***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
The winner of this week’s giveaway can literally make that request. Because Swedish-born Virginia-based artist Erica Eriksdotter is giving away a commissioned painting worth up to $350. That’s right everyone, put on your fancy pants because soon you could be telling your friends smugly “oh yeah, that beautiful painting over there? I commissioned it.”
We really like the color in all of Erica’s work, and we love that our winner will be able to guide the color and design of their custom work to fit their home perfectly. You can even pick the best size for your space (from a 12 x 9″ up to 16 x 20″). Here’s how to enter:
- PRIZE: A commissioned painting from Studio Eriksdotter worth up to $350
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States, Canada and Europe!
- 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 Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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Not only do we have one winner, but everyone can get 10% off of anything from Studio Eriksdotter through Dec 9th. Use the code YOUNGHOUSELOVE for any stationery purchase in her Etsy shop or you can contact her directly for art inquiries.
And our very lucky winner (as selected by random.org) is… Ali Moore. Congrats!
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Studio Eriksdotter.
Lorie Smith says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of artwork in my house is an oil painting of an Iris that my mom painted, it hangs in my stairwell and I look at it a million times a day as I go up and down the stairs, I love it!
Annie says
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Anna says
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My favorite piece is a creation of mine with water color pastels from elementary school!
Adrienne says
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Amanda says
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Mandy says
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My favorite one-of-a-kind is a folk art image of a big, red fish done in stained glass mosaic by my mom. I free-handed the fish pattern, and she brought it to life so it could brighten up my kitchen. It’s beautiful!
Deana says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have a small painting from a recent trip to bali with my family. I think about the trip every time i look at it.
Zach says
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No original work yet!!
Jennifer says
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My friend is an elephant trainer at Animal Kingdom and she secretly had one of the elephant’s paint me a picture in my alma mater’s colors, orange and blue, Go Gators!
Anna says
Paint me a picture! My little brother is an amateur artist, and he painted me a brightly colored work that I love and have proudly hung up in my home.
Meredith says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! I love photo collages, those are probably my favorite “custom” art. :)
Ana Santos says
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I just love a drawing of a ship my father did when he was a teenager. My mom framed it and gave it to me. It’s gorgeous!
Leah says
Paint me a picture!
Rachael @ Mrs. Adventure says
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My favorite piece of art is actually one I painted, it hangs over our bed :)
Brittany says
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I made a flower out of yarn in elementary school and I still have a magnet that my parents ordered with my art on it.
Meagan says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite (and so far only) one of a kind painting is from my cousin, an artist in NYC. It’s currently hanging in boyfriend’s condo because it’s too big for my apartment!
Jessica F. says
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My favorite piece of artwork is a replica painting I did myself of an old Paris photo. Turned out pretty spiffy if I do say so myself!
Emily Block says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite custom painting is something my husband (then boyfriend) painted for me when we were dating.
Christine says
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My favorite piece of art in our home is a big decoupage I did a couple years ago of birds sitting in trees. It turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself.
Jodus says
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Ailene says
PAINT ME A PICTURE (please!)
We have a few original pieces in our home, mostly from friends and family — for all of these I count myself very fortunate. Probably our most “unique” original piece is an oil painting of Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — a wedding gift (!) from one of my husband’s childhood friends and fellow horror lover. Though a bit on the wild side, it’s quite striking. I have, however, chosen to display it in my husband’s “man area” with his drums instead of the dining room or nursery :)
C.C. says
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Annette says
Paint me a picture….my favorite artwork is one I made for our wedding. My husband and I listed words that were special to us. Then we put them into Wordle and made a word cloud. I projected it onto a large piece of watercolor paper, traced it and painted it. It hung as the backdrop at our wedding and is now above our bed.
Lindsay says
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Oh man! I don’t have ANY one of a kind artwork up in my house currently, but I am LOVING both of the examples you show in this post. Awesome! :)
Tricia says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! would love to add even more color to the walls :)
Ashley says
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All I have is a Jackson Pollock reproduction I made myself in Art 101 in college… would love to commission a piece that incorporates a quatrefoil for my apartment!!!
Suzi D. says
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My favorite piece of art is the “Eye of the Tiger” painting that my mom did…she’s a pretty great artist, so if I don’t win this, maybe I’ll just commission a new piece of art from her!
Abby says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite piece of art is a painting we got for our wedding.. it’s from a local artist who painted the street I lived on when my husband I started dating. It’s got our favorite pizza place right on the corner too so it’s got a special place in our hearts.
Leah @ L4L says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My fav thing we have hanging up is a black & white wedding photo.
Taren says
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I don’t have any cool artwork yet, so this would be a wonderful prize to get me started!!
Anna says
Paint me a picture! I have two pencil drawings by a local artist of my dogs. Love them!
Bethany says
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I am a big collector of Meleah Matthews photography. I have several of her pieces and still just can’t get enough. Her work is beautiful.
Jill M says
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I don’t own any original artwork but I love bright, bold abstract paintings.
Abby says
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Lorrie says
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My favorite piece of artwork right now is actually a print that I ordered out of Ballard. It is a black and white sketch of a little Terrier, named “Inconsolible”.
Sheila says
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My favorite piece of art in our home is pieces of scrap metal that were welded together to make an impression of Westminster Bridge in London. My in-laws found it at Goodwill and gave it to us as an anniversary gift since my husband proposed to me on that bridge.
Emily says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece of art is a small painting of a house that my aunt did and gave to us as a housewarming present
Marci says
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KimB says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite work of art right now is a drawing I bought in Costa Rica, depicting the cloud forest and birds.
Jill says
Paint me a picture! I just redid my whole living room, I would love to win this!
Megan says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite original painting I own is an oil painting my grandpa did based on a picture I took from my favorite place in Italy. It takes me back to that trip every time I look at it!
Jess says
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It changes all the time, but right now, it’s a letterpressed print of California. I found it on etsy & I love it!
Melissa says
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I don’t have any original artwork, besides photographs (do they count?)..
Melinda says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My husband and I bought a print (because we couldn’t afford the true original)while we were on our honeymoon in the Turks and Caicos. It’s a painting of a mermaid playing a saxophone, titled “The Funky Mermaid.” We love it!
Carrie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite handmade artwork is a drawing of my dog created by my (then) 7-yr-old niece. We have other artwork around the house that is arguably more beautiful, but that piece holds my heart over the others, for sure!
Anna says
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My favorite piece of artwork is a drawing of me by one of my former 2nd grade students!
Ashley says
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Nothing orignal – help me change that :)
Melle says
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One of our good friends is an illustrator and we have 2 of his original paintings hanging in our home. He is amazing!
Check his work out at:
http://www.kirkmadsen.com/
Lauren K says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!!
My favorite piece of art is the Painting Ponies art from Etsy. I bought 3 pieces and they hang in my living room. I love telling people that ponies painted those and the look on people’s faces is priceless wondering what the heck I mean by that.
Nicole says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite piece of original art is a piece that we were given by a local artist on our wedding day. It hangs on our fireplace and the color is gorgeous! It’s made out of liquid glass and paint.