***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.
Meg says
JOSS ME
My hubs and I snagged our first home the “perfect fixer upper” the first day it went on the market and at an unbelieveable price!
Tara says
JOSS ME…My lucky moments all involve finding great deals, like my round coffee table that I scored for $16 and a glass lamp I got for $8.
Kelli says
JOSS ME!
Our luckiest moment came a week before we were supposed to move into a tiny ‘starter’ apartment – a friend of my father needed a tenant for a much nicer, roomier townhome and offered it to us for the same amount per month as the tiny apartment! We lost the deposit for the apartment, but it’s been worth it – we have much more decorating freedom here than we would’ve in that apartment complex.
Jenn Prather says
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My luckiest home improvement moment would have to be the fact that my dad custom made my tv cabinet/credenza for me! It is huge and beautiful and I NEVER would have been able to afford it if I had bought it!! Not to mention, its pretty special and sentimental!
Rebecca says
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I don’t know if it’s luck or just a really sweet story, but our current home – the first we’ve ever owned – was also the first house-for-sale either of us had ever looked at. We checked out a number of others afterwards, but always came back to this first one that we had initially been so charmed by. It definitely feels like our home, like it was meant to be.
Suzanne lafreniere says
Joss me.
linda m says
Joss Me, please
courtney says
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Luckiest home improvement would have to be the handmade table on craigslist for super cheap probably because it was too small for a dining table, but it is PERFECT in my kitchen as extra counter space!
Jessica says
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Lauren says
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I was extremely lucky to have the opportunity to purchase my childhood home. My father converted it from an apartment building into a single-family home. It is full of his artistic touch and many beautiful memories. I cherish it.
Amanda says
JOSS ME! My luckiest moment was figuring out how much I can accomplish in my home with things from Craigslist and thrift stores!
Tamara says
JOSS ME!
I love this topic! Anyway – My husband and I were trying to buy a house for years but the market where we lived was just too high. We finally decided to move for a job for my husband in a VERY small town. The perk was my parents lived there and could help with our two tiny kids. We were very reluctant to move and sad to leave the city where we met, fell in love and had two beautiful babies. At any rate, we looked at houses for one day from morning until night and the choices were bleak! We were becoming very depressed about the big move. The last house we looked at was perfect! It was everything we wanted, but over our budget. We NEVER thought we would get it. We made an offer for nearly 100k less than they were asking. By some act of destiny (too dramatic?) they accepted it! We have been here a year and are thankful everyday that we are no longer in the rental trap and have a great home for our girls. Pretty lucky!
Diana says
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i was VERY lucky when I moved to the deep south for school without knowing a soul, only to be randomly assigned to an apartment with a southern belle who loves, and has now moved to, brooklyn — my homespot! gotta love it
Holly R. says
Joss me! We have been planning on upgrading our baseboard to something taller than the 2″ builder grade grossness withing the next couple of years and one day my dad mentioned that he had a ton of extra 5″ base from a job that fell through. We got enough to trim out our whole house for FREE!
Meredith says
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My luckiest moment was deciding that my apartment didn’t have to be a bland, lifeless box and I could make it into something that my husband and I would love… at least temporarily…
Ashley says
JOSS ME…We were lucky enough to find our house after only being on the market for 2 days. I love this house. We also just found a beautiful bed which luckily goes with our mid century dressers and it was also 50% off, and I was lucky enough that the husband picked it up and set it up for us, awww…
Becky says
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A super craigsist score from a Navy wife, selling her mid-century gumwood bedroom set. Hubby was moving the family fast and she priced it to SELL. To me!
Mel says
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My luckiest home moment was when we were buying our first house… we couldn’t afford the asking price and the seller wouldn’t work with us so we thought the deal had fell through and then out of the blue the seller changed their mind and the house was our’s. It was meant to be!
Christina says
JOSS ME! Please!
Our luckiest moments have been when 2 different friends were pregnant with babies, and they needed to offload some furniture and home decor. Talk about design on a dime!
Meg says
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I’m still a renter, but I always feel lucky when I find a this-just-needs-a-little-love-to-be-beautiful-again piece of furniture or decor at Goodwill or The Salvation Army.
Barbara says
Joss me! My luckiest home find…my husband. He purchased it before we got married, and we’ve enjoy improving every inch of it together!
Jessica says
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We don’t have a house, just an apartment. So my only DIY was painting one wall a nice green color! It turned out great.
