***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.
Megan says
IDEA ME!! I’m usually pretty creative with my son’s birthday parties and design my own party invitations. This year’s Yankee’s theme was a huge hit.
Karen Burgess says
Idea me!
My best idea was removing the sliding doors to a hallway pantry – it was in the stairway leading down to the basement – ripping out the old tile and cheap, rigged up shelving, painting the whole shebang, refinishing the maple flooring and hanging Elfa in there. It’s bright, clean, and easy to find everything – no doors needed!
Veronica says
IDEA ME!
I used buttons and wire to make mini wreath ornaments
Kristin Vinagro says
IDEA ME…my most creative home decor moment was when I saved an old, spiderweb covered cabinet from my parents garage, took out the metal doors and instead covered them with a cute fabric (from U Fab of course) so I could hide my cable box behind it and still use the remote! I also covered a lampshade in the same fabric to match!
Andrea M says
IDEA ME!
This may not be uber creative- but my household short cut is a laundry sorter that has 3 compartments so as each compartment gets full I can start a load. Helps me keep up on the endless task of cleaning and folding thoshe clothes!!!
Deborah Anne Whitfield says
IDEA ME
Not very creative or good at cutting cost but for my sons nursery we got all very old hand me down furniture and painted it and I love it!!!
Emily @ Comfortable Home Life says
IDEA ME! My best idea was signing up for Pinterest. :) Let the floodgates of creativity open!
Kate says
Idea me! Doing laundry on Thursday saves me time on Sunday :)
Katie B. says
IDEA ME! I try to get creative every year with annuals in the flower beds experimenting with different colors, textures, and heights. I like that each year I can do something different.
Angela says
Idea me! Man, I´m not that creative but I think I´m a good copy cat. I copy a lot of ideas from Pinterest and blogs. I played decorator with my girl´s bedroom and i think it looks so cute!
Sarah says
IDEA ME! It’s time to add open shelving to the kitchen and I’m hoping Lowe’s will have all the good stuff!
Kaitlin says
IDEA ME!!
My most creative storage solution (yet to be implemented) is to use old suitcases to decorate while they double as secret storage :) just on the hunt for more!
Kristen says
IDEA ME! Not sure what my most creative idea has been, but I would use the gift card to help make repairs on my basement that got flooded last week!
Ashley @ LML says
Idea me!
Ashley says
IDEA ME….probably my best ideas centered around my wedding that came together in 3 weeks (after being moved up due to my mom’s health). My favorite one was using bricks that were painted to look like restaurants and bars in Baltimore (or then city) as table names!
Sara D. says
Idea Me!
My fiance and I just bought new bookcases and repurposed our old, short, ones into a bar and a pantry. I never thought I would be someone with a bar in my house, but I love it!
Kelly B says
Idea Me!
Jamie J. says
Idea me!
Scrubbing, sanding and spray painting the many cabinet pulls in our kitchen and bathrooms. May not be the exact hardware I want, but they look light years better than their old brass incarnations.
Michelle Bauer says
IDEA ME!
Julie says
IDEA ME
heather m. says
IDEA ME….installing a countertop in the drumroom closet and turning it into the computer closet!
Jen says
IDEA ME
I was just about to finish putting together my lone fan in my 90 degree NYC apt when I realized that the screw that keeps the fan blade on was missing! I was not about to take a 40 min round trip bus ride to get a replacement so I started looking around my apt for a substitute. Five minutes and four twist ties (from my trash bag box) later I was enjoying the breeze from my fan.
Deborah says
IDEA ME!
We found a spot where there is “sea glass” (including large pieces of coca cola bottles and glass with some letters). I hope to collect enough to put around a mirror. Not an original idea, but the mirror will be special since we found all the glass pieces.
Ashley Terronez says
IDEA ME!
We’re currently working on it. My husband and I picked up free fence boards and are turning them into our headboard. I’ll send you some pictures when we’re done!
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Christy says
idea me!!
Elizabeth Land says
IDEA ME!
I use a letter/file organizer that I got for $4 at Walmart to organize my pizza/cookie stones, cutting boards and breadmaker cookbook, all things that used to be a giant mess on top of my microwave. It still makes me smile whenever I see the tiny corner of organization among the mess of my kitchen.
Stephanie Jones says
IDEA ME!!
