***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.
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll have added another kiddo or two to the mix and have progressed in fixing up a bigger home, slowly turning it into our forever home :) Congrats on five years, Petersiks!
Erika W says
FIFTH ME!
Emily S. says
FIFTH ME!
Let’s see… in 5 years, my kids will be 9.5 and 6.5 (yikes!) and maybe we’ll have more. Sadly, we probably won’t have our sweet 11 year old dog anymore. I hope we’ll still be in the same house with a few more improvements… my husband hopes we’ll be in a bigger house that doesn’t need any improvements :)
Ryan says
Fifth me…I see myself with a super sweet, decorated house thanks to Young House Love! :-)
Erin says
Fifth Me! 2 kiddos and working for myself in some way/shape or form. Maybe by then I’ll have saved enough for the Restoration Hardware light fixture I’ve been swooning over for years. I’d also love to have the wall in our kitchen torn down. Oh and our gorgeous glittery popcorn ceilings gone! Maybe in 5 years I’ll also have figured out what to do with the wall behind the TV… that’s a tough one.
NancyH71 says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be able to retire in five years. Yes, I am that old!
Erin says
FIFTH ME! Gosh.. we’ll probably be in a new city with a baby on the way! So crazy to think about that..haha
HeidiG. says
FIFTH ME!!! With a C-title at the current startup that I work at. Hard work does pay off, right? Congratulations of 5 years guys!!
Marika says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully we’ll finally have unloaded our two unloved homes and will be in our ‘forever’ place.
Michaela says
FIFTH ME!
I just had baby #1 and in 5 years see #2. We will have just moved into our new home that I need to put our touch on and I will have found the most amazing job where I get paid to look at blogs, read design books/mags, and look at Pinterest all day long.
Robyn in Chicago says
FIFTH ME
2 homes – one in Chicago and one in LA. A gal can dream, right? :)
SingleMama says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I will have met Prince Charming (his name MIGHT be Harry), who is totally cool with living in Iowa.
Kaylyn Myers says
FIFTH ME!! Hoping for the same house, same city, same job…but with a few more rings on my finger :)
Adrienne says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my boys will be 14 and 11 (gasp!). I think we’ll have moved to a new, larger home. And I hope that I’ll be teaching or working with my husband.
Helen says
Hopefully in five years we will own our first home!!
FIFTH ME!
amy says
FIFTH ME! I might possibly still be homeschooling my kids if I can make it that long! I don’t know where we’ll be living–I’m guessing we’ll still be here!
Julie says
FIFTH ME!!!! In 5 years … hmmmm … hopefully I’ll have found a secret prince hiding in my city …
Gretchen says
FIFTH ME! Maybe we’ll have the basement finished by then???
Vivian B says
FIFTH ME (pretty, pretty, pretty please!)!!!
In 5 years I hope to achieve my dream of expanding my family with 2 kids (currently I only have a furbaby). I also plan to be a loyal 10 year YHL reader haha!
Jenn says
Fifth me!!
I hope to be living in a new city with my man and my pup. Hopefully with solid jobs as we begin to think about where to settle.
Ashley W says
fifth me, hopefully new homeowners. (we’re currently renting).
Julie says
FIFTH ME!
We have absolutely no idea where we’ll be. We are trying to decide whether to stay where we have a house in Kentucky and teach at universities, or whether to start a new project in Brazil as linguistic consultants.
Stephanie S says
FIFTH ME!!!!
Who knows?!?! My guess is that we’ll have a second, maybe third, kid by then. Likely in a different house…either bigger house more in the burbs, or smaller house downtown Dallas…and hopefully, by then, the hubby will have made partner, and I’ll either be working less or exclusively caring for the kiddos :)
Tess Anderson says
Fifth Me! I hope we’re in our same home and same city with our two, older girls…they will be 5 and 8 in five years! Wow!
Leah says
FIFTH ME! I see us finally settled into our first home which we settle on next month – hopefully by then we’ll have finished most of our major projects and tackled some DIY-proud improvements.
Eligonma says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself living in Argentina…
Cameron says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I see myself with a few more kids and hopefully a creative business!
Melissa G says
FIFTH ME !!
I would like to see another baby added to our crazy family. Also hoping well be buying a house by then too! Cant wait to really fix up a place and not just minor updates to our rental :)
Erica Renee says
Fifth Me! In five years… married, with a kid… doing whatever God has for me!
Ashley says
Fifth Me!! I see myself collaborating with other graphic designers, participating even more in design events around Seattle, possibly working on a new house and renting out our current remodel! And a dog – I’ll definitely have a rescued puppy dog. I mean we… we will have a dog. But I will be it’s favorite.
-Ashley
Tracie@MiddleClassMod says
Fifth me!
In five years I’d like for my husband to be in better health, and to have two kids.
Dianne says
FIFTH ME! My daughter will be seven and my husband and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary. We will still be living in our little castle on the hill and hopefully our acre of dirt will finally be developed into a family friendly entertaining area. HAHAHAHAHAHA! A girl can dream right? :) Happy 5th to you guys!
Johanna says
Fifth Me! I’ll probably be back to my career after being a stay at home mommy. Still happily married and still redecorating and painting over the colors I’m painting today.
Renee says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself right where I am now (things are good…). But I don’t know, I think year 6 might be the game changer.
Fercita says
FIFTH ME!!
I have no clue where I’d be in 5 years! But I’m pretty sure I’d be remodeling or painting or recycling or something like that!!!
SarahV says
FIFTH ME! This one’s in the bag!
Christy says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to be a full-fledged pediatrician practicing on my own :)
Valerie says
FIFTH ME!
Ooh, this is a tough one. I’m hoping to gain a few work-related promotions, have visited at least 2 different continents, and maybe-possibly move to a new town?!? Five years is enough time to do that much stuff, right?
Kaci says
Fifth me! In 5 years my little one will be starting kindergarten.
Edwin says
FIFTH ME! I hope to still be as happy as I am right now!!
Steph says
FIFTH ME
In five years…
I’m hoping I’m in a different job, married, and have a child. Hopefully, I didn’t just jinx myself!
Noah Echols says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’ll be raising a beautiful 5 year old. Ideally we would be living on the west coast by then, but it is more likely that we’ll be in Atlanta. We’ll probably be homeowners working our way through renovations with your wonderful advice!
Melissa says
Fifth Me!
I expect to be right where I am now but I hope to have our home a bit more organized and put together by then!
Lauren S. says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I’ll have been married to my husband for fifteen years, have a 12 yr. old daughter, 10 yr. old daughter, 9 yr. old daughter, 7 yr. old son, and the baby now on the way will be 4.5-ish. Yep, we have a lot of people in our house!
Lauren G says
FIFTH ME! Who knows? Definitely back to work as an RN (I quit my job to stay home with babies). . . In 5 years I will have a 12, 10, and 8 year old boy and I will be wishing they would still kiss me in front of their friends like they do now :)
Katy says
Fifth me! In five years, we could be living anywhere since my husband is finishing up his PhD and will be looking for a job in a couple of years. Hopefully we’ll have babies 2 and 3, too. :)
Lindi says
FIFTH ME! In five years I want to have chickens and a big backyard!
Jackie says
FIFTH ME!!! My unborn baby will hopefully be a big brother/sister a couple of times by then!
Emily Harkness says
Fifth me!
Who knows what the next 5 years will bring…but I sure hope its all good.
Debbie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to still be in love with my husband and maybe have a kiddo or two around.