***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.
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
Not sure where we’ll be living in five years, but I know I’ll be celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary to my darling hubs, my kiddo will be in 5th grade, and I’ll be five years older!
Happy blogiversary, you two!
Shary says
FIFTH ME!!!
Since we are in the process of moving (leap frogging right over you from Southeast VA to Northern VA), I hope to have bought a new house and have it mostly decorated. I will also be approaching empty nest status. Whoa! That can’t be right. I might even have a college graduate then, or maybe a daughter-in-love.
Leah says
FIFTH ME!
Settled in a home with my husband, stepdaughter and hopefully a baby or two!
Adrienne says
Fifth me! I hope to own a home in 5 years… only so I can decorate it. :)
Zauna says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll have a teenager!! Living in a cute little cottage and spending more time teaching.
Melody says
Fifth me! In 5 years hopefully my baby boy will let me sleep through the night!
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!
No idea! I just roll with the punches.
Whitney says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope that we will have at least one child and that we will have our same jobs and still be enjoying them.
jenny says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be blessed by baby number two and possibly get the chance to be a stay at home mama for a year or two! :)
Or working as a massage therapist. (I’m currently in Early Childhood / Social Work) And a photographer. And speaking fluent Spanish. And living in Puerto Rico! (ai ai ai!)
Ann says
Fifth me! In 5 yrs I will be a nurse, be skinny, and have my kids all in school! Woo-hoo!!!
Devlin says
FIFTH ME! So much change anticipated in the next 5 years! My guess would be that I should probably brush up on your DIY Wedding tips and nursery-building posts…! I know I’ll still be checking younghouselove at least once a day :D
You four rock, and I can’t wait to see where YOU are in 5 years!
Devlin
Nicole Bourne says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I are still “newlyweds”… so in 5 years we hope to have started our family, and be in our first house :)
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME! In five years, we hope to have moved our little family of three kids and two fish back to our home state of California and own our own small-scale organic farm, selling to farmers markets and shops. That’s our dream anyway!
Cindy says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be back at work with both of my kids in elementary school (and mayyyybe one in preschool if we decide to have a third!), and hey, let’s go crazy — with a novel published and another one in the works. A girl can dream, right??
Dina V says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I have moved 5 times in the last 3 years. We’ve lived in 3 states and only just recently bought our dream house (our first house). I hope in 5 years we’ll finally have baby feet trampling on new hardwood floors. I hope to see white cabinets in our updated kitchen with satin nickel cup pulls and dreamy granite countertops. I hope we can stay in one place and live our dream.
hollie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope I have more free time than I do now!
Jamie says
Fifth Me! I hope to be happily married. Haven’t met him yet, but I’ve got time right? In five years or tomorrow…come on hubby!
Queenie says
FIFTH ME!
Stay at home mom of 3 kids…First time homeowner…loves to organize,decorate and read blogs! :-)
Claire says
FIFTH ME! In five years I would like to be living in a single family home that I’ve been able to put my mark on, even if I don’t own it. A successful career and happy kids too (though they’ll be teenagers then, and they’re not known for being happy…)!
Julie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I expect to be in a new home with my husband (which I am already mentally updating as a read your blog), I hope to have a little one by then (maybe 2??), and I hope to have let go of my full time job to be a stay at home mom / landlord and property manager / aspiring blogger. Lots of big plans – great to see what you all have accomplished in 5 years to set the bar high!
Alyssa says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself settled down with my love in a home of our own in Portland, and hopefully starting or adding to our family.
Laurel says
Fifth me!
I’m 5 mo pregnant, so in 5 years the family will be bigger, we will live in a bigger space and hopefully our business will grow with us!!
hillary says
fifth me! in 5 years i hope to be either still in dc and thriving in my career or back down to florida finding better work/life balance
Miranda says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I’ll have one on the cusp of teendom and a 10-year old. Hope to have a better paying job and the house paid off.
Alli Hill says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I see my husband and myself living in Alaska and building a cabin!
katie says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I think that we’ll have moved to a different city, and hopefully have another old house to renovate!
