***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.
Andrea says
JOSS ME!!
I have two very lucky home improvement moments. First a family member found (for FREE) an antique iron head board and foot board that my in-laws then had powder coated and is now my youngest daughters adorable bed! The second was when we royally screwed up our kitchen back splash by not pre-sealing our marble before applying a red grout color. (Please envision now a crime scene in my kitchen and many tears over my biggest $11 mistake EVER!!!) After acid washing and scrapping grout out several times and re-grouting with a neutral color the final look is amazing with red hints here and there and it can not be duplicated again! Not that I would want to.
Angelica says
Joss MEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Jen says
Joss MEEEE!
We got lucky with the house that we just bought, which sat on the market for a year. Our realtor said the owner was just always on the tail end of price reduction, but we lucked out in getting it at a very reasonable price AND all our closing costs paid AND a rate buy down AND all of the major things fixed. :) Now if only we could snap our fingers and have all the reno projects done!
Love your site to pieces. Very inspiring!
Linda Rattigan says
JOSS ME!
When we moved into our home there were antique wooden crates used to hold materials using in the construction of our 1950 house in the basement. They are unique to this home, and some have the name of the town we live in on them and our address. The crates are creatively stacked on our front porch and filled with house plants.
Carrie says
Joss Me!
I would say it was lucky that my boyfriend and I finally made a surfboard rack in the garage this weekend, and it didn’t take us hours and hours. :)
Emily R says
Joss me!
My luckiest moment was being able to purchase the fabric I had been lusting after FINALLY on a trip to London!
Hailey says
Our luckiest home improvement moment was finding a house that had been completely renovated on the inside-new tile, new wood flooring, new toilets and bathroom fixtures- and a blank canvas on the outside. We have an acre of dirt to play with and couldn’t be happier to be outside planting trees vs. inside laying tile!
Casey says
Joss Me!!!
If I won this, it would definitely be my luckiest home-improvement moment!!! Please pick me!
XO
JR says
JOSS ME!
I found a cowboy print chair/ottoman that I had nearly died for a few years earlier (but was too rich for my blood), at a school benefit sale for $150. I scooped it up and enjoyed it for about 5 years – and recently passed it onto another thrify person to enjoy.
Shannon says
JOSS MEEEEEE!!!!!
Kristin says
Joss Me!!
My luckiest mmoment was finding our amazing home and putting in an offer the same day we saw it. It was accepted one day later!!!
Kelsey says
Joss me! My luckiest moment hasn’t really been a moment at all – it’s been most of my life. My ancestors owned a furniture factory specializing in antique reproductions…and now the reproductions are antiques too! I have so many pieces just waiting for a place to go! I’m so lucky!
Kim says
JOSS ME!!
I have found the perfect bedding……I am hoping that it is still at the store after I save up for it.
whitney ross says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was marrying the man of my dreams; not only is he sweet and giving, but he lets me make all the home design decisions! Score! :)
Anna says
JOSS ME!!!
Renee says
JOSS ME
So my husband and I were looking for a sofa bed for our office/guestroom/den, and we didn’t want to spend more than $1,000. We were having a difficult time finding anything in our price range, especially something we both liked. Then we stumbled into a Pottery Barn OUTLET (with a Williams Sonoma Outlet on one side, and a West Elm Outlet on the other – glorious) and found a great one on SALE at the OUTLET for $914! Brand new! It was wonderful. Now if I could only get a wonderful dining room table for $50!
Jennifer says
JOSS ME!! :) My husband and I spent almost a year trying to find a home, at the beginning of our search, we put an offer on a short sale, but it wasn’t ready to go through so we put it to the back of our minds. We went on to search to no avail, when we get a call up asking us if we were still interested in the house. We said yes and everything ended up working out instead of us possibly settling for a different home that wasn’t the style (Craftsman Bungalow) we wanted or the price we preferred. I felt and do feel very lucky and blessed.
Shelly says
“joss me!”
haha, that sounds a bit naughty for some reason.
my luckiest moments in the home improvement department have been when sherwin-williams has a 40% off sale. they have great paints & i wouldn’t be willing to spend that much on painting our house otherwise.
cheers!
Erin says
JOSS ME!!
Our luckiest moment probably sounds really selfish, but it was selling our condo exactly when we did. We knew that two units on our street were in default, and if we couldn’t get out before the foreclosures went through, we probably wouldn’t be able to sell at all.
Meredith says
JOSS ME!
I found the most amazing black silk lampshade at a Pier 1 outlet for $10… I carefully saved it for 2 1/2 years until I had the right base and space for it, and now it looks like a million bucks!
Stephanie says
Joss me!!! Dying for that purple candle holder!
Laura says
Joss me!
I felt like a lucky girl when I discovered that my husband could lay tile like a pro. Who knew? He even surprised himself!
Molly says
JOSS ME!
I’m not quite sure what my luckiest home improvement moment is, yet. We have lived in apartments my whole adult life and are about to downsize into a 440 sq ft apartment in NYC. So, it’s bound to be an adventure! I did manage to snag a fabulous console table from my parents’ house that we painted a sleek grey – love it!
katyrenee says
JOSS ME!! Luckiest home makeover moment–was having a washer and dryer (and clothesline) in the house instead of going to a laundromat!!
