***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.
Becky says
Fifth me!
We just moved and had a second baby, so hopefully in five years we will be settled and enjoying our little family (Of who knows how many) :-)
Loriann says
FIFTH ME! In five years we’ll be a family of four (possibly five) and I imagine considering a move to a bigger home!
KC says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, my husband and I hope to be living on a mountain in a cabin with our 2 girls away from this crazy life.
Lisa says
FIFTH ME! Ahhh! Both my girls will be in high school in five years and I hope to be in a house that will continue to welcome them and all their friends.
Teri says
FIFTH ME!! All of my 4 my kids will be in school, 2 in high school. (WHAT!!) I imagine will be knee deep in studies preparing each of them to be one day doctors. Our house will be full of kids.
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME!! My oldest daughter will be in college…..eek!! And my younger daughter will be learning to drive….double eek!! Enjoying my life and slowly remodeling our home in North Carolina.
Bree says
FIFTH ME!
I’m hoping that in five years, our house will be completely remodeled and super organized!
Sara says
FIFTH ME…in five years I hope to be done with school! And on to better things.
Joy says
Fifth me! In five years my nest should be empty and ready for redecorating.
Katie says
Fifth Me! In five years we will hopefully have 2 kids (1 is on the way) and will be ‘done’ with all the big projects in our house! I also hope to go on a few family vacations and begin showing my kids the world.
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME!
I’ll be married (I’m engaged now), in my thirties, and… who knows what else. Weird!
Allison S says
Fifth me! In five years my daughters will be 9 and 8. Hopefully enjoying life and traveling in spare time.
Cindy K says
Fifth me! In 5 years, my baby will be in kindergarten (tear!) and hopefully we’ll be lucky enough to have a sibling for him!
Amelia S. says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully still at my same employer, happily married for 14 years, with a 6 year old son, and another child, too? Same house, same lots of things. I’ve got a good thing going and want to keep it that way.
Janine says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I will be married. (December 1, 2012 is our date!) I hope that we will be on to flipping an other home and becoming a free lance event designer and planner. Oh, and many weekend trips in between and maybe one on the way?
Laura says
FIFTH ME! We just revamped our 5 year family plan. We hope to be moving to Seattle in 5 years!
emily says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we hope to be in our forever home, DIY-ing away! :)
HAPPY FIVE YEARS, YHL! Here’s to at least five more :)
Jillian J. says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope in five years we’ve continued to remodel our (first) home – refinished attic turned master suite, guest room turned office, painting, etc. OR – we’ve moved somewhere really cool closer to our families!
jordan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself married, hopefully with a baby, in a new house, with a great job!
Marie says
FIFTH ME: Hopefully in a new home with 1 or 2 more kids!
Kayla says
FIFTH ME!!!!
In five years I hope that we have a child and one on the way. I want my children close in age. I would also like to be in the process of building or buying are dream home.
Randa says
FIFTH ME!
Wow… Hard to say… But I’d love to be a certified natural health practicioner by then, with a baby or two.
James says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I’ll still be hustling the mean streets, turning web design jobs into cash for home improvement projects.
Paige says
FIFTH ME!! Congrats on the five year anniversary, guys. In the next five years, I hope to have completed the number of DIY projects that you guys normally do in one month!
Amy says
FIFTH ME!!!
Hopefully i’ll still be looking forward to each day with joy! :)
Kelsey says
FIFTH ME!!!!!! Hopefully will have my CPA license and maybe even a couple of kiddos!
Cori says
FIFTH ME! I have no clue where I’ll be!
Allie says
FIFTH ME! In five years hopefully I’ll be moving back to Raleigh after my boyfriend earns his OD…and perhaps married by then too :)
Marlayna says
FIFTH ME! :)
In 5 years we will be moving/have just moved overseas to Germany with our two cats, and maybe a wee-one too :), for three big years of adventure abroad!! And we will either be selling or renting our first home that we are in the midst of buying right now!
Tifenn says
FIFTH ME. I see myself with a beautifully decorated house!
Samantha says
FIFTH ME!
In five years? Hopefully I’ll have this PhD thing done my husband and I will have our own home by then!
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I see myself in the same house we are in right now which we just moved into 2 months ago. I see it completely remodeled and filled with our children and their tween/teen friends.
Amy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll be married for thirteen years & watching my two boys grow.
RD Shugart says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I will be married for 20 years and have 3 teenagers – all girls – YIKES!!! :)
Jen says
FIFTH ME ! I see us moving from our first house to our forever house! Our kids will be in 5th & 7th grade!!!!
Kerry H says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, we’ll hopefully have our two kids, a bunch of dogs and moving in to a larger home where we can grow as a family!
steph mcdaniel says
fifth me.. i hope to have a little one on the way
Kate says
Fifth me!!! In five years I hope to still be living with my husband in our fixer-upper…but hopefully it will be more of an all-fixed-upper!
Sara says
FIFTH ME…in five years I want to be decorating my OWN home.
Bre says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be loving life with my two kids (I’m expecting my second in January) and of course loving all the free stuff I won from this giveaway!
Amanda reddish says
Fifth me! In five years, I hope to be having my second baby, or maybe my first, and celebrating seven sweet years with my hubs!
Bridget says
FIFTH ME!
I’ll be a mommy to a 9 and 5 year old. Crazy.
Summer says
Fifth me! Hopefully with our two happy healthy boys five years older and maybe another kiddo in the mix. A bigger house and car wouldn’t hurt my feelings either. :)
Melissa says
FIFTH ME! In five years my husband and I will have lived in our home for 15 years, been married for 12 years (wow!), and our kids will be 8 (omg…) and 6 (double omg…) which means both kids will be in school. I can only hope we’re still in the same home which we’re currently renovating (slowly…) by doing all the work ourselves and enjoying the fruits of our labor and our time together as a family. Maybe by then we’ll have added a pup to our brood!
Ash says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living in my forever house in Richmond and eating lots of Bottom’s Up pizza.
Natalie says
Fifth me! Hopefully in 5 years I will be doing what I am doing now, being a doting mother to my 3 girls!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I will most likely have at least one more child in five years and may be looking to sell our current home. I also hope to have improved my photography skills.
Beth says
FIFTH ME!
Let’s see…my stepson will be 14 – and will be permanently rolling his eyes and me and his dad. And hopefully there will be one or two more running around. Maybe the next 5 years will bring me some more peace of mind in my job too
Becca says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have crossed off a lot of countries from my “to visit” list.
Jess says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a new career and start a family with my husband.