***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 says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to see us renovating our first house to make room for a budding family :)
Meagan says
Fifth Me!
In five years, i hope to have (or be expecting) our first child. And hopefully be in a city where we are settled down for a while.
Kim says
FIFTH ME!!
Hard to beleive that my son will be 6 and a half years old and in school!! I’m guessing I will have at least two more babies too! How exciting to think about the fun stuff the future holds!! I think we will still be in our current neighborhood, but maybe a bigger home :O)
Abby says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope to be the owner of a shiny PhD. Fingers crossed!
Hannah says
Fifth me!
I have absolutely no clue where I will be in 5 years. I am 24 years old, (probably) about to drop out of a doctoral program, and have zero idea about what I will be doing when I leave. For once, I am excited! So my hope is that in 5 years I’ll have a better idea of what I want to be when I grow up – or I’ll still be having fun figuring that out.
Lauren says
Fifth Me!
With 2 kids and a job in the NICU. Hopefully!
Amy says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll be watching my baby start Kindergarten unless of course another sibling comes along.
Shannon says
Fifth me!! In 5 yrs I hope to be a home owner!!
Joe says
FIFTH ME. I see myself and my wife in a bigger and better house in 5 years with a couple of kids and loving life. We have nothing but love for each other and her eye for design just inspires me to help out a little more around the house. She’s the love of my life and even if I don’t win this prize, I still would love to help her out with all her designs and decorating. She’s such a huge fan of your blog and makes sure she sends me links to what you both have done to your home! P.S. Your daughter is gorgeous.
Morgan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself still being a part of the amazing improv troupe I belong to now. :)
Liene says
FIFTH ME
in 5 years hopefully I’ll be lost in virtual reality.
Alicia says
FIFTH ME! It’s hard to tell, but hopefully in five years we’ll have a larger family with at least one but maybe two kids.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
Baby #1 is due any day, so hopefully with a baby #2 and a new job.
Holly says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be married to my current boyfriend (yikes, weird to put that out there!) and be on the road to having kiddos. And I hope to be at the same firm I’m at now–with increased responsibility and cooler projects!
Elizabeth says
Fifth me! In five years, I see myself with a beautifully decorated house. We just bought a home and are moving in a couple weeks. We are going to have lots to do, but hopefully in five years it will look pretty good.
Alison says
FIFTH ME!!!!
Hopefully to have kid #2 and to get some house projects out of my head and done
Sarah Marie says
Fifth Me!
In five years I have no idea where I’ll end up. But I hope that I’ll be living somewhere fun and enjoying life.
Meike says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have 1 baby and 1 on the way… be living in a different country (due to a job move)… who knows but it all sounds good.
Olga says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope to be finished remodeling my home and maybe even living in a bigger home since our current home is a little small for our 4 kids.
Kristen says
Fifth me! I hope to have a kid or two running around our house which will hopefully be much more “finished” in 5 years!
Chrissy says
FIFTH ME!!!!
Well…we have three sons and that has so much to do with where we will be in five years. The oldest will be fifteen and hopefully will have been in a school that specializes in dyslexia for four years at that point (we are neck deep in the admissions process right now). The middle son will be twelve and I have no clue where he will be going to school (our local school is a PROBLEM, which is so unfortunate) but he will definitely be in two or three sports and has already told me he wants to be able to read the Lord of the Rings books and the Harry Potter books by then. lol The youngest son will be nine and in his last year at Montessori and also probably in more than one sport that year. We are planning that my husband will have taken the reins of the family business by then…so I’ll cross my fingers as I type that, okay? As for me…taking care of all of us, decorating our home, managing our lives, juggling the special diets all four of them need (my husband is diabetic and all four of them are gluten/dairy/soy/corn free due to multiple allergies and intolerances) is pretty much a more-than-full-time-job…so I see myself doing that and finally having settled into the balance I am trying to find right now. Getting back into running, feeding myself better instead of only thinking about everyone else, taking time to relax instead of being go, go, go all the time. The one thing I don’t see changing is where we live…it is big enough, in a beautiful, tree-filled and safe neighborhood and it is PAID FOR. lol We plan on fixing it up and fixing it up and making it our home until the last child is in college and then moving to a loft downtown…no yard work!!
