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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. Erica says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I float, not swim :)

    Reply
  2. Elisha says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! I grew up in Alabama swimming in lakes and rivers and pools all the time but the older I get the more I have become more of a sit-by-the-pool-and-dip-in-whenever-I-get-too-hot kind of girl. Now I’m aware of the jellyfish and alligators and snakes! Ok pools are still safe enough but you know what I mean.

    Reply
  3. margaret says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Water all the way baby! I loved jumping into Lake Michigan as a child. My 2 year old is loving her swim lessons and the picture with the two girls, one holding her nose, would be too cute in her room.

    Reply
  4. Megan B says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!
    Used to be a lifeguard, but now I prefer only dipping in when it gets too hot laying out

    Reply
  5. megan hadley says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!”

    Haven’t been swimming for years!! I think the last time must have been on holiday somewhere…and that was probably in the sea rather than a pool. Maybe I need to check out my local pool! :-)

    Reply
  6. Nina says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love to swim. Used to swim a mile once a week but have been lazy the last couple of months.

    Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!!

    I also was a lifeguard in highschool, I love swimming, and getting tan! On vacation I can only be found laying out at the pool or beach with 15 minute breaks for cool off dips, and margaritas.

    Reply
  8. Erin says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! Summer just reminds me of swimming at my grandparents house every year. Now, I teach my kids to swim where I had such great memories!

    Reply
  9. Chatelaine says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Let’s go Swimming!!

    i love to lounge. a floaty bed, warm water, sun and i’m one happy girl!

    Reply
  10. Christina says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    Me and my fiance are such water babies! We’re actually getting married on the beach and plan on spending the rest of our honeymoon in the pool. Literally. And I can’t wait! LET’S GO SWIMMING in DR!

    Reply
  11. Victoria says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I’m not a swimmer, but I love splashing and lounging! And the cool look of Samantha’s amazing artwork! :)

    Reply
  12. Abby says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!

    I love to jellyfish around the pool at the gym, but always leave once the “serious” swimmers start butterflying near me. Just too intimidating.

    Reply
  13. Rena says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING… I love swimming, the pool, sitting by the pool, all of it! Going to start with swimming lessons for my 2 year old at my in laws pool this summer :)

    Reply
  14. Natalie says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I am so not a water baby :( I enjoy the pool but lakes and the ocean freak me out!!

    Reply
  15. Beth says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!”

    I love swimming and can’t wait till Memorial Day when our pool opens. It is the best feeling spending the day at the pool and coming home exhausted, almost as good as a day of skiing.

    Reply
  16. Megan Hurley says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING! Water completes me! Competed competitively in swimming and diving my whole life, even on scholarship in college. Met my hubby on the swim team! Now my kids are little fish themselves and do triathlons with me! Nothing makes me happier.

    Reply
  17. Jen B. says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Lets go swimming!
    Love going to the beach with my kiddo’s! I’m a wimp about cold water though!

    Reply
  18. Rebekah says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Let’s go swimming…in Jamaica in 4 months. A little tropical get away before the hubs and I get serious about starting a family. :)

    Reply
  19. Robynn says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I’ve loved swimming from the time I was a baby. My seven month old now loves it as well!

    Reply
  20. Marilyn says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! Perfect weather for the beach already here on the Gulf Coast of Florida! Come join me!

    Reply
  21. Shannon says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Sooo close to summertime. Love to spend weekends in a pool.

    Reply
  22. kevin says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!” & im a swimmer? i’m like a plant i need sun, water and dirt(?)

    Reply
  23. Marie says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!….went to states for 100m Butterfly…a long long long time ago!

    Reply
  24. Iris says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    LETS´S GO SWIMMING!

    Yes, I am a swimmer and I just love it! Came home from our holidays in Lanzarote last week where I enjoyed swimming so much….

    Reply
  25. Jenn Hoover says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    Let’s go swimming!!…. not a big swimmer, but I love to read at the lakefront park that is about 6 blocks from my house!

