***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
The lucky person this week, thanks to random.org, is… Lauren (who will be feeling really lucky when her house sells). Congrats!
Five hundred big ones is nothing to laugh at… especially when you’re spending it on items that are up to 70% off retail. And thanks to Joss & Main, one of you is gonna get quite the e-shopping spree this week – yeah, to the tune of $500! Joss & Main is a flash sale site stocked full of fresh discounts daily, all focused on home and decor but covering a wide range of styles. That way you’re more likely to stumble across the perfect piece at any moment – whether it’s furniture, rugs, accessories, or a certain white ceramic animal. Plus, anyone who signs up via this link can get $15 off orders over $50 until Aug 31st (not including shipping) with code YOUNGHOUSE.
- PRIZE: A $500 e-spree at Joss & Main
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “JOSS ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since “joss” means good luck, why not tell us your luckiest home or home improvement moment. Did you find the house of your dreams the day it went on the market? Did you inherit the perfect piece of furniture (or find it free on the side of the road). Or did you suddenly score your long-lusted-after item during an awesome sale?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 27th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The lower 48 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 take them on to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Joss & Main.
Kristen says
JOSS ME!
One of my best scores was actually handed down to me from my dad. It’s this great side table that is made from the hatch door of a ship!
sarah says
JOSS ME! i found shutters for my dining room windows for only $8 at a garage sale!
Karen Perry says
JOSS ME!! Please!!!!!! :)
Our luckiest moment was that the first offer we put on a house took forever (shortsale), so we decide to pull our offer and look at other houses. We found the house of our dreams and it is a million times better that the first house! It is our first home and we LOVE it to pieces!! Sometimes things happen for a reason! :)
Jo Lien says
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My luckiest home moment is any moment that I get to be home with my two beautiful boys and my uber-hot hubby!
Ann says
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Stace says
JOSS ME! my lucky finds are not the most glamourous thing usually, its when i find furniture in great condition for so little. Like how I paid 9 dollars for the 2 wrought-iron bar stools I loved at gardenridge bc thet were slightly wobbly. You can not even tell at all on carpet.
Jenna says
Joss me! Our luckiest house moment was getting it… our house had 5 offers within 48 hours of being on the market, and they picked ours even though it wasn’t the highest!
Caitlin says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was finally closing on our dream home after house-hunting for over a year and then waiting 6 months for our offer to be approved (it was a “short sale”)!
Leah says
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I would totally say my luckiest moment, but since buying our new house every single moment has been unlucky, hahaha! So, here’s to hoping for a change of events! :)
Laura says
Joss me! I recently had my entire living room furnished when a friend needed to get rid of her couch set, lamps, and end tables for a renovation. Awesome!
meagan says
I inherited an awesome little retro chair from my great grandmother several years ago. I had it recovered, and it is by far my favorite piece of furniture.
Laura says
Joss Me!
— My most recent lucky moment was finding the perfect curtains for our den at HomeGoods, and they were the last two panels in the entire area! They didn’t even have the packaging anymore, and I had to have the guy take them off the display rods.
Melissa G says
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I think the luckiest move was having our DIY backsplash actually turn out well. We had never tiled anything before!
Lisa says
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My luckiest home improvement moment was a coffee table I scored off of craigslist for $30 and I turned it into an awesome stand for my daughters’ dollhouse.
Kelly says
Oooh, ooh, ooh JOSS ME!
My luckiest home moments happen every time my mother decides to discard some furniture or housing item. I take it, paint it, sand it, shellac it, mosaic it, whatever and make it something new!
Love your blog!
Jan says
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I had great luck finding an awesome and friendly neighborhood!
Rachael says
Joss me! My luckiest moment was when we realized the house we bought was advertised as forced-air when it actually had a huge old gravity furnace that was original to the (1958!) house. We got them to take off over a grand for a new furnace, and while we were replacing it we put in central air too!
Kate says
JOSS ME! I feel incredibly lucky to have found an amaaaaazing 1970s orange velvet couch & chair set from a local Salvation Army a couple years ago. It might sound tacky to some, but the orange looks pretty awesome with teal accents, if I do say so myself :-)
shelby says
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My luckiest home improvement moment was marrying a man who grew up working in his dad’ construction company. :)
zinna says
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I don’t remember any lucky home improvement or decorating things for our home. But if I win this freebie, I will definitely consider this to be lucky!