Well…. I spent two years teaching in Northern Ontario on a remote island reserve. We were given curtains for our windows but no curtain rods. There was one store on this island and it didn’t sell much so I had to improvise. Oh yeah, and the internet was down a lot so I couldn’t even google an idea! I went into the forest and found a few big long branches, limbed them as best I could and proceeded to thread my curtains through the branch. Then I hung up the branch using those 3M sticky hooks. It was a conversation piece for two years!
Chelsea says
IDEA Me! So I like to think I’m creative, but most of my recent creativity has been stolen via pinterest. Some of my best ideas were creating a chalkboard from an old window, making a basket a chandelier, and collecting driftwood from our spring flooding to make a piece to hang over our mantle!
Beth says
Idea me! I made s’more rice krispie treats by tossing in more marshmallows, krispies, and graham cracker pieces…I almost ate the whole pan.
Margaret says
Idea Me!
we are building a small breakfast nook in what we had always thought of as dead space.
Mollie says
I haven’t had any good ideas. Hopefully with these funds I will discover some!
Amy @ this DIY life says
IDEA ME! My current dream project is this closet system a-la-Ana: http://ana-white.com/2011/04/master-closet-system. I want it to go floor to ceiling and have drawers along the bottom. I want at least three of the drawers to be slide out laundry basket-type things (colors, whites, jeans). Something like the Hol side tables from Ikea but shorter and squattier and they would have drawer slides so they would easily roll in and out. I will be spending a lot of quality time with my Kreg jig to build it. You’re jealous, aren’t you John?
BS says
IDEA me! I diy’ed a large rug by sewing smaller rug pieces together. So worth the effort to save $$$$!
dee vee says
IDEA ME!
I make sculptures out of twigs. Could use some more fishing line :-)
Sarah says
IDEA ME!!!
Hmmm…I just made curtains that look like roller shades out of mega-clearanced P. Kaufmann fabric.
Katie @ Pop Culture Cuisine says
IDEA ME
I try to be creative, but often my ideas come from inspiration I find in a lot of places…but I do try :)
Jessica B. says
Idea me!
Lilly says
IDEA ME! And I think my most creative idea was working a ping pong table into the design of my home. We didn’t have space for an actual ping pong table so we painted a sheet of plywood green on one side and covered the other side in decorative panels from Ikea. It leans against the wall and when we want to play ping pong we put it on top of the dining table and attach an easily removable net. I knew it worked with the design of our home when our kitten climbed it and a friend grabbed him and told him “I think that’s art….”
Raendra Cummings says
IDEA ME!
I never felt like I was much of a creative person until now. I have 3 boys- 3 and under…my day is full of creative ideas- just to make it through the day!
audra says
IDEA ME!
i’m not a creative genius but i love to scour the web for ideas to replicate (hello pinterest!) and craigslist is my bff. i love to redo “bad” furniture!
Callie G. says
IDEA ME!
I definitely let the dog clean the floor! Recent creativeness: DIY art- Chinese prints from a 1984 calendar framed with $1 painted frames.
Charlotte says
Idea Me!
I hung a wall of floor to ceiling curtains behind our TV in the basement to hide the speakers and cords. It also gave it a cozier, theater-like feel.
Christy says
IDEA ME!!!!!
Alisane says
Idea Me!
My most fun and creative project was with my wonderful mother. Right after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, she completely re-did the entire living room with “cancer-fighting” colors. We also had this HIDEOUS coffee table that was as old as dirt. It had 4 cutouts for glass inserts and the rest was a dark wood. She and I decided to mosaic the wood! We got a bunch of discount tiles and broke them up into tiny pieces! (very stress relieving for my mom at the time… beating the crap out of a bag of ceramic goodness) Then we re-did the whole table. It was awesome! We also did our own version of stained glass our front window. The neighbors were very pleased. :-)
Jeanne says
Idea Me. My most creative idea was starting my blog and loving how creative it’s made me.
silvercamaro77 says
Idea me!
Laurie M. says
IDEA ME!
Samantha says
Idea me!
All of my creativity is directed towards grad school, so I could use a little help in other areas!
KC says
IDEA ME…My husband made a parachute out of a bandana for his GI Joe figure.
Valerie says
Idea me!
Best idea I can think of right now is a banquette in our small nook in the kitchen inspired by this blog, YHL! thanks!