***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.
Jessica Stoller-Conrad says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope that my husband and I are both in careers that we love :)
Lisa says
FIFTH ME!! I see myself happily and comfortably situated in our (finally) renovated home with my better half and our pup!
Julie says
Fifth me! In five years, I’m sure I’ll still be happily married with a little girl who will be about to turn five, and who knows, maybe even another little one (or two!) :)
Tammy says
Fifth Me!
In five years… I will be in a different house (actually, hopefully in about six months) and my babies will be grown beyond what I can even comprehend… 15(!!) 12 and 8. Hubby and I will be happy and probably doing the same things as now. :)
Melissa C says
FIFTH ME!! With a remodeled kitchen and crown molding!
Brooke says
Fifth me! And I don’t five year plan, things tend to change quickly around me!
Julianne says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years we will hopefully have a baby or two! Probably in our same beautiful home still in the city we love!
Katy Lyle says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to my own shop.
Amy S says
FIFTH ME!!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully by then I will have completed the uber competitive Fellowship program for my career, and will be working on having a family!
Charlotte M says
FIFTH ME!
F lying all over the world
I n my own (as in I own it) place
V ery happy
E ating for two
Y oung lovin’ with my own hubby
E njoying life
A rranging my living space without input from roommates (unless I’m married
of course)
R olling in my piles of money
S till reading YHL (which will make it a whole decade old!)
!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be finished with my BSW, married (my boy and I have been together for 7 years already, I would hope we’re married by then!), and a mom!
Cheryl B says
FIFTH ME! I would love to have my own blog in about 5 years and a different job.
heatherkathryn says
FIFTH ME!
would love to meet and marry the love of my life in the next five years!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully the house list will have very few big remaining projects! Sit back and enjoy a fully completed house? I can only imagine!
Katharine says
Fifth me, please :-)
In 5 years I hope to be settled into a job (I just finished grad school) with a cozy little apartment (or a house if I’m really lucky) and surrounded by friends and family.
PS thanks for having an awesome blog that makes me anxious to have fun decorating my own place!
Jessaca says
Fifth me!
In five years I’m hoping we’ll have another kiddo for our son to be big brother too, that we’ll be living in a different city and closer to my family, that I’ll have finally gotten the guts to start my own writing and design company, and slaving away at more DIY projects…like the paver patio we’re trying to put in. Whew!
danika says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself adding onto our family – perhaps our family of three will grow to four {or five – eep!}; and hopefully by then I will have finally decided upon a paint color for our dining room! :P
Amanda says
FIFTH ME! I’m 28 and poor so hopefully in five years, I’ll have bought my first home and (maybe) have met an awesome guy to share my life with!
Kate says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be enjoying my career, my husband…and possibly some little ones as well!
Jordan says
FIFTH ME! In five years we will probably be in the same city, but maybe in a bigger home!
DSH says
FIFTH ME . . . in five years my urban garden will be a mature getaway!
Kelly JD says
FIFTH ME! 5 years…In 5 years I know only a few things, that we will have grown our family from two kids to three. That my sweet yellow lab will still be my “puppy” at “hopefully” 13 years young. That my husband will beg me for a real vacation so he can leave my frequent honey-do list and I-have-an-idea list at home. In 5 years…I think we’ll be on home #2 making new mistakes that we will not on home #3 but definitely putting to use those from our 1st. In 5 years…I want the rest to be a surprise so I can enjoy, not color-palate plan and well, who knows!
Sarah S. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have my first house that I just purchased completely re-vamped and remodeled and possibly be on my way to a bigger better house #2….preferably near a lake or on the side of a mountain with a great view. AND I hope to have SOMETHING posted on my blog by then….I procrastinate THAT much.
Ashley says
Fifth me – I hope we’re in a different city in five years. This is definitely not our forever place, so we’re hoping to be able to move to a place we would want to be for a long, long time!
Mandy says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully right where I’m at! With more free time since my kids will be in elementary school :)
Maria says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will (finally) be married to my amazing boyfriend and (hopefully) we will be living our dream with two wonderful children in the city that we adore (Atlanta).
Mel says
Fifth me!
In five years I see myself living somewhere coastal – decorating my beach-chic townhouse that I’ve always dreamed of :)
LK says
FIFTH ME! Ideally in five years I’ll still be married to my best friend, have a little one of our own, and be renovating our second home!
Ana says
Fifth me! In 5 years I will have a 7 year old and 5 year old. Wha??? My baby will have just started kindergarten! We will hopefully have moved into our forever home by then and will have many projects in the pipeline. Exciting but I certainly do not wish this time away. :)
Sarah R. says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be living in a home of our own and chasing after multiple kiddos!
Michelle F. says
FIFTH ME! In five years we will have a very full and active house. I’m pregnant with our fifth while our oldest is just starting college. :) Hopefully we can renovate and redesign how we use our house to accommodate all the upcoming changes.
TX Katie says
Fifth me! Just hoping to be healthy & happy in five years :)
Linda says
FIFTH ME! We just had our first baby so maybe in five years we will have had another. Maybe a new house and new city??
Sarah K says
Fifth me!! 9/8 was my fifth wedding anniversary and 10/1 is my five years at the same company. In five more years I hope to be wherever the wind takes me, as long as hubby is by my side!
Justine says
Fifth Me! Five years from now Matt (the BF) and I will be living in St.Paul, MN with our first house to love and remodel. He’ll have bees I’ll have DIY.
WendyMI says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I just want to be as happy as I am today, in whatever direction that means. :)
Megan says
FIFTH ME!! I will still be married to my wonderful husband, a stay at home mom, and a craft queen!
Lauren L. says
FIFTH ME — I hope I’ll be done with school!
Rachel says
Fifth me! My dream is to open a contemporary art gallery within five years.
Erin says
Fifth me!
I’ll be happy if in 5 years I am in a house that I OWN!
Rose says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be a mom in five years :)
Abby E says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to have made some progress on our fixer-upper (though who knows!), and maybe even have a munchkin or two running around. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for our family!
Kelsey says
FIFTH ME! In five years, we will have an almost five year old! (Our first is due this November.) We will hopefully have another baby by then and a home we love :)
Lindsay S says
Fifth Me!!
Ashley D says
FIFTH ME!
In five years from now I see some BIG changes! By then, we should be in our house (dealing with the long and hectic short sale process now) and I imagine having at least one baby at that point. Maybe even two. :) I can’t wait for that time!
Lindsey says
Fifth me! I’ll be loving life with my sweet husband and our little ones, hopefully in a city closer to our extended family!
Mindy says
FIFTH ME!!
I’ll be 35, loving life, living in a big city somewhere and hopefully married to an amazing man. :)
KK says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’d like to have all of the places along the west coast my husband and I would like to visit checked off of our travel list and in the process of decorating our final home in Austin, Texas.
Katherine says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope we’re putting a downpayment on a house and finally OWNING and not renting! and I hope there’s more than 2 of us by then…
thanks, love your blog!