***This giveaway is no longer expecting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org once again spun its wonderful wheel of randomness and selected our two winners as… Amy @ Larryspearslive.com and Amanda Deerr. Congrats ladies!
Raise your hand if you want a $50 Lowe’s gift card. Or better yet, give me a “hootie hoo.” And if the thought of being one of two lucky winners doesn’t instantly get your brain spinning with all of the potential projects that you could tackle, Lowe’s Creative Ideas will happily fill your head with… wait for it… creative ideas. You may already know of the free Lowe’s Creative Ideas magazines (if not, you can subscribe to ’em here), but even we didn’t realize how much content they have on their website and Facebook page. And along with bigger building and DIY ideas they’ve also got decor tutorials (like stamping curtains) and crafty stuff (like making silhouette art) too.
- PRIZE: A $50 gift card to Lowe’s courtesy of Lowe’s Creative Ideas
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IDEA ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us about your all-time most creative idea. Was it an awesome solution to an everyday problem? A delicious spur-of-the-moment recipe? An ingenious fix to home decor dilemma? Maybe you’ve just stumbled upon a simple household trick that makes your life easier (like letting the dog eat scraps around the highchair instead of vacuuming)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 14th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- 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 Creative Ideas.
Emily @ Merrypad says
IDEA ME, yo. My most recent best idea was to install a shiplap paneling headboard and stain it. Totally anchors the bed and side tables in the room. And all of my materials were sourced from Lowes.
Heather C. says
IDEA ME!
I’ve been collecting corks for years with no idea what to do with them. Just bought a house and tiled the kitchen. I plan to finish off the look by framing my large kitchen window in corks for a rustic farmhouse look!
Andrew M says
IDEA ME
Emily says
Idea me!
I think a beautiful screen will be the solution to not having a closet door in my bedroom! Pretty and functional!
Lisa D. says
IDEA ME!
It’s not my idea… but my husband made the most beautiful raised veggie planters EVER… from his own plans. Lowe’s helped too. And, now I want him to make another one. Pick me.
Suzanne says
IDEA ME! Honestly my most creative moments come in the kitchen. i can read 3-4 recipes for different dishes and somehow combine them into one dish!
Kevin Mlutkowski says
IDEA ME some wild ideas for our home office!
Mary Beth says
IDEA ME!
We just saved a ton of money by making a 12 foot curtain rod out of electrical conduit for around $10 total!
Mrs. Le Brell says
IDEA ME!
I’m not the creative one, but I sounded like it last weekend when I suggested we buy some greeting cards from a little town we visited & frame them as artwork – thanks guys for letting me steal your idea & pass it off as my own =0)
Lara says
Idea Me! Spur of the moment DIY – we hated out ugly off-white ceramic tile at the front door so we busted it up and put down slate all in a weekend. Messy but worth it!
Amanda says
Idea me!
I just learned how to sew and am now obsessed…My dogs will be covered in fabric soon!
Jacki says
IDEA ME
Use the kitchen scissors to cut food like herbs, tortilla and just about anything that you usually use a knife on (except meats of course!) It makes my life easier.
Ashley says
IDEA ME!!!
A project of yore where I took our gourds from Halloween and turned them into a snowman for the Christmas season has to be one of the most creative/cheap projects I’ve done in a while. I got the gourds 3/$1. Now I’m in the process of creating another human so the giftcard could come in handy to create a beautiful room for him!
Suzanne says
Idea me! My bathroom is currently rocking a shade held up by a wire hanger. I admit it doesn’t look perfect but it’s a good temporary solution for now. :)
Steph says
IDEA ME!
Mine was probably our terrariums from thrifted jars for our wedding centerpieces – over a year later I still have mine on the shelf and it rebloomed for our anniversary!
Kim in MD says
IDEA ME!
Heather says
IDEA ME
laurac in indy says
Idea me!
DJ says
Idea me!
jessica g. says
IDEA ME!
Jen says
IDEA ME!
I’m currently on a creative kick of repainting old furniture. Just finished a coffee table, and am moving on to a dressing table.
alison says
Idea me!
Jessica says
IDEA ME!
We have a patio fiber glass back door with a window that needed a curtain. I didn’t want to drill into it so I used two utility command hooks to hold a wooden dowel that would hold a curtain. It’s worked perfectly so far, and I can take it down at anytime without damaging the door.
