***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the random winner who’s about to get their read and their DIY on is… Julie Smith (who said we’d see her at her desk in the office day dreaming of going home and painting her half finished bathroom project). Congrats Julie!
That’s the title of Jen Lancaster’s latest bestselling book – and if you enjoy the story of a young couple renovating their first home (ya never know… you just might), this book belongs on your reading list. Jen never fails to crack us up and we were flabbergasted when we she mentioned us last year on her blog. So now that her home improvement-tastic tale is landing in stores as a paperback this week, we thought a giveaway was in order. You’ll get a copy of If You Were Here plus a very special bookmark. Actually it’s a $100 gift card to Home Depot, so I’m sure you can find a better use for it than just keeping your page.
- PRIZE: A copy of “If You Were Here” by Jen Lancaster and a $100 Home Depot gift card
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IF YOU WERE HERE” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us what we might see if we were with you right now. Perhaps we’d see the latest house project you’re in the midst of? Or the inside of the crowded subway you’re commuting on? Or maybe we’d see what you’re chowing down on over your lunch break at work?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 48 contiguous United States (though we try to snag 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 Penguin Books.
Richelle says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see a big mess, my husband and I are slowly packing our apartment to move into our first house in a couple weeks.
sarah says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d be asking the guy in the cube next to me to please stop humming. please. stop.
Allison says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see me recovering from “Pajama Day” at my elementary school. My students were cRAzy, and (un)fortunately, the dress-up days continue all week.
… off to make some parent phone calls!
Sarah says
IF YOU WERE HERE… you would see my two monitors and messy desk at work!
Jayne says
If you were here… you would see us adding in another built in dresser shelf system to our sons room!
Chrystine says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
A very, very messy desk. Supposed to be cleaning it now…
lAURA says
IF YOU WERE HERE…. you’d see busy architects drawing away!!
Jessica D. says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see us patching a crack in the bottom of our bathtub until the new one gets installed on Wednesday! Also you would see some cupcakes and cookies that I would bake to thank you for coming over! And some homemade treats for the burg’s too!
Sarah van Loon says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see me sneaking in a late lunch while the children I nanny for nap away!
sarahincola says
If you were here!
Nadia says
If you were here you’d see me here, very preggers, enjoying the California sunshine at the park with my almost 3 year old!!! ( with a car full of new Target goodies to decorate my house with!! yay!)
Carrie says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see me at work and through my glass walls and out the front door a sliver of the outside where the wind is blowing and it’s a cool 74 degrees out. Yep – that’s cool to me. I actually wore a scarf to work. And you’d see my hot chocolate in my Initech coffee mug.
Welcome back guys!
Lauren says
IF YOU WERE HERE you would see me laughing at everything my puppy does
Sarah Mc says
If you were here, you’d be underwhelmed by boring office cubicle. It could really use some sprucing up.
Liz says
IF YOU WERE HERE
you would see the inside of my work cube:)
Rachel says
IF YOU WERE HERE –
you would see a hundred at home to-do lists on my desk at the office!
Whitney says
IF YOU WERE HERE… you would see me at home tired, after a long day photography toddlers… I am already in my pajamas thinking about dinner and laundry… snooze fest!
Jenny says
IF YOU WERE HERE … you’d see me reading your blog at work on the sly!
Caitlin says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you would see me drying out a drenched rain jacket. Portland is wet!!
Lilly says
If you were here you would probobly start putting stuff up on my empty walls (we’ve been living here for a year and the bedroom walls are so bla).
sarah says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d be witnessing me honing my expertise at multitasking
Andrea K. says
If you were here you would see my crazy effort to accept that I am having a GIRL in July (I have two boys) and my mother and I figuring out how to change a “very large closet” into a pretty nursery.
Mary says
IF YOU WERE HERE – You would see me reading design blogs instead of working.
Rachel says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d find me at my desk swamped with binders and projects and trying to cover my dead-beat employee’s butt. Oi…
Candace says
IF YOU WERE HERE!
You’d see my office… desk & huge to-do list and piles of paper.
SHH!!!!
Anna says
IF YOU WERE HERE
… you would see a pile of papers and notebooks on my desk, and me trying to make sense of them.
Kenley says
If you were here you would see me sitting on the couch watching “Olivia” with the two most precious things in my life…. My daughters, Emily and Caitlin!
Anne says
If YOU WERE HERE you would see me sitting at my office desk, talking to High School athletes about…well the most random stuff sometimes:)
Virginia says
If you were here — you’d be in my home office, watching me write (ahem/blog-check). Lucky for you, I just gave it a post-deadline deep clean last week. Otherwise, you’d probably never find your way back out again between all of the piles of papers and assorted junk…
Margaret Peltier says
IF YOU WERE HERE
You would see crazy hair from falling asleep while reading to my little boy.
Laura says
If you were here, you’d get to come with me to see my next patient! :)
Gretchen says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
you’d see a 3-year-old boy trying to juggle Clementines.
Traci says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
you would see one tired mama taking a quick rest while the kiddos are napping.
Natalie V. says
IF YOU WERE HERE…. you would see the pile of work on my desk that I didn’t get to today. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow!!
Allison says
If you were here….you’d see me pinning my heart out on Pinterest looking for the next project to start!!!
Donna says
IF YOU WERE HERE you would see me picking up a mountain of toys while simultaneously trying to get dinner started!
Shunta says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d see me at my desk wishing it were time to go home!! :-)
Holly says
If you were here – you’d see that I’m polishing my procrastinating skills, instead of working….
Nicki says
“If you were here” you would see a kitchen table with sewing machine and overflowing bag of material for new scrap pillows, while vegan dinner is cooking right smack dab in front of a whole room (minus the walls now) surrounded in plastic to keep the drywall dust for the new area being redone as contained as possible…what a mess!
Christy says
IF YOU WERE HERE – You’d be helping me turn over my latest obsessions into realities :)
Chelsea says
If you were here! You would see me with a pile of unfolded laundry.
Izabela says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you’d see a sleeping baby, a wild toddler, and one tired mama :)
April Djibonon says
If you were here…I would have your help me redo my bathroom. :)
Lindsey says
If you were here- you would see me wrapping up a long Monday at work!
Shaunes says
IF YOU WERE HERE
You would see my home all freshened up from my weekly home blessing!
Whitney Dupuis says
IF YOU WERE HERE – you would see me counting down the minutes until I get to go pick up my two year old son. You could even go to the park with us to play this afternoon because it is a beautiful day.
Marlo says
If you were here…you’d see me checking Pintrest when I should be working on some reports for work.
Julie K says
If you were here, you’d see that our bathroom is maybe 2.5 square feet and it’s taken us almost a year to finish it!! Once it was functional, the work stopped! :(
Corie says
IF YOU WERE HERE!
You would see my husband & I in the midst of painting our hall bathroom. We’re saving up to replace the vanity and mirror so in the mean time we’re sprucing it up with a fresh coat of paint, new towels, and a few cute accessories.
I love Jen Lancaster! She’s too funny. I was so excited to see this giveaway : )
Leann says
If you were here… you would see a stack of paper that need to be graded.