***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.
Jodi says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now, I hope to have found a city to settle down in, post-living-in-NYC.
Leland says
FIFTH ME!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have (or be pregnant with) our 2nd child. I’d also like to be in a new with just as much charm and character as our current one, but with a little more space for our growing family. :)
Mekenzie @ Interiors by Kenz says
FIFTH ME! Congrats on the 5 year mark, and on your HUGE SUCCESS! You’re a huge inspiration to wee bloggers such as myself. In five years I hope to have our baby adopted and to be a stay at home mommy with said baby.
Kristin says
Fifth me!
I just hope that I am happy and healthy!
Beryl says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years I’ll be 5 years closer to retirement, lol
Alexis says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope that we’ll have a house of our own instead of being renters…preferably someplace warm – I’m not a fan of New England winters!
Michelle says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I see myself and my husband in a very similar life but with the addition of a baby. I hear that changes everything so I guess it won’t be so similar after all. :-)
Sara says
FIFTH ME PLEASE!
In five years I plan to have a puppy… maybe a kid? (eeek)
Heather says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I hope to be settled into our home (just moved in last month!)and possible enjoying a newly remodled kitchen!
Emma says
FIFTH ME In 5 years what is that 2017? Whoh. Same house, different job. I will be managing a department or initiative while ferrying my active tweens maybe to swimming, ballet, and theater? Husband will be in the same work and we’ll be planning some big vacation.
Jesllee says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully we will still be in the Twin Cities, but in a house instead of an apartment. And maybe I will be a stay at home mom (we’ve been trying to get pregnant for a while) with just a part time job on the weekends or something.
Lauren Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME! In five years I imagine I’ll have a kid (or two!). Might possibly be in my current job, since I just started, but my dream is to open a boutique. We shall see!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Since I never could have imagine being where I am today 5 years go, I can’t even begin to think aobut what 5 more years will bring. Just trying to enjoy every moment of the journey.
Dana F. says
Fifth me!
Our lives will be drastically different in five years, as we are now pregnant with twins!
Elijah says
FIFTH ME!! Who knows where the next 5 years will take us but I have a mini me running around with a new job in a new city which means a new house to make our home!
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME! It’s always tricky to look into the future…but hopefully we will have started our family by then and hopefully both of us will be in new positions within our respective companies. Maybe I’ll have my masters degree? Who knows?!?!
Kelly M says
Fifth me!
I hope in 5 years to be well into loving our current home or moved on to a bigger home closer to work!! My kiddos will be older and we can focus a bit more on the decorative parts of our home!
andrea says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope I’m married with a kid or two in a much bigger house! The 750 square feet won’t last for too much longer!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope that my husband will have a couple of kids. We recently bought a fixer-upper in a great area of town, so we don’t plan on moving, but by then, we hope we have saved up to add on a room or two to our existing house.
Congrats on your 5 yr anniversary!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! Congratulations on your 5th year blog-iversary!
We just moved into a new neighborhood (in a new town for one of us) and love it! Hopefully in 5 years, we will be loving our hood even more and reading Young House Love!
Tasha says
FIFTH ME!!
Not sure where I will be in 5 years. I have learned to put it in God’s hands to lead us on the right path.
Anjuli says
Fifth me!
Hopefully with two more children and a bigger house.
Abbie says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully graduating from dental school and opening up a practice with my husband!
GEM says
FIFTH ME
In 5 years… a kid or two, a new career, and a novel or two from the husband
Tara says
Fifth Me!!
Lessee… 5 years from now, I’d like to have at least one more baby– maybe 2. I’d like to have expanded our downstairs powder bathroom into a full bath. And I’d like for my at home calligraphy business to be bringing in more than $2500 a year.
Karen says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in five years I’ll still have a job I like, good health, and plenty of time to spend with family and friends. A little more money wouldn’t hurt either!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself living somewhere in the south and owning my own home. Possibly training for a triathlon :)
Jenn says
FIFTH ME, please! In five years, I have no idea where we will be. We’ve been married three years and already moved three times for the hub’s job, thus necessitating three different jobs for me, all ending up in different fields. I don’t know where we will be living, or what I will be doing for a job; all I DO know is we will be together and maybe have a bambino to travel along on our great adventure. :)
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to get married, buy a home and have a baby…Lots to do!
