***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- 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 FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Nathania says
FIFTH ME! In five years my husband and I would like to start a family, buy our second home, and grow our business!
Christina M says
FIFTH ME!
Elizabeth says
fifth me!
I want to own my own home… not sure if that will happen within five years though!
Jean says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have a house to decorate – this apartment living means temporary!
Wendy Martinez says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope to be debt free (well hopefully sooner than years) and hopefully our master bedroom will be “decorated”. We’ve been decorating the kids’ bedrooms and dining/living rooms. We’ll get there :)
Jordan says
FIFTH ME! I see myself a stay at home mom again with another little one or two and owning our own house! :)
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
I just turned 30. In five years, I will be 35, married with two girls. I hope I am a happy and successful Mom, wife & person.
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’ll probably have all sorts of changes! More kids, different house possibly, different state? Definitely different jobs. We apparently like a lot of change, based on how the past 5 years have been!
Carly says
FIFTH ME! I hope to own my own home by then!
Tovah says
Fifth me!
In five years I hope to be married to a wonderful man and happy with my life.
Cailin says
FIFTH ME! I hope to see my self married and have at least one child. Maybe with a new roof and siding too!! I had to add those home improvements too :)
Angela says
FIFTH ME! Golly in five years hopefully we’ll have adopted, we’ll have another car and finished building our savings. Our kids will be teenagers!!! Aghhhhh! Scary stuff but we’ll all be healthy and still enjoying life. Thanks for offering this opportunity!
Mark A. says
FIFTH ME!
In fives years I hope to have our kitchen and family room remodeled to gleaming white cabinets and oak butcher block counter tops!
Meredith Williams says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years I think my sweet little family of 3 may be growing to 4 and we may be living in a different place since my husband is joining the Coast Guard! :)
Rachel says
FIFTH ME!
I better have already cooked a bun or two in my oven. Heaven knows my uterus is twitchin’ already and my eggs aren’t gettin’ any younger!
Heather D. says
Fifth me! We will hopefully be in a new house. We are currently living in our starter house and starting to outgrow it with two kids.
Rebecca H. says
FIFTH ME! (please!)
Five years in the future I will have shaken off the Artists’ Block that has paralyzed me for the last five years of my past. In five years my art will have been in a gallery, my portfolio and a successful submission to Grad School. I’ll graduate, take a deep breath and find the job of my dreams – educating others…inviting them to love what I love.
Kellie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself in the same house, but hopefully with a new kitchen, same job, possibly married, definitely no kids!
Mary Margaret says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will have gotten up the courage to leave my current career and show my kids that you can do what you love and still manage to pay the bills.
Katherine U says
FIFTH ME!!! Literally no idea! Not planning that far ahead, taking it one day at a time!
Heather says
FIFTH ME, please!
Hopefully my house will be totally unrecognizable from how it is now, and I’ll still be as in love with it as I am today :)
meghan says
Fifth me, I just hope to be happy and healthy surrounded by family and friends.
Jen says
Fifth me please!!! :)
In 5 years I see us in our same great house (with more projects completed, of course!). Our kids will be older – we’ll have a senior in high school (yikes!) and a kindergartener. Wow!
Happy Blogoversary!!! Love YHL and will definitely keep reading (even in five years)! :)
Cherri says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to be in new home doing some of the very same projects you guys are doing!
Liz S. says
5th me! New city, owned home, dog, baby…?
Nothing I have now, haha
Ellie Yearns says
FIFTH ME!
I see my husband of one year and I having 2 little one’s and living in a house that he builds us (he’s a builder.) And of course I’ll still be right her reading all your DIY/design tips!
Amanda C says
Fifth Me!
The hubs and I have been talking about where to go when he finishes residency. We’re currently thinking Alaska!
Niki says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I would love to be in the same city, with a different job, and a license to practice in Mental Health!
Happy 5th to you!
Marissa says
Fifth Me!
Hope to have a sibling for my ten month old in 5 years!
Shweta says
FIFTH ME! Congratulations on your big 5!
Marleena P says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will be 30 so I see myself with a full family (adding about 3 more to the one child we have), in a new home in Vero Beach (debt free) while homeschooling my son (He will be 6 then!)
Deme says
FIFTH ME! In 5 yrs I hope the hubs and I are both doing what we love full time and soaking up every minute with our family of 5 :)
Happy 5th!!!
Anna says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope my husband and I will be more in love than ever, have a real house (right now we have a condo), and possibly have a little kiddo=) But honestly, I love my life and I hope I love it as much then too.
Heidi says
FIFTH ME. In five years time, my dream is to be married to a Scotsman, designing fiction book covers and running my toes through a fab FLOR rug.
daniel says
FIFTH ME!
This would be perfect to finish up our house makeovers!
Nan says
FIFTH ME! I have no idea where I will be or what I will be doing, but I know that my husband will finally be out of residency!
Clair says
FIFTH ME PLEASE :D In 5 years, I see myself still happily married, with a 9 year old, a 5 year old and hopefully a third little one. Home will be wherever the Air Force takes us :)
Stacey Hastings says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years we may be moving south to be closer to family.
Angela Wilson says
FIFTH ME…I think our family will grown from two to three..or even four in the next five years.
Jenn says
Fifth me! In five years…I’m hoping we’ll finally be purchasing our first home or already living in it. :)
Emily says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully, I will have added one more little one to our family!
lindsey b says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years hopefully things wont be too much different!
graduate.living says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have my PhD, be teaching some super-great students, and creating a home in a place where I’ll be stationary for a while!
Catherine M says
FIFTH ME!!
We are closing on our first house next month so I hope that in 5 years we will have truly made the house our home – found our style/groove. And the kids will have gone from elementary to middle school – teenagers – eek!
Amy says
FIFTH ME! We just bought our dream house last April (she needs a LOT of work), and we hope to have a kitchen and bath reno and a full exterior reno done in the next five years!
Brad says
FIFTH ME!
Hope to be in the same house, done with school, and have started our family.
Trudi says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have adjusted to the Arizona summers, be living in our own home (renting life stinks!) and be just as happy at my job as I am today. Perhaps foster kids, another dog and some fun trips sprinkled in.
Jessica Astarita says
Ohhhh My!!!! Fifth me!
Tara says
“FIFTH ME” !
Yowzers this is a fabulous giveaway!!!!!!!
In five years I’d love another child and like to live in a newer home!
Carly says
FIFTH ME!
As a newlywed, in 5 years I hope to see my husband and I starting our own little “Young House Love” journey–knee deep in new home renovation projects.