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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: French Swimming

| By John Petersik | March 26, 2012 | 4,482 Comments

Fab Freebie: French Swimming

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Well now that we’re more than ready to find a pool to dive into, random.org has picked a winner of this week’s giveaway. The lucky lady is… Cher (who swims about 20 laps each day in the summer). Congrats!

One element in our new kitchen that always makes us smile is the etsy print that we purchased by Samantha French. Remember, the cheery orange and blue painting of the lady swimming (that Clara also sweetly though included some “fishies”)? Well now Samantha is giving you guys a chance to win your very own colorful work of art with a $200 gift certificate to her Etsy shop. So grab your swim cap and bathing suit because that’s enough to snag any of the 16 x 20″ archival prints featuring Samantha’s signature subject matter.

Samantha French Giveaway

  • PRIZE: A $200 gift card to Samantha French’s Etsy shop
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: …are you a swimmer? Do you love going to the pool to do a few laps? Or maybe just to splash around (or lounge around)? Or are you and water not friends?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 28th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Worldwide!
  • 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 for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Samantha French.

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Comments

  1. Ann says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I love to be in the water and near the water. I love all things water!

    Reply
  2. lauralye says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I love to lay on the beach, but I’m really not a swimmer. Hot tubs forever!

    Reply
  3. Kirsten Keane says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I mostly just love floating on top of the water reading a good book. Can’t wait for the pool to be warm enough!

    Reply
  4. j-Dawg says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I am a good swimmer but not a great one. I do love the water though!

    Reply
  5. McLean says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Hooray for summer!

    Reply
  6. Krista says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! My family has property on a lake, so I love swimming and spending time near the water.

    Reply
  7. Julie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    We were grew up part children, part fish. Pool in the backyard, Lake Michigan about a mile away… Walking was what we did when there was no water to swim in!!

    Reply
  8. Amanda says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s go swimming…I love the water. It’s hard, however, to enjoy it with a baby/toddler. It’s so stressful now.

    Reply
  9. Lilia O says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I’ve been a competitive swimmer most of my life but now my fiance has turned me on to surfing!

    Reply
  10. julia says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!

    I love the water – especially the ocean. Guess it has to do with living so close to the beach growing up.

    Reply
  11. Katie McIntyre says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Will be swimming in the Caribbean in less than 2 weeks!!!

    Reply
  12. Jenny D. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love some time at the pool.

    Reply
  13. Jessica says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!!

    I can’t WAIT for pool season! While I”m not looking forward to getting in a bathing suit, I’m definitely excited to take my sweet little girl to the pool all summer long! :-)

    Reply
  14. Maria says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I was a swimmer. We’re expecting our first baby and can not wait for baby swimming classes to start!!

    Reply
  15. Cristel says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Sherry and John,

    I looked and cannot find an answer in past posts.Did you polyurethane your painted kitchen and office cabinets? Would you kindly share the brand and kind you used?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  16. Ris says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I grew up on a river so I’m definitely half-fish when it comes to swimming. I can’t remember a time when I couldn’t swim!

    Reply
  17. Alexandra says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    lets go swimming!
    I love to swim! I grew up on the beach in Sarasota Florida. I am currently training for a triathlons this summer and work with disabled children in an aquatic therapy program.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

      Excuse my poor grammar, Let’s go swimming!

  18. Caitlin says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love to swim. My favorite part is jumping off the diving board.

    Reply
  19. Shellie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love to swim! So much that I will never let my poor husband live down the fact that we bought the house he wanted instead of the one I wanted that had a pool.

    Reply
  20. julie g. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s go swimming! We are extra excited because after 6 years of waiting, now that our two little people can swim, we are going to open our pool this summer.

    Reply
  21. allison says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love to swim!

    Reply
  22. Lauren says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! I live at the pool in summertime. And by “live” I mean I spend at least two hours there every Saturday morning. LOVE LOVE LOVE the pool and swimming and getting some vitamin D. Nothing is more relaxing!

    Reply
  23. Riki says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming!

