***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
We gave random.org the assignment again of helping us choose our winner and they chose… Sarah (who could think of 10 little projects that have added up that she could use this for). Congrats Sarah!
Since the early days of YHL, we’ve been buddies with the foursome over at One Project Closer. Ethan, Fred, and their wives Jocie and Kim dish up tutorials, tool reviews and decor posts to help us all get (say it with me) one project closer to our dream house. Recently they’ve launched a series of “Pro-Follows” where the boys tag along with professional contractors to document big projects like building a deck (which we may be referencing soon ourselves). But if that makes you break into a sweat, perhaps their new The Better Half section (where the ladies tackle design and craft projects) is more your speed. Whichever suits you, One Project Closer is helping someone get one hundred dollars closer this week with a $100 prize to the home improvement store of your choice. Now that should suit just about everyone, right?
- PRIZE: $100 to the home improvement store of your choice courtesy of One Project Closer
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “GET ME CLOSER” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what house project do you want to be closer to finishing? Are you ready for that kitchen remodel to end (or to get started)? Do you want to get all of your spring cleaning out of the way? Or are you really just ready to be done decorating your bedroom?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, April 25th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The lower 48 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 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 for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of One Project Closer.
Wendy says
GET ME CLOSER! Really, I’m not asking for much (although there’s plenty to be done). Our front & back porch steps are missing railings. I just want them to be put back. My husband worked on redoing the steps on both porches, but never got around to installing the railings. One of my requests was to have railings at least for the front porch done by yesterday so when my 85 year old grandmother came for my daughter’s birthday party, she could hold onto a railing. It still isn’t done. If I wasn’t pregnant, I’d just dig out the tools and do it myself at this point! ;)
Danielle says
GET ME CLOSER! My husband and I have been trying to negotiate a final price on a house we want to buy – for the past 2 weeks! We would loooove to be finished and actually be able to make plans for a home since we’ve been living with my in-laws for the past 7 months. Please internet, send us some luck!
Michele says
GET ME CLOSER to covering up the weird textured finish on our closet walls (fortunately it’s asbestos-free) with drywall.
Heidi says
GET ME CLOSER. We are getting ready to start building a deck too! Great timing!
Kristina M says
GET ME CLOSER! Would love to finish our downstairs bathroom!
stacey hager says
GET ME CLOSER…..to painting [email protected] steps. the downstairs hardwoods are refinished and the upstairs is carpeted but our steps are still ugly!
Cydney says
GET ME CLOSER!!! that dang master bath is in shambles!
Jackie says
GET ME CLOSER…to pulling up all the carpet in the second story of our home and refinshing our original hardwood floors!
David says
“GET ME CLOSER” to connecting the lights we hung in our kitchen three years ago to electricity!
Amanda says
GET ME CLOSER to ripping up the carpet and putting hardwood floors in……………my dogs are way too hard on carpet!
Tiffany says
GET ME CLOSER to simplifying our overgrown landscaping!
Elizabeth P says
GET ME CLOSER to organizing my closet. what a mess!
katie v says
Get me closer! We’ve lived in our home for 9 months and every room is still in progress at this point. I would love to get closer to finishing just one room!
Kaitlyn says
Get me closer! We’re *this* close to finishing our bedroom, and now I can’t wait to dig into our kitchen!
Dani M. says
Get me closer!
Decorating our bedroom. It’s alright, just not great, and bedrooms should really be great, you know?
Melissa says
Get me closer to finishing out master and guest bathrooms!
Lindsey says
GET ME CLOSER to finishing our Kitchen – It needs some major TLC!
Thanks for the contest! :)
Helen says
GET ME CLOSER to a whole house fan. We’re in California and our AC is on the fritz!
Jane says
GET ME CLOSER to getting a closet organizer installed and start planting some herbs in pots..
Liz says
Get Me Closer! To finishing my kitchen…and my front yard…and my master bathroom…and my master bedroom…and the guest bathroom! You get the idea…
Kirstin says
GET ME CLOSER!!!
OMG, Why wont these base boards paint and install themselves?!?!!? I would like our florring project that started about 5 months ago (oi) to be done already!
Andrea says
GET ME CLOSER!
Back deck, patio, landscaping … oh how nice it would be to finish it all!
Carolyn says
GET ME CLOSER to painting my bedroom! I’ve been putting it off for too long! **cough cough, two years, cough**
Alicia says
GET ME CLOSER! to having the decorating done in the master bedroom, in the guest room, in the living room, in the dining room – everywhere!
