***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.
Georgie says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to be in a home I own, with my student loans paid off (hey, a gal can dream), and surrounded by my sweet hubby and a bunch of kitties (I think that part’s a sure thing).
Mary Fangman says
FIFTH ME Maybe finally finishing up this already 3 year long remodel.
Shayla says
Congrats on your blogiversary! You’ve inspired so many of the projects around our house over the past few years.
FIFTH ME! I hope that within the next five years we’ll be able to purchase our dream home….a historic Craftsman style bungalow in a cute, walkable neighborhood. That would keep us busy with renovation projects for many, many years to come!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years…i hope to maybe have our house a little more together. Career wise a new career by then would be nice, but not counting on it…sigh
Emily says
FIFTH ME
I hope to be married in 5 years and perhaps be in a bit bigger house than right now.
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! Maybe in five years I’ll have a renovated kitchen and finished basement :-)
Holly says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years we’ll still be steadily doing home projects to keep things updated and the little ones will be not quite so little and I’m sure we’ll have added another 1 or 2 into the mix.
julia says
FIFTH ME! I hope my husband and I will own a home in five years. And hopefully have two kids.
Eileen says
FiFTH ME!
In five years I hope to own my own home and still have my current job–I’m in HR and I love it!
Holly says
FIFTH ME! My husband and I will be celebrating our 20 year anniversary…WOW!
The kids will be 14, 12, and 8. That is hard to believe! Hopefully we will be all settled into our new home which we are moving into after we are done remodeling this spring!
robyn says
FIFTH ME
Laurel says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years…my husband will have his law degree–his life long dream–and we’ll hopefully be ready to buy a house and start a family. Possibly in a new city! So life will be very different : )
Emily says
Fifth Me! Hopefully in 5 years I’ll have myself more established as a graphic design consultant!
Robyn G says
Fifth me! Five years ago, I said I would be married and starting a family. Now that it’s five years later, it’s still my plan!
Jessica T says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to have a few children (the first is on the way!) and own a home (or have a nice fat mortgage on a home…houses in Arlington, VA, are CRAZY expensive). I also better FINALLY have my PhD in statistics (should be done soon!).
Sarah says
Congrats you guys on 5 whole years!
Fifth Me! Please!
In five years I hope to be a homeowner and a mama, DIYing my way through home projects!
Meg says
FIFTH ME!
My wedding anniversary is this week, so five years from now we’ll be hitting the nine-year mark! We’ll probably still be in this house unless we outgrow it… which is a possibility! My guess is that we’ll have two, if not three more, kids to add to our two kids right now. We haven’t owned our home for very long, so I hope I that in the next five years we can really make it our own, not just a mismatch of hand-me down items. It would be really fun to win!
Melanie says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I’d like to be living at the beach full time in the cutiest beach house you’ve ever seen!!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years my goal is to be living life on a beach with my husband and our dog. Maybe giving dolphine or snorkeling tours off the waters of Key West! As long as we’re happy, healthy, and loved the road can take us anywhere and we’ll follow!
Julie says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I hope to still be living in our new-to-us house and MUCH closer to having most of it the way I like. I also hope to be married to my wonderful boyfriend. Thanks!
Kristin says
FIFTH ME!!
I will be continuing to love married life!
Gabe says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we’ll have expanded into upstairs on our current house, and hopefully have lots of work completed – including the playhouse I’m building in the back yard!
Zinna says
FIFTH ME!!
Happy 5th anniversary! Thanks so much for the infographic timeline on your blog.
Since I just started a new (promotion) job, I suspect in 5 years time I will still be in this position or if the stars align, be offered another promotion. I will most likely be in my same house and my kids will all be old enough to start realizing their dad and I are weird.
Joanna says
FIFTH ME! Awesome giveaway!
In five years, I’d like to have a second home in the country.
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
Since last month I got married, big changes are ahead in the next five years!! probably have a kiddo or two and hopefully moving into a larger house. fingers crossed!
Mandy Pellegrin // Fabric Paper Glue says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I will most definitely be living somewhere else (my home of TN) and will most certainly be in a different job.
Casey H. says
FiFtH mE!
In five years I think my husband and I will be looking at starting our family, and hopefully be in the middle of renovating a house that needs a little TLC!
Lydia says
Fifth me!
Kate says
FIFTH ME! Since we currently have a baby on the way, we’ll be looking towards kindergarten. Yikes!
Taryn says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself in a bigger house. With three boys and my husband, space is tight in our tiny one!
Jennifer Upchurch says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’ll be 40 (YIKES!!!!), have a 7 year old (Double YIKES!!!) and I hope to goodness in five years my house will finally be completely decorated!
Heather W says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!
OMG in five years, I will have an 18 year old and an almost 15 year old!! I am hoping we will be close to debt free and either continuing to fix up our house we have or possibly another house… It will be amazing to see where we all will be…. Congrats on your anniversary!
Marianne says
Fifth me! All 3 of our kids will be out of high school and I will only be 42! I plan to live it up!
josh says
FIFTH ME!
I’d love to see myself in a more advanced position at work and maybe have a little bean of our own at home
Emma says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’d definitely want to be married, working the job I have now (or maybe something similar in a warmer state, haha), and perhaps thinking about a baby. Man, the second half of your 20s is certainly an eventful time, isn’t it?
Laura I says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I hope to have a 2nd dog. Kids? I have no idea! Married? We’ll see! But the dog part is solid : ) Hopefully career will be even more rewarding, and I’m happy to stay living in the same city and maybe even the same apartment (I love my place!) Congrats on your 5 year anniversary!
Julie says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I definitely see myself with two more kids and hopefully a larger home. Ideally, we would be able to stay in our 1950s ranch and add on to the back of our house to fit our growing family!
Erin says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself still happily married and hopefully one or two little ones…
Denise says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in five years our new home will feel a little more put together…some rooms are so empty and boring!
Holly West says
Fifth Me!
Where do I see myself in 5 years? Hopefully I’ll finally have this darned novel published!
Ellen says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be in a new place, have a new job and a new baby! Big dreams ahead!
Kat says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will work part time and be the homeroom mom for our daughters 3rd grade class. The power of positive thinking, right?
Laura says
FIFTH ME…hopefully finally finishing (or coming close) the projects we’ve imagined for our starter home :)
lisa says
fifth me!
no idea. that’s the fun. just always hope for happy and healthy!
Clara B says
FIFTH ME!! IN 5 YEARS HOPFULLY WE WILL BE FINISHED RENOVATING OUR 1ST HOME, YAY!!
Patricialynn says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see us owning our own home and finally having a backyard flock of chickens to go with our garden.
Katie says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope we’re living in a bigger house with one more baby in the mix (for a total of 3 kiddos) and that I’m still enjoying every second of being home with my kids and watching them grow :)
Michelle says
In five years, I’ll have at least 1 kid (due 29 March) and maybe a second! I don’t think we’ll be moving from our city yet, but we might be talking about it at that point.
Jenny says
Fifth me! In five years my babies will be all grown and we’ll be looking for our next house – something smaller and closer to the city.
Zabeth says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be down the path of owning my own business and busily following my children around. I also hope that by then I will be madly in love with every aspect of my house (and husband too).