***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…
… what my baby boy is dreaming about when he smiles in his sleep.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS
how long can I store paint before it goes bad? these apartment walls can not be painted.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why the prep work for painting always takes longer than the actual fun work of painting!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
why does our front yard look so horrible when I water it more than my neighbors? What is attacking it???
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Why, oh why, is Pinterest sooooooo addicting?!
One thing I really want to know is… will this oil based gel paint work well and look right on my front door.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
why did our internet company reschedule our connection appointment without telling us?! Don’t they know I need reliable internet connection!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
What did the numbers mean in Lost?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…if I’ll ever win a giveaway!!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS how best to flatten out a wall with knockdown texture on it. I wanted to use chalkboard paint on a wall in my sons’ bedroom, but wasn’t sure of how to flatten out the existing wall texture. Should I be plastering over it? Or scraping it off? Or a combination of the two??
One thing I really want to know is.. will bright orange and green go well in a nursery?
One thing I want to know is…why can’t summer stay around just a little longer?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS — will we ever be done fixing up our houses?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… will my house ever be ‘done’?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS where do you get all your great ideas?
One thing I want know is, when will my cutie stinker twins stop WHINING?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
How do you get the smell of cigarette smoke completely out of a house? (We’re re-doing a house whose previous owners smoked).
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… how long will it take me to paint *all* of the trim in my house?
(although I’m pretty sure the answers is: Forever!)
One thing I want to know is… how some people effortlessly get so many things done in a day and others (like myself) seem like I can’t get anything done!i How do they do it Sherry and John?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why my kids always spill something 10 seconds after I finish scrubbing the floor. Every. Time.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…what is my 5 month old thinking when I do the silliest things to make her laugh.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS when will i be able to close on my new janethouselove foreclosure? the bank has pushed closing 7 times after we went under contract early June!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS why yellow jackets decided to nest so close to my front door. boo!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS: when will I be done remodeling my house :)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how to budget and save some money!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
when can I set my DVR for the YHL design show??
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS why my husband acts disinterested in decorating and then fights me tooth and nail on decisions I want to make? We are currently “discussing” paint colors…we might never pick.
One thing I really want to know is:
why Ikea and Crate & Barrel make it a habit to discontinue their best-selling items.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Is frog tape all it’s cracked up to be? I need a project (and paint) to try it out.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
will the world ever live as one?
one thing I want to know is… What will my house look like in five years!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…if a store is open 24/7, why are there locks on the doors? hmmmm…..
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… where we will be living in three years.
ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS: What is the key to self motivation?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS. . . what is the real story between Brad, Jen and Angelina? And are Tom and Kate really in love (and why am I so obsessed with celeb gossip?!)
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
How would Michelle Obama redecorate the White House??? (She has so much style!)
one thing i want to know is….
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS: will the guest room ever have room for a guest or it will we just give up and start calling it the junk room?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….. does life ever get less crazy?? I keep saying it’s gotta slow down soon, but I don’t know that it ever will!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…can I please, please, please win? My kitchen cabinets are DYING to be painted. :)
One thing I want to know is: who keeps drawing on the walls with chalk?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why we compare ourselves to each other when we are individually wonderfully made. Their is no comparison. Thank God for differences :-)
“ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS” When you’re sick, where does all that snot come from? Seriously?! It’s endless. Science should fix that.
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… why does my boyfriend sleep with his socks on?
•BONUS QUESTION: (Would you love to hear the truth about an infamous conspiracy?) Yea how do the Kardashians do it?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…do we all see all the colors the same? That has ALWAYS bugged me.
one thing i want to know is… how to convince my love that we should paint our living area!!
One thing I want to know is….. What is your recommendation for removing wallpaper…lots and lots of wall paper… Really flowery…20 years living on the walls wallpaper. Did I mention we have two wallpapered doors? Yup, I wouldn’t joke about that. What I want to know is why someone would wallpaper not one but two doors?
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…when will my white walls get that splash of colors!
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS
One thing I want to know is…
Where can I find a money tree to plant?