***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.
Cori says
IDEA ME Right before DD communion party in May our glass outdoor table became what was do to some wind and a open umbrella. I liked my chairs and new table in May is $$$ so DH put a plywood top and we covered it with…a drop cloth for a tablecloth. Not very DIY I know, but it worked!
Bibiana says
IDEA ME!
Jennifer says
IDEA ME! One of my favorite creative ideas I used: I took old foam core boards I had lying around from old design projects and paints from my art classes then I found an abstract rug design I liked and painted a black and white inspired (but not duplicate) abstract flower painting that was free but looked like it could have cost about $100!
Harmony says
Idea me! Spray painting my kitchen cabinet hardware instead of spending $$$ to replace them. We sure do love hammered bronze paint!
Monica says
IDEA ME!
Hmmm…the idea that comes to mind first was using a $40 IKEA storage cube to recreate a $300 (no, I’m not kidding) cat feeding station from Orvis.
Rachel S says
Idea me!
I’m not very creative. But your blog is quite inspiring and I’ve “borrowed” several wonderful ideas!
Bees says
IDEA ME!!
Amber says
IDEA ME! I still look back on my DIY wedding and marvel at how much money we saved.
Claire says
idea me!!!!!
we had a great “repurposed” weekend:
-we managed to claim an old church pew from an uncle’s basement and we are using it as a banquet in our kitchen
-we used our awesome old haywood & wakefield 9 drawer dresser as a new media table for our tv in our living room and moved the giant attached mirror to the big empty wall in the kitchen
-framed some starfish from our wedding for wall art
productive weekend!
MegRSB says
IDEA ME!
Ash says
IDEA ME!!!
The most creative thing I’ve done in our house so far is this window treatment . Although I can’t take full credit it for it, since I got the idea from 7th House on the Left. :)
sarajane says
IDEA ME!
I can’t think of my best creative idea at the moment, but my most recent was making garden candle hurricanes out of tuna cans, from a tutorial on the interwebs.
Michelle says
IDEA ME!
Our offer on our first house was just accepted! Now I am anxiously awaiting our closing date! I’m sure the peps at Lowes will get to know us very well. This gift card would certainly come in handy!
I got a lil creative by using a scrap piece of slate tile and made myself a cute cheese board. It looks expensive and you can label the cheese with chalk!
Susie says
IDEA ME,please!
hilary says
Idea me!
I’m a really good copier, I don’t know that I’ve really had an original creative idea for our home =)
Adriane (aka the greenhorn) says
IDEA ME!
I’m on creativity overload thanks to Pinterest. The down side is none of my little projects seem as impressive, LOL.
Funny, too, that I just posted last night that we love Lowe’s and had a bit of fun posing last weekend in the Halloween decorations they had out.
Stephanie says
IDEA ME. I’m in the process of creating a larger closet by knocking down an obnoxious wall…
siobhan says
IDEA ME!
I don’t think it’s really creative, but I use small ornaments (which I buy every year at the after Christmas sales)to decorate wrapped gifts.
Jeannette says
IDEA ME!
I’ve got a few good ideas brewing, that’ll I’ll actually be able to put into motion with a gift card. ;)
Kristina says
IDEA ME!
ruthy says
idea me!!
hmmmm…my most creative accomplishment was tiling my kitchen!
Jayni says
IDEA ME
This sounds pretty lame, but my life changed for the better when I realized I could use those plastic lids off of coffee cans, potato chip cans, frozen stuff in bowls (after the bowl part wears out on other stuff), ETC., for SO many things. My kitchen counters stay SO much cleaner because I use them for “spoon” rests (read “everything” rests) all over the kitchen. In the pantry, I set them under things that might drip–olive oil bottles, for instance. In the laundry room, they go under liquid detergent, bleach, etc. BESIDES all the kinds of RESTS they provide, they make great little snack plates for kids, pets–and even me. They are top rack dishwasher safe, and if one gets lost, it’s no biggie.
Amanda Young says
IDEA ME.
Most brilliant idea… we had an awkward sectional cutting into the middle of our living room (we already owned it when we bought our house, and it was only a year old), so what’d I do? Built an L-desk on the other side to make it look totally intentional. People always think we bought the sofa FOR the place now!
Chrissy says
IDEA ME!
