***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
The winner of this week’s giveaway can literally make that request. Because Swedish-born Virginia-based artist Erica Eriksdotter is giving away a commissioned painting worth up to $350. That’s right everyone, put on your fancy pants because soon you could be telling your friends smugly “oh yeah, that beautiful painting over there? I commissioned it.”
We really like the color in all of Erica’s work, and we love that our winner will be able to guide the color and design of their custom work to fit their home perfectly. You can even pick the best size for your space (from a 12 x 9″ up to 16 x 20″). Here’s how to enter:
- PRIZE: A commissioned painting from Studio Eriksdotter worth up to $350
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States, Canada and Europe!
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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Not only do we have one winner, but everyone can get 10% off of anything from Studio Eriksdotter through Dec 9th. Use the code YOUNGHOUSELOVE for any stationery purchase in her Etsy shop or you can contact her directly for art inquiries.
And our very lucky winner (as selected by random.org) is… Ali Moore. Congrats!
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Studio Eriksdotter.
Sara C. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
My sister made a watercolor of our two cats that she gave us for christmas last year. I love that it hangs in our house as a tribute to her and our cats.
Meredith says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of one-of-a-kind art is a watercolor I painted of a reflective fence while at Storm King Art Center. As my first watercolor painting, I’m very proud of it.
Tiffany says
Paint me a picture!
My house is currently adorned with artwork done by myself, my husband, and my kids. It would be wonderful to have a professional painting on the wall!
Ami @ beyondpeasandcarrots says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Every year the town I live in has a local artisan fair and I pick up a piece of art from one of the local artists!! They aren’t known yet, so the paintings are fairly cheap and beautiful!!!
Tashia says
Paint Me A Picture
When my friends moved oversees they gave away the custom pieces they had painted. The piece they gave me goes beautifully in my living room – as though they and I planned it although it was all happenstance!
Kim says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite piece of art is a few photos of my hometown Boston taken by my friend Channing Johnson, photojournalist-extraordinaire. I never get homesick with his beautiful work.
shannon says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
my favorite piece of art that we have in our home is an electric blue bunny painting. my husband loved it.. and i secretly bought it for him :)
Aleece says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
Boyfriend picked up a beautiful painting during his recent trip to bar harbor this summer
Amy P says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My FAV piece of art I have is a piece I bought on etsy this year. It’s a picture of a cow, and it’s in one of my powder rooms. I love it! It’s the first piece of art I’ve ever bought, and would love to add to my collection! THANKS!
Amy says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece is a small abstract piece we picked up on our honeymoon in New Zealand :)
Emily C. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! My favorite art is my three kids’ masterpieces. One of a kind!
linda percarpio says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” Please.
Joe S. says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite art piece is a drawing of a dragon my wife did in the seventh grade. She wont let me put it on the wall, but I keep it tucked in a desk drawer–every time I see it, I smile.
shannon says
paint me a picture!
my favorite piece would have to be one that my sister made me (she got the art gene in the family…lucky girl)!
Nicole Mangione says
Paint me a picture!
A good friend of mine made me a huge metal clock after I complained that I couldn’t find one in a store that I liked enough to justify the cost. It’s so me and fits perfectly in my home!
estela says
“Paint me a picture!”
My one-of-a-kind artwork is the stuff my 7 year old makes for me. Other than that I don’t have any other art pieces on my wall, but i could really use some! :)
Kristin says
Paint me a picture! My mom is my favorite artist:-)
Cat says
I am lucky to have many one of a kind pieces in my house. A couple my husband and I have decided to splurge on . . .but my favorites are a set of hand drawn colored pencil drawings that my best friend did for me back in high school and college. They are amazing! Plus many of them have personal notes such as “to my best friend”, “will you go to prom with me” and “happy 16th birthday” . . . I hope that he becomes famous someday! You can check out some of his newer stuff – click on my name! (and please subscribe to his zines!!)
Kaity Kransdorf says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Rachel says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I love the lemon tree paper cut-out that I made for my apartment when I first moved in.
Cat says
I forgot PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Alyssa says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My very talented best friend drew a portrait of me for my birthday one year. Whenever I look at it, I think of all the time and effort she put into making such a beautiful piece and makes me cherish it even more!
