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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

  1. andrea says

    One thing I want to know is…how do I get my cat to stop eating EVERYTHING! From buttons to rubber bands. I do not leave edibles (so to speak) out but he manages to find them anyway. It is so not good.

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  2. KT says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…will we find a house we like to buy before our lease is up, or will we end up renting again? Hopefully it is buy and I can use the winnings from this giveaway to paint a sweet nursery for our coming baby!

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  5. Taryn W. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…when will I finally have the time to finish painting our bathroom! (this project is on week 3 already!)

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  6. Christina H. says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
    Will I be the lucky one?
    I purchased my first house within the past year and I have alot of painting to do!

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  8. Rebecca says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    Will we get that cute little ranch we have been dreaming about…If it’s meant to be they will say yes!

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  10. Diana says

    One thing I want to know is….if i’m ever going to get things to balance in my life! Maybe I can start by changing some of those white walls!

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  15. Laura says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS why can’t every day be the weekend? (actually my 4 year old would like to know this as he asked us this morning)

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  16. Elaine says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…how I’m going to paint my kitchen cabinets with a 9-month-old on my hands. And why do I feel the need to do it NOW when I had no desires for the previous two years when I was baby-free?

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  17. Darla says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…

    How do I clone myself to accomplish everything a working mom of 2 who home schools needs to accomplish?

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  20. Tala says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

    Also, what’s the best thing to use to scrub exterior walls? (That’s what I’m searching for this afternoon…I got distracted by your most recent post. Congrats on the cabinets!)

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  22. Alexandra Cosgrove says

    One thing I want to know is…. where will I be one year from today? Grad school, job, East Coast, Midwest?

    LOVE your blog!

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  32. Shanna says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…why do you catch all the red lights when you’re in a hurry, but not get stopped at any when you’d welcome a quick break to put your hair up or play with the GPS?

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  36. Jamie says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…
    how long will it take to finish all the projects to bring our 1965 ranch style house up to date???? :)

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  38. melissa says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS…. why does my dog seem to shed enough for 5 dogs? By looking at my floors, some days you would think that I had a whole pack of dogs running around my house.

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  40. Jennifer says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS:how can I convince the husband not to put up a basketball hoop up in our quiet peaceful yard??

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  42. Kelly says

    One thing I want to know is…if I’m crazy to keep fixing up my house, when I know we’re never ever going to make back the money we’ve put into it?!

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  47. Tammy O says

    ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS….
    Will I ever get better at making paint choices??? I’m about to start repainting my master bathroom for the THIRD time in a row and after that I’m going to repaint my laundry room again. I blame it on the flurescent lighting but I secretly think my colorizer is flawed! (This prize would definitely take the pain out of my redo projects!)
    :-) Great giveaway, John and Sherry!

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