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Fab Freebie: It’s A One-derful Life

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Thanks to random.org, our four winners are…Kathryn (who wants to know how long this paint will keep, since she’s in an apartment now), Kristen: Turning A House Into A Home (who wonders if it’s better to dust or vacuum first), Alisa Decatur (who’d like to get to the bottom of her daughter’s summer-time procrastination) and Kassie (who wants to know how much painting she’ll be doing when she buys a house). Congrats ladies!

Toss on some old clothes, because four of you are about to get painting. This week’s giveaway will cover everything you’ll need, starting with $60 worth of Olympic ONE paint. ONE is Olympic’s new paint + primer in… wait for it… one. It hides stains, resists mildew, and survives scrubbing. And at about $25 per can, you’ll be able to score at least two cans with your prize (and maybe even an extra quart).

Olympic One

But you can’t paint without the proper supplies, so the folks over at StackExchange are also hooking up our four lucky winners with a bunch of stuff that we hand-picked for ya (cause we paint kind of a lot, actually). So we know good rollers, Frog Tape, a drop cloth, and a short handled brush can come in handy. If you still need another boost to get painting, head over to one of StackExchange’s 50+ community-driven Q&A sites. Their DIY channel in particular is always abuzz with topics like “What is low VOC paint?” or “Can you paint a popcorn ceiling?”

Stack Exchange Paint Suppli

  • PRIZE: A $60 coupon for Olympic ONE paint and a big ol’ set of painting supplies (courtesy of StackExchange) including a complete 9-piece kit, extra rollers, a canvas drop cloth, an extendable roller frame, three rolls of Frog Tape, and (of course) a short-handled brush for cutting in.
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS” and…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … fill in the blank: what’s one big question you’re dying to know the answer to? Wanna know if there’s life on other planets? Would you love to hear the truth about an infamous conspiracy? Or maybe you’d be satisfied to get the real story behind the latest gossip headlines?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 24th at 8pm EST
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: Four
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics courtesy of Lowe’s.

Comments

  1. sleepgh says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… why spammers and hackers do what they do. Who does it benefit if they send my whole company some crap email or break my machine? they are so frustrating!

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  4. Sarah T. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS>>>>
    What I really want to know is WHEN will we be able to afford a new kitchen!???? :)

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  10. kristen says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    why the heck the previous owners of my house built the deck with untreated wood! I had to figure that out the hard way- foot through the deck!

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  11. Kirsten Oquinn says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS … who wants to help me re-do my office at home???? Anyone??? Anyone??? :) <3

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  14. Susie says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    …how to bottle my toddler’s energy! I swear, if I had even a fraction of his energy, I’d get a lot more done in a day. And I’d be rich because I’d be selling that stuff everywhere!!

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  22. anne says

    One thing I want to know is … Why in the world did the previous owners of this house carpet the bathrooms????

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  26. Sarah says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    Is there life out there somewhere? How big is the universe and what is beyond it?

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  30. EHS says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    How do I win the lottery so I can spend all my days reading design blogs instead of sneaking peeks at work?

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  31. Megan Cuy Castellanos says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS how do you tape off a line before painting so that it doesn’t bleed and then you have to touch-up all over?

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  33. Dawn Samuels says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why am I 40+ years old and still have acne? If I am to suffer a teenager’s disease then I should at least also be able to still look like a teenager in every other way. Geesh.

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  39. Jennifer says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… why I find it necessary to move on to the next project before finishing the one I’m on.

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  42. Molly says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… why I can’t seem to finish my home improvement projects as quickly as the folks on DIY or HGTV seem to. They have whole rooms done in 30 minutes minus commercials. It takes me at least three times as long. :)

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  46. Jill Eiselt says

    “ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS”…do you always have to prime???? blah. seems like so many steps to a good paint job, but maybe this paint would be the perfect solution.

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  47. Jen says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IT….

    Why do the kids only wake up the mom when it is storming out at 3:30am and then want to follow me around the house as I check on the storm!??!

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  48. Kelly S says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS – why would you cover a perfectly good window in the bathroom to put in a plastic tub??

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  49. Suzann says

    THE ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…

    What is causing the ceiling to leak in the front entry way of our house….??

    Reply

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