Amanda says
IDEA ME!
We have a sectional in our living room that divides the room in half. So with this set up it was hard to figure out lamp/end table placement. I ended up running an extension cord from a plug-in behind the sectional underneath it so we could have a lamp and end table by the sectional that made sense.
Annie says
IDEA ME!
I made a mobile out of all the cute ribbons that adorned my baby shower gifts. Super cute and pretty much free. Yahoo!
Shannon says
IDEA ME! Recovering an old footstool.
Jeannie says
IDEA ME!
Not super creative, but I’m most very of the picture frame layout I have in my living room. In one place, insted of a frame there is this 3-D Wooden star we’d had lying around. I love the way that wall looks.
Alyssa says
Idea me!
Valerie says
IDEA ME :)
I’m constantly creating, I could never choose just one! One of my personal favorites though, is a frame that holds 3 photos, the upper and lower being of my soon to be hubs and myself, and the center being a greeting card that says “follow where your heart leads”. It’s special to me because I moved across the country to be with him!
Alison says
IDEA ME!
My favorite one is when I turned an old fireplace screen into a wall jewelry organizer to go in this weird spot behind a door in my apartment. It was a perfect solution for me because it was narrow and closed shut so you couldn’t see what was inside.
Missy says
IDEA ME!
Sarah says
IDEA ME! my husband has all the good ideas
Breanna says
IDEA ME!
My best idea yet was turning our old dining room into a laundry room/pantry. Fits the layout of our house soooo much better!
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Alex says
Idea me! I have an awsome idea: a u-turn signal on cars.
Noel says
IDEA ME! My all-time most creative idea hasn’t happened yet, but it’s in the works. I’ve collected some ornate frame and painted them all white. I plan on attaching them together and having mirrors cut for each of the individual frames, to create one giant mirror made up of small frames. It’s going to be ridiculous.
Shaundra Coleman says
IDEA ME!
I turned a picture frame into a dispay for jewlery.
Maggie says
IDEA ME! After searching and searching for the perfect dining table, I decided to try my hand at building my own (with inspiration from you guys!). I used modified plans from ana-white.com and it turned out fabulously. Above the table is hanging a clothespin chandelier, also inspired by YHL! Thanks to y’all, I have a dining space that I can truly be proud of :)
Dani M, says
IDEA ME!
I recently had a fantastic idea to fill the huge wall in our dining room – I’m painting the lyrics to three significant songs on three canvases to hang on the wall. It’s a surprise for my husband, which was another great idea!
Theresa S. says
Idea me…..Baby Orajel teething gel will help stop the itchy sensation on the babies.
Libby says
IDEA ME!
I think my most creative solution was when I turned a living room closet into a custom CD closet for my husband (http://libbygee.blogspot.com/2009/07/latest-project.html). He’s an avid music lover and has more CDs than you can imagine, and they had been displayed in the living room in really ugly, 90’s CD racks for too long. Now he has room to grow his collection (which I knew was inevitable) and its out of my site! :)
Laura says
Idea me! (please)
Lori H says
IDEA ME! Of course, on the spot I can’t think of anything at all creative. Unless you count some of my more unusual table settings using objects I have snagged from around the house.
Andrea says
IDEA ME! And I’m not very creative…but I am looking forward to adapting our sprinkler/drip line to make our lives easier.
Jes says
IDEA ME!
I am not sure this is the my all time creative idea but I was proud… I cut a tomato in half scraped out the seeds. Filled it with feta and fresh mushrooms, and then topped with Italian seasoning. It was delicious.
Julie says
IDEA ME!
Abby says
IDEA ME!
Charlene E says
IDEA ME!!!
Barbara says
Idea me!
An upholstered headboard.
Kayley says
IDEA ME!
My living room is huge with big empty walls. In a rare state of creative genius, with rare being the key word, I started gathering vintage maps from all the places my husband and I have travelled to and where are roots are (him-Palestine and Armenia, me-Cherokee reservation of OK, Germany). It not only looks good, it tells a story to all who enter our crazy house.
Joy says
“IDEA ME” – magnetic meal plan. used a label maker and free ad magnets to make magnets of meals that are family faves. that way I’m not hunting for meals that I can cook, and I can plan it on our fridge for the week. kids like to help too.