My most creative idea was taking our not-often-used beach umbrella and “planting it” in in a heavy pot on our back patio with flowers. Loving the shade it provides as well as the ability to put the umbrella down and up easily…and it was super cheap!
Tina says
IDEA ME!!
We took an old antique/vintage kitchen possum belly table and cut the legs down to coffee table height. Not only do we have a one of a kind coffee table (complete with zinc top) but we also have TONS of storage for kids toys, remotes, magazines, etc!!
Amanda says
Idea me!
Some of the ideas for the items in my etsy shop just “hit me”
Chris says
IDEA ME! I’m having trouble getting in touch with my creative brain at the moment. But we did just spray paint the fake wood (as in wood paneling ugliness)handles on our double ovens…so they are now silver (as in stainless steel awesomeness). Which is a huge step on redoing our kitchen including matching appliances!
Katie Kildal says
IDEA ME!
I have a lot of home accessories and furniture from several moves that I just get tired of. Before I get rid of anything I have a rule of spray painting it white to see if it breathes new life into it. 9 times out of 10 it does! It’s like you bought something new all for the price of a can of spray paint. =)
Rachel says
IDEA ME!
hmm… creative idea? My most creative ideas involve trying to cram the possessions of three daughters, one dog, one husband, and me, into a single wide trailer with a small addition.
sarah dillon says
Idea me!
I got the idea to stencil my plain white curtains but i’m still in search of the perfect piece…
Jen says
Idea Me!
My best idea to date according to my husband… Snickers cupcakes – chocolate cake, caramel buttercream, caramel filling and chunks of snickers bars.
Lisa says
IDEA ME!
I need help DIY’ing a headboard for our bedroom.
Amanda says
IDEA ME! I wish that I was creative…maybe just little things around the house or the painting that I did for my bathroom.
Katie says
IDEA ME!! Turning our unfinished attic into a bedroom/office/storage space!
Wendy says
IDEA ME!
Our bathrooms are 1950s-60s. The guest bath is white tile with god accets. We used a pen designed to touch-up cars to paint the gold pieces (after sanding with a drimmel tool). It looks fabulous and as if has always been that way. Needless to say, we won’t be doing much to update that room.
Meredith Toraason says
Idea me!
I am LOVING all the great ideas everyone has so far! Getting some “ideas” myself!
I have developed a passion for restoring old furniture! Nothing is better than seeing a “FREE” sign on an old nightstand on the side of the road!!
Elijah says
IDEA ME!
One of my (a.k.a. my wife’s) more creative ideas was a laundry station for our laundry room. When we remodeled our kitchen we asked for the extra pieces of counter top (you pay for it in 12’sections). We used that extra “free” piece for a laundry folding space. And since it is right off of the kitchen it ties in very well!
Jen says
IDEA ME!
My best idea was to start reading blogs…it transformed my world!:-)
Adecia says
IDEA ME! I have been making over a hall linen closet (adding additional and wider shelves and painting the inside). There are still two more shelves to replace, along with adding baskets/ boxes for storage. I would LOVE a Lowe’s gift card to complete this project.
Brenda says
IDEA ME!
I’m working on my daughter’s big girl room and this gift card would be really helpful.
sarah k says
IDEA ME!!
Donna says
Idea Me!!!
Dee says
IDEA ME! I always want extra help for ideas! I am heading to the Lowes site now! Thanks for the tip!
Whitney says
IDEA ME!
Stacy says
“IDEA ME”
I’m not creative but… I was tired of not being able to see my clothes in my double closet. It wasn’t a WALK-IN so I had no room for a ceiling fixture. so I decided to grab some white rope lights & hang them around the trim on the inside of the closet. Now every morning or evening I just have to turn the rope light on & I can see everything. :)
Meggan says
Idea Me! My most creative idea so far has been using branches from our apple tree, a leftover can of white spray paint, and a string of icicle lights to make an above bed chandelier.
Dawn says
Idea Me!! I can’t think of my best idea… maybe my best idea is going on the internet to get great ideas that others more creative than me have done! :)
Michelle V. says
IDEA ME we bought a headboard from a closing out sale at a furniture store for 5 bucks and upholstered it into a fancy headboard that looks like we spent hundreds of bucks on!
Elijah says
IDEA ME!
… we also used the old butcher block counter top for a work bench in the garage!
Laura says
IDEA ME!!
I use and old mason jar as a q-tip holder. They fit in perfect and looks simple yet elegant for our bathroom.