Megan Van Leeuwen says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I hope to have at least one child and possibly two. My husband will be graduated from medical school (FINALLY!!) and we will hopefully be settling into a new home where I can paint and decorate to my heart’s content (we’ve been in apartments or condos for our entire married life so far).
Julia @ Chris Loves Julia says
fifth me! In five years, we’d love to have another child (or two!) and be moved on to a new city in a new house with a new job. Not that we don’t love our current house or current city or current family size of three, we just love trying new adventures together.
Jasmine says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully, with one more kid, my husband’s business up and running and either looking at homes if not starting to plan to build our own home. AND I’d love to not HAVE to work anymore by then :-)
stefanie says
fifth me! in five years i hope our house will finally have an updated kitchen!
alisa says
FIFTH me! Hopefully adoptiong our first child.
Krystle @ ColorTransformedFamily says
Fifth Me! I see myself in a new town, renovating a “new house”. No clue where though. We like to leave everything up to God. It keeps the road of life interesting.
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see us living in our current house and hopefully, have finished a few of the improvement projects on our to-do list (kitchen reno, please!) My baby girl will be 12 (scary!) and my little guy will be 9 – I’m sure our lives will be as busy as ever :-)
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope my hubby and I will have a little one running around! I’m sure we’ll both have the same jobs and still be living in the same house as we’re so blessed to be very happy with both! :)
Aimee says
Fifth me! Pllllease :)
Sam says
Fifth Me!
In five years, wow, I just had my 10th college reunion this weekend and I never would have placed me where I am now. 5 years from now I hope I find myself happy & healthy with my family on what ever adventure life brings!
Kelly V says
FIFTH ME!
Tammy C says
Fifth me! I hope in five years to be at my DREAM job!
Caitlin says
fifth me!!
five years!? hopefully celebrating my husbands medical school graduation and the start of his residency!
Sarah L. says
Happy Fifth Anniversary!!!
Fifth me!
I need to finish my masters degree. My husband and I are hoping to have a kid (maybe two?) in five years. Big five years ahead of us!
Good luck on another happy 5 more!
Amy says
FIFTH ME!
I love planning and always have a five year plan in place… though achieving it is not always possible, but I like to dream big :) Your blog is always full of great inspiration!
In 5 years we will have 4 kids (number 3 is due on Halloween this year) which means we need to have transformed our upstairs playroom into some more bedrooms or one big one, and the basement into a playroom/living room (that should be done in 2 years); then we focus on updating the exterior of our house to more cottage style variation of the “cape cod”, paving our driveway, and updating all our landscaping so it’s “edible” (berry bushes, kiwis, and whatnot). Not much to do with 4 kiddos underfoot, right?
Becky says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully with one or two children (we are starting to try for our first now…fingers crossed!). My husband and I both work from home so if we do have children, we’ll need to find a slightly bigger house so we can have more room for fun and work.
And hopefully, our businesses will continue to grow, and we’ll be as happy and healthy as we are today. :)
Nicole says
Fifth Me!!
In five years, we will have 8 year old (holy moly, where did the time go?!) a five year old and maybe a one year old! All our rooms will be finished in our house, and hopefully the house will be up for sale. For sure a new job! Lots of changes in the next five years!!!
Sonya says
FIFTH ME! I really enjoy my life so I hope 5 years from now it is just an older version of where I am now.
Keny says
Fifth Me! I hope to be settled into a career I love and maybe even have a little family started.
Paige says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be a working actor and (in my dreams) engaged to my now boyfriend planning a kick ass DIY wedding :D
Meg says
FIFTH ME!
In fives years (yikes) I will hopefully will have had our first child!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME Ill hopefully have a ‘real job’ in 5 years.
April says
FIFTH ME! I see myself living in the house we just bought (hopefully after a lot of improvements), and maybe with a little on or two!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME! (And happy blogiversary!)
I will be 35. Hopefully we’ll be about to have our second baby (we haven’t even had one yet!) and have recently bought our second house so we can be in the location we prefer.