***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.
amy says
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Morgan says
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And I feel pretty lucky any time any of my DIY projects actually turn out like I envisioned! ;)
Talitha says
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Kay Marie says
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My luckiest break was beating out 2 other offer for the condo of my dreams!
Yocheved says
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Katie Payne says
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My luckiest moment was picking up what looked like an old print for $5 at an estate sale. When I got home and removed the frame (and glass), I realized it was an original painting! It even had the artist’s fingerprints in paint on the back. I re-framed it and still have it hanging above my fireplace. Yay!
Shawna says
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I LOVE Joss & Main!
My luckiest moment (so far–there’d better be more!) was picking the absolute BEST countertops ever for our kitchen. (Of course I can’t remember what they are–other than made by Vangura . . .). You have to get down to eye level to see if they’re dirty (which they always are)–I couldn’t have made a better choice since my number one objective was to not have to be wiping them down every 15 minutes.
Tux says
JOSS ME!
I live in Brooklyn New York and have been incredible good luck when it comes to finding mirrors. I 6 very large mirrors in my home, some hanging on the walls, some so tall and large I have them on the floor- leaning against the wall. Of all these mirrors I have only paid for 1 of them- and only $20. The rest I’ve found outside about to be thrown away. They’re all in great shape, mostly old and ornate, and to me its inexplicable why they were thrown out in the first place. One of them- my favorite- is an 75lb antique! Almost 8′ tall and 3′ wide with huge wood trim. I found it outside a penthouse in Manhattan that was being renovated and carried it home on two subway trains.
Cristy says
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I think just being lucky enough to pay our mortgage every month, take care of our kids, provide for our needs… so many people don’t have that. Additionally we have some truly wonderful, supportive and generous church friends who are helping us out with an interest-free home improvement loan so that we can fix up our backyard and remodel both bathrooms. Truly a blessing along with helpful and supportive family members who are showing us the ropes with the remodel.
Samantha says
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When we bought our house I had been looking for a lounge chair to put out by our new pool. It was the first time I’ve ever had a pool. I couldn’t find one I liked in our small budget.
When we finally moved into the house I got a chance to really explore all the nooks and crannies. Tucked in the corner of the house buried under some palm leaves I found a chaise lounge that the previous owners had left behind in perfect condition! Little bit of soap and water and that baby was good to go! I was so lucky and happy!
Ruthy says
JOSS ME PLEASE!
Gretchen says
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Lucky for me is being married to a handy husband!
Holly says
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Yocheved says
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Jennifer H. says
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We just bought our first home 3 1/2 years ago and it’s going great! We never expected to spend hours in home improvement stores without buying anything, though.
Kelly says
Joss me! My favorite was an old desk i got for free and then painted black and fixed it up with 4 funky and different ceramic and glass knobs for the drawers. Great project :-)
Jess says
JOSS ME!!!
We found our home within a week of our moving date!! It was crazy hectic but soooo much better than our other plan!
Marie says
JOSS ME! My luckiest moment was the day my family moved back in to my childhood home. My parents had moved to a condo and it was time for my husband and I to make great memories for our daughters in a beautiful home.
samanthasue says
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OMG this would be the best prize ever to win! luckiest moment? gettin the house of our dreams. My boyfriend of 8 years and i had always fantisized about buying his grandparents farm. DREAM COME TRUE! we bought the farm (ha ha) at the end of march, have been remodeling ever since, and are 1 week away from moving in!
Amanda Gunderson says
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My luckiest home moment was finding a couch for $5 in great condition!
Adrienne says
Joss Me! My luckiest moment will be winning this and finding some great furniture and art to buy!
Jillian says
JOSS ME!
We had almost given up on finding a house in the small town we were relocating to – everything we even remotely liked was way out of our price range. As my husband was driving home from work, he took a wrong turn and saw our dream house with a “For Sale By Owner” sign out front. We took one tour and were hooked – and it became ours for way less than what we thought we’d have to spend on a house! Ka-ching!
Kaleena Edwards says
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We bought our house in March and it has the most beautiful hardwood floors!
StephanieKay says
JOSS ME!!!!
We just closed on a “new” house on the 18th & ripped up the carpet right away. Most of it had nasty glue on it, but the guest room had lovely floors under the carpet, which was a nice find! :)
Renee says
JOSS ME! We were hugely lucky to get our 3000 sqft house on 3.8 acres for a killer deal since it was a double foreclosure (the previous owners foreclosed, then the bank that owned it foreclosed, so the price was lowered numerous times until it showed up on our radar). And our real estate agent was so awesome, we wouldn’t have won the bidding war without her!
Claire H. says
JOSS ME! Luckiest moment was when we painted over wood paneling with a color we were not crazy for and it turned fabulously!
Jenn Bohn says
Joss me – During our living room makeover we discovered the previous owners had covered up beautiful hardwood floors with ugly carpet. Who does that???
Thanks guys, I love your blog and how you give back to your readers by providing giveaways and useful tips!
rew says
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Luckiest moment so far was having our neighbors leave beind their window A/C, especially since it was 117 with heat index in NYC on Friday.
Angela says
JOSS ME!
While cleaning out ceiling tiles in the basement I found $50 stashed in a old cigar box. Doesn’t get better than free money!