Lindsey L says
Paint me a picture!
My favorite piece would be city scape my boyfriend made for me out of recycled wood.
Karen W says
Paint me a picture.
I love using photos as art.
Olivia says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE”
My favourite piece is an image my husband made….it was for his design class, he had to make a real object into art…so he create an oversized x-ray. He used paint and a plastic sheet, probably 4-6 times the size of a regular xray. The image was an MRI of the brain. Super cool!
Beth says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
alison says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
The best man in our wedding snatched my husband’s then-favorite photo of the two of us, and painted a beautiful oil painting from it. Quite sentimental.
Rachel Niles says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My brother is an artist and he painted a picture of my beloved chihuahua, Jonesy, for my birthday last year. It is amazing and I treasure it!
Abigail says
PAINT ME A PICTURE
a portrait of the beach house where we got married
Micaela says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite artwork comes from my nieces and newphews. Would be so nice to have something custom and professional
Jessica says
Fave piece-my now 8-year old daughter created a red fingerpainting at age 3 in preschool. There was no subject or help but it turned out to be a beautiful heart, which she was unaware of! I framed it and have had it in our powder room for all the world to see! It compliments the “family/love” theme we use to decorate throughout!!
Sarah T. says
Paint me a picture, please!
Gina says
Paint me a picture…
The blown up photographs from our honeymoon!
Jackie G says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!!!
eeeee here’s to hoping!!
L says
Paint me a picture
I bought my husband a small painting of the Delaware River as a wedding gift. I don’t know that Impressionism is particularly his style, but I like it. I don’t imagine we’ll spend that much on a decorative item for the house for a LONG time to come (especially as a $/sq inch ratio), but this one’s special. The river bend looks exactly like the one we lived on as newlyweds–and he proposed to me on its banks.
We waited until we had painted our dining room to unpack and hang it–and were pleasantly surprised to discover that it works perfectly in the space! It echoes the paint colors in the walls, and the rust tones of the fireplace brick. Better yet, it has all the same color tones as the vase my husband had bought himself several years earlier. Yes, the man bought himself a decorative vase. Only once.
heather says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! What an awesome giveaway! My little girl is 18 months old & I treasure her first ever coloring picture from about 6 months ago.
Sarah says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
I have three collages on the wall from when my kids (ages 4 and 7) and I took a collage making class together. Not only are they pretty, but they remind me of that fun experience.
Lisa says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite piece of art that we have in the house is an antique painting of a royal woman (it’s 17th century, I’ve been told). We don’t know anything about this woman, except that the painting was possibly done at a wedding (apparently they did this as wedding favors???).
We have called her “Queen Bess” in our family for generations.
Alyssa says
Paint me a picture.
Although I adore my etsy pieces, I have a collage framed in a shadowbox. I made the collage at a women’s retreat that focused on stepping outside of our comfort zones and just creating. It turns out that I did just that. I love it!
marlen says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! Our favorite artwork in the house are 4 Japanese prints, brought to America by my husband’s grandfather when he was stationed in Japan during WWII. We had them reframed and matted and although non of our decor is Asian theme, we proudly display them anyway :)
Julie says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite is a 4×4 carved wood piece in my living room.
Jenn says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My one of a kind pieces are the product of my nine and five year old children. I would love to have something special created just for us.
Carolyn says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
Any of the photos of my family!
Catherine @ Life 2.0 says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
We love the contemporary Korean painting from the 70’s that we found at an estate sale!
Shannon F says
Paint Me A Picture! Love the samples!
marlena says
PAINT ME A PICTURE…we dont have any artwork in our house right now so this would be an awesome start
Ashley says
“PAINT ME A PICTURE!” I don’t have any neat art pieces in my home. I would love to have a custom one!
Leslie Ann says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!
My favorite artwork is a pumpkin I painted for my boyfriend with his football team’s colors, maroon and gold. the maroon and gold looked so pretty with the orange! so festive and supporting his team at the same time :)
Kimberj says
PAINT ME A PICTURE!!! I’d love to give this as a gift to my daughter for her new apartment :) My personal favorite work that I own is a large abstract by my husband’s cousin. He’s a working artist and he gave it to me as a gift. It started my love of abstract and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since!
Sarah says
PAINT ME A PICTURE! :)