***This giveaway is no longer expecting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org once again spun its wonderful wheel of randomness and selected our two winners as… Amy @ Larryspearslive.com and Amanda Deerr. Congrats ladies!
Raise your hand if you want a $50 Lowe’s gift card. Or better yet, give me a “hootie hoo.” And if the thought of being one of two lucky winners doesn’t instantly get your brain spinning with all of the potential projects that you could tackle, Lowe’s Creative Ideas will happily fill your head with… wait for it… creative ideas. You may already know of the free Lowe’s Creative Ideas magazines (if not, you can subscribe to ’em here), but even we didn’t realize how much content they have on their website and Facebook page. And along with bigger building and DIY ideas they’ve also got decor tutorials (like stamping curtains) and crafty stuff (like making silhouette art) too.
- PRIZE: A $50 gift card to Lowe’s courtesy of Lowe’s Creative Ideas
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IDEA ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us about your all-time most creative idea. Was it an awesome solution to an everyday problem? A delicious spur-of-the-moment recipe? An ingenious fix to home decor dilemma? Maybe you’ve just stumbled upon a simple household trick that makes your life easier (like letting the dog eat scraps around the highchair instead of vacuuming)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 14th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 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 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 Creative Ideas.
jess says
IDEA ME! My beau is the creative/skillful one when it comes to design solutions and fixes. He’s created so many good ideas, like how to lay out our kitchen in order to make it feel larger, or how to tackle the task of adding wooden posts in place of our Filigree ones.
Bri Frost says
Idea Me! My full remodel my dated 6os peach on buff on apricot on peach bathroom to a tranquil spa like bathroom. They doubted my vision, but we DIY it all and I love love love it
Haley says
Idea Me!
Nicole says
IDEA ME!
Kami Buchanan says
IDEA ME!
My most creative ideas are taping off my back patio and painting it with concrete paint to make it look like tiles. 6 years later it looks weathered but I still love it. Can’t say I came up with the idea but I see it all over pinterest now. Also, love my new hall closet makeover. Any organizing project I do, I love! I check your blog every morning! LOVE!
MissPinkKate says
IDEA ME (almost wrote IKEA ME, lol).
I would say the line of purses I designed for myself as a child- I did all sorts of stuff with decoupage, paint, magazine cutouts!
Casey says
IDEA ME!
I air dry my clothes, and in our apartment complex I am unable to hang clothes outside, anywhere. I use a slatted bedframe propped against the wall. It’s great, only about an inch deep and twin sized bed wide, it can hold an entire load of the kiddos clothes. We don’t even have the bed it goes with anymore.
elena says
IDEA ME
we made a wooden gate permanently attached at the top of our stairs to prevent our dog from running up and eating the cats food. looks way better than those ugly plastic baby gates!
LARY says
IDEA ME!
One of my creative ideas at home could be maybe putting a chalkboard decal on the kitchen wall and on some food containers, it brought colors and fun to our kitchen :)
C.C. Almon - my journey as a Christ follower, wife, mamma, and fibromyalgia fighter says
IDEA ME!
I got so frustrated that the 3 of us (my dh, my daughter, & I) were constantly looking for cell phone cords (all 3 of our phones use the same type cord). I ordered some extras online and now we each have one on our nightstand, plus in our purse or bag that we use when we’re out and about. For not much money, I resolved our frustration.
Erin says
IDEA ME!!
I was pretty proud to figure out a way to DIY inside-mount Roman shades. I did not want to drill holes into my new energy-star qualified windows….
Jennifer says
Idea Me!
Tiffany says
IDEA ME!
Keeping a real peppermint plant in my car as a natural car freshener.
Lindsay says
Please IDEA ME!!!! I need lots of supplies for all of my unfinished projects!! I love Lowes!!
Jennifer S. says
IDEA ME!
I would love to win this giftcard. We have so many house projects that we need to tackle!
Leslie says
IDEA ME!
Oh man, way to put a person on the spot. I do often find myself throwing together a meal quickly with things that I can find in the pantry or fridge.
Judy says
IDEA ME!!!
Laurie says
Idea me, please!
Holly says
IDEA ME!
My household trick is my slow cooker. We’re a busy family and having a hearty, healthy, home-cooked meal with little effort at the end of the day is a lifesaver. I always thought crock pots were only good for anything covered in cream of chicken soup, but I’ve done a whole chicken, pulled pork, pot roast, chili, oatmeal…
Luke says
IDEA ME!
Abbey says
IDEA ME!!
I am in the process of repainting the whole interior of my house. A Lowe’s giftcard would be super helpful!
Emily Gravitt says
IDEA ME! My best idea I every had was cutting my hair short.