Kaitlin Holton says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope to still be living in (and loving) the home that we just bought.
Lauren Tal says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years my house will finally be baby gate and child latch free. I am dreaming of the day when I can freely roam the halls and get a spoon like an adult.
Liz says
FIFTH ME! I don’t care where I am in 5 years as long as I am happy and doing something that makes me feel good every day! Congrats on the 5 years of blogging!!
krys72599 says
FIFTH ME!
krys72599 says
FIFTH ME!
Please delete my previous entry – I hit “send” before I answered!
In 5 years we’ll be in a new home, retired, downsized from two homes (a primary and a vacation home) to one, probably NOT in NJ – our new project is to visit a few different states with an eye toward retiring there… BOY, could this prize help us out! I’d love to start collecting what we want/need in a new place now, since I anticipate our needs and designs will be very different than what we have now…
Nina says
FIFTH ME!
Married… with children. (Do you hear the theme music playing in the background?)
Leslie R. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, hubby retired, 1/2 of the year in Texas near one daughter and grandsons; other 1/2 of the year at daughter’s in Hawaii!
Kaitlin Jenkins says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my hubby and I will (hopefully) buy our first house/farm, add a baby to the family, and probably another fur-kid too!
Liz says
FIFTH ME!! Hopefully in five years we will have a kid or two and own our own home. My husband and I have spent the last several years moving around based on job relocations, and I just want to settle down!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself in a different house in a new city with elementary school age kids!
Kate Gemmellaro says
Fifth me!
Five years, hopefully decorating home #2 with baby #2 on their way to being 5!
Rian Alexander says
FIFTH ME, PLEASE!!!!
After moving across the country back to my home state, we are living in a rental. So, we hope to buy a house by then and hopefully add one or two more to our current family of three!!
Thanks!!
Bonnie S. says
FIFTH ME! The only thing I know is that our unborn baby boy will be not be an unborn baby anymore…crazy!
Susan says
Fifth me (please)!!!! I see myself living in our new home with my amazing husband and identical twin girls (one who was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes) and our (future) diabetic alert dog named Charlie!
Molly says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now I hope to find myself rebuilding a fixer-upper into exactly the kind of house/space I want. Hopefully this will be on the coast of northern California! :)
Krystal D. says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in our first house, getting our DIY on!! :)
hollie says
FIFTH ME!!!!
IN FIVE YEAR I HOPE MY LIFE IS AS AWESOME AS IT IS NOW!!!!!
Yao says
FIFTH ME! And I have no idea where I’ll be in five years. :)
Alison says
FIFTH ME!
Today is my 1 year wedding anniversary so exactly 5 years from today I plan on celebrating my 6th anniversary with my husband. And who knows, maybe by that time we’ll have our own little bean (or beans)! :)
Eileen Catherine Righter says
“FIFTH ME!” pleeeease! lol
Where you see yourself in five years? In all the times I’ve been asked that question, I don’t believe I’ve ever had so many things to look forward to in the coming years. I certainly hope that in 5 yrs I will be a mom of 3. Considering I have none now, I suppose I will be extremely busy in 5 yrs! hahaha I hope that in 5 yrs I will have graduated my 2 yr nursing program. Which means I would have left my current job, and started a whole new one as a nurse. I will also be going to school for my bachelors & then masters. I will be celebrating my 5 yr wedding anniversary with my husband! And hopefully in 5 yrs ALL our major renovations will be complete! Please god, let them be complete! hahahahaha We are currently reno’ing the basement (for the second time, after hurricane Irene decided to flood it). Then we need to reno our bathroom. And then maybe adding a sunroom. Also some little projects like getting some big boy & girl furniture for our master bedroom. Furnish & decorate our basement. Decorate a nursy or two (swoon!). Work on some curb appeal and gardens! The list could go on & on. “Changes are a comin'” and I look forward to each & every one of them. :o))))
Marie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’d like to be living in my own home in a much more tranquil city then where I live now.
Happy blogiversary!