highlighted on social media stories.
Home & Design promotes social media business accounts by tagging and sharing content with our network of followers. Local home industry events are also promoted through Home & Design social media platforms.
Local Distribution
EXTENSIVE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
Home & Design is hand-delivered weekly to our advertiser showrooms or businesses by our local distribution team. Magazines are unwrapped and unboxed when delivered to each location.
Consumers can find complimentary copies throughout each region in:
• Real Estate Offices
• Residential Sales Centers
• Custom Builder Model Homes
• Luxury Retail Showrooms
• Studios and offices of Architects, Interior Designers, Home Builders, Landscape Architects, and Luxury Home Professionals
• At industry partner locations
Newsstands
Home & Design is sold on retail newsstands, bookstores, airports, and major cities in the U.S.
Website | www.HomeAndDesign.net
The Home & Design website attracts over 265,000 unique visitors annually, directing consumers to advertisers company websites via hyperlinks in the digital magazines.
Direct Mail
Highly-sought-after copies of both editions are mailed to esteemed residences nestled in exclusive neighborhoods throughout Southwest Florida and Florida’s Suncoast region.
Mailed Subscriptions
Paid subscriptions of each edition are mailed throughout the year in Florida, the US and Canada including: CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, Ontario, and Québec.
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Luxury Home Industry-Related Events
Home & Design’s partnership with local building industry associations (CBIA, MSBIA, TBBA) and the Interior Design Society (IDS) provides an effective means for advertisers to connect with potential clients and build long-lasting business relationships.
Home & Design team members’ active involvement on association boards and committees provide first-hand knowledge of all events and sponsorship opportunities.
AFFLUENT AUDIENCE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
FLORIDA SUNCOAST
ANNUAL READERSHIP
MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTIES
Advertisers have access to the biannual magazine launch parties hosted at various local business venues to preview and celebrate the release of each Spring and Fall issue. Home & Design provides unique opportunities for advertisers to network with local luxury home industry professionals and business decision-makers.
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Home & Design is a media sponsor for industry partners and associations throughout Southwest Florida and Florida’s Suncoast. Networking events are sponsored annually with announcements and invitations sent to our network of advertisers.
Spring 2026 Issue
AD DEADLINES & SPECS
Print-Ready Ad Due November 7, 2025
Fall 2026 Issue
Print-Ready Ad Due July 17, 2026
FULL PAGE
Trim 10” x 11.9375”
Live 9” x 10.9375”
Bleed 10.25” x 12.1875”
OFFSET CROP MARKS:
A single set of crop marks need to be offset .125” for all bleed ads (full page and 2-page spread)
TRIM: Ad needs to be designed to final page size
BLEED: Ad needs to include a .125" bleed past the trim
LIVE AREA: It is recommended that text and logos stay .5" from the trim.
PRODUCTION & POLICIES
All ads must be supplied in print-ready PDF format at 300 dpi. All ads must be in CMYK color with black text being 100% black (no ‘Registration’ color, RGB color, or a mix of CMYK to make black text). Rich black, composed of 60% Cyan, 40% Magenta, 40% Yellow, 100% Black (60, 40, 40, 100 CMYK) should be used for solid black non-text areas. Offset crop marks at .125” (not in image). No bleed marks, registration marks, page information, please.
Ads received after the deadline shall incur a $250 late processing charge. Home & Design can run the previous ad or provide placement in the following issue if the deadline or specs are not met. Proofs should be ordered if an ad is color sensitive. Prepress proofs may be requested for $75 for 2/3-page and full-page ads, and $125 for 2-page spreads.
Home & Design only guarantees color acceptable to industry standards and has the right to refuse ads that do not meet print approval.
Please note: Although we will make every effort to quality control submitted ads, we cannot accept responsibility for content errors and/or omissions or borderline resolution issues in client-created ads.
2-PAGE SPREAD
Trim 20" x 11.9375"
Live 19" x 10.9375"
Bleed 20.25" x 12.1875"
GUTTER:
Keep text and logos .5" out on either side of the middle of the ad
RESOURCE AD
Ad Size
6.5" x 10.875" No bleed
Please check your print-ready PDF for the following errors before submitting:
• Incorrect dimensions
• Content too close to trim of page (safety)
• Ad does NOT include .125” bleed beyond trim
• Low-resolution images
• Images not converted to CMYK
• Spot color/PMS/Lab/Pantone used in the color space
• Crop marks positioned in the live area