***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.
Robin O says
FIFTH ME!
I imagine us moving to a different state (right now we’re in Texas). Maybe Cali? Colorado? A new house to decorate and start from scratch would be awesome. :)
Hilary Sutor says
FIFTH ME!!
My husband is currently in school, and will be for the next few years. 5 years from now, we will be in our 30s, hopefully finally starting our family and decorating a new home!!!
Courtney says
Fifth me! In five years I hope our family will grow to include a second child and for my husband and I to be more established in our careers.
Hannah says
FIFTH ME! My husband and I JUST bought our first home last week – and are working on it like crazy. In five years, I see us being very settled into our much-loved home with our family of (hopefully) more than 2.
Heather says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years we should be happily settled into our new house. We already have 3 kiddos with no more in the plans but we’ll be in for new phases and new adventures with them in 5 years.
Erin says
FIFTH ME! First and foremost, I hope to continue to have a healthy happy family–there is nothing better. But if I could add a bonus to that hope it would be a move to a slightly larger house, grad school, and another kid. Think big!
Amber says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I would have just earned my bachelors in Interior Design, and starting my second year as an Architecture grad student!
Congrats on making 5 years! :)
adriane says
Fifth Me! I’d love to grow my family. :)
ashe says
FIFTH ME! Five years from today I will probably have a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast instead of cereal. Hopefully I will eat the bagel in a renovated kitchen though… Happy Blogiversary!
Tina Bland says
FIFTH ME!!! In 5 years…well, my 13 yr old stepdaughter will be 18 -yikes!! Which means we will be dishing out for college!! We plan on having a little one of our own by then too – so maybe there will be a toddler toddling around. Oh and we plan on selling our town home and being in a forever home by that time as well! Congrats on 5 years of your lovely blog!!
Tam I says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be happily settled into the house I’m closing on in a little more than a month (!).
kristy says
Fifth me!
Hopefully we will be on the same path we are on now. For me it is simple…two healthy kiddo’s = happy mama.
Tracy S says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I will be married and hopefully have two kids. I hope to still be reveinting our style in our new home. Here’s to the future!
Marisa @Margaritas In The Rain says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be blogging full-time and making babies! :)
Congrats on 5!
Sandra says
FIFTH ME!
I’m sure we’ll be in the same home, as much as it pains me to say it. I wish we could be closer to my husband’s job, but we bought our house at the peak of the market and living in metro Detroit, we were hit harder than most of the rest of the country so we’re down almost HALF of what we paid in 2002, far before we were thinking about children and school districts. I’m due with a second son in January, so I hope five years to have two young boys in this home and to have returned to have gone on vacation to somewhere tropical!
Morgan H says
FIFTH ME. I keep trying to get my Husband to move to Portland, so hopefully in 5 years we will be there!
Janice says
FIFTH ME!
I suspect I will be sort of where I am now. With a rather full (and small) house. I could SO use this win to help get my house (bought a year ago) in a little better shape for us (single mom, sole support here, so fixing up this little old rancher is slow going!)
HAPPY FIFTH to you guys! you are SUCH an inspiration!
Devin says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be happy, healthy and with my (hopefully bigger) family in the burbs.
Heather says
FIFTH ME… please!
Cecilia says
FIFTH ME! I see myself still in our current house, happily married, and with our first child! :)
Nirja says
Fifth me, please! I hope to be in a doctoral psychology program!
Elise says
Fifth me!
Only time will tell… though I hope to own my own place by then so I don’t have to still be dealing with obnoxious landlords!
Tracy says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully me, my husband, and the cats will be happily ensconced in a home of our very own, with an icemaker, where I don’t have to get permission to paint anything. :)
Dottie says
Hi John and Sherry
Big fan of your blog here! FIFTH ME!
! Hoping to be in our retirement house by then-
Steph N says
“Fifth me”
I hope in five years to be settled down with a husband and a house with a pool!
Danyl H says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to have added one or two more kids to my current family of four!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME! In five years, my husband and I will probably have moved to our second house and have had a kid or two.
caroline says
FIFTH ME!!!
I will be out of New York, maybe in San Diego, with my sweet husband!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself married, in my first house as a homeowner, hopefully with child #1 on the way. After living in 5 different states, I plan on staying put and enjoying everyday life for a while (but still plan on making yearly trips overseas to keep my travel bug satisfied)!
Moira says
“FIFTH ME” … different city, different job, same wonderful family!
Amy H. says
Fifth Me! I’ll be right here.
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME
I hope to still be happily married to my hubby, maybe have one or two little ones, maybe a bigger house, have traveled to Europe with my husband, get a promotion at work, hope the hubby gets a promotion (or two), learn to make croissants from scratch. That kind of sounds like a lot for five year… dream big!
Mindy in Indy says
FIFTH ME!
We hope to moved closer to our best friends in the whole world. We want to grow our families together.
Alison F. says
FIFTH ME!
All three of our little ones in school, in our next home, making it ours and filling it with family and friends – OFTEN!
ben says
FIFTH ME!
New job, new baby and new home!
andrew says
Fifth Me! Hoping to have a new car. :)
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years I’ll be married and somebody’s mommy. But really I have no idea, I guess I’ll just have to wait and see what life has planned for me.
Nirja says
Fifth me, please!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 years, I hope to have sold our home, be in a new home, a new city and have a new baby (or one on the way!)
Adrienne J says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have this house done!! :)
Morgan says
Fifth me! I can’t even imagine what the next five years will bring our family. The only thing that’s certain is we will all be five years older!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will be a nurse practitioner (currently in school) living in a warmer place with my hubby and maybe a bigger family! Wee! Thanks for the giveaway!
Katie D says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’ll hopefully fulfill a big itch and be a pilot! crazy, huh?
Dina says
FIFTH ME! Wow, what a great prize! In five years… I’m not sure where I’ll be, but I hope to be someplace else and doing something different! Not that I’m not happy right now with where I am and what I’m doing, but I like the idea of moving on to bigger and better things and not staying stagnant. Also, in five years, my kid will be starting school, which is exciting and sad at the same time!
Tiff says
FIFTH ME
In five years, I hope to be starting our family and to be married. We have been dating for almost 3 years and we just bought a house, so naturally the next thing is children… well after marriage. (This is how I would like it to go, we’ll see!)
susan says
Fifth Me!
I have learned the hard way that when people plan, the fates laugh…sometimes to your face!
Rebecca says
“Fifth me”
hopefully be in the same place with kids growing up. Will be trying my best to look five years younger !!!
Jaime says
Fifth Me! I hope to be enjoying my life as I am now! With my wonderful husband and maybe a more stimulating job.
Kristin Gibson says
Fifth me! Hope to be in a new house, with more than 1 bathroom!
katalina says
FIFTH ME!
HOPE TO MAKE THE LEAP TO PHOTOGRAPHER instead of graphic designer who loves photography! whoops cap lock!