*** This contest is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! ***
Random.org got his random on and selected our winner as… Tracey @ Tropical Happiness (who just moved into a new house last week so she has lots of shopping to do). Congrats! For everyone else, keep that chin up – you can still enter the Hometalk $500 Lowe’s gift card giveaway through Sunday.
You may already know that Hometalk is a community of home improvement experts (including some familiar HGTV faces) and fellower DIYers sharing home and garden projects, advice, and even contractors. And for this week’s giveaway they’re majorly hooking someone up… to the tune of a $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel!
And as if that weren’t enough, over on their site they’re also giving away another 500 bucks (this time to Lowe’s). So to get in on that little bonus freebie, you can answer their quick poll question (about what outdoor summer project you still need to tackle – btw, our answer is C), sign up for a free account, and then cross your fingers really hard. Of course you can just enter for the Crate & Barrel gift card by commenting over here (or the Lowe’s card over there) so there’s no pressure to do both.
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel courtesy of Hometalk
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “TALK TO ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since Hometalk is polling folks about their summer projects, let’s cover your fall & winter plans here. What’s on your to-tackle list later this year? Maybe updating your fireplace just in time for cooler weather? Or redoing your bedroom for those cold winter nights? Or are you just itching to decorate for Halloween and Christmas already?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 17th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States
- 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 morning 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 Hometalk.
angela says
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I’m looking forward to making over our bedroom this fall/winter!
Melanie says
Talk to me! $500 would go a long way towards replacing the upstairs carpet!
Lori says
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Pamela says
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Would love to get a patio done with some cozy furniture to enjoy our mild fall and winter here in Wilmington, NC.
Kim H says
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getting ready for a baby! we’re busy cleaning out closets, organizing boxes of junk and decorating, painting, etc.
Katie C. says
Talk to me! I so hope to start on our screened in porch in the fall when it starts to cool off a bit. Outside work in a north carolina summer = not a good idea! I can think of some great C&B purchases to make that a lot easier.
Lindsay says
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And i’m hoping to get a new back patio door before the winter (ours is 30 yrs old and air gets through) … AND i’ve been inspired by you guys, (and you’ve confirmed via twitter).. that i need to paint my fireplace white to brighten up my living room!
michele says
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i plan on painting my kitchen and updating it a little
Kayleigh says
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Our winter plan is to buy our first home!! In the meantime, I will be decking out our little apartment for the holidays. :)
kate says
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Katie K says
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We’ve had a very hot summer here in MI and I’m looking forward to some cooler weather. We are going to work on furnishing and decorating our basement rec room this fall. It’s just a big empty box and I can’t wait for it to be more functional
MB says
TALK TO ME! I’ve had a lot of the same accessories in my house for the past six years. It’s time for a mini-makeover before I have to spend all winter hibernating in my home.
Tiffany says
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Redoing the bedroom. It’s in some need of desperate help and organization!!
Marisa says
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Framing and putting up art (including a gallery wall) in my new apartment.
Natalia C says
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We’ve got some major landscaping and yard work to do. Plus, hoping to re-do all windows with new coverings.
nic says
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revamping the backyard….
kate says
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i want to get a giant ceramic turkey tureen to put on the thanksgiving table this year. my grandmother always had one, and i loved it. i always am on the search for one!
Kelsie Pfeifer says
Talk to me!Redo my mother’s bedroom. Her bedroom was the living room when I was growing up and even though she finally has a bedroom in our new house, it is a disaster of mix-matched furniture and unpainted walls. We have been in this house for 7 years and that is far to long to have a room like hers!
Lin says
TALK TO ME! This fall: Patch the bare spots on the lawn.
Kristen Stafford says
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I’m planning to repaint our kitchen cabinets this winter (fall plans are hit-or-miss, being very pregnant right now…)
Erin says
TALK TO ME! My fiance and I will be tackling our kitchen this fall! Complete floor to ceiling renovation, including knocking down walls! Can’t wait to have me some Ikea kitchen cabinets :)
shannon says
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after repainting nearly every room in our new house this spring, we hope to redo at least one of the very dated bathrooms this fall and winter.
Shanna Watson says
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Remodeling bathroom!!
paula says
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I want to change everything in my master bedroom and den – new colors, new furniture, new lamps. I’m really tired of red and gold.
Stephanie says
TALK TO ME! We are in the process of killing all of our grass (round-up’d the whole yard last night) and tilling and re-seeding on Sept 15th’ish. I can’t wait for a yard that is real grass and not crab-grass!
Linda says
Have some painting to do on my front door and shutters before winter hits.
Rachel A. says
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I need to install flooring in the entire house.
Meredith Reuter says
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I just scored a gorgeous square coffee table on Craigslist. I’m hoping to distress it a good bit (using your tutorials!) and either painting or re-staining it. I’m forcing myself to live with it as is for a bit until I know for sure what I want to do.
Ashley says
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I’m excited to re-side our house, right now it is a very dingy white and we can’t wait to bring in some color!
katie says
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we are going to build a new landscaping bed in our front yard
Megan says
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This fall I’m planning to get new living room furniture that’s a better scale for my current space, paint and organize my master closet, and hopefully get a complete kitchen and bathroom redo courtesy of my apartment’s management complex. Nothing like free reno!
Amy says
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I am gearing up to make the best of our short-term rented apartment, including a Pepto-Bismol pink tiled bathroom – floor to ceiling.. yep. We are trying to be creative about ways to store things, hang curtains, and decorate around these unpleasant color realities so we can throw an apartment-warming and show people where we live!
betsy says
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paint my patio chairs!
Amy says
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My plans include an organizational overhaul of the house and figuring out a way to make our creepy unfinished basement (where the laundry is) a lot less creepy on a very tight budget.
Kathy says
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I would love to get some different paint on the walls. We recently bought our house and it has new paint, but it’s just brown everywhere!
Rachel says
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We will finally finish up our living room wall plaster and baseboards.
Randa says
Talk to me! Definitely bathroom updating plans over here!
charlotte says
talk to me! I’d really like to get my bedroom re done before winter. Needs new paint and a new floor….old nasty carpet, bye bye.
Tara says
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We need to reset the stones in our front steps.
Lindy says
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kristin says
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I think our next house project is adding rain gutters.
Sharlene says
Talk to me! My husband and I want to fix up the family room so we can finally have a housewarming in time for Thanksgiving!
jessica says
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One of my fall projects is the one you guys just did…paint the front door. I can’t decide what color to go with so that’s why I haven’t gotten to it yet, but I’m setting the fall as my deadline so that I’ll get to it already!
Ris says
TALK TO ME! We’re building a bed, from scratch, because we couldn’t find the exact thing that we wanted anywhere in stores. Talk about ambitious!
Marissa says
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I’d like to put together a picture wall in our living room.
Tipling says
Talk to Me! I am researching ideas for re-doing our bedroom. It is a rental so I can’t paint the walls but I can incorporate personality through bedding, decorations and pictures. I can hang things on the wall though so that is a plus!
Cody says
TALK TO ME! We are doing an almost complete remodel of a house…so we have a million projects to do this winter!
Linda says
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Need to do some painting on front door and shutters before winter comes.
Helen says
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We close on our new to us house this fall. We will have a TON to do!
Rachel says
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My plan is to find a solution to keeping our small living space from being choked out by baby items. Once our little one becomes mobile, things are going to get real interesting.