Rachel says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was having a contract fall through on a lemon-of-a-house I came thisclose to buying. Whew!
Hannah says
JOSS ME…. my luckiest moment was probably finding our new house… we’ve been looking for a new place for two months and on the week we had to move out of our current place we found the new place. I can’t even imagine how much fun it would be to decorate the new place with a shopping spree at Joss & Main
Meggan says
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Sadly, most of my furniture was handed down or is from Ikea. When my hubs and I bought our house 6 years ago, we only spent a lot of $$ on our bedroom furniture, which we hope to keep forever.
Bridgit says
JOSS ME!
Scored a mirror today that was not supposed to be half off but the lady said she was giving it to me for half off anyway just to be nice!
Tiffany says
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our luckiest find was our awesome headboard!
Lindsey says
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Does it make me a nerd that when I first saw the headline I thought you were doing a Joss Whedon give-away? :)
My luckiest home-related moment is that my mom owns a number of apartments so I’ve been able to decorate, garden and do all kinds of stuff I might not be able to do in another rental. (Plus, it doesn’t feel like rent is going to waste, since it helps mom pay off the mortages!)
Mariam says
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My fiance and I moved back to the DC area after a couple years of living abroad and decided not to bring any furniture with us (since it was mostly IKEA and the shipping costs were prohibitive) – lucky for us, between our landlady’s willingness to sell us most of the furniture in her one-bedroom apartment for $200 and the few pieces of my fiance’s grandmother’s that were in storage, we got away with not having to buy any new furniture right away! Now that we’ve been back a couple years, we’re slowly replacing the old with new pieces that we like a lot.
Wehaf says
JOSS ME! I actually found my house *before* it went on the market, and snatched it up. I had the same realtor as the sellers so I got advanced notice!
Erica says
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My luckiest find for the house was my temporary blackout shades for our apt- $6 at Target!
Pamela says
Joss Me! All I can think of when I see that is Joss Whedon. Which is awesome.
We lucked out and found our new (to us) house the very day that it was listed on the market. We still had a bit of a bidding war, but we won at a price we were comfortable with and are slowly making it our home.
Cara says
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My luckiest moment was when the plumber kept delaying the day he was going to come out and fix our spa tub. On one of his return calls he mentioned he thought the motor was air locked. I looked up on the web how to fix it and messed with it 15 minutes. I was so excited when I fixed it! Had to do a dance and brag to my husband.
Anna says
JOSS ME! We inherited some great handmade furniture from my husband’s grandfather – dining table and chairs, corner cabinet, side tables and coffee table, and a rocking chair. Nothing like having great furniture made by a dear family member. :)
ruth says
joss me?!
after refinishing a $5 chair from sidewalk sale, my sister found it’s twin on craigslist more than six years later!!! amazing!
Kathryn says
JOSS ME!
Our luckiest home improvement event was getting our home. I fell in love with it and felt total peace the moment I set foot indoors, yet found out that same day there had already been an offer on it. As it would turn out, that contract fell through a few days later, and within a week of looking at the home we had a closing date just over a month later! We still LOVE our home, but still need to do a lot of things to it. (-:
~Kathryn
Meghan says
Joss me!! My luckiest home improvement score is my boyfriend…he works at a graphic design place and always brings me home the BEST stuff…latest score was a Moroccan-inspired table that I designed :)
Samantha says
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Ashley says
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After a bad break up with my boyfriend of over 8 years I was on the look out to purchase some property. My budget was small and I was certain I would be relegated to condos and lofts but then this short sale popped up on this cute house and after 3 months of patiently waiting it became mine! People still don’t believe me when I tell them the awesome deal I got!
Emily Gravitt says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement moment was when I scored this sweet unfinished corner cabinet for my dinning room. Somehow I picked the best color ever to paint it.
Lindsay says
JOSS ME!!!
My husband and I got INCREDIBLY lucky almost two years ago when the builders of our community were basically trying to give away houses. Two days before we decided to start house-hunting the builders reduced the prices of the remaining town homes by almost $100,000!! Living in a pricey area like Annapolis, MD, most of the homes we never imagined we could live in such a nice place. Decorating has been SLLOOOW-going since only a few months after we moved in (and we got married literally 30 days after closing on our house) my husband was laid-off and basically every penny has gone to the essentials. Luckily we have each other and a lovely (yet a little empty) home. We’ll get there one itty-bitty project at a time. Head up, right? ;)
Vea says
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My luckiest moment – First project in a new house – We built a huge entertainment wall in our living room, with 9 different shelfs, one holds a pretty large tv. The outside wall is tiled with beautiful stone. What’s even more fun is that we did it way under bugdet! I have pics to show!
Roxanne says
JOSS ME!! The shower curtain gives me so many new ideas for my tiny little house. I want to change so much and this could help my very slow progress pick up.
Our luckiest moment was when I found our house. Our realestate agent hadn’t even found it. We had looked at about 7 houses that day and nothing was right and as we were about to leave (my husband had already left to run some errands) I mentioned our house. We swung by and the owners were still home and gave us a personal tour. I made my hubbs rush over and we made an offer thta night. They had literally just placed the house on the market and they hadn’t even had time to put a for sale sign up