***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.
Faith A says
FIFTH ME!!! I see myself starting a family with my wonderful husband!
Maresa says
FIFTH ME. In five years, I have no clue where I’ll be geographically, but professionally, I hope to be doing less work that I don’t want to, and more freelance work that I do want to! :) I’ll start blogging soon so we’ll see where it goes!
Kristen Swift says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to have (or almost have) my master’s degree, and also to add to our family of 3 with a little brother or sister for my 3 year old. I’m also hoping in 5 years that the house we purchased a year ago will finally be filled with DIY projects from your blog and book :)
Happy 5th Blogiversary, Sherry & John!
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME!
Finally being done with our home renovations…finally?
Michelle says
FIFTH ME! Traveling the globe…
Jennifer says
Fifth me!
I hope that in 5 years, we will have a 5th member of our family and be living in our forever home (which we are currently looking for)!
Kristen says
Fifth me! I hope to have a house of our very own and student debts PAID!
Alexa says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in our next house. We just sold and haven’t found the right next one.
Rachel Spence says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope my husband of 22 years & I will be traveling more. Hiking the mountains, camping. I hope we conitnue to improve our house/sanctuary. :)
Karita says
Fifth me… I see myself as a momma! And a super rad person that nr ages,course
sile says
FIFTH ME! I just wish for more of the same good things!
katie says
FIFTH ME!
I definitely know that I will be in a different city as we are planning our move to the mid west next year. My son will be in school and hopefully my husband will be out of school! I hope we will purchase our first home and get to furnish it will all the cool stuff we got with our awesome gift from you ;)
Marcie says
FIFTH ME! I’ll be putting my little guy on the kindergarten bus. AH! Maybe he’ll have a little brother/sister to walk to bus stop and wave.
Karen Thompson says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be done renovating the house we just bought, and already settled into the house we want to build. Cross fingers!
Beth says
FIFTH ME!!! I see myself still happily married and as a Mommy…due with #1 April Fool’s Day :)
Katherine says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to see one more baby in the picture and most of our home done (improvements and mortgage). But other than that just as happy as I am today. :)
miranda says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years my son will be in 1st grade and we’ll be in disney world celebrating his birthday.
Kristin says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to be completely out of the “baby phase” in our family and maybe my husband will have landed his dream job!
Jen says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I think and hope my life will be much the same. We’ll be into the teen years with our oldest and our youngest will be in school full time so it’s possible I’ll be working full time by then. I do hope we will be done with our kitchen remodel which we are currently slogging through (DIY-ers in the house!)
Allison says
Fifth Me!
Since I’m currently pregnant with my first child, I hope to have an almost 5 year old & hopefully another as well. I hope to be even more in love with my incredible husband. I hope to be working a little less and feeling as happy and healthy as I do right now (minus the morning sickness).
Jessica Pelton says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll be working for myself as a certified health coach, 6 years married to my wonderful hubby, probably have a couple of kiddos, and hopefully I will have finally finished painting all of the terrible oak trim and doors in our house(there is A LOT of it, it could very well take me 5 years to finish!).
Elizabeth says
Fifth Me! In 5 years I will have our 3rd child on the way and the first one’s bedroom will be complete by then!
Holly says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be in the same home, but to have all the big (read expensive) home improvement projects done like rebuilding a huge deck, taking down nine big douglas fir trees and ditching the blue/gray carpet.
Terri says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my youngest will be out of college, so who knows what the future might hold!
Abby says
FIFTH ME!
I’d love to live closer to my family and have a little family of our own!
Sarah Fullerton says
Fifth me! My husband is about to finish his PhD so we have new jobs and a new location in our future. And maybe 2 kids by then? Oh, it’s fun to dream!
Whitney says
Fifth me! In five years I hope my husband and I have two children and we have added an upstairs to our house!!!!!
Christy says
FIFTH ME! We’ll probably have a third kid by then, and who knows? Maybe I’ll even be out of the house and back to work teaching. Time will tell!
Linda says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully I will be a grandmother within five years.
Meghan says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be partner at my firm.
bacurrie says
FIFTH ME! Five years closer to retirement! My daughter will be on her own and my husband and I will be still plugging along/
Aimee C says
FIFTH ME !
Hmmm…. in 5 years, I see myself married with a few little tikes running around. Obviously I see myself in a fabulously renovated home dripping with personality. Last but not least, I see myself finally taking the plunge and being a business owner. Whew… I better get started !
Wendy says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I have no idea where I’ll be living, but I hope to have a thriving business & at least one more kiddo! :)
Jamie M says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be married and living in my own house that I own!
Courtney says
FIFTH ME! Pretty sure we will be somewhere overseas… most likely Ethiopia! So, we gotta fix up this old house to sell it before we go!
Julie says
“Fifth Me!” In the next five years I hope to be doing what I am now. I am blessed to have a wonderful life!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to still live in Los Angeles with a great job!
Melody says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I do think a lot will have changed. I hope to have finished my accounting classes and to have passed the CPA exam. I hope to have taken the trip to England I very much want to take. I hope to be preparing to begin a family, possibly through adoption, and be considering a move to a new house!
Sara Young says
FIFTH ME! Children, House, & new dog – all in the 5 year plan. Also a move to California.
Kati Mallory says
FIFTH ME!
As a newlywed, I see myself still married (duh) and possibly starting to think about little ones! I see myself as a better photographer (a hobby I’m getting very passionate about), an established graphic designer (especially since I’m starting a new job next week!), and living in our amazing, tiny house that will hopefully be almost complete! All of those are things I’m working on doing right now, and I’m so excited for the journey over these next five years :)
PS – just a funny story: my hubby of 2 whole months asked me the other day if “the house project” will ever be finished? PSH!!!! Doesn’t he know anything about interior design/DIY/being a WOMAN? I told him to just think of it as my hobby and to get used to it :) Haha, I think he’s prepared now!
Keep up the good work! Love you guys!
Lois says
FIFTH ME! Yikes in 5 years my girls will be 11 and 8… I really can’t think beyond those ages… they’ll be tweens – that in itself is a crazy thought!
Katie @ Chai Thoughts says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I see myself still teaching and in grad school, but hopefully at the Ph.D level at that point!
P.S. I love your blog! It’s one of the best out there, seriously.
Victoria says
Fifth me!!!!! I hope I’ll be as madly in love with my husband as I am today
T says
FIFTH ME
Hopefully in 5 years, ill have a super thriving career, 2 kiddies and my new house will finally feel like a home! :)
Laura Grace says
Fifth Me!!! In five years we are hoping to expand our family and buy a single family home…no more condo for us! We will continue to be loving life, practicing yoga, trying to eat locally and drinking good beers!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME!
oh, gosh – 5 years from now – perhaps a new house to fix up/decorate, and lots of new art from various travels between now and then!
Kyle says
Fifth Me
Sharon says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope I would have celebrated my 40th birthday at Rio for summer Olympic!!
Rachel B says
Fifth me!! Teaching abroad with a few children of my own.
Natalie W says
Fifth me! And I hope to have all our home projects “done” in 5 years. But I’m sure there will always be tinkering!