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Fab Freebie: It’s A One-derful Life

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Thanks to random.org, our four winners are…Kathryn (who wants to know how long this paint will keep, since she’s in an apartment now), Kristen: Turning A House Into A Home (who wonders if it’s better to dust or vacuum first), Alisa Decatur (who’d like to get to the bottom of her daughter’s summer-time procrastination) and Kassie (who wants to know how much painting she’ll be doing when she buys a house). Congrats ladies!

Toss on some old clothes, because four of you are about to get painting. This week’s giveaway will cover everything you’ll need, starting with $60 worth of Olympic ONE paint. ONE is Olympic’s new paint + primer in… wait for it… one. It hides stains, resists mildew, and survives scrubbing. And at about $25 per can, you’ll be able to score at least two cans with your prize (and maybe even an extra quart).

Olympic One

But you can’t paint without the proper supplies, so the folks over at StackExchange are also hooking up our four lucky winners with a bunch of stuff that we hand-picked for ya (cause we paint kind of a lot, actually). So we know good rollers, Frog Tape, a drop cloth, and a short handled brush can come in handy. If you still need another boost to get painting, head over to one of StackExchange’s 50+ community-driven Q&A sites. Their DIY channel in particular is always abuzz with topics like “What is low VOC paint?” or “Can you paint a popcorn ceiling?”

Stack Exchange Paint Suppli

  • PRIZE: A $60 coupon for Olympic ONE paint and a big ol’ set of painting supplies (courtesy of StackExchange) including a complete 9-piece kit, extra rollers, a canvas drop cloth, an extendable roller frame, three rolls of Frog Tape, and (of course) a short-handled brush for cutting in.
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS” and…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … fill in the blank: what’s one big question you’re dying to know the answer to? Wanna know if there’s life on other planets? Would you love to hear the truth about an infamous conspiracy? Or maybe you’d be satisfied to get the real story behind the latest gossip headlines?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 24th at 8pm EST
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: Four
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics courtesy of Lowe’s.

Comments

  4. Paige says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why, oh why, does Connecticut not have Hobby Lobby?! I am in mourning over here.

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  5. laura says

    One thing (or two, rather )I want to know is what Rebecca Woolf (Girls Gone Child blog) is naming her twins! Her other children are named Archer and Fable, so I’m dying to know what her new babies will be named!

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  8. Maryeliz says

    ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS why my husband is incapable of unloading a dishwasher. (And why he is so irresistible, regardless.)

    Oh, and P.S. Frogtape really does work, in my experience. So perhaps another thing that I’d like to know is WHY it is so much better than the plain old blue tape.

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  11. Mary says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    am I gonna get this job? Although more immediately, am I ever gonna stop sneezing? These allergies are out of control today.

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  14. Charles says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS: Between the two of you, who is more unnerved by the old kitchen desk/counter sitting on the floor by the front door? Which of you is fighting back even the smallest attack of OCD for moving it elsewhere? (He asks, as he turns his head away from a coffee cup left on the desk from this morning) !

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  15. Megan says

    ONE thing I want to know is how to pick great paint color every time. I hate repainting which is what I need to do in our bedroom!!

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  17. L says

    One thing I want to know is why the contractors who put an addition on our house (before we bought it) made the structural decisions they did.

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  20. Jennifer says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how the heck YHL organises their blog and computer files. I mean, in detail, with screen shots. B/c I’m drowning in iPhoto events and how to be minimalistic, but still share my photos on Flickr, etc. without spending all day making it happen. Yup, I just went there and now I sound all kinds of stalker creepy. Ha.

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  23. Melissa K says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… how long will it take for my husband to finish our basement !! jk… kind of.

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  27. Leah Marie says

    “ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    How many years will it take us to sell our house in this market.
    Bonus question: What really happened to the Beall treasure???

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  34. Shelby P. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    Will my husband ever discover the pathway that dishes should take from the sink to the dishwasher?

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  35. Christine G. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… When will the bank approve our offer!! We have SO MANY decorating ideas and no where to put them! Not to mention, we have an ENTIRE house to paint!

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  37. Amber says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….how chefs/bakers make such beautiful cakes without it feeling apart, mine always do! Not such a serious thing…but I do have several rooms I’d love to try this on! :D

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  39. Annie says

    One thing I want to know is….
    where will I be living a year from now? And will I win this paint my living room desperately needs?

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  42. Ruthie says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… have you ever tried to dig out a flowering quince bush? It’s a beast! I’m wishing I’d waited for my husband to get around to it…

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  43. Jess F. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…where the heck is my jetpack?! It’s 2011 – we were supposed to have those YEARS ago!

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  46. D. Dallas says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS . . . I have a glass/metallic-silver-plastic-like 3 tiered tv stand. What is the best way to prep/paint the silver black or heaven forbid ORB? :)

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  47. Sarah says

    “One thing I’d like to know is” how to really have the knowledge, skill, talent, and self-confidence to design and decorate my house without hiring someone.

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