***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.
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be married to my boyfriend of five years (not to beat the FIVE theme to death or anything), and hopefully with at least one wee one added to our family!
FIFTH ME!!
I am actually in transition right now – leaving a career in law to pursue a teaching career and am back in school! i am very happy with my choice, but my husband and I had to delay starting our family until i finish up. (for obvious reasons!) so the next five years will be big ones! I am turning 30 in a few months, and we bought our house last year and ripped it apart!
So the next five years,
New Job/Career
New degree
New Family
maybe another dog?
FIFTH ME!!
I would be blessed to have another child or two by then…as long as we are all happy and healthy then we have won the lottery.
FIFTH ME!
Five years?! That seems like a long time away but I know time will fly. I am finding myself falling in love at the ripe old age of 28 so I hope to be married and maybe have a bun in the oven :) BUT I would also hope to have re-done my current townhouse, have sold it and made a MAD profit and moved into my next project house!
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have sold our first house and are on to the next one in next 5 years!
FIFTH ME!
I hope to own finally settle down and stop moving cities every 18 months!
FIFTH ME
My life has just taken one crazy turn and my boyfriend and I have just split up. In 5 years from now I hope to have a life nothing like it is today. New city, new state, new friends, new attitude… I want it all to be new and exciting!
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years I hope my life looks a lot like you guys…married to the love of my life, with a little one running around and of course a beautifully decorated home!! : )
FIFTH ME!
5 years?? I can barely plan for 5 days…but would LOVE to have some more things personalized in our home to make it “ours”!
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I would like to be a mom and have a home to decorate instead of an apartment!
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself doing exactly what I’m doing now – living through a room by room diy renovation of one of the four apartments in the apartment building my fiance owns, except, it will be one of the three apartments we don’t live in now…
FIFTH ME! Hmm, in 5 years, I plan to be in the same house (at least until our daughter, now 12, graduates high school), both sons should be done with college. Maybe I’ll finally have new floors to replace our ugly-came-with-the-house tile?
FIFTH ME! In five years, I will be working as a marriage and family therapist, possibly working on my doctorate. And wondering how on earth I’d been out of high school for 12 years.
FIFTH ME!!! I see myself as a mother of 2, balancing work and family life. I see us living in a nice, modest home we love and happily married. Maybe another state though…
FIFTH ME!!
I imagine myself with a career, a new house to fix up, a child, and loving life!
Fifth ME~ OO I have had my eye on a FLOR Rug! So awesome! In five years my husband and I will most likely have had our first child and hopefully be finishing our home addition!
Fifth me!
In five years, I’d like to have made some more DYI progress on our home and have a couple kids to fill the bedrooms!
FIFTH ME
I see myself with another degree and in a different city.
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years, I would be happy to find myself living in the same place (I love my little 50’s ranch), but hopefully with a lot more stamps in my passport!
FIFTH ME!!! In five years I hope to have moved back to my home state (Maine), bought a house with my husband, and start a family!
fifth me…I hope to be living in Cote d’ Ivoire, West Africa, where my husband is from, raising our children.
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see kid(s) having joined my husband and I and our current “fur kids”. And if we’re in the same house hopefully we’ll have ticked a lot of DIY improvements off our list!
PS – why not give the five prizes to five different people to spread the love a bit? Just curious.
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’ll be an organic-food-buying, Waldorf-drop-off-mama with a successful career and a nice person to clean my house with all-natural products. And I’ll be 100% less pretentious than that goal makes me sound, I promise!
Congrats on 5 years of blogging, you two!
FIFTH ME
In 5 years I see myself with 1 (maybe 2) little ones running around and hopefully lots of updates made to our current home (with the help of all the fabulous giftcards)!
Fifth me :). In five years my oldest will be starting college…oh my, I feel VERY old right now!
Oh, FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself happier than ever!
PS. Congrats on 5 YEARS!!
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’d like to be living in another country, just for the experience.
Fifth Me!!
Congrats you guys!!
In five years, I see myself sneaking peeks at your blog from an office with a window rather than the broom closet I’m in now!
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope my husband will finally have started his own business, and it would be even better if we were finally living back in my home state so my kids can spend more time with their cousins and the rest of the family.
What a fantastic giveaway! Happy five years YHL!
FIFTH ME! 5 Years from now I hope to be starting a family and definitely not in my current job!
“FIFTH ME”, please!!
I hope to be a stay at home mom by then (we just had our first in April and I returned to work). I hope to be able to raise the little peanuts once we have two :)
Fifth me!!!!
Little ones running all over and a health happy home <3
In 5 years I hope I’m still reading about you two doing great DIY projects! (I’m up for reading about it if you’re up for doing/writing about it!)In 5 years I’d love to be in a different home with some new additions to the family. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens!Thanks for 5 great years and here is to 5 more!
Fifth me! I see myself with one more baby, I hope!
FIFTH ME!
Congratulations! In five years I don’t imagine much will be the same in my life. Husband, kid(s), a new job and hopefully an end to being a renter are all in the works. Looking forward to it!
FIFTH ME! I see myself back in NC with a kid or two!
Fifth Me!
In five years we will be working hard at our cupcake business, but not gaining any weight from all the tasting. We will be watching our then 9 and 7 year old children thrive and grow. We will be enjoying the awesome stuff we got to put in our house from winning this giveaway!
FIFTH ME!
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself in our new and improved house that now includes: a 2 1/2 car garage (we currently have none), two newly remodeled bathrooms, and hardwood floors throughout the first floor. Additionally, my children will be perfect angels and my husband will dote on me incessantly. A girl can dare to dream!
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully we’ll be in the same house but with an addition to our family in the next five years!
FIFTH ME! 5 years – back to Vermont, another baby?
FIFTH ME! I feel blessed in my life right now and I hope things continue on that path. I’m pretty content with life right now, but I do hope to add another child or two to my family within the next year to five years.
FIFTH ME!!! I hope we live a little closer to family, and have a little one or two by then! :)
FIFTH ME
In five years…I hope to be taking fabulous travels more regularly!
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope we are in the same house because we have put sooo much work into it! Also probably another kid or two, maybe some chickens, good vacations and hopefully happily enjoying our growing family.
FIFTH ME! I see myself with a whole new life in 5 years. My husband and I plan to buy a bigger house, we want to have kids, and I’m ready to move on from my dead end job. Still same city, but so many more possibilities!
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope that I’m happy in whatever I’m doing..regardless of a career change, which city I’m living or if I’m married (or still waiting for my boyfriend to propose :) ). That’s all I really hope/want/need…to still be happy doing whatever I’m doing.
FIFTH ME!
I hope working from home with a little one on the way… and still madly in love with my husband!
FIFTH ME!!
I imagine that I will be settled in my career, have a family and will continue diying it up! :D
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope to not have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night! (cherishing these moments of baby/preschooler but oh so looking forward to sleep)