***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.
Kimberlee says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I am hoping that we will have finished the basement, tiled the backsplash, updated the dining room furniture, purchased some great rugs, finally put cabinets in the laundry room, completed the landscaping, and all sorts of other things that I am sure I am forgetting in the home we built last year!
Sarah Hollinger says
FIFTH ME!! in five years I expect to be in my dream job….which may actually be in a few weeks, living in a larger city and enjoying having a child in school!!! Oh, and my puppy being as crazy as ever
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME PLEASE!
Lizzie says
Fifth me…in five years I hope my family and I are as happy and healthy as we are today. A new kitchen would be pretty rad too ;)
Patti says
Fifth Me! I’ll still be here, God willing!
Georgia says
Fifth me!
Hmmmm… in five years… my husband will have finished his master’s so he’ll probably have a new job so we’ll probably be in a new town in a new house! Hopefully with another baby or two. :) Lots of possibilities!
erin says
Fifth ME!
in 5 years, hopefully in a bigger place in the city. with a cute dog!
Jill says
FIFTH ME! In five years we hope to downsize to a smaller house and live debt free! Congrats on five years! Your blog is the bright spot of my work day and I appreciate all you guys do!
Harmony Quiroz says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be much further along in the house decorating and renovations! and likely to have two little ones underfoot :)
Michelle V says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be even happier with my work situation (maybe moved on to something bigger and better?), I want to be immersed in creative projects and sell more of my artwork, and most of all, I want to be happy with my boyfriend and maybe living in our own house!
Angela says
Fifth me!
Its hard telling with my husband’s job where we will be (geographically) in five years but hopefully we will be owning a home once again. Our kids will be 11 and 7 1/2 5 years from now and I don’t even want to think about that :(
MissCaron says
FIFTH ME … I really hope that in five years we are blessed with a home and a child :-)
MissCaron says
Side note… can’t hardly believe it’s been five years, y’all! CONGRATS
Liz says
FIFTH ME!! 5 years will be age 30, so kids maybe? Who knows, too far away to guess!
Amber Hoffherr says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be in our dream home in the next 5 years! Starting the building process soon.
Meagan Bunker says
Fifth Me!
Trisha says
Fifth Me! I hope to have started on the adventure of foster parenting by then…:)
KatieFiczner says
Fifth Me!
Five years from now? Still happily married, hopefully with an addition or two to our family!
Kim says
FIFTH ME! I would love to be in a new city, a new job and hopefully a husband and kids!
Magali says
FIFTH ME!
No clue where we will be! A new house? A new country? A New baby? A new Puppy?
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!
What a generous giveaway!! In five years I see my (almost 27 year old) self with two kids and one on the way, living in St. Augustine,FL right down the street from my in-laws and (still) unbelievably happy in love with my husband.
ashley says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope that I will have moved on to a new, more satisfying job, possibly relocated, with the same wonderful husband, and maybe a bebe at home!
Grant says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to still be enjoying my family and moving up in my company!
Beth says
Fifth me! Hopefully in the next 5 years, we’ll be owning our own house again somewhere in Colorado!
JEN says
FIFTH ME
Hopefuly we have another kiddo or two, and are just moving along, loving the journey together
Deborah Quartararo says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will hopefully be finished with grad school & looking at a promotion.
Susan says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to be in a new house by then, and who knows by that time I will hopefully have started a new life in a new city! Mostly I hope that in 5 years I will be able to look back and have wonderful and adventurous memories of time spent with family and friends.
Amy says
FIFTH ME! The husband and I just moved across the country (Washington state to Boston, Ma). In five years we’d love to buy a house, start a family, and begin saving for retirement like real grown ups.
Kimberly says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to still be loving life as much as I do now :) And maybe, possibly have another baby…
Meg McGuigan says
FIFTH ME – Five years from now, I hope my husband Matt and I have grown our family of 4 (us and 2 kitties) to include a dog (or 2) and a kid (or 2 or 3). The more, the merrier, as we continue on our adventure, our journey, our life!
Marie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see my husband and I along with our two children putting together plans for our glass house! Tucked in the woods what fun to dream up the interior walls. I know there is much to look forward to as we allow God to mold us into all He has intended.
Ross says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years I imagine I will chasing around a little one or two out in the Burbs.
Karen says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be happily married to my now fiance, getting ready to celebrate our 5th anniversary and maybe decorating a nursery!
Mary says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully be tenured? Please? :-)
Amber says
Fifth me! Five years from now, who knows what we will be getting into! I just hope by then we have our house finished (or at least more decorated than it is now). Some kiddos running around would be nice too. Oh and also, maybe we won’t be so broke then…that would be wonderful! ;)
Carrie C says
Fifth Me- I think my husband and I will have finished up our first house and likely have moved on to our second!!!
Allyn says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my sweet guy will have finished school, so hopefully we’ll have a baby or one on the way! Honestly, the last 5 years have been so full of huge changes that who knows how things will be five years from now. I’ll just try to enjoy the ride!
Alicia C. says
FIFTH ME! I see us being a new city (for a cool new job, or closer to family) and in our forever home instead of our starter home (that has already lasted longer than we thought!).
Arianne says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will have been with my husband for 15 years, married for 8 years, have a 6 year old daughter and hopefully another child around 3. The housing market will improve and we will finally be able to upgrade from our condo to our first house! Can’t wait!!
Robert says
FIFTH ME!
Amy Harris says
FIFTH ME! Celebrating my 8th wedding anniversary, and hopefully in a new job that I love and maybe in a new more modern home.
Samantha says
FIFTH ME! :)
I would love to be a stay at home mom with a couple of kids. We will, of course, by then be living in our fully completed addition. I can dream :)
Steph says
FIFTH ME! In five years my youngest will be junior in college! Yoo hoo! Almost an empty nest.
Kelly S says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will hopefully be working on my third child and moving into a new home…one that can hold all those kids!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be finishing grad school and embarking on my new career!
Bmak says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’ll be 28. I’d like to start building my own home right about then.
Jenny says
FIFTH ME!!!!
I hope to be in a job I love!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully, same house with maybe an addition (like a sunroom)????
Jen b says
Fifth me!
My first child just turned 5 months so in 5 years I imagine I will be chasing him around and hopefully some younger siblings!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!! I hope to be moved out of my tiny apartment in the city and back in a small town with an older historic home of my own!
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! I’d love to grow my family (and my house size) in the next five years!