***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.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! I’ll have a second grader and kindergartner in five years – I can’t believe it!
Courtney says
Fifth me! I will be out of residency and hopefully working in a dental office. My husband will probably be in his post-doc and hopefully we are still in NC!
Joell says
FIFTH ME!!!
I want to have a baby more than anything!!
Shelly says
FIFTH ME!!
Renee says
“FIFTH ME” Possibly having my house paid off!
Meadow says
Fifth me!
I hope to have all the currently in progress projects finished! And new ones started.
Emily says
Fifth me! I see myself and my husband with our kids (3rd is on the way!) living here in our sweet little town loving our neighbors and friends and family.
Andrew R says
FIFTH ME! In five years I wish to have made wonderful progress on the home I just bought a couple months ago. With my wonderful girlfriend (hopefully wife at that time) I want to have made some serious inroads at my job in web development. I just hope overall that I am happy with my life and the decisions I made.
Erin says
FIFTH ME
I’ll be successful and happy!
Sonia says
Fifth Me! In five years I hope to have a couple of little ones a new job!
Valerie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself still loving your blog!
Bonnie says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now, I hope to have more work/life balance. A girl can dream, right?!?! My son will be in high school by then!
Tyler says
fifth me! in 5 years I hope to still have money after my wife finishes all her DIY and design projects! ;)
Meagan says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be a happier, healthier version of my self. Maybe with a few kiddos? Who knows!
Sarah S. says
Fifth MEEEEEEE! My husband and I will have just celebrated 14 years of marriage and we’ll be living in the fabulously remodeled home that we bought back in 2011 (when it wasn’t so fabulously remodeled).
Rachael says
Fifth me!!
I have no idea where we will be but hopefully happy and healthy!
Traci says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now I will be married to my wonderful fiance and hopefully we’ll have two rugrats scooting around on our Flor rug.
And speaking of Flor, it is owned by parent company Interface whose founder, the late Ray Anderson, should be an inspiration to us all. You guys should do a post on him. He’s the (green) man!
Julie says
Fifth me!
I my new house! That I just moved in to last weekend.
Jill says
FIFTH ME!
I’ll be married and I hope to have a bambino or two. :) Or maybe we won’t want to grow up and will be traveling the world…!
Katie V. says
Fifth me! Yes, I’m sure we’ll be in the same house and will probably have the same job if not a better one with the same employer.
Sharon@LittleOldBungalow says
FIFTH ME!
I absolutely love how one of the commentors above made a point that if you’re going to be dreaming, dream BIG!
In five years, hopefully our house and household would be 2 times bigger! =P
SalBug says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully my husband and I will be retired (early), so we can spend a lot of time with our then 11 year old son. But everything else can stay the same since it’s all good!
Brooke says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years…still happily married with 1 or 2 little ones running around. Healthy, satisfied with my work and hopefully have convinced some family members to move closer to me!
Brittany Grogan says
FIFTH ME!! Married for 14 years, kids will be 10 (ah!), 9 and 7 and (hopefully) our kitchen will actually be done :).
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
Congrats on 5 years!! In 5 years I see my wonderful bf & myself in a home we own (not easy in expensive LA!) as hubby & wife with at least 2 little minis. I’d also love to own my own make-up & hair studio by that time!
Kelsey says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be receiving my D.V.M and hopefully be married and starting a family!
jeff says
FIFTH ME!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’m hoping to be starting my 5th year of teaching! It would be nice to have a litle one (or two) running around while we’re remodeling our basement, too…
Happy 5th to you!
Emily says
FIFTH ME! I’m not sure where I’ll be in 5 years, but hopefully I’ll own a home or condo by then!
Rose says
Fifth me! I see myself with two (!) kids in school and a lot more free time! :)
Burb Happy says
Fifth Me!
I’ld like to be retired and traveling the world. Better go buy a lottery ticket!
Damia says
Happy blogiversary to youuuu!!
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, we’ll will have definitely moved – hopefully to somewhere in the PNW and working our grown up jobs (ie finally done with school!!! =)
Virginia says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be in the thick of raising kiddos and cheering on my man in his new career!
jG says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, our kids will be past the preschool years so hopefully lots more money and time for home improvements, travel and fun!
Leandra Molina says
Fifth Me! Hope to have a kiddo and be done renovating our house.
Bonnie says
Fifth Me!…… husband will have published at least his first book, if not second. We will be in a new home and our oldest will be graduated from high school!
Meg B. says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years I’ll be in a new job, but the same house. I do hope I’ve got some awesome more complete decor by that time. Though I’m sure I’ll be redoing stuff since nothing can ever be done, done!
kristen k says
Fifth me! In 5 years I see myself as a mother of 4 and hopefully owning my first home. With curtains. I have always rented and never had curtains anywhere!
Kelly LeBrasseur says
Fifth me!
I see myself married with 2 kids and one on the way..living in a fabulous bungalow.
Naomi says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years… Our first baby will be born (in 6 months) and hopefully in our first home instead of an apartment. Maybe another babe on the way? Hoping to still be in our beautiful city and maybe staying at home with the babies!
Susan says
FIFTH ME! In five years, another baby or two and in a bigger house!
Ashley says
“FIFTH ME” In five years I will hopefully be starting a family in our own house and loving life!
Kirsti says
Fifth me!!! Please!
Kelli says
FIFTH ME! I’d love to have a few more babies :)
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years we’ll be in a new city (moving next month), and we’ll be living in our first house! We’ll see where everything else ends up :)
Krissy says
FIFTH ME! (please)
In five years? Hmm….happily married for 6 years, with a couple siblings for my then 5 year, 3 month old. :)
Emily says
Fifth me!
My husband and I will be happily making payments on lake property that will house our future retirement home!
Carrie L says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I can only hope that our current renovation is actually complete. We’re at three years and counting now!
Heidi says
FIFTH ME!
in 5 years i’d like to have 2 kids and an exciting career that i love and am passionate about, that allows me to spend a lot of time with the kids too!
Teri says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I will have teenagers and be lying about my upcoming 40th birthday… What?!? I’m still 29.