***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.
kris says
Joss me!!
My luckies “house moment” was the day I was able to refinance my home WITHOUT my exboyfriend’s name on the mortgage! :)
Kristelle says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement moment was finding the perfect work desk for our home office. The desk was an very sturdy antique dining table with a beautiful dark wood top and dark turquoise legs (the color of our logo). I found it at yard sale for $25.
Celia says
JOSS ME!
We just moved into a new apartment that lacks any pantry space to store food. Luckily, we have a stand my parents bought for me a few years ago to store stuff, plus a baker’s rack that my parents no longer needed so we have room for everything! And we didn’t have to shell out cash for those…even better.
Lucy says
JOSS ME! I found an amazing trunk (now bedroom furniture) at an estate sale for $20. The homeowner had mislabeled it, meaning to write $200. She honored the price as listed and I totally scored!
Lindsey says
JOSS ME!
Our house & furniture!
Aimee says
Joss Me!
Kristen says
JOSS ME!! I’m pretty new at this whole home DIY business so every project I feel pretty lucky!
andrea says
joss me! my luckiest moment happened just last week when i finally discovered that the yellow rosette pillows at target had been marked down 50% to 12.49. i did a happy dance and bought all of them.
Tracy says
Joss me! My luckiest house moment was buying a house in a great neighborhood with cool people who love to hang out together in our community park. We bought the house because it had the space we need, but if we’d known how great our neighborhood is we would have bought any house here we could find!
Madeline says
JOSS ME!
Our lucky moment was finding an apartment that was twice as nice and a few hundred dollars less than everything else we looked at!
Cair says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest thing with my house is the next-door-neighbors who moved in a few years ago. Perfect, perfect, perfect neighbors.
stacy says
Joss me!
Truly, my luckiest find was learning about a great website called This Young House! Love you youngsters and sweet Clara (and Hamburger too)!
Kim says
JOSS ME!
Our lucky moment: After the birth of our son we had outgrown our current house. Not much yard space, small family room, small bedrooms etc. but we were lazy and had not taken the plunge of putting it on the market. Out of the blue a realtor contacted us with a buyer interested in our house. We spent a total of one afternoon sprucing stuff up (ie jamming all the toys into the trunks of our cars, dusting light fixtures, etc.). We had an offer within the week and had sold the house in less than 20 days. CRAZY luck, especially in this housing market. We were truly blessed and lucky. The same realtor helped us find a house that fits are current needs so much better. Double lucky!
Abby says
JOSS ME!
After drooling over a shabby chic dining set for months but having pennies to make one appear, my luckiest home improvement moment was finding a set of 6 fabulous old chair outside a dumpster which after paint and new seat covers looked gorgeous and then finding a claw foot table on craigslist for $15 to go with!
sweethomeimprovementsuccess!
<3 your work, keep on being fabulous!
Andrea Watts says
Joss me and make me happy!
Ashley says
JOSS ME!!
My luckiest moment has to be getting our IKEA couch that I love! I tend to have expensive tastes, so finding a couch at IKEA that I love was a rather random occurance for sure!
Marcella says
JOSS ME!
Getting our house/mortgage was lucky! It was the 2nd house we looked at, fell in love, and it was such a smooth process! Also, 1 week after we signed and and everything went through, the economy went down and they were not offering mortgage loans anymore for awhile! We really got it at the perfect time – wouldn’t have been able to if we waited one more week.
Emily says
Joss Me – I’m lucky to have a mom who is a great decorator!
Megan says
Joss Me! Finding the perfect couch at a warehouse sale for $250 (down from $1000) was pretty lucky.
Rebecca N says
JOSS ME! and probably marrying a carpenter was my luckiest home improvement moment. Its so nice to have an extra pair of helping hands around the house to fix stuff!
Kristen Miller says
JOSS ME! My husband and I were so blessed to have my parents give us a down payment so we could buy our first home. YES! We’ve now been there over a year and love it :)
Tess says
JOSS ME!
Merideth says
“JOSS ME!” My luckiest moment was when my husband bought me a finish nailer for Christmas – then he said the other part of my gift was that I could redo the kitchen!
