***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Well, after a blog-busting (literally) 18,018 entries across two posts (the first one got overloaded after reaching 10,680 entries so we had to start a second one) we finally have one lucky winner in what has become our biggest giveaway to date. In case anyone was worried about how this would all be tallied, we used random.org to generate a random number between 1 and 18,018 and located the comment that correlated with that number across both posts (although you guys can no longer access the comments on the first post, they’re all visible to us in our WordPress dashboard, so we were also able to confirm that our winner did not have any duplicate entries as we always do). So let’s get to the good news: the winner of a $500 West Elm gift card is… CATHERINE (who must be a Richmonder because she, like us, is sad that our local Short Pump West Elm store is no longer open). Congrats Catherine – and happy shopping! Not that we’re jealous. Wait, we are.
Wow, so apparently we hit comment capacity on our big $500 blogiversary giveaway from West Elm. We didn’t even know that could happen! It appears that the original post is too overloaded to accept any more comments, but the ones that were entered will still be counted (so please don’t enter again on this one if you already entered that one or your entries will be invalidated).
We’ve created this post to continue accepting new entries (from folks who didn’t enter the first one) until the giveaway ends at 8pm EST on Wednesday, September 21st OR when this post reaches 10,000 comments, whichever comes first. To recap, we’ve included the entry instructions and details below.
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to West Elm (!!) courtesy of their new blog Front & Main
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “WEST ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …since we’re celebrating starting our blog four years ago, tell us how your world is different than it was in 2007. Do you live in a new place? Have a new job? Are you in a new relationship? Or maybe you just have a new hairdo or tattoo?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 21st at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- 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 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 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 FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of West Elm.
Bettina says
WEST ME.
I’m now married and expecting twins!
Natalie says
WEST ME!!! In the last 4 years I have finished grad school, moved cities, started a new career, bought a house and now are trying to start a family :-)
bryan says
West ME!
I have a new house and got married.
WendyK says
WEST ME!
Congrats on four years! The biggest change for us in 4 years is having a middle school aged child. They grow so fast…
Kristin says
WEST ME!!!
Since 2007 I have graduated college, gotten a full time job in the “real world”, gotten married and bought a house!!! Lots of exciting changes :-)
Megan says
WEST ME, please! Oh goodness, what hasn’t changed since 2007? I’ve gotten married, bought a house, made a ton of home improvements and a multitude of other things.
Evan says
WEST ME
I’ve graduated college, married my g/f of 7 years, and got a new job!
Megan says
WEST ME!! Since 2007 I started a business and have watched it grow. and grow and grow :)
Denise says
West Me! Thanks for the great give-away and congratulations on another milestone for your blog. In the last four years my family has doubled with the birth of two boys, and it has been an awesome change.
Allison says
WEST ME!!
Left a boring job, moved across the country, and went back to school! Yay for new beginnings!
Becky says
West Me!!
Oh so many things have changed since 2007. It seriously seems like a million years ago! We moved across the country, both changed jobs at least once, had a baby, and started my blog. It’s been a rollercoaster but so fun! Sone West Elm goodness would be welcome in our new home!
Congrats on four years! Just love your blog!
Jenni says
WEST ME!!!
So much has changed… I was just starting my junior year of college. Now I’m preparing to graduate with my Master’s degree! I’m living with my fiancee too!(The best change is him going from boyfriend to fiancee)
Monica says
WEST ME!! The biggest change from 2007 and now is that I went from working at a horrible software company job (I swear it was straight from the movie Office Space, TPS reports included) to starting my own home staging business. I love having my job be an expression of my creative self!
Megan says
WEST ME! In 2007 I had a boyfriend now I have a husband :)
Jaclyn says
WEST ME! Especially since West is my maiden name. =) My world has changed a LOT since 2007. Same relationship (married since 2005), but basically everything else is different… I went from an apartment to a condo in 2007, and then to a house in 2010, so TWO different homes. (And I’m trying to fill up / decorate the house, so this gift card certainly would be useful!) And a different job just to keep things really interesting. It’s been a bit of change, but all good change!
Amy E. says
WEST ME!
since 2007: my then boyfriend has become my husband and we’ve become parents. we’ve moved twice, the second time into our first owned home. we’ve both held jobs in the aerospace industry, though i’ve lost mine. but it’s okay because that layoff coincided perfectly with the birth of our daughter! being a mom is my favorite job to date!
Raeanne says
WEST ME!
In 2007 my husband and we started courting… I was 15! We married in January 2010 and just had our first child, a girl named Kaylen! We’ve come a long way!
Thank you for an opportunity to win! Truly love your blog! :D
Sarah says
WEST ME!
A lot has changed in the last 4 years, I started and finished my masters degree, got married, moved to the U.S., started a PhD, and bought a house!
