***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Whitney says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I see myself still happily married to my sweet husband. Hopefully we will have our “Forever House” built and we will be working on baby #two :)
I hope I win, I hope I win ;)
Jerrika Jerome says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll be celebrating my four year anniversary with my now fiance, and we’ll hopefully be living in our first house together!
Katie Green says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to finally have all my landscaping done!!
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! Living right where I am with two kids and loving my job just as much as I love it now!
Sara says
FIFTH ME! Congrats on 5 years of blogging. I hope the next 5 years bring lots of changes for my family, including a a big move to a new city, a new house, and a new job for me!
Abby says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to… have more kids (I have one and another on the way), be exploring a new city closer to my parents, figure out how to work for myself so I have more flexibility to spend time with my kiddos…
Michele says
FIFTH ME! I will definitely not be in the same city or job. Hopefully I will have a child by then too :) My husband is in the military so who knows where we will be in five years.
Rach says
FIFTH ME!
Hoping I own a vintage and consignment furnishings store :)
Mary says
Fifth me! Should this question terrify me? It does. 5 years from now… sounds way too far away to plan for! Here’s hoping for health and happiness and love.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
I hope that in five years I’m enjoying home ownership in Seattle with my hubby.
Amber says
FIFTH ME! Gosh, I hope to be in my own home. I’ll be married, and potentially on our way to starting a family.
Kate says
FIFTH ME!
I hope (really, really, really hope) that in 5 years I’m in a new single-family home. I’ve been in my current condo for 7 years (and the one before that for 4), which is about 3 years longer than I had absolutely planned on staying. Stupid failing housing market!
Kara F. says
FIFTH ME! In five years… hopefully working on making our next house a home. Congrats on the blog-a-versary!
diane says
FIFTH ME – in 5 years, I hope to be starting a family with my new husband. And decorating our own home.
Nicole C. says
FIFTH ME! I really have no idea where I’ll actually be in 5 years, but I do hope I own my business by then (I’m a floral designer)! Probably a kid or two by then. And hopefully in a new house that I can decorate the heck outta! Happy blogiversary!!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have at least one more child, still iving in my current home with my husband, and still enjoying my current job.
Autumn says
Fifth Me!
hopefully with 2 little ones moving around and my better half okay with being a stay at home dad!
Britt says
Fifth me!!! I hope not too much changes in the next 5 – I’m loving this stage of life :)
Kate says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’ll no longer be a family of two! First kiddo due in January and who knows how many more in five years!
Ginny says
FIFTH ME!
Melanie P. says
Fifth Me!!!!!!! I see my family moving into our “Forever” home in Charlottesville, VA (We live here now, but will never leave!) I would love an older home that we can fix up ourselves– which is why I stalk your blog all of the time! I’m stockpiling ideas!
janelle says
FIFTH ME!!!!! In 5 years I hope my husband and I will have started a family and hopefully be in our first home! Also I hope we are both working jobs we both love!
holly says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be the proud mama of a 4 year old in 5 years! ;) Maybe even have a few by then. My husband and I are hopeful we will be pregnant soon. Happy Blogiversary to you guys! xo
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME! My hubby and I are in the middle of adopting our daughter from China (and we are about to begin getting her room together so this $$ would be amazing), which will make us a family of FIVE. In 5 years I hope to say that we have all melded together beautifully and that life is as crazy and wonderful as it’s ever been!
Dina says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years we should be living in Charlotte, NC and enjoying a slower pace of life than our NYC one affords us! Can’t wait for an older Charlotte ranch to DIY!
Marge says
Fifth me! In five years, I really just hope to be happy. Twenty-five hundred bucks worth of merchandise will help with that.
Valerie says
Fifth me! In 5 years I hope we’ve finally peeled the last of the aging 70s wallpaper off of our walls…
Jodi says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be pretty close to where I am right now, maybe with one more kid, but still living life the way I am right now!
Erica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to have finally finished the home renovations and maybe have added a little one to our family!
Maggie says
FIFTH ME!
My son will be starting kindergarten in 5 years from now, so I’ll likely be a different type of mom! :) Besides that, I want to be in a HOUSE. I live in a condo right now in a major city, and am ready to have a yard and a garage.
Brandy says
FIFTH ME!
Well, since I am getting married THIS Saturday!!!!, I hope to have a fully decorated home and the blessing of a baby or two! :)
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! Still happily married, but hopefully with a happy, healthy child and maybe a furry dog too.
Holly says
FIFTH ME!
Well I think I will be married (as that is happening in less than 4 weeks!). I think we will still live in our current house but will have updated the flooring and at least the kitchen by then. Hopefully we will also have redone the 2 upstairs bathrooms.
Tara says
In 5 years I hope you have more contests for your Canadian readers :-(
April says
FIFTH ME!
Andrea B says
Fifth me! I can’t get past my kids not being babies anymore in 5 years. I am a SAHM and in 5 years will be getting back into the working world.
Linda says
Fifth me! In five years…gosh, hopefully no longer single and childless, but maybe still living in the city?
Maud says
Fifth me!
I see another child in the picture (we already have one) and a possible move to Argentina!
Callie says
Fifth me! Wow you guys, what a generous giveaway! Thanks for offering it! I was just thinking about the five-year plan the other day. My husband and I are on our third year in grad school for physics together. In five years I hope we are done with grad school and settled together in an interesting post-doc, like in Chicago or Geneva or Japan…maybe we’ll even break down and think about starting a family by then, haha.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME! My husband will be done with school by then and we’ll hopefully have another kid (or two. maybe.)
AmyL says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully I will own a second home so I can DIY. Our current house was built ground up so we only had to paint the walls.
Valerie says
FIFTH ME!!
Martin says
Fifth me!
meghan says
FIFTH ME! Still married to my wonderful hubby and hopefully in our own house but who know’s in what city or state :)
Abby S. says
Fifth Me!!
I hope the hubs and I will have moved into a different house and have a wee one take are of in 5 years!
Janet S says
Fifth me!
I see myself enjoying my future grandchildren – the first, a girl will arrive next month!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope to be done with school, have a career and a better job, a home I can truly call my own, a loving marriage, and possibly even a kid! Crazy to think of the amount of things you can accomplish in just 5 years time. :-D
Paula I. says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be loving life as much as I do now. No kids yet so many 5 years from now will see me and my sweet husband with a kid of our own…and even a little farther down the road on our own house remodel – room by room, slow and steady wins the race!!!
Tasha says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be married and working on owning our own home, if not already living in it!
Jeremy says
Fifth me! I see myself finished with my PhD with another two kids!