***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.
Christie G. says
FIFTH ME!
I will hopefully own my own place and have a new job in Indianapolis – the best city ever :)
Heather Cosgrove says
fIfTh mE!!!
In five years, not only do I hope to be decorating our lovely new home, but I hope to be decorating a child’s room by that time!! My husband and I will be going on our fifth year or marriage, oh my! <3
Megan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my new husband and I will probably looking for our first house.
caseyj610 says
FIFTH ME! Let’s see…my little one would be 5 and maybe starting school (!), hopefully we’d have another one….good jobs and good health for ourselves, friends and family…and hopefully we will have finished painting the living room we have (half way painted when we moved in)! Haha!
Dana says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be well on my way to owning my own place. I’m starting the financial savings now, so time will tell! Happy anniversary, Young House Love!
Allison says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we will hopefully already have baby #2 and be living in my husbands home state of Hawaii soaking up the sun and catching waves
Diana says
FIFTH ME! In five years we’ll have this baby in kindergarten (baby due Nov. 9th of this year!), and hopefully a sibling or two for him/her. Our lives will be more messy and meaningful than ever before!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME! Who knows what’s in store in the next five years. In terms of home improvement stuff, hopefully we’ll have improved the flooring situation in my house, made the laundry room / workout space more functional, and finished up with my kitchen plans.
Brenda says
FIFTH ME!!! In 5 years my 3 (currently have 2) kids will be 11, 6 & 5. I will be a SAHM who is married to my extra wonderful hubby for 8 years and my love of vintage and crafting will be earning me some gymnastics/karate/dance money for my kiddos! Don’t stop believin….
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I’ll be watching my son enter kindergarten and hope to be happy and healthy as I am today!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME… I see myself living in Savannah, GA, working in the graphic design industry, and marrying my boyfriend (hopefully that happens before five years from now, but we’ll see).
Kelli says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I’ll hopefully be a 4th year resident in a specialty (or a fully certified MD!), with a little one running around. Crazy to think about!
Liz says
FIFTH ME! I have no clue where I will be in 5 years, but as long as I have the good health and joy of my family and friends, I will be happy!
Congrats on 5 years!
Leah K. says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have our kitchen and basement renovations complete. And have some ankle-biters to enjoy the new spaces!
Leah K.
Amanda @ willful/joyful says
Fifth Me!
In five years I’d like to see us starting renovations on an old farmhouse in the country!
Alison says
FIFTH ME! We will finally be in our forever home which WILL be decorated to the nines, and with baby #2!
Amanda says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll have another child by then (maybe even 2!) and *this* close to be done paying off our massive student loans!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be adding another member to our family and become self-employed. I also hope that our home is even more lived in and loved at that point.
Kari says
FIFTH ME. I hope to see myself married and with children in 5 years! (better get busy :) )
Becky says
FIFTH ME! i hope to be in the same house but it to actually be “finished!”
Jacole says
FIFTH ME!
I’m sure I’ll be a mommy by then (Wow!) Celebrating 10 years of marriage (Yay!) No idea where my job will be (Oy!) and probably planning my little sisters wedding (Eek!)
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, hopefully [finally] done with grad school, in a job where I make more then a few peanuts, I’ll be married (actually, that happens in less then 3 weeks!) and hopefully with some Katie Jr.’s running around the house!
Lissa says
FIFTH ME! The bun currently in the oven will be 4 or so by then, and maybe we’ll have one more?!?! I hope we’ll have made it through our house projects list by then, too.
Beth says
Fifth me! Maybe baby? Maybe just another dog :)
Tammie says
FIFTH ME
I don’t know where I’ll be in 5 years but whatever it is I hope to be happy and loving life still.
Katy L. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to start a family with my husband.
Elaine A says
“FIFTH ME” In five years, I hope to be back living in the city I miss while telecommuting to my current job that I love.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! Hmm…well, I am 25 right now and I imagine quite a few things will change in the next 5 years. I should have my MA in Interior Design by then (yay!) and it’d be nice to have a house and a husband by then. And maybe a little one. Given my current grad student and relationship status, the husband seems more probable than the house at this point. It’s exciting to think about! This is a great reminder that I need to maintain my own blog just as a record of all the change to come. Clara and your future children are so lucky to be able to watch your relationship and family evolve with your home.
Jay says
Fifth me.
I hope to finally be out of school and making real money that I can put into a house.
Rich says
FIFTH Me! Hope to be out of school debt!
Emily says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to have another child, be working part time in graphic design, have moved to the beach, and lost 20 pounds!
Sheri says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now, I will have an 8 year old (What?!?), a 5 year old (she has 11 more weeks to cook!), and will probably have returned to teaching. I am NOT ready for the next 5 years! Yikes. Congratulations on your past 5 years, John and Sherry!
Jen says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living happily in the house that my boyfriend and I are currently buying, married, and MAYBE with a child!
Jennifer vG says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be happily working along in this city or the next. Never had the chance to plan that far in advance, why start now?
Whitney J says
Fifth me! Maybe I’ll have three kids instead of two!
Nora Rose says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in a new home with the same people, just more love and maybe a new position at my job! :)
Linda says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself & the husband with a gaggle of pets (no kids for us) maybe finally living comfortably instead of paycheck-to-paycheck (the inevitable when you have your first house). I see myself in another job – one where I can wear jeans every single day to work. It’s the small things. ;)
natalie says
FIFTH ME! In five years, we might consider purchasing a home of our own, and think more seriously about raising human children (right now, our babies are cats!)
Nicole says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years, my husband and I will have been married more than a decade and our little girl will just have begun first grade. I can’t wait to see what the school years will look like with our daughter. Happy Blogiversary to you both!
Delray says
Fifth me! If you asked me where I saw myself in 5 years, 5 years ago, I would of been COMPLETELY wrong!
In five years, I hope to be happily married to the love of my life (engaged now and planning our wedding) with enough debt paid off that one of us can stay hope and raise our future children together. As long as I’m with my family, I know in 5 years I will be happy, just like I am now. (:
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
All that I know is that in 5 years we’ll still be renovating our house!
Debbie says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be retired and working on more DIY projects of my own.
Meredith says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be in the same city, but hopefully with a new career and maybe even a baby or two with my soon-to-be hubby!
emmarose says
FIFTH ME!
Celebrated my 24th birthday and 4th anniversary this month so I totally get the misty-eyed atmosphere, it’s crazy how fast adulthood goes. (Mid-twenties whaaaat?)
In 5 years I see us having our first house paid off and in a totally new DIY house project. Maybe 1 or 2 little kiddos running around. Definitely expecting to move back to Kentucky before then (in Montana now). I’d really like to have a set career path by then, pretty sure I’ll be tired of the nanny-gig by then, but who knows maybe I’ll have my own daycare! (Almost choked laughing at how crazy I would have to be to do that to myself.)
Melissa says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in five years I’ll have my own website set up for my photography!
Melissa Gray says
Fifth me! I hope there are tons of changes in 5 years! I dream of quitting my FT job and pursuing my dream of photography full time! By that time we will have 2 girls in elementary school so that will be so much fun! Crossing fingers the whole photog thing pans out sooner than later!
Lori Wojciechowski says
FIFTH ME!!
Meagan says
FIFTH ME …
In five years I hope to be living in a home I own (rather than renting).
Skye says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will have my Ph.D., be married to my fiance, have a new job, live in a new city, and maybe have a kiddo! (whew, that’s a lot of changes)
Andrea says
FIFTH ME!!! Maybe a baby in our future ;)