SarahN says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have a child, have celebrated my 10th anniversary with my husband… and hopefully a different job. :)
Camille says
Fifth Me! I ‘ve stopped trying to guess where I’ll be in the future. I hope to continue to be fulfilled in my career and in my family life!
Katee says
Fifth me!!! I see myself with my family in England doing some study abroad for the university. Maybe in a new house closer to the university my bubbie works for.
Colleen says
FIFTH ME!!! FIFTH ME!!!
I see myself decorating a newly built house on the hill with all our little doggie family members cruising about – we already have 4…what’s a few more?
maureen says
Fifth Me!!!!! Empty nesters baby!! Kids graduated from college and no more twice yearly tuition payments…money finally able to be spent on us. Ah to dream..Happy 5th!
AmandaD says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I’ll have two kids, a new house – maybe a dog too!
Kari says
FIFTH ME
I see myself having our first home finished to my liking and hopefully enjoying before I am ready to start again on decorating another home.
Ashley Walton says
FIFTH ME!
I would love to be in our second home with a pool and a fire place!! :)
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully loving life and having wonderful adventures. :)
April says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I hope to be better established in my career and have started a family. I plan on staying in the Nashville area, but who knows where the wind may blow me.
DeeDee says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be cooking in my totally finished remodeled kitchen.
Joe says
FIFTH ME!! I plan on living in the same house, with many updates and enrolling my 5 year old girl, Ruby, in school.
Alex says
FIFTH ME!
Holly says
5 years from now maybe we’ll have all those little projects done that get to the 99.9% done point and then grind to a sickening halt because of loss of mojo, lack of ability to find the perfect finishing-touch product, or simply lack of funds.
Laura says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to be living in a new city, with a baby (or two, don’t scare my husband with this though) and remaining happily married!
lu mae ro says
FIFTH ME!
In five years i hope to have bought a home!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
Maybe #4?
Courtney F. says
FIFTH ME!
My hubby and I will probably be parents at least one more time over, and I’m hoping by then we’ll be settled in a house of our own!
Valerie says
FIFTH ME!
I have no idea… 5 years ago I was in a very different place than I am now. Heck 3 months ago I was engaged (redesigning an apartment is a great healthy way to move forward) so I would love to say that I’m still loving my job, that I’m married an prego with a baby… whatever happens health and happiness is all that matters though!
stacey says
FIFTH ME! (Please?!?!? :)
In five years I hope hubby and I are living in the mountains with chickens, goats and an enviable organic garden. YAY!
Ryan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, we hope to still be as happy as we are today.
Kellie says
Fifth me! Hopefully, I will running my family business and be married. We will see!
Tricia says
FIFTH ME! Still married, hopefully one more baby (maybe a girl to add to my two boys?), doing the elementary school thing with my kiddos, and hopefully some major remodels to a lot of our house!
Becca says
FIFTH ME! I just had a baby in March, so in 5 years, I hope we will be a family of four! : )
Kati says
FIFTH ME!
Wow, in five years I’m hoping we’ll have a lot of changes. By then I hope our never ending quest to purchase our first home will have ended happily. Maybe we’ll have two new additions (baby #2 and a dog) to the family. Hopefully, I’ll also have finished up my graduate degree and will be working in the school system. Is that too much to ask? I’ll keep my fingers crossed!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
What an amazing giveaway! My husband and I got married almost a year and a half ago. After two apartments, we’re currently looking for our first home. In five years I hope to be settled into that home, with a little cluster of kiddies (not kitties!).
Sara says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope my husband and I have our first child who is around one or two years old, that we still live in our current (first!) home and don’t move and that my photography business is taking off. :)
Congrats on the anniversary!
Ellen says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have a place of my own that I can paint and renovate to my heart’s content… no more renting! And I hope that I have a doggy friend by then, too!
Kelsey Kautzi says
Fifth me! In five years we hope to have our adopted baby home (we’ve been waiting for 8 months and it’s excruciating!) and hopefully another one on the way! We’d love to be in a bigger house to accommodate our bigger family, but if not, we’ll be snuggling close in our cozy little house that we love despite it’s size.