*** 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.
Holly says
Talk to me!! I can’t wait to put up our Christmas Tree!
lms52 says
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l.overstreet says
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We have poured most of our work into the outside of our house–now that fall is just around the corner (and certainly in the crisp morning air) I plan to tackle some inside sewing projects to make our home a bit cozier inside!
Elva says
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My boyfriend and I just relocated to a new city, and needless to say we have a pretty long to do list. I want to start looking for “out of season” deals on a patio set for the balcony of our apartment. We also need to get some sort of guest room going, people are coming to visit…soon!
Micah V. says
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We want to finally put up a tiled stove backsplash! We’ve gone almost a year without one! Thank goodness our house hasn’t burnt down yet!
Jess says
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I want to tackle the guest bedroom, which has become sort of a hodge podge of decorations/stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else in the house. Because, hey, that room deserves to feel part of the house too.
leslie says
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Kate says
Talk to me! Future projects: art and fun stuff for our bare walls.
Beth says
Talk to me! Hoping to tackle a master bedroom makeover this winter.
amanda says
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We are adding a much needed master bathroom this fall!
gia says
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I’m working on my living room! It’s been without furniture for 1 1/2 years, so its finally getting the sprucing up it deserves!
Lynette Ingram says
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Repainting our front door.
Kirsten says
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We’re thinking of stenciling some of the walls in our downstairs and are definitely painting our upstairs bathroom. So excited!
Colleen says
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we have a pretty long to-do list for the fall…
paint, paint, paint
put finishing touches on the kitchen; curtains, rods, pictures, etc.
decorate the master bedroom
area rug for the living room
furnish a nursery
I could go on and on :)
Tiffany says
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I need to winterproof my windows so I can save some money on heat.
Lisa J. says
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I want to de-clutter and better organize so that I can feel more relaxed about having family and friends over this fall and winter.
Ryan says
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I need to work on a better storage solution for my tools.
april says
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I am dying to redo my guest bedroom upstairs…it’s been undecorated for a year now and I’m thinking about going with the color green!
Anna says
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I’d like to recover some dining room chairs ASAP!
tarynkay says
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We are currently working on a nursery… because we are also currently working on our first adoption!
Sara Bush says
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Well my goal is to down size in preparation for our move to Uruguay! Moving sure does motivate you to get down and get rid of what ya don’t need!
Sara says
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I am excited for fall. I make myself wait till after Labor day to decorate (even though I want to do it now!) I am planning on spray painting pine cones and placing them in various sized hurrican vases as a center piece.
Kym says
Talk To Me! I’d love to do some work on our garden beds outside, but it’s canning season and I’m just barely keeping my head above water here!!! Plus I’m planning a first birthday party for my son. Fun’s all we’re havin!
Elissa says
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I’m looking forward to finishing up our remodel and decorating for our first Christmas as a married couple in our first home.
Grazielle says
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I’d love to tackle a laundry room makeover this winter. You guys have inspired me with all you did with yours. Mine is larger but it is in the basement and will take a lot of work!
Haley says
Talk to me! I’m dying to get into some Xmas decorations, because this will be my daughter’s first holiday season. That just makes the festivities so much more exciting for us!
Susan H. says
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We moved into a foreclosure and ripped out the drywall in the finished basement the next spring to seal 9 cracks in the foundation. Good news all around, as the basement is totally dry and mostly finished- but the walls have been bare concrete for almost 2 years and I lost 17 beautiful feet of book shelves. Boo. So this fall we’re finally going to replace the drywall!
Jim says
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This winter I would like to redo my home office.
Laura says
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We are turning our three-season porch into a year-round play room: new windows, insulating, heat, etc. We aren’t doing most of the work–just the painting and finishing details.
Whitney J says
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Our fall plan is to plant some grass in our front yard. Winter will find us redoing the living room.
Jess says
TALK TO ME! My fall/winter project is to finally clean out our guest bedroom. It’s full of stuff we want to yardsale, pictures we’ve yet to hang out and boxes full of stuff to go through. We have friends staying with us in November, so that should be a good motivator!
Carol says
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I’d like to get around to painting our bedroom and it’s going to be quite a job!
Sarah McKinney says
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We’re planning to retile our sunroom and do some landscaping work so our front yard will be ready for grass and plants next spring.
Bethany says
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Big upcoming renno’s at Casa O’Brien: granite kitchen countertops! so ready!
Hilary @ My So-Called Home says
Talk to me! This fall (although hopefully before) we need to replace our 2 bedroom windows and finish our kitchen remodel.
Dan says
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We’ll be finishing up our nursery this fall (incidentally, featuring the crib we finally found, thanks to this site). Does sucking up increase our odds with random.org? No?!?
Magda says
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We just moved into a fixer-upper so we have several winter projects which include painting, re-tiling a bathroom, and completely remodeling our spare bedroom/office!
Lori says
TALK TO ME! I need to make some curtains, build a bookcase, and make some window seat cushions!
Colleen says
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Everything is a project. So, it’s a good thing we love projects. ?
Hannah says
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This is normally a summer endeavor, but I would like to beautify my back yard for fall back yard movie watching parties and winter hot cocoa by a firepit/chimenea. Who can enjoy the outdoors when you’ve had nearly two straight months of 100+ degree weather?
Becky O. says
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I pulled out half the weeds… need to finish before they grow back next year!
Stefani says
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We’re selling our townhouse and buying a new home hopefully very soon, so we’ll have a TON of new decorating to do when we move and I can’t wait!
Caitlin says
Talk to me! I have a lot of smaller projects to tackle before our Christmas party, such as making new curtains and shampooing the carpets.
Kristin says
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I need a new closet solution!
Sadye says
TALK TO ME! I plan on adding a mantle to my currently just-a-box fireplace…would love to dress up the mantel for all the fall holidays
Laura M. says
Talk to me! Although it is not specifically a winter/fall plan I am trying to re-do a former dining room into an office. Wish me luck!
Sami says
TALK TO ME… We might be moving this fall but haven’t fully decided. If we stay in our current rental I plan on tackling all those little projects that need completing. The ones that you put off b/c it’s a rental and it never quite feels permanent enough.
But whether we move or not I am sooo ready to decorate for the holidays. How can I not be when I see so many inspirational DIY holiday decor projects on Pinterest. Can you say spray-painting pumpkins – with maybe some glitter involved. YES PLEASE.
Amber says
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We’re planning on adding a mantle to our large fireplace wall. I can’t wait to decorate it for the different seasons! And we’ll finally have a place to hang our stockings!
Jamie says
Talk to me! We’re trying to sell our house so hopefully our project will be moving but if that doesn’t happen then we’ll be taming the jungle at the very back of our lot and possibly laying down seed after the scorching summer heat is gone.
Carly says
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I’ve got a million projects to finish up: downstairs bathroom has a few small things to touch up, completely gut and re-do upstairs bathroom, add stairs to our newly poured back patio and paint the kitchen. There’s probably more that I’m forgetting, but these are the most important things to me right now.