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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. Melissa says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I grew up with a pool in the back yard and now as an adult I swim every Tuesday and Thursday morning at the Y and of course I’m in the outside pool like. all. summer! Amazing artist!

    Reply
  2. Jen says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” Since I was born in Florida, I may as well be a fish. I miss sunshine and swimming on a daily basis.

    Reply
  3. Maddie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING

    I love to go to the pool. . . and lay next to it in the sun :-D

    Reply
  4. Annie P. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    Reply
  5. KtMac says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We’re water babies in this house and our most recent living room facelift brought in TWO water-related pictures. Another would be a delightful addition!

    Reply
  6. Mann says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love swimming, a lot, actually, BUT: not in flowing water. Pool is fine, lake is fine, sea is fine, but when it comes to rivers or sea currents… Yuk.

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  7. Kelley says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Deep water makes me nervous, so I don’t love to swim. I love to watch my daughter swim.

    Reply
  8. Anne says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I’m not much of a swimmer but I love look at it!

    Reply
  9. Jessie Thetford says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! My husband and I LOVE the water! Our favorite way to enjoy it is body-surfing in the Pacific :)

    Reply
  10. Rin says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love swimming in open water, but hate swimming pools!

    Reply
  11. Helene says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    My parents have a pool – we call it the community pool because every weekend during the summer our 15 cousins and their broods descend on the backyard and take over. We love it, though. I tend to stay out of the pool though when it is overflowing with kids in diapers.

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  12. Tim says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I like the water, but I don’t swim so much as sink.

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  13. Blair says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I was on the swim team as a kid and I grew up going to the lakes around the Texas Hill Country every weekend in the summer, so swimming (and water) have a special place in my heart.

    Reply
  14. Lisa says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING

    Reply
  15. Cyan B says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I am not a swimmer. I’d like to be, but I never really learned to swim.

    Reply
  16. Marion says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I think I was a mermaid in a past life. I could live in the water!!

    Reply
  17. Tess says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I will swim all day if possible!

    Reply
  18. Amanda says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Reply
  19. Spike says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I am a swimmer, not Olympic or anything but I can swim a mile or two at a time.

    Reply
  20. Nicole Hurley says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love the water!

    Reply
  21. Jan Thompson says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I do love swimming but I am not a lap girl lounging and diving are my cup of tea!

    Reply
  22. Carrie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LETS’S GO SWIMMING! Love swimming – though the ocean is definitely my favorite.

    Reply
  23. Azure says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I’m embarrassed to say that I still hold my nose when I swim.

    Reply
  24. Kelly @ Free Spirit Food says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I would love to swim in the ocean everyday!

    Reply
  25. wendy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    LOVE the water and have amazing beach memories from my whole childhood. BOO HOO that I have to be so careful now in the sun. Wear your SPF, everyone, when you’re out having fun! :)

    Reply
  26. Cindy Jones says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” I better be a swimmer. I am signed up for a triathlon in July and need to start training!

    Reply
  27. Susan says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” I love to hang out in the water! I’m no olympic swimmer, but I can lounge in a pool, ocean, or lake any day!

    Reply
  28. Laura says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Not a big swimmer, I tend to drown easily.

    Reply
  29. Rachael R says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I love the water! Just not the bathing suit ;)

    Reply
  30. Bonney says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I love to just float in the water.. so relaxing!

    Reply
  31. Sarah Mc says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming!

    Reply
  32. Haley says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I want a pool so badly that it hurts. My daughter loves the water, and I whine about needing a pool every summer.

    Reply
  33. Kim says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    Reply
  34. Jane C. says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    Let’s go swimming!! I’m a fish in the summer. I never want to leave the water!

    Reply
  35. Adri says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I used to be a swimmer and would swim still but the city I live in has extremely limited and inconvenient lap swim times and the university I attend didn’t include a pool in their recently-built multi-millian dollar exercise facility (go figure!).

    Reply
  36. Kylie McCoy says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” I can’t wait for sunshine weather! Then we can enjoy the pool, the lake or even the backyard with a kiddie pool!

    Reply
  37. Leah says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I was definitely more of a swimmer as a child, as I fondly remember going to the pool and the beach with my grandmother who loved to swim and even taught water aerobics. Now, I worry about sun damage, so I don’t go as often as I’d like.

    Reply
  38. Martha says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!! I love to lounge around in the pool and read.

    Reply
  39. Erika says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Both my fiance and I are proud former University of Minnesota Gopher swimmers! This would be the perfect accent for our first home!

    Reply
  40. Britton says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!!! I LOVE the water! I love to swim, lounge around the pool, and do laps for exercise!!!

    Reply
  41. meg says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    I love to swim :)

    Reply
  42. maura says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!!! I love swimming but I wouldn’t consider myself a swimmer since it only really happens when I go to the beach, which is not as often as I’d like…

    Reply
  43. desi says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I’ve always been a swimmer – swimming was always ‘my sport.’ I was on our community’s swim team for years and I loved it! Plus, swimming was a means of survival in the crazy Las Vegas summer heat.

    Reply
  44. Jamie F says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!I remember spending many days swimming in the ocean off of the Florida coast by my Grandma’s old house!

    Reply
  45. Krista says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love to swim, but typically sink

    Reply
  46. Hillary says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love swimming! Best way to beat the summer heat. I like laps for exercise, lounging for fun, and a quick dip before trying to do outdoor work in the sun.

    Reply
  47. Laura says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the ocean and dream of owning a home by the sea :) For now Cleveland will have to do!

    Reply
  48. tina says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We are water lovers and can’t wait for summer to get here!

    Reply
  49. gayla says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!!!

    I live at Camp Lejeune right near the water and we LOVE IT!! and I have been(yes really) stalking this since you posted it!!!

    Reply
  50. Valerie says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I used to be a swimmer in high school, but now I love to lay on a lounge chair, get really hot, and then dip into the pool for a few minutes. Rinse & Repeat!

    Reply
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