***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.
Heidi says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’d hope to have 2 or 3 kids (if we wind up with twins!) and be in a house that we own. I hope that both my hubby & I have grown in our careers.
Chelsea Eaton says
Fifth Me! Five years seems like such a long ways away, I cant begin to speculate where I’ll be.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have found my passion in life and a job to go with it!
Julia says
FIFTH ME!
In five years… I hope to be just as happy as I am now. To be even happier would be an embarrassment of riches, but welcomed as well :)
Liz R. says
FIFTH ME!!!!
In five years I hope to be living in our first home.(We are in the process of searching right now!!)Also hoping to have a little kid running (or crawling)around!
Ross K. says
FIFTH ME!
Bigger house, better job, more kids.
Amy J. says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be well established in my career, and on to a newer and bigger house!!
pam b says
Fifth me! I’m hoping we’ll have a second or third child and maybe have an addition on our house! And hopefully my baby will be sleeping through the night by then…
Rachel says
Fifth me!
Sabrina says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
Hopefully in five years, I’ll be doing something in the baking field which I love. And hopefully will be a mom, which I can’t wait to be. Happy Blogiversary!
Danielle Schaefer says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years we’ll be married, moved to CA (from Denver) and hopefully be DIYing the heck out of our first home together!
STC says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope I’m in a place where I can paint the walls, not hopping from NYC shoebox apt to apt. In the meantime, I make do with accessories/small furnishings like these! Haha.
Nadia says
Fifth me!! Oh wow! In five years, both my babies will be in school and I’ll be back to work…sniffle sniffle!
victoria says
FIFTH ME!
Kristina says
FIFTH ME! In five years I know I will be happily living in the country with my husband and daughter, hopefully still reading my favorite blog!!
Robyn says
FIFTH ME – in five years I picture myself in a new city with a growing family!
Jessica J. says
FIFTH ME!!
I see my car paid off and a bathroom remodeled and celebrating 10 years of marriage. :)
Marissa says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to have a second little one and be five years further along on fixing up the house we bought in January!
april says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I see myself with my family, settled down in our forever home! We’ll be moving to North Carolina next year and I’m hoping the upcoming years will be filled with lots of new adventures and maybe another baby!
sarah says
fifth me!! in five years we’ll be headed towards 10 years married, with more kids likely added to our current 2, probably will have moved and furnished a new house with stuff from all 5 of these places ;)
Adrienne Jones says
Fifth me! Five years – probably still fixing up our new home and starting a family.
Kathryn says
FIFTH ME!
Ideally, in 5 years I’ll be married with my dream job!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope our family of three is a family of four, and we either find the guts and money to hardcore renovate our little home I love, or find a forever home we don’t mind doing that to (with a little more space)!
Anne says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope my husband and I will have another child (for a total of 2) and will have moved closer to family so they can be surrounded by love!
Alison says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to have a couple of kids and be in a house with a yard instead of an apartment.
Lisa R. says
FIFTH ME! (Why does saying this out loud in my head make me think I am saying FILTHY?) Anyway…In 5 years I will be in a different job and my kids will be in elementary school! Yikes! My husband and I will still be in our current home and we pray that we are all healthy and happy! (I also hope to have completed a bunch of projects around our house!)
Trish T. says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have advanced in my career and to have purchased my first house. Possibly married, possibly not. Might as well through in lots of leisure travel as well!
Gracie says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be right where we’re at in 5 years! At least house wise and job wise. Just with older kiddos! Gosh my oldest will be 15 in 5 years. That’s crazy sounding. Here’s to the next 5 years crawling by. Ha ha.
Holly L. says
FIFTH ME!
I hope I will be done renovating my fixer upper in 5 years! Or maybe we will have moved on to home #2!
Keilah says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope we will be in a larger home (because as our five kids grow, our home needs to as well :)) and busy DIYing the house to make it our own. We hope to have more rooms, a sauna, and a HUGE laundry room.
Rebecca Udy says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself with an almost 5 year old, and at least one other little one running around the house. We will probably still be in the same house, but hopefully it will look a lot different! I have so many ideas for this home.
Angie says
FIFTH ME!
I envision a couple kiddos, trading in our city home for a more spacious country home, maybe start our own business (fingers crossed), and still loving life and DIYing our home with my husband and Goose (our dog…not a bird)! Happy fifth anniversary!
Erin says
FIFTH ME! Though, I kinda want to say “high five me!” Happy blogiversary you guys!!! In five years, my youngest will be in school and I will have the freedom to explore anything I want! I love being home with my kids, but I think that once they’re all in school my brain might be able to focus on something other than diapers, meals, groceries, and just surviving! Haha!
Mary Duff R says
Fifth me!
In five years: keeping up with a 5th grader and a 2nd grader. Crazy!
Sarah S. says
Fifth Me!!
In five years… I hope to have completed my Masters degree in Public History, be married, be working in a museum somewhere and living happily ever after.
Evie says
Fifth me!!!
In five years I hope to finally be moved into our house. Decorating takes me forever, two years in our house and only 2 rooms completed to my satisfaction.
Oh and also another baby to keep the current one company.
Brittany K says
FIFTH ME! I hope my husband and I will have a little one by then and maybe a few more completed diy projects around the house :)
LM says
FIFTH ME
In 5 years I’ll hopefully have a home of my own. Renting is getting old!
laura says
in five years i hope to be in my own little grandma house (hopefully) accesorized with the winnings from this giveaway!! i have really enjoyed watching you guys not be afraid to learn and
grow in public.
Aurora says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to have expanded our family and made some changes to the house we just bought!
Janelle says
Fifth me!!!
Wow, what a giveaway! Hope to have 1 or 2 kids and a remodeled house!!
Steph S. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have started a family and new career! This is an AMAZING giveaway! You guys are the best.
ariel says
Fifth me!!!
In 5 years, I would LOVEfor my house to feel 100% mine instead of 75% mine/ 25% the previous owner. baby steps right?!?!?
Marti says
FIFTH ME!
Content.
Marigny Beilman says
Fifth me! In five years, I see us with our two boys plus maybe another little one (if I can talk my husband into adoption!), still in our same house & hopefully with my husband as part-owner of the engineering firm where he currently works. I’d love to be working only part-time by then!
Stefanie D. says
fifth me..swimmin in new pool
Carol S says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to be enjoying my forever home that my husband and I just moved into this year. Love it and love working on it.
Michelle says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years… I hope to be planing a move out of our plain-jane ranch and into something with more character that’s closer to the city.
Laurie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope that my husband and I will be homeowners doing some of the same types of DIY projects that you guys are doing.
Maria says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 years I hope to be in a new house. A bigger house. With a SWEET kitchen!!!