***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.
kimberly says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…did man really walk on the moon? conspiracy theories say no, but could the government really fool us for that long? ;)
Victoria says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
If the baby in my belly is a BOY or GIRL!!! Get to find out in 4 short weeks…but the wait is killing me! The paint would come in super handy in the nursery :)
Kristen says
one thing I want to know is why the dog chooses the late night prebed pee walk to roll in something that wasn’t hers (and shouldn’t have been in the room), which requires a bath because she smells so bad I can’t sleep. (She also managed to break one of the cat’s bowls – it was a TJMaxx find and one of a kind! (and it was so cute!))
Kristen says
oops, instead of room it should say yard!
KittenHD says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…who decided that wood paneling was ever cool?
Karen T. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…when will this morning (and afternoon, and night) sickness go away?!
Cathy Brooks says
One thing I want to know is…..which really came first, the chicken or the egg? :)
Jessica D. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….how will I succeed in losing my baby weight!? Any great advice?
Maralee says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….where does mulch go?
Mary says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS ….
what happens to all of those pairs of socks I put in the dryer?? Only one ever comes out.
Mary says
socks that is….
Charity says
One thing I want to know is….when our baby will arrive!
kate says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…..when will i find a space for my new boutique?!?
Jo says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…should we really all start eating like cavemen again??
Christina C says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
…when we will find our dream home and finally move out of our one-BR apartment!
Alyssa says
One thing I want to know is…do you guys get annoyed when commenters ask the same questions over and over when you’ve already covered them in your blog or after the same question was just asked in a previous comment and you’ve answered it???
david says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS how are we going to afford paint for our new apartment AND diapers for our new baby? Can it be done???
Rochelle says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Brianne Franklin says
ONE THING I WANNA KNOW IS…………why no one but me in this house can load the dishwasher properly!
Anna says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…will my husband ever grow up?
Actually that’s not fair. I know the answer is no. Besides…he wouldn’t be as fun.
How about… how did these people survive before the invention of HAND SANITIZER?
Shannon Zickrick says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
How to be the best mama/wife I can be.
joan says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS how to get my teenagers to clean their room
Raechel says
What I have always wanted to know is: why did God create spiders. And scorpions. And mosquitos. And all other creepy crawly yucky owie things. ;)
Natalie says
One thing I wanna know is……… Will I ever finish painting my new house? 9 hrs yesterday, 5 hours today, and not a quarter of the way done! Painting kitchen cabinets are the worst!
Genelle G. says
Agreed! We did this with our kitchen last summer and it was a long process. (But so worth it!) Good luck!
Erin says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…when I am going to come up with a good combination of colors to paint my kitchen!
April D. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…Will I ever get projects done again with a crazy 1 yr.old & 3 yr. old in the house?!
Meredith says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
will I win this contest?! :)
kim d says
One thing I want to know is… Why we have had 3 miscarriages this year. :(
Lori in MN says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS – will I actually close on my very first my own house? One that is a short sale?
Rachel says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
how to finish a to-do list of home projects in our new home before my In-Laws come visit in two weeks while maintaining the normal stuff too… like laundry. How do you guys do it??
Robin says
“ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS” how will I ever have the energy to get all of these projects done!
Deidre says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
the winning lotto numbers for next week!
Rebekah says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….How to speak another language fluently! It’s one of my goals in life to learn at least one other language (most likely Spanish).
Terri says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Terri says
why do I always keep hitting enter before I am ready?
Terri says
why do I keep hitting enter before I am ready?
Ashley S. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….why does time seem to be speeding up the older I get?
Laura T. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why don’t people RSVP?!?
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
nicole h. says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….why do house projects take soooo long to complete???
Cory Ann Ellis says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…. How does one gather enough patience to do not one, or two, but four even thin coats of paint? This waiting four hours between coats is killing me.
santrevi says
One thing I want to know is……how can I work on my house when I’m at work all the time??
ElizabethP says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS… Why do summers go by so quickly, but the rest of the year goes so slow?
Steph says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
would my red wall look better in charcoal gray??
Eileen says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…where can i get a affordable recliner?
Jessica K. says
One thing I want to know is… When am I going to finally find an apartment so I can move out of my parents house!?
Erin in Austin,TX says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS what color to paint this silly foyer?
Cait says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Is the moon made of cheese?
Amanda T. says
One thing I want to know is…what comes next???!!!
Kerry says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS . . . what is my cat saying to me?
Cris says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS
What actually runs through a cow’s mind as he’s just standing there … for hours and hours, all day, every day? Is he thinking about the weather? How good the grass is tasting today? What wouldn’t I give up for a big screen TV?
Anya says
One thing I Want To Know is…will we ever get the inside of our house decorated?? Seriously, we closed a week after you guys did and you know what? It still looks like a horror show. Just last week I picked the last of my storage boxes up from a friends house. *Oh the shame!*
Wynnie says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
Will my three year old ever be able to keep her food on her plate when she eats…
Trinity says
ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS . . . can i successfully finish our ceiling (that we scraped the popcorn off of) and have it look pro??
Jill says
One thing I want to know is actually related to this giveaway. How can I get my tape to stick to the wall when I’m painting? :)