Jessica
Allie says
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We got lucky finding our dream home. I was an MLS stalker and spotted it the moment it popped up. I immediately called our realtor and asked if we could see it but the seller didn’t want to start showing until after the weekend. Somehow our realtor conveyed how seriously interested we were in the house and was able to get us in that day! Made an offer and it was ours. Additional luck came through when our current home sold within 24 hours for more than asking price!
Randi J Phelps says
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I got lucky finding my house, it was listed on the MLS in a completely different neighborhood and was very far under priced for the nicer location it actually is in. Long story short, that error is probably the only reason I got the house at the great price that I did.
Jennifer says
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We found our house the very first day it was listed! And bought it just 3 days later :)
Lynette says
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christine p says
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Luckiest find was finding some awesome lamps on clearance that completed our living room look
Sara says
Joss me! My luckiest home moment was when my husband & I went home-hunting. The first house we looked at ended up being the one!
Lauren Abernathy says
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I was coveting a lamp at Target for my son’s nursery, but the $60 price tag kept me from buying it. Two weeks later I was at the store again just looking around, and I found it on clearance for $15!
adrianne says
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Melissa says
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When I was moving into my last apartment, I found a really awesome set of retro furniture at an estate sale for my bedroom. I painted the pieces bright yellow, and now five years later, I’m still totally obsessed with them.
Nikki says
JOSS ME!! I think my luckiest moment was when I got to move into my husband’s wonderful house only a few months after he purchased it! I do look forward to finding our 2nd home together, but I consider myself lucky to have missed the stress of searching :)
Tiffany says
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Our luckiest moment actually was about just getting our house. My husband loved it from the minute he saw it online, and when we went to look at it, he fell even more in love, but there were three other offers already put into the buyer. We moved on and looked at other houses, and this one went forward with a contract. Suddenly, I got an email alert saying it was back on the market, so we immediately went and looked again, and put an offer in. Turns out the buyer thought the fridge, washer, and dryer were included with the house, and was upset enough to back out of the contract when he found out they weren’t. We think it was my MIL working some of her angel magic, so that we could have our perfect home.
Katie says
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Lucky us finding your blog for all kinds of tips! We painted a wall in our new apartment yesterday with the brush recommended – no need for tape or drop cloths and it looks amazing!
Jenn says
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We got lucky to see our house before it even went on the market!
Courtney Edwards says
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Dana L. says
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When my fiance (at the time — now husband) and I were looking for houses, we did some pre-browsing by driving around looking at houses for sale from our car, so that we could eliminate some that might have fit our criteria on paper, but were not in an area we liked or may have other issues. We eliminated several houses. Then, after our realtor had taken us to see about 55 houses without finding “the one,” we happened to stop at one of the houses that we had originally scratched off the list and fell in love. We’ve been living in that house for a little more than a year now. Pretty lucky we ended up coming back here.
Blake says
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Kate Ediger says
JOSS ME! Most of my home improvement luck is the bad kind.
Tara M. says
JOSS ME! We love our 1945 brick home, and totally lucked out in that a month after closing the $8,000 new homeowner tax credit was announced, and it applied retroactively :)
SherryJ says
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Maddie says
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Our luckiest moment was buying a house near my parents . . . so now I can borrow all the tools we need, instead of having to spend money on things we might not use all the time.
Also – thanks for the great giveaway and coupon code! I can’t wait to shop!
Stehanie says
JOSS ME!!!!! I’ve had quite some luck using craigslist. Scored a few good pieces;)
Andrea says
JOSS ME! Still waiting for a lucky home improvement moment, but we feel very blessed with our cozy little house :-)
Judy says
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We lucked into finding the door between the master bath and master bedroom in the garage.
Andrea says
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Two months ago we found our dream house. We were one of 7 offers in just 3 days and now it is all ours! :)
Diane says
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We had three days to refinish all the floors in our newly purchased home, before we would need to move furniture into it and make the process so much more difficult.
We called a floor company recommended by a friend. They came the next day and finished in one day. We later shopped around, they were the cheapest option, too!
Becky says
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Our luckiest moment was when we sold our first house. We had two offers within 72 hours! Now only if we could find the perfect second house….sigh…
Holly says
JOSS ME!! I would say getting our first house was our lucky moment. Found it on the market within the first 2 weeks, fired our shady realtor, and made a bid within a month. After our bid, two other bids were put in…put we got it! Love the house and just starting our housing improvement adventures.
Bethany J. says
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I’ve been lucky enough to score almost every piece of furniture in my house for free or low-cost thanks to Estate sales, the side of the road, and family/friends downsizing from big houses to apartments!