***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.
Lauren Hall says
JOSS ME!
Kim Callaway says
JOSS ME! This site is great.
Sarah M says
JOSS ME! Luckiest moment of our home renovation was was scoring an $8,000 fridge for less than half price (scratch and dent doesn’t matter when you are paneling it!).
Kimberly R. says
“JOSS ME!”
Our luckiest home moment was inheriting a beautiful dining room set from my grandmother. Way nicer than anything we could afford and the perfect size for our small dining room!
Aimee T says
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My luckiest moment was finding your blog almost 2 years ago…you have inspired so many of my decorative choices (and wall paint colors too) and I couldn’t be happier!
Shannon says
JOSS ME!
I was lucky and inherited my grandfather’s old beautiful, wooden writing desk. I love it!
Sarah says
JOSS ME!! My little beach condo needs help!!
Katie says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement adventure was finding two slipper chairs at target on clearance for $40…for the PAIR! They are selling right now for $150-$160 a pop! Lucky me :)
Alyssa Womack says
JOSS ME! We were lucky to have some great pieces as kids that we are loving in our home now that we’re married adults! Thank goodness for stylish parents. :)
Amanda says
JOSS Me!!!!!!
Nicole says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest find for my home was finding my dining table chairs at my local Salvation Army. I scored six of them to the tune of $50! For all six! My mom helped me reupholster them. They’re pretty old, and I am trying to figure out when they may have been made, especially since they have a really interesting shape. If you’re curious, I posted about my re-upholstery project at http://coliescrafts.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-very-own-upholstery-project.html.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Jess says
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Rebekka says
JOSS ME!!!
I scored a beautiful wooden trunk (that would retail for many, many hundreds) from an old neighbor for $20! It wasn’t for sale, but told them I’d buy it if they ever wanted to get rid of it (thinking it was beautiful enough to splurge on!) I’ve used it every since as a coffee table, and I can’t imagine ever getting rid of it!
Sarah says
JOSS ME!! PLEASE!! My luckiest home-related event was this: I live in a small town and I had told my husband we were never moving unless a certain home went on the market..Well, it DID, right after I found out we were having # three! The house was much larger. My husband did a lot of work to it, and all turned out well!
Tara P says
Joss Me!
Nothing huge, but I was looking for apothecary jars for my guest bathroom forever, but I refused to spend $20-$30 on one. One day while on a trip to Tuesday Morning I found a set of 3 for $15. I almost had a heart attack. These days you can find them cheap many places, but almost 2 years ago it was a complete fluke!
Bethany says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was finding the perfect chair for my reading nook at Goodwill for $15… and successfully reupholstering and repainting it without destroying anything.
Caitlin says
JOSS ME!! Any time I pick the right paint color the first time around I feel pretty darn lucky!
Leah says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest home improvement has been scoring this latest apartment in Brooklyn. You know when you’re looking with a broker and your heart starts racing because you realize the POTENTIAL of a place that hasn’t been loved the way you could love it? Yeah, we scored big. And now it’s being totally redone in a “Young House Love” style – we even painted our kitchen Benjamin Moore Quiet Moments (the BR equivalent to Gentile Tide). Love it!
lauren says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest find so far was stumbling upon a mid-century modern dresser at For Love of Jesus Thrift (go RVA!) a few months ago. I got the dresser for $55 and it fit in my VW Jetta no less (rarely am I able to get things to fit let alone a dresser)! A miracle in deed!
Dory says
The day we were scheduled to look at our house, it dropped $30k in asking price! Since we were already scheduled to see it, the timing was perfect. We made an offer the next morning and after almost a year in our new home, we still feel very fortunate and grateful!
Betsy says
Joss me!!! (My daughter’s name is Joss!!!)
Luckiest find has been our free piano we are painting yellow this week. So excited!!!! I did just make $5 pillows out of napkins too, like you. So fun!!!