Abby says
JOSS ME! I’m too new for good luck!
Allison says
JOSS ME!!!!
Luckiest moment…the Christmas before my wedding, my granny-in-law presented me with a pillow with mine and my husband’s faces on it. Actual photograph screenprinted. Can you say LUCKY ME!!??
beth says
JOSS ME!! our luckiest moment was when our dream home was lowered $30,000 in price! there’s no way it could have happened without that drop. we close on august 15th! :)
Jessica D says
JOSS ME!
I wanted a particular dresser from West Elm for about 6 months, when I happened to find it on Craigslist for a fraction of the cost! It looks awesome in our bedroom!
Matt M says
JOSS ME! We could use it!
Erin Furtado says
JOSS ME! We lucked out on our dream house when it went back on the market after a year on and off, at $100,000 less than the original price! :)
Kelly L. says
Joss me!
Stephanie Baine says
Joss Me! I don’t have a house yet (but soon) so I don’t have any lucky stories. Maybe this will be my first!
Julia says
JOSS ME!!
Erin says
JOSS ME! I’m feelin’ lucky right now! :)
Tanya says
JOSS ME!
I have this book shelf that I bought from target a while back, it’s a dark espresso color, anyway its in the corner of my living room. A few months back I was getting so sick of looking at it, is was too dark and depressing and it was weighing down that corner. It needed some sprucing, so I contemplated painting it, but I wasn’t sure that would work. Well one day strolling through target luck hit me right there in the gift wrapping section. I found the greatest apple green Floral wrapping paper, which now looks perfect on the back of my bookshelf. I now love looking at that corner.
Kristen says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was when my second son was due. My first son was still in a crib, so I wanted to get a second identical crib. I posted a “want to buy” ad on craigslist and waited. And reposted and waited. For 5 months. Finally someone responded and gave me the crib for FREE!!!
Morgan Dwyer says
JOSS ME!
Two years ago we saw a house the first week it was on the market. We were the first people to put in an offer (for $14,000) less than the asking price, and it was accepted! Not a bad deal for an already depressed buyer’s market!
Rachel @ Common to Moms says
JOSS ME!!! :)
My luckiest home improvement moment was at the goodwill a few months ago. I found a wing back chair for $20 in good condition! (I’ve always wanted one) I’m going to recover it myself. So excited about it!
Oh and the other luckiest moment might be finding our house in the first place. We looked for a long time before finding just the right first house :)
Alison says
JOSS ME!
Our futon frame in our first apartment broke, and we were scratching our heads trying to figure out if we could get a frame sans futon mattress (ours was still perfectly good). Later that week my husband woke me up to run grab a futon frame someone had left down the block with a free sign taped to it! Perfect size, exactly what we needed.
Abby says
Joss me! Lucky was when I bought a small sample size of a bathroom color from Sherwin Williams and loved the color. My bathroom was small enough that the sample size actually covered all the walls. Cost me about $7 to paint the entire bathroom :)
Kayt says
JOSS ME!
I purchased our chandelier over our staircase from Home Depot. I stalked it for five months, and finally bought it for $44, marked down from $250!
My best dumb luck purchase was a set of three variously sized dressers and a matching nightstand, solid wood, painted royal blue for $40. FOR THE SET! I guess it pays to go to Goodwill’s grand opening and buy coffee for the volunteers. And look hugely, miserably pregnant too. ;)
Morgan says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest home improvement moment was when we found a highly rated contractor to do our bathroom reno for us!
Jennifer says
JOSS ME!!!
We were totally blessed with the land we bought – people lined up for 2 weeks go get blocks in our area: we happened into the sales office on a Sunday afternoon and were informed two properties couldn’t get financing and they had until noon the next day to get it or we could have one! YEAH!
Meghann S. says
Joss me!!
Luckiest moment was finding some couches on the side of the road someone had dumped… which of course we cleaned thoroughly and brought into our living room and it was all free! Best part is they were the exact color I had wanted but could not afford.
Susanne says
joss me!
Janet in Dallas says
JOSS ME (PLEASE)!
Shannon says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement moment was when I found out my co-worker wanted to get rid of her expensive Ethan Allen couch and would sell it to me for cheap!
Wendy says
JOSS ME!! Finding the perfect dining room chairs on the curb in front of our neighbor’s house with a FREE sign sitting on them!!
jody says
JOSS ME!!
Dumpster divin’ – found a great dark brown wicker corner chair yesterday in a dumpster – brought home, cleaned up and now it’s in my kids’ play room! Yes!!
Lauren says
Joss me!
I had just bought my house and done a ton of renovations before moving in. I had saved up a furniture fund and went to the outlets to see what I could find. I was expecting to find some throw pillows or maybe a lamp. I ended up with 4 lamps, 2 rugs, 2 chairs, a set of bookshelves, and two tables! And I didn’t even deplete my furniture fund. Best shopping weekend ever!