***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.
Courtney G says
Fifth Me!
Hopefully my husband and I will have a couple more kiddos running around and will be living in Europe! <3
Yvonne P. says
FIFTH ME!
Who knows! Maybe with a little kiddo running around. :)
Jenny says
Fifth Me! I will be finished with my PhD!!!
Trish says
FIFTH ME
5 years from now? Ill be thirty-something and making it look like the new twenty-something. :)
Hopefully, happy healthy and living the dream with my husband.
hope i win, making settlement on a home this Friday and could really use the gift cards! :) *fingers crossed*
Jen says
Fifth Me!
Exactly where I’m at now :)
Erin says
FIFTH ME! I hope to just have a cleaner house by then!!
Christina A says
“FIFTH ME” – In five years I see myself experiencing a new city and a new job..hopefully on the east or west coast away from the hot Texas heat…and actually be able to wear a hoodie without sweating! I would love to own a house that I can put all these awesome tips to use on!
Judy says
FIFTH ME!
Sonya says
FIFTH ME :) We’ve decided to stay put in our current house so hoping to have it looking fab in five years!
Gwen says
Fifth Me!
I hope to be loving life just as I am now with my hubby & two little guys (Eek they will be in grade school in that time frame) maybe a bigger new house or at least the same more upgraded current one! We shall see…..
Emily O says
Fifth Me! I hope we grow from a family of 4 to 5…and figure out how to add storage space/workshop to our new house (whether it be in the form of a shed or garage). The carport we currently have just isn’t doing it for me!
Amber Sifford says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself with possibly a 3rd child, have run a marathon before I am 30 and with the basement if our house finished with a rad office/school/play room for our homeschool.
Such an awesome giveaway!!
Kimbre B says
Fifth me!!!
In five years I hope to have more lovely little ones running around and be 9 years into a wonderful marriage!
Emily H. says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be in Seattle!
Lauren says
Fifth Me!
I hope we’re in a new city and getting settled in a new life. Atlanta’s amazing, but I was born and raised here so I’m ready for an adventure!
Andrea Masterson says
FIFTH ME!
I will be seeing my youngest off to kindergarten in five years. I’m a stay at home mom and the game plan is to go back to work when the kids are in school.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME! I’m not sure where I’ll be in five years but hopefully I’ll be healthy, happy, and done with school!
Suzanne says
FIFTH ME!
Jermaine D. says
FIFTH ME! Hope to maybe have a few kids and be a stay at home mom!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully I’ll be retired and DIY’ing fulltime!
Shannon Clarke says
FIFTH ME! My husband is in the Army – so it’s always hard to imagine where we’ll be in five years. But we’re expecting a little one – so we’ll definitely be parents. We’ll have moved to a new spot (somewhere on the other side of the country) probably and hopefully will still be having fun, going on adventures and in love!
Sara says
Fifth me! In five years I hope that I will be happily married to my boyfriend who I’ve been dating now for 6 years. And still teaching world geography to the loveliest bunch of 6th graders.
Carrisa says
Fifth me!
I really hope that in five years we have added to our family. I know we would love to have a child. I also hope that we are in the same house, but that all of the repairs have been done. Please dear Lord, let all of the repairs be done.
Christine says
FIFTH ME!
I imagine in five years we (my husband, +Brother, +cousin and his daughter will be in our house that we are all buying together right now. If our plans go as we have set them, we will have the house paid off by then and maybe my husband and I will have a few children of our own if we are lucky/blessed.
Kate S. says
FIFTH ME! The last five years brought a wonderful husband and beautiful little girl. I hope the next five years will bring more babies… and of course, great renovations to our house.
Elva Fonseca says
Fifth me!
Congratulations on your blogaversary!- I plan on being debt free in five years.
Jenny says
“FIFTH ME” Hope to have my college finally done, so I can concentrate on my work and son.
Sara says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to no longer be renting, maybe have a little place outside the city with a garden. Hopefully working part time and enjoying my home and family the other part!
Rachael Milner says
Five is my favorite number, so I am praying it holds good things in the future. As a newlywed I definitely see my 5 year anniversary bringing a strong marriage with my best friend, and hopefully a little one somewhere along the way! Maybe an awesome little dog as well…. It could be a very hopeful five years!
Jane B says
FIFTH ME!
After 5 happy years married to my hubby, I (we) hope to have 1 (or 2) little ones running around our home – and a better job!
Kami Buchanan says
FIFTH ME!!!
Hopefully, enjoying raising my daughter, in a happy marriage and still reading your blog every morning! Loving life!
Mary says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope I’m right where I am (a daughter, BF, job, family, and home I LOVE) only slightly better! :)
Jamie says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be in the same place with the same peeps :) Maybe I’ll be headed back to work as our youngest will be starting school in 4 years!
Colleen says
FIFTH ME!
Wow, what a generous give-away! Congrats on your years of hard work!
Hope to be enjoying a well-designed, partial DIY life with my husband and our now-three-month-old as a thriving five-year-old boy, perhaps with a little brother or sister to tease, if we’re lucky.
Richette says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be finishing the last of our home projects and enjoying our space.
Ruth Ellen says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I will be dealing with a 10 yr old daughter and a 14 yr old son who I expect will be eating me out of house and home. And will be married for 20 years!!!
Nicole says
FIFTH ME! I don’t know where I’ll be in five years but hopefully happy, healthy, and finished with school!
Beth says
Fifth me! Just bought a condo so hopefully making some nice improvements in the meantime. Although if I win this contest, they will come sooner.
Anh Tran says
FIFTH ME..
in 5 years, i hope to be a mom to another sweet child. i’d like to see our little family either living in a different house or in our current, but renovated. i hope to be done with school and hopefully landing a good job :) thanks for the giveaway!!
Rhonda Miller says
FIFTH me. I actually just celebrated my twentyFIFTH year of marriage, so in five more I’ll be up to thirty! I’ll have one more of my six children out of the house. How can that be? So that means just three at home with me. Maybe I should adopt . . . .
Jamie says
Fifth Me! Hopefully living in the home I just bought with my wonderful husband, 2 cats and perhaps a kid (or 2).
Sooze says
FIFTH ME.
Empty Nest. Work. Mountain Vacations.
Carrie says
FIFTH ME!
We’re moving to New Orleans next year and will be living in military housing at first. I’m hoping we’ll be building or living in our dream home five years from now!
Jenny says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have most of the major projects completed around the house.
Just started a kitchen reno, inspired by you!
Love you guys!
Rachael Milner says
Five is my favorite number, so I am praying it holds good things in the future. As a newlywed I definitely see my 5 year anniversary bringing a strong marriage with my best friend, and hopefully a little one somewhere along the way! Maybe an awesome little dog as well…. It could be a very hopeful five years!
Mallory says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself in a new city, but working the same job.
Ben says
Fifth me!!!
In five years I hope to have my own piece of land and a house to live in with my family.
Blair says
FIFTH ME: In five years I hope to own my own home to tweak and DIY to my heart’s content!
Melissa says
Fifth me! In five years my house and landscaping will be done and it will be time to start over. :)
Danielle says
FIFTH ME
i think my husband and i may be in a different city… maybe we will even have added to our family of three! :)