*** This contest is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! ***
Random.org got his random on and selected our winner as… Tracey @ Tropical Happiness (who just moved into a new house last week so she has lots of shopping to do). Congrats! For everyone else, keep that chin up – you can still enter the Hometalk $500 Lowe’s gift card giveaway through Sunday.
You may already know that Hometalk is a community of home improvement experts (including some familiar HGTV faces) and fellower DIYers sharing home and garden projects, advice, and even contractors. And for this week’s giveaway they’re majorly hooking someone up… to the tune of a $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel!
And as if that weren’t enough, over on their site they’re also giving away another 500 bucks (this time to Lowe’s). So to get in on that little bonus freebie, you can answer their quick poll question (about what outdoor summer project you still need to tackle – btw, our answer is C), sign up for a free account, and then cross your fingers really hard. Of course you can just enter for the Crate & Barrel gift card by commenting over here (or the Lowe’s card over there) so there’s no pressure to do both.
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel courtesy of Hometalk
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “TALK TO ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since Hometalk is polling folks about their summer projects, let’s cover your fall & winter plans here. What’s on your to-tackle list later this year? Maybe updating your fireplace just in time for cooler weather? Or redoing your bedroom for those cold winter nights? Or are you just itching to decorate for Halloween and Christmas already?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 17th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States
- 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 on Thursday morning 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 Hometalk.
Cindy says
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I would love to decorate my basement, I’d also like to paint the front door and stain the deck.
Christina says
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I just got a stencil and I want to stencil my walls.
jessica says
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My summer project is to unpack and organize all my books. Color coded maybe?? Well have to see how it looks.
Kaitlin says
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I would absolutely love to redecorate my new apartment with my fiancee. I’m a med student who lives off of student loans, so everything is a bit bare right now, but I could do so much with that gift card!
Kim says
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We’re buying a new-to-us camp this month, which comes w/ a multitude of fun, not-as-fun, + really-truly-not-fun projects. Excited nonetheless, + looking forward to future inspiration from your multitude of projects. :)
Amy says
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I’m renting an apartment, so there’s only so much structural stuff I can update, but I’m hoping to whip up a few projects, including curtains and refinishing a table in the future before the end of 2011. Vague, I know.
Julie says
TALK TO ME! hopefully we will work on the home office this fall!
Amber says
TALK TO ME! We NEED to tackle installing a hand rail on our stairs!
ErinR. says
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New carpet & paint in my basement, if we finish re-insulation the knee walls/attic in the half story. Have to love the non-glamorous house projects!
joy says
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My home office…
jae says
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My kitchen is getting a facelift just in time for the holidays.
Trudi says
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Fall planting to go with the new house color done during the summer.
Paige H says
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Dana says
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I’m antsy to decorate for fall!
Emily says
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I have a super long list of projects to do around the house. I need to paint my master bedroom and add some artwork and a mirror. I also want to stripe my hallway and add a gallery wall, among other things throughout the rest of my house!
ron says
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My summer project was to organize the basement. Well I’m half done. And it was the messiest part, so ill take that as a success.
Courtney D says
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Kristin B says
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I just moved to New York and am spending any free time I have piecing together window coverings for all the rooms. No free peep shows people.
Julie says
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I’m on a mission – to declutter! Less is more!!
Rebecca says
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Drapes, definitely. We have two sliding glass doors that have those awful vertical blinds on them, and it would be nice to have some drapes (for aesthetic and energy efficiency reasons).
Hilary says
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I need to get art up on the walls…
Sara says
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We really need to paint our basement family room. We always plan to paint in the cooler weather so thing can air out with the windows open. We’re hoping to use some No VOC paint that will change our minds about that, but we are skeptical.
Kristin P. says
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I am planning on getting a new bed linens.
Kate says
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Projects include refinishing and reupholstering two cane back chairs and trying out temporary wallpaper in the guest bedroom!
Jennifer says
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My husband and I will finally install speakers in our living room, bedroom & bathroom that he wired before construction finished on our condo, 5 years ago! That, and completing the storage built-in that is around our bed with cabinet doors and curtains!
Liz G. says
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Christine says
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I need to finish painting the dining room! One wall down, 3 to go.
Melissa S says
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We still have to help my parents rip out all the shrubs in the front of their house. We told them we would help them but we keep getting sidetracked. Hopefully we get it done in the next few weeks!
Julie says
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Turning the sunroom into a guest room!
Lindsay says
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And our master bedroom could use a serious makeover. I think after we finish our summer projects that’s what we’ll be moving to…hopefully.
Sandi Rodriguez says
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I have been nagging my husband that our house is boring what better way to fill it up and accesorize than with a little Crate and Barrel!
We plan on finishing up tiling our master shower this coming month! Other fall plans include painting the exterior of our house, redoing a coat closet, and draw up plan on a complete overhaul of the kitchen!
Megan Danner says
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Future plans- get a nursery ready!
Diane says
Talk to me! My fiance and I would love some rugs for our hardwood floors and an electric fireplace for those chilly, damp Oregon nights.
lauren says
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Im going to be buying a house soon!! so the projects will be endless!
Haley Y says
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Hmm I guess I’ll try to be sure and seal our apartment better this winter – last year I never got around to adding that ugly but oh-so-important layer of plastic to our pretty single-pane window. Our potted Christmas tree from last year is all but dead, so maybe this year we’ll go for a cut tree (already dead, so no extra guilt). Luckily there is still time to plan!
James says
Talk to me! My fiancee and I need to re-do our bathroom and paint some rooms of our house.
Elizabeth says
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I am going to use the cooler months to attack my jungle of a backyard and my back patio.
Erin says
TALK TO ME! My husband and I are looking to buy our first house in the next two months, so we’re going to have a list a mile long! But I think our big fall task will be researching what fruit trees we want in the back yard and seeing when they need to be planted. Gotta start those early to get the rewards!
Samantha says
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I want to do lots of things…. sigh. The budget just does not allow. :) I’d really like to get my bedroom finished… we moved in 6 months ago and haven’t done a thing to it!
Allison Leedie says
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We just moved, so everything seems like a fall project right now….
Mackenzie says
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Can’t wait for Halloween! Boo ;)
Lizzie says
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I would love to redo our bathroom this fall/winter. I doubt it will happen. We are planning to get new carpet though! Yay!
Sarah says
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We have a long to-do list for the fall in winter; first three projects include staining the deck, repainting our bedroom and refinishing our oak banister….although, we’re still working on our summer to-do list!
Anna Taylor says
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We are finally going to tackle the exterior of our house this late summer/early fall….either taking all the asbestos siding off and scraping all the lead paint off the original wood siding OR just cleaning and replacing some of the asbestos siding and painting over it. Oh ya, then we will be building some new tapered columns for our front porch.
Becky says
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The to-do list is a mile long, but I’ve been wanting to put in crown moldings for awhile now, and am promising myself it will happen this fall!
rebecca says
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We just bought a home..a short sale (aka HELL!) soooo on my list of projects is, CLOSING off the fireplace, painting, putting in ceiling fans, decorating, buying furniture, putting in wood floors, fence the yard, landscape, painting more…the list never ends!
Betsy says
TALK TO ME! I’m gearing up to re-style a hutch for our dining room, giving our guest room furniture a fresh coat of paint and update the fixtures in our guest bath. Good times!
ruthanne says
I need to finish painting my kitchen cabinets..oh and my mud room ones too!
ZuZu says
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Regina says
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I need to do some major closet organizing, and get everything in its place!