***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).
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?”
- 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.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…is the person that Sherry was referring to last week who was not so nice Star Jones?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Is there a god?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
What happens after someone dies?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how to get rid of water stains!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
how to bring it all together with my decorating…I get stranded somewhere between color selection and final product.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS why my daughter tells me she needs to be somewhere in 15 min. when it takes longer than that to get there? Teenagers!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…..what is the purpose of mosquitoes? Is there really not enough OTHER insects to complete the food chain?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS how to paint the wall next to my bathroom sink cabinet. It’s only 3 inches away from the wall and I have no idea how to get back there without dismantling the cabinet… unfortunately that’s not a possibility in our rental!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…..why does the sun lighten my hair but darken my skin?
One thing I want to know is…what’s the best vacuum for dog hair?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
where to buy good quality loveseat slipcovers on the cheap!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS …… how come everyone isn’t as lucky as I am to have found true love? <3
One thing I want to know is….whats for dinner tonight??
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… Will we ever finish all the projects we have in our house?!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Where in the world have all my forks been disappearing to. Seriously! I have a full set of spoons and butter knives, but about 6 forks….
One thing I want to know is…the meaning of life. Your thoughts?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS..where I will live in 5 years. It better not be where we are now!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…what really happened to JFK. I took a class in High school where my teacher was a JFK nut. I learned about nothing but conspiracy theories for a year… now I want to know…
One thing I want to know is: Did the previous owners of this house think, that the color “burnt-orange” in the rec room was a good choice?
One thing I want to know is… When will I find a job?!
One thing I want to know is…
why the previous owners of our house planted sooo many plants. Seriously, I found hostas growing behind a tree & another small tree behind some large grass. It’s crazy!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
Do you cover your brushes in between light thin coats of paint, or wash them? (OK, it’s not keeping me up at night, but washing them out and having a wet brush drives me crazy!)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Is my baby-to-be a boy or girl?!?! We chose not to find out at the ultrasound, and I’m still happy with that decision, but I’m so curious this time, much more than with our first, which turned out to be a boy!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…..why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? :)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…How did you guys get all your creative talents???
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
How fast can the next 26 days go…. countdown to wedding day! (and we are so excited!!!) and trying to fit in a lot of home improvement projects before wedding/move-in day!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
How much longer do I have to put up with the gross wall color in my bedroom?! It’s somewhere in the range of baby-poo and mushed up peas. I could definitely use this fab freebie! :)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…..what color my little baby’s hair will be? I’m 32 weeks pregnant and hoping for a redhead!
ONE THING I’D LIKE TO KNOW IS…
where we’re going to be as a species/society in a few centuries. It drives me a little crazy, in a seriously nerdy way, that I won’t know what goes down after I’m long gone. Will we colonize other planets? Will we destroy the planet and live in spaceships?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why can’t I get a stinkin’ J-O-B!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… How do I find time to home improvement projects and hold down a 9-5?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
How in the world can I ever get any house projects done with a very active little baby?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…. the cake really a lie?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how to overcome fear. Fear of failure, fear of the unknown. The fear that holds us back from living the lives we want and deserve! I’m working on it. :)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS: can use dryer balls in a front-load dryer that has a glass door? Really. I want to know. I don’t want to damage this expensive appliance.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS… will I have a 4.0 gpa at the end of this semester?
“ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS”
Do my month old twins take turns fussing all night on purpose? Like is it one of those ‘twin things’ to mess with Mom? Cause it seems like they are. Or is that just my over tired mind messing with me?
One thing I want to know is – will my furniture fit up the stairway to my new apartment…
But. At least if the furniture doesn’t, the can of paint will!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
Why is it that I can be so decisive about what looks good in other people’s houses… but I can’t decide for the life of me what looks good in my own house!!!
Please let me win!!! We’re having a painting party at our house next weekend and I sure could use the paint and supplies!!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…what purpose to weeds serve!?! ;-)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…will my two month old ever sleep through the night??
“ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS”
how some of these people can sit at home and decorate all day but also have full time jobs and are parents? I’m exhausted trying to do it all! I don’t even want to do the dishes when I get home let alone paint or redo my patio!
One thing I want to know is….if there are 24 hours in a day then WHERE THE HECK DO THEY ALL GO!!?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS::
Is there anyone out there that wants to come and pack/move for me!? We are moving soon & the new paint sure would come in handy :)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS … How deep is the love of God.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…will i win?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Why do my houseplants keep dying???
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Why do banks make buying a home twice as hard as it needs to be?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
One thing I’d like to know is why my landlord will not let me have air conditioning. I’m dying over here!