***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.
sarah says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be enjoying making a new home “ours” (we just sold our first home) and to hopefully have had a kid or two. Other than that we will just have to wait and see :)
Jamey says
FIFTH ME–in five years I’ll have a 10 year old and a 15 year old! Yikes! I hope I will have the whole parenting thing down by then- I’m certainly learning more and more with every passing day. I am certain that in 5 years all of my current house projects will be complete– and a new list will be created!!
Heidi says
FIFTH ME!! I see my being kids being 7 & 8 and hopefully we will be in our forever home!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! It’s hard to know for sure, but probably in a new town, maybe with a sibling for #1, and with a new house to decorate!
Sabrina Wight says
FIFTH ME! I will hopefully have all the work done on my house that I want to get done, inspired by you two!
Erika K says
FIFTH ME!
Well, hopefully we will be making our way to the Bay Area. It’s our dream to move back to my honey’s hometown in California
Amanda Hayes says
FIFTH ME!
And in five years, I’m sure I’ll still be DIYin’ this house into my dream home!!
Erin E. says
In five years, we will have a kid, but I am not sure what else the future holds! Maybe we will have moved to a new city? Maybe we will have bought a house or landed a dream job? Who knows!?!?!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! Having my baby girl starting kindergarten!! Eek that’s too soon!!!
teresa says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I’m hoping to be healthy, happy, still in love and still starting my mid-morning by checking my RSS feed for the latest and greatest YHL post :)
Justin says
FIFTH ME!!
Hope to have a successful photography career!
Tiffany says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to be healthy, happy and able to find time to do all the DIY projects that I only dream about doing today.
Julie says
FIFTH ME PLEASE!
In 5 years, we’ll only have five years left on the loan we needed to take out in order to start our family. Our prayed for, beautiful baby girl miracles will be turning 6,and we’ll hopefully be in the same town in a different home…not too big, but more closet space would be nice!
Stacy says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be happily enjoying life as I am right now. Oooh! Or maybe my husband and I will have started our own food truck, I guess you never know!
Jane Nelson says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I imagine I’ll have another kiddo (or two!), hopefully live in a bigger house, but hopefully still in the same city.
Grace says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself graduated from my PhD program, with a real job, and buying my first home!
Clara says
Fifth me! We are moving and changing jobs in a month or two so I have no idea what the next 5 years hold but hopefully a a baby brother or sister for my current baby.
Ashley J says
FIFTH ME!
I imagine we’ll be almost ready to have our first kid, living somewhere awesome! Fingers crossed.
Tamara B. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my awesome husband and I hope to expand our family and fill up the house we bought just over a year ago. It’s amazing how fast the time goes!
Jacki says
Fifth me! In 2017 (gulp) my hubby and I will celebrate 10 years of wedded bliss. Hopefully we’ll still be plugging away on our house and maybe have a puppy?
faraz says
FIFTH ME!! I wish that in five years I have enough money saved up to travel the world!
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME! Wow — what a giveaway! I honestly wouldn’t even know what to do with that much money to spend all at once.
In five years, I hope I am just as happy as I am right now.
Shannon. says
Fifth me!! In five years, I see myself opening a business with my fiance, still being and at home mommy to my two boys ( who would be ten & six, crazy!), and purchasing our first home. Still following your blog for ideas and updates :) congrats on your fifth!
Tegan Aubrie | Twelve13 says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now? Yikes. We are closing on our first home in a month (yay!) and our second baby is 7 months old, so by then we’ll hopefully be hosting lots of family/neighborhood gatherings and filling our weekends with sports for the kids (who will then be 8, 5, &… ?!?!) So crazy to think about. Congratulations, you guys. Been with you for all 5 years and am still in love with the whole fam. :)
Charlotte Parrish says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be a mother with at least one if not two little ones running around the house! I plan to be head over heels for my husband of 5 years and 4 months. I would love to own a German Shepherd! And I will definitely be DIYing as much as possible and constantly decorating and re-decorating my home!
Brandy says
FIFTH ME
I’m pretty sure I’ll have a new job in 5 years, but I have no idea what that might be. Here’s to dreaming it’s something with real meaning.
Marin says
FIFTH ME…
In five years I think I will be in the same town and in the same house. I am really not sure what I will be doing for a living; I just got laid off this summer from my current job and I am not sure what I want to do next!
As long as I am with my husband and son I will be happy :)
Mercedes Lambey says
Fifth me!! I hope to have another kid and be Traveling more, all over the world!! Looking life and enjoying family!
Megan says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be in the same house (we just moved in and have a LONG to-do list)’ but maybe with one or two more kids. I can’t imagine anything better!
Margy says
FIFTH ME! FIFTH ME! FIFTH ME! I hope to be in our same home with more updates! (I hate moving…)
KElly says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself enjoy my 7th anniversary with my amazing husband, our sweet newborn daughter will have just turned 5 and we will hopefully have renovated our kitchen and at least one bathroom in our 1953 Cape Cod, which REALLY needs a lot of TLC.
Paula says
Fifth me! Not sure where I’ll be, but hopefully exploring a new city with a cool job!
Michelle says
Fifth Me!
I hope to have 1 or 2 children and possibly a new house to decorate!
Christine Rath says
FIFTH ME!In five years I see my life DIY’d as I marry again and reestablish a home with my new hubby.
Laine says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope we’re still in RVA, hopefully with a kiddo or two.
madeleine says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to be done as a renter and have a house of my own to DIY!!!
Bonnie says
FIFTH ME. please! In five years I hope I’ll still be living where I am. I’ve been saving for a new roof, and after that on the house bucket list is a new kitchen. I sure hope that at least one of them is accomplished by then! And I love my job and hope I’m still there. I see that I make a difference in someone’s life everyday.
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to have a house and kids by then!
Renee says
FIFTH ME!
in 5 years i’ll hopefully be in the same place i am now! this last decade has been insane and i’m looking forward to some stability :)
Amy says
Fifth me! In 5 years I hope to be loving life with my recently turned 5 year old son and amazing husband. Hopefully we will have adopted another little one in that time. I hope to be working part time as a counselor and maybe we will have moved to a warmer climate by then?!?
Elise says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I hope to be as happy as I am today!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully happily settled with my family, and my twins in a great school and loving it!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I’ll have at least 1 baby (due any day now) and maybe a second. I’ll be an attending enjoying clinic and teaching and family medicine and my husband should (probably, hopefully) finally be done training!
Jennie Jensen says
Fifth me! In 5 years we maybe in a bigger house and my baby will be 5!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years I’ll have a couple of kids and be living back closer to family!
Erin says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have two more children for a grand total of three, a different home in a more homey neighborhood, and be even happier than I am today!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I will have two teenagers to deal with. Yikes!
Samantha says
Fifth me! I’ll be done with college and hopefully have landed a great job. Awesome giveaway!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years our son will be six and possibly have another one by then.
ashley says
fifth me
a new home, a new baby, the same man.