***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.
lynda c. says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will still be loving my life, wherever it takes me!
Steph says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself loving on at least two kids (only have one right now) and hopefully starting my marketing business…
Kelly H. says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be living somewhere on the water (lake or ocean) and fully enjoying retirement!! Congrats on your blogiversary!
Amy Hekker says
Fifth me!
Five years…wow…one thing would be one kid in college!
But personally a thriving design business!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be a mommy of 1 or 2 and working to open the second location of my small business!
Kristin says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years, I see myself celebrating 8 years of marriage (our 3rd anniversary is this Wednesday!), hopefully in a home that we own and with a couple of kiddos running around. Fingers crossed!
Jess says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope that I’m living in the city doing the job I love with friends I love and the man I love!
Johnathan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will be almost done with my masters degree and be on my way to great career!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME! We have one on the way now, so I hope that we have two kids in 5 years. I hope that my husband and I have both taken positive next steps in our careers and that we’ve settled on our forever-city…
Megan H. says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I hope to start a family in the next few years, so hopefully our home will be 1 or 2 (or 3!) fuller! I also hope we have our house a little more ‘complete’!
Tara says
FIFTH ME! In five years…well…I would like to be married, or at least in serious relationship, but I would mostly like to have a job and a home!
Jackie K. says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years my children will be 8 and 7 years old (OMG!), and we’ll hopefully be living back in our hometown of Milwaukee, WI and not here in the suburbs of north Georgia.
Sally says
FIFTH ME!
Maggie N says
FIFTH ME!!
Being 3 years out of college in five years time, I see myself settling down, possibly buying my first home and redoing all of it myself/with the help of my husband (hopefully)!!!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be exactly where I am now–happy with my husband and enjoying everyday that comes my way :-)
Carolyn says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself five years into my new career, owning my own house and planning my trip to someplace I haven’t been in the world with my amazing husband.
Congrats on your five years!!
Tracy K says
FIFTH ME!!!
In 5 yrs I will be closer to having only one of my three boys left at home. It makes me so sad to think about. What do I do after being “just a mom” for so long!?
Kristen | Popcorn on the Stove says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope we’ve started our family, have settled into a new city, and bought our first house :)
Sushma says
Fifth Me !
In a city I love with the people I adore !
Megan says
Fifth me! Loving life, but maybe have one or two small ones around the house?? Yikes.
Marci says
Fifth me!
Not sure where life takes me but as long as my family is together, happy and healthy… that’s enough for me.
Elaine says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be sitting exactly where I am right now… I’m just hoping that the kitchen around me has been update (gutted!) by then!
Colleen says
FIFTH ME! Enjoying my “young adult” daughters in our (hopefully) beautifully decorated home!!
Megan K says
FIFTH ME! Graduated from grad school…finally!
Dana says
FIFTH ME!
Our little man will be just over 7 and I’d like to say we’d have another little one by then. Other than that, I don’t need much to change.. still happily married and still in our same home!
Adrienne says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have a kid or two and own a home – I love the apartment we rent but I’m getting ready to be able to paint without getting landlord approval! This is a great giveaway, thanks you guys!
Blair M says
FIFTH ME!! And in 5yrs hopefully I’ll be loving life, and perhaps a mama (ahhhh!?) :)
Heather says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years, I hope my husband and I will have been blessed with 2 kids and will have purchased the land that we want to build our dream home on.
T_Bun says
FIFTH ME! and congratulations!
Who knows what 5 years will bring? Hopefully, we’ll still have our health and happiness!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a lot more work done on my house!
Amanda Stephens says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in 5 years I’ll be settling into a new career after changing my life plans so that I can spend more time with my precious daughter, because NOTHING is more important than her…
Bonnie B says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in five years I will have the house my husband and I just bought updated and decorated to make this shell feel like home- with maybe a baby or two running around to make us a family!
Melissa says
“FIFTH ME! Happy, Healthy and enjoying my family
Bethany says
FIFTH ME! In the next 5 years, we hope to have bought our first house, added a second dog and two kids!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME! I am absolutely content where we are, in my job, etc. So, aside from us all being a little older (which will be exciting watching the kids grow and change), I hope all else stays relatively the same!
Gretchen says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have a few more kiddos and being right where I’m at; happily married, raising kiddos, but amidst schooling :)
Ari says
FIFTH ME! In five years my little kid will be a big kid. How is that possible? Sometime in the next five years we will probably be in a new house, maybe even a new town.
Lynn S says
FIFTH ME! I hope to maybe move back closer to my family in the next five years :)
Anne @ Stoneybrooke Story says
FIFTH ME. In five years I hope to be working from home so I can keep and eye on my future kids!
Kirsten says
Hopefully five years from now my family will still be happy and healthy… and my oldest will be starting college, aagh!
Shellie Laird says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have 1 or 2 more children by then and working part-time at a job very close to the house! We are working on paying down some debt before I can go part time.
Estefania says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be renovating and decorating my second house in Chicago- Nashville is okay for now, but Chi-city is my city!
KatieK says
Fifth me! Still hanging out in Richmond – i hope!
Jessica H says
FIFTH ME! I’ll be at a different job and maybe moving from a starter home to a more spacious abode.
Audra says
FIFTH ME! Well, in 5 years I hope to be in a beautiful house, similar to yours, where I have raised a family and had lots of great memories. As for the extraneous factors of my life, not sure but as long as the first two are great I will be happy.
Katie Lewis says
FIFTH ME!! I hope we’ll have converted our deck into a sunroom!
Christina says
FIFTH ME!
Probably will be in the same house but working on major improvements and maybe an adopted little one!
Liz says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be working full time as an event planner,have one baby and maybe one on the way
Carrie Galipault says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, My husband and I will *hopefully* be homeowners, with a little one… and I’ll *hopefully* be owning my own interior design business… lots of change in our future!!
marcella says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully will have my house all renovated… fingers crossed!