Leslie says
IDEA ME!
I need this gift certificate to get the creative energy flowing again! The most creative thing I’ve done was about a year ago when I made edible creepy eyeballs for a Halloween get-together.
Sharon says
IDEA ME!
I converted an old wood pallet into a play table for my son’s Play Mobil – Ombati Station.
Stefanie says
Idea Me!
The best idea I ever had was to buy two panels of deeply discounted ($2) silk curtains at JCPenny. They were a not so pretty off white color but I thought for $2 I could at least try to dye them a cheery yellow for my kitchen. And lo and behold if they didn’t just turn out fabulous! They are one of my favorite parts of my kitchen and they are the perfect shade too.
Susan Getter says
Idea Me!
Taking a VERY 1950’s bathroom and making it into a modern bathroom with only tiling over the existing tile and a little paint!
betsy says
IDEA ME!
my homemade recycling system, I love it!
Natalie says
Idea Me!
My husband and I just bought a house that needs a LOT of work! I need Lowe’s creative ideas to Inspire Me!
Jenny says
IDEA ME!
I can honestly say I’m not overly creative, but since I joined Pinterest I have been trying all sorts of other peoples creative ideas. My favorite so far has been the sunburst mirror that I made out of clothespins.
Shannon says
Idea Me!
We are in the process of doing our baby’s nursery and a $50 gift card would really help us with the painting/decorating.
Alison says
IDEA ME!
I am not creative!
Courtney says
Idea Me! My creativity usually comes in a crafty form….I love making homemade cards.
Amanda says
Idea Me…
Whitney says
Idea Me!
When I lived at my parent’s house I had two closets in my bedroom, one long one with ugly standard sliding doors and a closet with a regular door. We took down the sliding doors and added bookshelves to the long closet and added a desk for doing homework. It was a creative extension to a really small room…kinda like Clara’s new reading nook!
Sarah says
IDEA ME! I’m really not that creative of a person…I just take ideas from others and tweak them to work for me :)
Bboss says
“IDEA ME”
When we moved into a house where I realized I would have to use my beautiful dining table as an everyday table, I bought some nice table pads, a bunch of table cloths and switched out the chair pads covers (white jacquard) with something dark and sturdy. The reupholstering was so easy. I could switch them back when it becomes my formal table again.
Jessica says
IDEA ME!
One of the cleverest things I had seen when I saw it was a sofa table my grandma made using staircase balusters as the legs of the table. I’ve since done it myself, and have seen it in DIY magazines.
Jennifer Stuart says
IDEA ME!
Kendall says
IDEA ME!
Cathy says
IDEA ME
The most creative idea that I think I’ll be proud of once it’s done is transforming a simple IKEA bed frame into a luxurious looking one on the cheap. I’m planning to stain it a darker color and building a headboard over the existing one. :)
Sus says
Idea Me!
My newest DIY idea involves shelf brackets and the ceiling, but I’m afraid to share it in case someone steals it and it’s awesome and/or doesn’t work.
Megan says
IDEA ME
Instead of paying an electrician the $500 we were quoted to install a new light fixture in our kitchen, we figured out a way to plug one in with a switch on the plug and installed it ourselves for ~$15!
Ashley says
IDEA ME!
i would say adding garland type stuff(with rustic ribbons and stars) to our banisters on the steps…it adds a lot of character to steps that have been there for 200+years.
Cathryn says
IDEA ME!
I sewed antique tea towels together to create custom cafe curtains for my kitchen. I love to find new ways to make things for our home.
Sarah says
idea me!
decorating is not my strong suit, I need all the ideas I can get!
Kelli Jenkins says
Idea Me!!!!
Courtney says
IDEA ME!
I “borrow” most of my creative ideas from pinterest :)
stacy says
IDEA ME! My creativeness tends to lean towards ideas that help my kids in school. My kindergartener has to learn lists of “sight words”…to make them more interesting, I found popcorn clip art and wrote each word on one of the popcorn pieces. I cut them out and then placed them in a real popcorn bag (the kind you get at a fair or carnival). My son picks a piece of popcorn from the bag and reads the sight word. He has not tired of this nightly homework yet!
Danielle says
IDEA ME!
I use an old bulletin board (push pin type)to hang all my jewelry. Also, I don’t have room for a dresser, so I got one of those plastic vertical shoe storage/organizer things that you hang in the closet and I put all my socks and undies in the cubbies.
Hannah says
IDEA ME!
My best ever idea was sneaking vegetables to kiddies in the form of a “Green Monster Smoothie” — seriously, your kid will never have eaten so much spinach/romaine/arugula/kale in their little lives! (and they won’t have a clue)