Megan says
JOSS ME! I have pretty consistent luck at the thrift stores. This past weekend I found two beautiful little bowls that match the curtains in my kitchen perfectly (and I didn’t even bring a fabric scrap with me!)
Samantha Smith says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was my husband’s uncle giving us a complete 40s antique bedroom set for free! They’re also in perfect condition too!
nichole says
JOSS ME!!
Our luckiest house moment was moving into the house of our dreams and having none of our household goods break during our move!!
Mika Anna says
:( I’m Canadian : (
Emily says
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Crystal says
JOSS ME!!!
I am SO not lucky. My husband and I bought our house 6 days too early based on the first homebuyers tax credit that was being given. Yup…..$8,000 we didn’t get because we bought our house 6 days before it went into effect.
Pamela says
“JOSS ME!” Our house was a short sale and we heard back from the seller’s bank accepting our offer in 8 DAYS! That was unheard of in the world of short sales in early 2009. Our agent said it was a “charmed” deal.
Kelli says
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My husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first baby in January and he got a new job in February so we were able to buy our first house. We went out one day, looked at seven houses and fell in love with the last one. We made an offer that night and moved in five weeks later, just in time to spend a month in the house before the baby arrives!!
Ryan says
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Kate says
JOSS ME!
i’m really not very lucky…let’s turn that around with this!
lena says
Joss me! My luckiest moment will be winning this! haha hopefully anyway…
Maggie says
JOSS ME!
I got an an antique desk from my grandparents that wasn’t that nice looking, but I cleaned it up and it turns out to be gorgeous! Score!
Anna says
Joss me!
We recently inherited a worn leather couch that looks gorgeous in our loft… Score!
Suzie says
Our lucky moment was the day before we closed on our house, we had our survey done. We were buying a foreclosure and it was all very unorganized from the selling bank. Turns out, the two lots on either side of the house were included in the sale! So we went from about 1/3 of an acre to over an acre! Score!
Beth says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement find was my 1940’s blue porcelain-top kitchen table I found on Craiglist for $50!
Lindsey H says
JOSS ME!!!!!!!
Luckiest moment was buying a house and a year later discovering mint condition hardwood floors in the entire house under the carpet. Major score!!
Sara says
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Clare says
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We moved from Richmond (your old hood) to Raleigh NC and were staying with my husbands rents while looking for a house. It was early December and our realtor brought us to look this house. While we were looking through he got a call that there was a contract on it. We walked away sad and after looking at many other houses, we realized that none compared. We were heartbroken but kept looking. On Christmas eve we got a call from our agent saying that the deal fell through and that our dream house was back on the market. We rushed in that night to make and offer and here we are 7 years later now married with 2 boys.
Kristen says
JOSS ME! We totally lucked out by having lots of hand me down furniture from our parents that is in great shape. I changed out some knobs on a bedroom set and it looks brand new in our guest room!
Jennifer Lentz says
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Our luckiest moment came when we bought our current house. We sold our house at the height of the market to downgrade and so we were living with my parents. After 2 months of searching for a rancher one went up for sale on the street next to my parents. To top that off the house is diagonal from my sister. We love being close to family.
cassie says
Joss Me!
We got lucky on picking paint colors for our entire house before we moved in….we only had 1 misstep in the whole bunch!
Lauren says
JOSS ME!
We’ve been lucky enough to have some pretty good house luck, but the luckiest house thing in recent memory was finding two pieces of furniture (a low shelving unit and a filing cabinet) for a garage sale for $5 total.
Nicole Faircloth says
JOSS ME!
truly says
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Marybeth says
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Megan says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was when we discovered a piece of furniture we already had would make the perfect headboard for my son’s room.
MaryJ says
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Pam says
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Maggie says
JOSH ME!
My fiance convinced me to allow him to pick out the living room couch and I was devasted when he picked a grayish one that I knew would clash against our olive green walls but once it got home, the couch actually shows brown with the light in our home! whew!