    Reply
  26. Laura S. says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I love to swim-we had a pool when I was growing up and I can swim like a fish! :)

    Reply
  27. Rebecca Crowell says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!

    I’ll take the cold north Atlantic ocean off of New England over a pool any day. Just as long as the jelly fish aren’t running that day!

    Reply
  28. Miranda says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming! I love the water. My mom stuck us in swim lessons as soon as she possibly could. She’s does not know how to swim, and is afraid of the water. Guess she didn’t want that for her kids. And as soon as my son turned 5, I put him in swim lessons too. He loves it1

    Reply
  29. Mindy G says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! We just moved into a “new” (old) house (which we are re-doing)…but is has a pool! This would be lovely in our house!
    Thanks!

    Reply
  30. Stephanie says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!
    I like to splash around on a hot summer day, but my swimming skills aren’t so great. I mostly doggy paddle.

    Reply
  31. Cait says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Lets go swimming!
    I dip, I don’t swim. My hair is dyed blond, doesn’t mix well with the chemicals…

    Reply
  32. Sabrina says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    Reply
  33. Julie B says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Let’s go swimming!

    Reply
  34. Annie says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    “LET’S GO SWIMMING!”
    I love being completely submerged and only able to hear the distorted echo of the outside world.

    Reply
  35. Julie says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING! I love the water. My 2-year-old doesn’t though. We’re going to have to work on that this summer!

    Reply
  36. Jennifer says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Let’s go swimming!!! I LOVE the water.. any kind, anywhere. soooo relaxing.

    Reply
  37. Audra says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Oh I cannot swim but I love hanging in the pool!

    Reply
  38. courtney says

    March 28, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    Let’s go swimming! Total swimmer. Growing up in Florida I learned to swim before I could walk.

    Reply
  39. Nikkithy says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    LETS GO SWIMMING!
    I’m basically a fish, swimming, surfing, kayking, yes please.

    Reply
  40. Nancy says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!

    I’m an Aquarius so I love swimming :) But I’m not a fan of people seeing me in a bathing suit, lol.

    Reply
  41. Megan says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Let’s Go Swimming!
    Believe it or not, I used to be a synchronized swimmer back in the day. I can still do a mean ballet leg! ha.

    Reply
  42. Nicole says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Let’s go swimming! I love your kitchen print. Despite growing up near the beach I rarely get opportunities to swim anymore, and would love one of these gorgeous prints to remind me of the free feeling of cutting through the water.

    Reply
  43. Jenn says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Let’s go swimming!!

    I grew up at the pool! I was on a swim team from the time I learned to swim (3) all through high school. I don’t swim regularly or competitively anymore but I loved it!

    Reply
  44. Andrea says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    LET’S Go SWIMMING! Swimmming is okay. Mostly I like to sit in the sun in the summer until I feel really hot. Then I like to jump into the cold water, and it’s so refreshing!

    Reply
  45. Terry Oxley says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!”
    I love the water, but I can’t swim!! So, I’ve had my two children in swimming lessons since they were toddlers. Those that can’t have their children do it!! I love watching them swim, and compete in swim meets.

    Reply
  46. Valerie says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!! Love the water, but not the sun so much (skin cancer runs in the family), so I only wish there were more opportunities for night swimming!

    Reply
  47. Kelli says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING
    That water and I are good friends :)

    Reply
  48. Ericka says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    love the colors and perspectives. I would put one of these in my bedroom, the color schemes would work great!

    Reply
  49. Ericka says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    let’s go swimming! :)!

    Reply
  50. New York Muhtari says

    March 28, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    LET’S GO SWIMMING!!
    I am originaly from Mediterrenean and love swimming. It just gives me so much joy.. when I saw the artwork you purchased, I envied you guys. but now giving an opportunity like this… Wooowwwww

    Reply
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