Jen says
JOSS ME!
Hmm, the house we bought was the first one we looked at (we looked at more too, but it was the first) – that was pretty lucky.
Sayard says
JOSS ME!
We were lucky to buy our home, lots of competition and we were quick and sprung into action and after a lot of stress everything worked out perfectly!
Kate says
JOSS ME!
We put in an offer on our house and had it accepted within hours of the contract deadline for the home buyer tax credit! That money helped us renovate the entire home (all in about six months!).
Ames says
Oooh, I love Joss and Main!
I am hoping to have some upcoming luck in our search for our first house!
Katy says
Joss me! My husband and I have been lucky to inherit lots of hand-me-down furniture when we got our first place together after college. It gave us a chance to save our pennies for pieces we really like (and other important things, like our wedding) rather than having to buy stuff we could afford at 22 simply to fill the space.
Kylia West says
“JOSS ME!”
Payal Thomas says
JOSS ME! My luckiest moment was scoring my living room rug, mirror, and bar cabinet at a super discount at a store closing.
Katherine says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home decor moment/find was when I found an old craft table from an old Annapolis estate. I was able to cut it down, re-sand it, prime and paint it, and distress it… and sold it for $200! :-)
anabelle b filbert says
joss me!!
Denny says
JOSS ME! We found the house of our (current) dreams when we weren’t even looking!
Lauren Huss says
JOSS ME! Our lucky house moment was finding a house with an already built-out “secret room” that we transformed into our perfect sports/tv “man room!”
Stacie says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was scoring my ideal apartment in DC. I happened to sign the lease at the right time, because within days the rent prices increased by about $1000 per month!
Courtney says
Joss me!!
We were lucky to buy a fixer-upper while we still live close to my in-laws. Without their expertise we would still be living in a dump and now when we’re ready for our next house we know what we’re doing….most of the time :-)
Stacy says
JOSS ME!!
Lauren says
Joss me!
A couple months before our wedding, my fiance and I decided it would be great if we could snag some fabulous looking pallets for some rustic decoration at the event. That weekend we went to the DC Big Flea (a gigantic flea market outside DC). As we were leaving the house, we noticed a perfectly distressed pallet propped up against their communal garage building. We promptly picked it up and put it in the garage! On our way home later that day, we drove past a house that had a pallet leaned up against their trash can at the end of the driveway. We pulled over and snagged another great find! We happily displayed them at our wedding and now I’m planning to turn one into a balcony-friendly vertical herb garden. Lucky me!
Lesa says
Joss Me!!
Emily says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest home improvement moment was finding the exact couch (in perfect condition) we had been dreaming of on craigslist for half the price with the loveseat thrown in for free!
Andrea Watts says
My lucky home moment was being able to buy a house that I have had my eye on for years.
Margaret H says
JOSS ME!
my luckiest moment is actually a person – my mom. she has such great ideas, and is always the voice of reason when i want to do something crazy. i wouldn’t be able to have such an amazing house without her!
Kendra says
JOSS ME! Definitely luckiest moment was selling our house within one month of putting it on the market AND we got our asking price! That never happens in today’s housing market. Woo hoo!
Courtney says
JOSS ME!!! <3 <3
kim says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest thing is having a brother who can pull broken odds and ends out of dumpsters/off the side of the road, and turn them into something beautiful for the house.
alice says
Joss me! We sold our house 2 days after listing — before the realtor open house even to the first family that walked through. We feel pretty lucky in this crummy economy!
Mellissa says
Joss Me! My luckiest find- having a stepdad that offered to build me a hutch to match my antique dining room table.
Rachel says
JOSS ME!!
Hopefully I’ll win this, and then this will be my luckiest design moment ;-) To date, I suppose my most fortuitous circumstance is my husband who loves to spoil me and does his best to let me make all the design decisions!
Lauren says
JOSS ME!
I am lucky that my cat is the exact orangey color of our wood floors- hooray for less-noticible cat hair everywhere!
Lindsay says
Joss me!
My luckiest find was my antique library card catalog found at a school board sale for $50. It’s amazing and my favorite purchase ever.