***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.
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have finished painting all of the dark wood trim in our starter home to a beautiful semi-gloss WHITE :) It’s taking forever, but I am so thrilled with the look of the rooms I’ve finished so far. Slow and steady… Great giveaway!
Anne says
FIFTH ME! In five years I imagine that I’ll still be trying to do 17 things at once but with a family in tow. Congrats on five years!!
Hanna says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I hope that our home will be updated and finally looking the way I pictured it when we first moved in a year ago :o)
Matthew Peirson says
FIFTH ME
Hopefully still in the same house with a successful coffee roasting business! :D
Linds says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have a baby or possibly even two!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to still be happily married with a 4 year old and a 16 year old daughter. Possibly in a new town :)
Aimee says
Fifth me! I hope to be in a different home by then– nicer, bigger and with a garage!!!
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME!
Can’t believe that in 5 years I’ll have a 5-year old! As well as a 2 or 3 year old (hopefully). By then, my husband and our growing family will have moved closer to our extended families and will be happy & healthy!
Suzanne says
Fifth Me! In five years I will be 40, my kindergartener will have finished elementary school (we have a fifth grade center around these parts), and my husband and I will be planning our oldest daughter’s bat mitzvah. Yikes, I don’t wish the time away!
Betsy says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I hope to be right where I’m at now… raising happy healthy kids in my dream house.
Kristen says
FiFTH ME!! My husband has a “Master Plan” for our lives (since we were engaged) with children’s births, when houses will be bought, cars, all with money in present tense amounts – college savings needed, retirement.. he’s a planner (and a CPA). I’m not sure what the plan says at this point though – in five years I’m thinking he’ll have a new job, we’ll have a new kid (and a new car for that kid to fit in with the others) and possibly a new house.
Cheryl says
“FIFTH ME”!!
Hopefully by then I’ll be in a new home and my girl will be in college. Oh….wow….even when I think about it , I cant believe it.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope we will be building our dream stone house. :)
Davida says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I hope to still be here in this job and this house, with a sixth grader and, God willing, a four-year-old!
Shauna says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years, the hubs will be done with his medical residency- whoooo! And we will finally live in a house that I actually get to decorate the way I want, in a new city with another kid (hopefully). It’s so exciting!!!!
Ashley says
“FIFTH ME” We hope to have a baby and to be in a larger house.
Christine says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will be a mom to my four and a half year old who is currently just a little bun in the oven right now. It’s so crazy and exciting to think about that! :)
Oh, and I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT about your book tour. I hope you make it to NY… can’t wait for the details!
Amanda Hogan says
Fifth me! I picture myself turning 30, having one or two kiddos and working at a job that I love!
Pam says
FIFTH ME! Enjoying our (finally) remodeled home with our family!
Diane says
FIFTH ME! I see myself in our finished bathroom!
Carter says
FIFTH ME! I would imagined will still be happily married and I might be a momma by that point?!?! No clue about work situation!!
Ali says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 years I hope to have a happy and heathy family and still be living in the house we are building now (if it ever gets done)! Hopefully I will also finally find a career I love!
Kelly says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years I see myself in a new house, with a new job, and my kids will all be in elementary school together. Crazy!
Stephanie Webber says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be selling my current house and trading up for my victorian dream house.
Alison says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to be emerging out of the stay-at-home mom world in five years with a new lease on a new career! Now only five years to figure out what that might be!
stephanie says
“FIFTH ME”
I will be on permanent vacation on Maui. I hope.
cindy says
My family and I will hopefully have one more family member by then and we will hopefully be living in a much better part of the country…I’m thinking some place in the South. Gotta love the South!
Julia Rechsteiner says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I will be married (engaged, wedding is in 2 weeks!). Maybe we’ll have babies, another dog, a cabin in the mountains and definitely a new job for both of us :)
jenn says
FIFTH ME! I am hoping to be out of an apartment, and into a house…where I can take all the inspiration and put it to good use! I’d love to paint some walls! Side note – today is my daughter’s fifth birthday! too funny.
Amanda P. says
Fifth me!!!!
5 years from now ……I’m getting ready to have my first baby… any day now… So she is going to be 5 years old… thats a scary thought!
Robin says
FIFTH ME!
I’m hoping in 5 years that I will have a full time job, my husband and I will have had at least 1 kid, and have sold our house and moved into a new one. Wow! That’s a lot now that I type it out!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a couple little ones in the picture and maybe have a couple of big projects crossed off the home to-do list!
Terry says
FIFTH ME! In five years my baby will be seven years old and hopefully he will have a sibling! My husband and I will both be in a new house with new careers! I don’t know what exactly will happen but I look forward to the next five years!!!!!!!
Emily B. says
Fifth ME!
Congrats on your fifth anniversary! I am a newly-wed (well, a year into it), and my husband and I have embarked on our own house renovation adventure (so much 90’s oak and wallpaper….WOOF.). In five years, I hope to have it mostly completed – the basement, a loft library, outside space and the kids’ rooms are what’s left. Oh, and we’d also like to have a few kids to put in those rooms, as well!
Sonia says
fifth me
Still in our sweet home
Kassy says
Fifth me, please! I see myself in the same city since we’ve only been here 6 months and hopefully with some more babies!!
Robin says
Fifth Me!
I’d love to be retired, but that’s unlikely. Hopefully in a new downsized home.
Hilary says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself still happily married to my husband and in our home with our little one who will be 7 then (wow!) and hopefully one or two more little ones!
Hillary says
Fifth me!
We will be sending our son to school and be approaching a decade of wedded bliss.
Kim says
FiFTH ME
Hopefully our house reno will be done and we’ll have a kid and be all settled into our new, woderful house
Kelly H. says
Fifth me! In five years, I think we’ll have moved from the starter home to the next with our 3 kiddos in tow! Congrats to you on 5 years!
Rebecca H says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping in 5 years we’ll have bought our first house and have a least one little one added to our family.
Cara says
FIFTH ME!! In five years, my children will be 17 and 9!!! My family will hopefully be living in our dream home that we are set to begin building in a year! Congrats on your blogiversary!!
Whitney says
FIFTH ME! Holy cow, this is a great giveaway! In five years, I see my husband and I loving life in the house that we’re closing on next week (!!!). Hopefully by then we’ll have a little baby (or two?). Yikes, these are exciting thoughts!
Tara says
Fifth me! I will have two 9 year olds! We may be in a bigger house so I don’t have to share a shower with two tweens :)
Shelby says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself doing lots of babysitting for my super cute grandkids and fixing up our house in my free time.
Becca says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully with another little one or two!
Nannette says
FIFTH ME!
IN five years I hope to be retired and fixing up this lovely old home Ive come to love.
Jen says
FIFTH ME!! Five years from now I would love to see our family living in a new home, my home-based business more established, and our four young children all in school!!! Congratulations on five years, John & Sherry!!
Kristin says
Fifth Me! Hopefully I’ll have another one or two little ones around, and will be living in a house that I own!