Jill says
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Luckiest home moment was deciding to NOT buy a house we loved post-inspection. Best decision ever and we ended up with an ever better house in the end :)
Sheena says
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Out luckiest moment: Winning a bidding war on our first home which we flipped (DIY style) then sold a year and a half later for double what we purchased it for! :)
Kandi says
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The luckiest moment I have had was in the entire purchase of my house. I was looking at apartments to rent, and then decided it would be a better use of my money to buy a house. That same day,I looked at a couple of houses online that were in my price range. After work I went driving around looking at the houses I found online. I was really excited about this one particular house. It was the last one on the list. We drove by it and decided to knock on the door. It was a woman who I went to college with her husband! From then on everything was perfect. I bought the house and everything within 3 1/2 weeks! Everything fell perfectly into place and now I have my home sweet home! :)
Kristin says
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Natalie says
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My luckiest home improvement moment was finding an awesome dining room table at a garage sale for $30! All I needed to do was re-stain it.
emily says
joss me!! :)
Kelly Miller says
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One time in my life it paid to be short!!! A friend was trying to reach from car to car to hand me a check while we were stopped in the middle of the road. My arms were too short to reach, so we circled the block – and doing so we found the house I had always loved FOR SALE! We were the 2nd offer on the house and we had to wait almost two months to find out that we got it, but it was all worth it! We moved into a wallpaper covered house in 2002! I am still scraping wallpaper, but I love it!
Mel says
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After the original house we were going to buy fell through, we found a cooler house to buy that was bigger, cheaper, and in a quieter area.
Ashley says
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My luckiest moment has been finding the exact refrigerator I wanted for $800 less than retail.
Heather says
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Claire says
Joss me! My luckiest home improvement moment was leaving my husband! He never wanted to spend any money on house stuff, so now that I’m on my own, I get to make my house as beautiful as I want! :)
april says
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We originally put an offer on what we thought was our perfect house but ended up going for another home which is the one we now live in! This home is the one I envisioned my son growing up in and really fits us as a family!
Leigh Anne says
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That question is a toughy – nothing comes to mind, but I feel like we’ve been lucky with lots of home-related items!
lauren says
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Andrew says
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Rebecca says
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I’m in the middle of my luckiest moment as we speak! We had our backyard landscaped a few months ago. The landscaper told us of a program in our town that will grant homeowners an “excused loan” for $10,000 to spruce up the outside of their home. A new driveway, new paths, new front door, new garage door and an outdoor seating area are in the works… and they didn’t cost us a thing (other than a 5 year commitment to not move).
Jennifer F says
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There was a gorgeous wicker trunk that I had been lusting over that finally went on sale and I drove all over until I found the very last 1 in stock. Defin need to check out their website..the baby stuff looks sooo cute!
Christina says
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Perla says
JOSS ME! My lucky moment was finding a dining table at a garage sale for $15. It was perfect!
Lara says
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Scott says
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My luckiest moment was moving from roommates to dating. Now we have only one bedroom to decorate and an extra room to let our imaginations run with!
Kim says
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My luckiest moment was when the first house deal we had fell through over permit issues. A couple months later we found another house that we love so much more, and we are moving in next week!
Jessica says
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My “jossiest” moment was when we found the fixer-upper of our dreams, went home to write a contract and our real estate agent told us she had a bad feeling about the house and would not write the paperwork until we had a preliminary house inspection. Well…turns out the house was stripped of copper wiring, and infested with (wait for it) rats AND snakes due to the fact it was so close to water. A few weeks later a perfect house (plus wires and minus pests) came on and we snatched it right up!
Meagan says
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I found a chair on the side of the road. a little spray paint and new fabric for the seat and its looking fabulous!!
shaelan says
Joss me! We found our house two days before the first time tax credit was up.
p-fresh says
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my good luck / joss is purely being fortunate enough to be a home owner at 27 – especially in this day and age.
Ann says
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My greatest bit of luck was in finding an old wrought iron headboard on my favorite street in town. I also found a glass-base lamp on the same curb that I was able to clean up & repair. It looks just like it’s come from a pottery barn ad.
Sarah R. says
JOSS ME! In college, I found a perfect pea green couch that was really soft and comfortable for $30.
Emily says
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We were lucky to be able to afford our condo just months before real estate prices went crazy and it literally doubled in price.
In more recent news, I helped a friend install a closet system this weekend and her wardrobe slid under the bottom bar by half an inch. I couldn’t believe it, since any time something is half an inch off in construction, it’s always half an inch in the wrong direction!!
Meg says
JOSS ME!