Nichole b. says
West me!!! I have gotten married, bought a house and a new car, and just got a promotion at work. Needles to say, I haven’t had the time or money to furnish our house.
Jan Surette says
West Me!
The biggest change since 2007….I became a Mom to a beautiful baby girl…Mia born January 2009. She lights up my life!
Lauren says
WEST ME!
I have a real job, I’m married, and have a baby on the way!
Abby K says
WEST ME!
Our life is so different than in 2007! My husband and I had just met… now we are married and expecting our first child in January!
Courtney says
West Me! I’m a homeowner now, and was living in an apartment with roommates in 2007!
Alison says
WEST ME!!
Beth says
West Me Please!
Since 2007 I’ve gone to college. Moved twice. Celebrated my sisters double lung transplant. Got Engaged. Bought a house. Phew! I think that’s the majority of it…
tk says
WEST ME
In 2007 I lived in a different state in a caretakers house next to an abandoned mansion inside the gates of a retirement community. Haha now I live off the grid in Vermont.
Sarah says
WEST ME!!!
My life is completely different than it was in 2007…the two loves of my life have been born since, don’t know what I would do without my little girls!
Sarah says
WEST ME!
Lots of new changes…got married, moved, bought a house, and had a baby!
Gayle says
West Me! Had a baby in 2011 and life has entirely changed!
Kaethe says
WEST ME!
In the past four years I’ve discovered design blogs; we’re now trying to get our house in order.
Julie says
WEST ME!! Life is different because I am not a mom, to twins!
Julie says
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Jenn Kemper with Stella & Dot says
West Me, Baby! In 2007 I was still a student and had just painted my apartment by myself for the first time ever! I had just discovered design blogs. Since, I’ve finished school, started a business and now get to work from home!, married my husband, and we’ve been in our first house almost a year. Somehow I’m still in the same city, though. That’s the only one I thought would have predicted to change!
Tara Read says
West Me!! In four years my husband and I have built a house and had two children.
Katie B. says
West Me!
I wasn’t with my husband then.. we weren’t even dating! 4 years later, we are a happily married couple with a happy home.
christina says
WEST ME!!!
Pamela says
WEST ME! Lots of changes since ’07…no words to describe.
nicola says
west me!
four years ago i was still in high school. now i have a college apartment that would love some west elm!
Jennifer says
WEST ME! I graduated from law school, got engaged and married, bought a house, and adopted a dog!
Christy H says
West me!!! Four years ago, I was still working on my doctorate and was engaged. Now, I’ve graduated and gotten married!!
Catherine says
West me!!!
Got married in 2007…since then I’ve become a labor and delivery nurse, bought a house, and am enjoying building our nest!
Monique says
WEST ME!
Since 2007 my cheese hasn’t been moved too much. I still lie in the same house, have the same husband and have the same full time job, but my 2nd job has changed from working for a major retailer, to running my own ebay business. The biggest change is our son, born in 2009, best cheese movement ever! (forgive the “who moved my cheese reference” it has been burned into my brain)
Adaena says
WEST ME!
In 2007, I was planning a wedding, hadn’t yet been promoted at work, had recently lost 30 lbs., lived in a very tiny apartment and was cat-less. Life changes to much in four years!
T. Bigelow says
WEST ME! Oh please. Because since 2007, I have had many changes, such as a new Masters degree in Marine Bio, braces (on), braces (off), my first ever real career job, my first ever self-bought car, a marriage to my loving husband, my first house purchase (!!!)…
Susan Rendsburg says
WEST ME!!!!
I love your stuff! I would love to redecorate my house!! middle-aged, divorced, making my home my own!
Brandi says
WEST ME: In 2007 I was single, just out of college and looking for a job. Today I manage a Hotel, am about to celebrate my one year anniversary on the 25th with my amazing husband, and we are settling into our first house that we bought in July!
Olivia says
West me! I am married now and we are house hunting! I had never even heard of West Elm in 2007! Or knew what the acronym DIY meant!
Lisa B. says
West Me! Please :)
4 years ago, I had been living in my dream home and loving it for 1 year. Today, for SO MANY reasons, we are preparing to move in the spring. We are VERY excited to move back to our hometown and have the opportunity to renovate a historic brick bungalow. I can’t wait to use your design ideas and make the new home… our dream home!
Liz says
WEST ME! Since 2007, I have gotten married, bought a house, gotten 2 dogs and had a baby. It’s been a crazy 4 years, but I wouldn’t change it for anything!
Mary K says
WEST ME!
In four years both of our children have graduated from college, our son moved to Richmond (yea Richmond!); our daughter moved back home for a year; we adopted Bugs, our Lab; and bought a new house!
Mel says
WEST ME! We moved out to the country and built the house of our dreams!