    I love to swim . . . it’s one of the best parts of staying in a hotel! And I periodically buy a pool-only membership for a local gym when I’m tired of walking and need some variety in my workout routine. Swimming is fantastic exercise.

    Reply
  24. Kindra says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! And I was born and raised in Florida, so I practically grew up in the pool in our backyard. Many a summer was spent in the water, chlorine or salt equally.

    Reply
  25. joyjoy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I’m a fairly strong swimmer, but I HATE cold water. The beaches around us are all pretty cold, so I don’t swim there. Unless a pool is heated or it’s extremely hot outside, I wont go in.

    Reply
  26. J Petersen says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    So excited to go swimming in the lake this summer!

    Reply
  27. Nicole Dyk says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s go swimming! My daughter would love this in her room :) even if she is only 3 :)

    Reply
  28. Bianca says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I love to swim and am now introducing my little one to the beach on his first Florida vacation. It’s a blast!

    Reply
  29. Amy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Many, many moons ago, I swam competitively and was a lifeguard, but these days, I’m not even thrilled having to get myself into a bathing suit!

    Reply
  30. Maria says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Not much of a swimmer here, but I do enjoy jumping waves in the ocean (preferably at The Outer Banks).

    Reply
  31. Robin says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I just adore the print you have and already went to check out the Etsy page…hoping I win!
    I used to swim laps regularly, it’s my favorite form of exercise, but haven’t done it much since having my son…

    Reply
  32. Allie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!I’ve been swimming since I was just a baby. I love pools but the beach is my favorite!

    Reply
  33. Harmony says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Lets go swimming!.. in a hot spring! I hate chlorine, and love hot water, so win/win!

    Reply
  34. Jane Smith says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We are a swimming family. That artwork brings back the feeling of swim meets!

    Reply
  35. Annie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Let’s go swimming…roll out of work a few minutes early and meet a pal at the trailhead. We’ll practically run the woody, rolling 1.5 mile hike to the secluded and deep (65+ feet) and cold quarry (65+ feet) in the Eno River State Park (in Durham, NC) for a lap or two then take our time on the hike out…PERFECT!

    Reply
  36. lisa says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I love spending time at my family’s lakeside cottage in the summer!

    Reply
  37. Asheley Robinson says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I am so excited to take my baby swimming for the first time this summer. We will be in the pool!

    Reply
  38. Ann L says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    In my perfect world, I’d be able to take a dip in the pool every day. I love swimming (although not necessarily laps) and hope we can afford a pool some day!

    Reply
  39. Sus says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Actually, I never learned to swim. I won’t drown or anything, but I won’t be butterfly-stroking across the English Channel either.

    Reply
  40. HK says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! And, I love to swim… I spent the majority of my childhood pretending I was a mermaid..

    Reply
  41. Amelia says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! But I’ll just sit beside the pool under an umbrella with a book instead. Water and I are not on good terms.

    Reply
  42. Jennifer Joy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! This warm weather has made itching to go swimming!

    Reply
  43. Mandy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I like to either lie on a float, doggy paddle or stay in the shallow end.

    Reply
  44. Alison says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    i LOVE her work. and i love to swim, most recently with my 15 month old during weekly swim lessons.

    Reply
  45. Kristen Gormley says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    I love love love to swim almost as much as I love love love these prints! I have always been a swimmer but I am not very quick. I can hold my own in a pool or the ocean. But I was a swimming coach for years. You know what they say, those who can’t do, teach!
    Love this!

    Reply
  46. Rad Designing says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Oh i am a waterbaby to the core. I live in Austin so ANYTIME i can go to the lake, im there. When i lived in Savannah i was always at the beach. Im determined to have a lake house even if that means that we have to live in a tent for a few months :)

    Reply
  47. Ruthie Hart says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I used to teach swim lessons in college!

    Reply
  48. Amy B says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! However, I do prefer to lounge around in the pool

    Reply
  49. Maria Butler says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Me and the water are besties and we’re meeting up in Jamaica for a reunion in May! Can’t wait! =D

    Reply
  50. Lauren H. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the beach, but unfortunately the last time I went I got tumbled by waves 4 times in a row :(

    Reply
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