***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.
Dory says
FIFTH ME!
Five years seems like an eternity from now, but I hope to be living in the same house…with new couch pillows, a few other new accessories and lots of happy kid-sounds!
Jenn M says
Fifth Me!!!
Congrats and Keep up the Great Job you do1!
CT says
Fifth me!
One can never tell what the future may bring. As long as I have my husband by my side, we can tackle anything that comes our way. Cheers to YHL on 5 years!
Kathleen says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope my house is paid off and the major renovations are done :)
Chris says
FIFTH ME
Bunny Hipps says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I hope to be owning instead of renting a home, and maybe have a blog of my own!
Rachel says
FIFTH ME
In five years, I hope for our home to be a little more painted and I hope to be a little further in my career (but am totally happy exactly where I am now :-)).
Ashley says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, my husband and I will hopefully have our 2nd baby and be moved into a new home!
melissa says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years, I hope the market rebounds so we can sell our house
and not thrown in our children as part of the deal…HAHA!
lisa says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years – who knows…but I’ll be with my husband figuring it all out :)
Stacey says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now, I hope to be running my own educational consulting company.
Sarah says
Fifth me! In five years I hope to finally be done with our remodel and maybe even moved on to the next house. I also hope that I can still read Young House Love in 5 years! Even more than all the awesome projects and tips, I really love reading about people with such happy, positive attitudes and zest for life! You’re an inspiration in more ways than one.
Blanca says
FIFTH ME!!!
Hopefully in my own practice as an MFT and with another bambino or bambina! Oh! And in an awesome house that I get to decorate! We sold our first and we have been moving around so I get my fix from you guys. I have been a fan for three of five years. I read your site everyday.
Maggie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we will hopefully be in a bigger house where I can put all the new stuff I will have if I win! :)
also in five years my girls will be 7, and 5 and a half. I hope they are happy :)
Jenn says
Fifth me! I’m hoping we’ll have a couple more kids and have moved into a house with a little more room.
Amy T says
FIFTH ME
I hope to have a kid or two and be on house number 2! I’d love to be working at the same place but maybe a new position?
Meagan says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years my husband and I will have two little ones in school. I wonder what I will do with all of the spare time!!
Barbara says
“Fifth Me” …5 yrs. in the future, maybe a different state, not sure.
Marie says
FIFTH ME… no clue where I’ll be but I hope I’m happy :)
ahren foster says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I want to have 2 more kiddos and be a stay at home mommy
Sara A. says
Fifth Me! (Please!)
In five years I am hoping we are both done with our bachelor’s degrees, and most likely we’ll be in a new state (or country); the Air Force is like that sometimes :)
Emily says
Fifth Me!
In five years I would like to be at a job where I am shown a bit of respect. I’d also like to be in a different house. With the same guy. :)
Kate Ediger says
FIFTH ME!
5 years from now probably won’t be much different, but I do hope to have our Kitchen remodel completed by then! ;)
Mindy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I can see us having another child (that would bring us to two) and possibly moving back home to Ohio from Boston to be closer to family!
Kali says
FIFTH ME!
Things are pretty great as they are but maybe we’ll have continued to expand our family by then. :D
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will have an empty nest. But I hope to feather it with the help of this prize before then!
Pamela says
FIFTH ME!
Not sure where I’ll be, but if it’s a celebration I hope a fifth is involved.
Jocelyn C says
FIFTH ME.
Hopefully a new job and maybe a new house. The kids will be in school-eek.
kimberly says
FIFTH ME! In five years I imagine celebrating my 6th wedding anniversary, maybe with a couple little ones underfoot, and getting promoted a few times at the office!
Lizzie says
Fifth me! In five years, I see myself celebrating five years and one month of marriage:-). We are planning on moving from Boston to Chicago in that time, so I’ll be exploring he Windy City!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years we’ll hopefully have a kiddo or two!
Kelsi R says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll have graduated college, hopefully have gotten my business of the ground and be working solely for myself, own (and be remodeling) a house with my boyfriend/fiance/husband (whatever he’ll be at the time haha)and be on my way to starting a family.
This prize would definitely help in the remodeling a house department ;)
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! Looking ahead has always been a challenge for me but I image I will be very similar as I am now. Working for myself, however I hope that creative is more predominate in my life. Thanks for the GRAND giveaway.
Antje says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I will have been married 27 years, have one child graduated from college…YES! Have the other child in college….YES! Thinking we will downsize to an urban condo and have a vacation home/family gathering spot on a beautiful lake.
Cara says
Fifth me (please!)!
In five years, our currently kid-free home will have at least one kiddo running around and hopefully two. And since we’re home shopping now for a house that we can stay in for a LONG time, we’ll be pretty settled in.
Megan says
FIFTH ME.
I see myself still happily married to my hubby, and with a lil one (or two!) in the picture
Carrie W. says
Fifth me!
Hopefully, with tenure… :)
Ben says
FIFTH ME!!!
Megan S says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have at least 2 kids and either redone our other bedrooms for our kids or moved to a new house. I love our house but if we have to move in order to keep my hubby employed, I’m game. It would be really nice if I only had to work part time too, but you never know what’s around the corner!
Melody M says
FIFTH ME !
Gosh.. my life has TOTALLY changed in the last 5 years… I can hardly imagine what life will be like in 2017. If I had to guess, I’ll probably have an ankle-biter or two and *fingers crossed* moved back home to the ATL. I’ll probably have my Master’s degree finished and maybe a new job. Big things to come!
Kim says
Fifth Me!!
In 5 years I hope to be living in a new home and enjoying life with my family!
Joy K says
FIFTH ME!! In five years my hubby and I will be celebrating ten years of marriage, and hopefully transitioned into our forever home with a big backyard and dog for our two kids to play with!
Stephanie says
fifth me!!
in five years I will probably be chasing my kids in the backyard, updating the paint colors in the house, pinning obsessively, and maybe drinking a glass or two of wine.
Kent says
Fifth Me! In 5 years I hope to finally be a homeowner!
Patricia says
FIFTH ME…Five years from now I see myself living as close to our grandchildren as possible in a house roomy enough to host them all at once.
Lin says
FIFTH ME!
This is a fun one — we just got married last month, so in 5 years, we’ll probably have a kid or 2 & hopefully a house of our very own!
Tracy Kopulos says
FIFTH ME! What an awesome prize! In five years I hope we have a little one running around the house :)
Julie says
FIFTH ME please! ..in five years I hope to be in a new city with a new apartment finishing grad school! Maybe looking to buy my first house? Who knows?!?!
Anna says
Fifth Me!!
In five years I hope we will continue to be happy and healthy, but hopefully with a kid or two in the mix :) And if we add a kid or two, in a larger home!
Sarah says
Fifth Me!!!
In 5 years… my goodness… our brand new baby will be a walking, talking KINDERGARTNER… hard to imagine! We’ve been talking about starting a reno budget for the kitchen… maybe we’ll be in the midst of a kitchen reno!