Kristen says
GET ME CLOSER! I want to finish the deck repairs!
DJ says
Get me closer… to finishing the trim installation in our new house.
Caitlin says
GET ME CLOSER
We need to get our front yard in order!!
Jennifer Upchurch says
GET ME CLOSER! My husband live in a split foyer home. We want to tile the area at the bottom of the stair in the den that gets most of the traffic and therefore shows most of the wear and tear on the carpet.
nancyo says
GET ME CLOSER!
My big project that I’m working towards is combing my laundry room with my bedroom closet. Basically, the two closets are recetangles on top of each other. I will be moving the rooms so it’s two rectangles side-by-side. It means, moving my stackable w/d into my kitchen (not as weird as it sounds) and making the two closests into a small bathroom with a stand-up shower and a walk-in closet accessibly by the master bedroom. My house is only 1,200 sq ft with 3 bedrooms and (currently) one bath. I believe rearranging this layout will add significant value. Currently, if you shower, you have to walk through the living room to get to the bedroom to change. It’s not ideal.
I got the go-ahead from the engineerings that the existing wall between the two closets is not structural. Next on the list is to:
– Remove wall
– Move w/d into the walkway that goes from the kitchen to the laundry. And, create a built in cabinet feature to hide it
– Have a plumber “rough-in” the plumbing. Fortunately, all of the pipes, hot water heater and plumbing is right there anyhow
– Install a energy efficient hot water heater (for space and environmental reasons)
– DIY Bathroom
– Install closet shelving
I would use the funds for numerous bathroom items (toliet, ssink, paint, tile) or 2×4 and drywall to make the walls. The possibilities are endless :)
Julia says
GET ME CLOSER…to removing some kitchen cabinets! They are in a bad spot and need to come out :)
Christina says
GET ME CLOSER! I’d like to get curtains hung in the bathroom and living room. Yeah, curtains.
Heidi says
Get Me Closer!
I would like to turn my playroom back into a dining room now that the kids are older.
Stephanie says
GET ME CLOSER!
We are looking forward to getting our backyard yard in shape!
Angie says
GET ME CLOSER! To my own home… but in the meantime, this could help me come up with some storage solutions for our apartment!
Jennifer T says
GET ME CLOSER! In addition to some outdoor projects (fresh paint on the house, staining the concrete porch, and scraping/caulking/repainting our front porch roof) I think we’re most excited to finally get the living room closer to being finished (mudding the drywall we put up LAST summer and doing something about the ugly ceiling). Thanks for the chance to win!!
Mindi says
GET ME CLOSER
to getting new cabinets in the kitchen…the genius (tongue in cheek) who owned the house before us slapped some paint on them and didn’t follow any of the guidelines….hence, I have poorly painted, chippy, original to the 1960s house cabinets. AAAAACK!
Jennifer M. says
GET ME CLOSER … to swapping all my brass hardware for something else!
Jennifer Fankhauser says
GET ME CLOSER to new floors! We have the grossest carpet throughout our house and I can’t wait to replace it.
We also have a kitchen to makeover and tons of landscaping to do!
Amy June says
GET ME CLOSER!
I want to build in a desk for the kids in our den closet.
Mark S says
GET ME CLOSER!
Inside, I want to redo the downstairs bath. Outside, the deck.
Allison says
GET ME CLOSER! I can NOT wait to start remodeling our kitchen, but unfortunately we’re still in “saving our pennies” mode. Maybe next summer!
Kristen says
GET ME CLOSER…to finishing the kitchen.
Jeff says
GET ME CLOSER! Painting the exterior.
Jen says
GET ME CLOSER…to fixing the fence in our backyard!
Sarah says
GET ME CLOSER
I need to get a move-on with some landscaping projects. We desperately need a (dog-poo free) pathway through the grass to our patio and some fresh plantings at the foundation.
Brooke says
Get me closer to having a functional backyard. I cannot wait to install a patio! Oh, and a door. :)
leslie says
GET ME CLOSER….to my dream kitchen. Please please please! You know form experience how awful it is to use a kitchen that doesn’t meet your standards!
Amber says
GET ME CLOSER!
I desperately want to build a brick patio on the side of my house for grilling and eating outside before summer is over!
adria says
Get me closer!!
We are working on finishing up our kitchen upgrade…it started when our ancient over broke and we replaced it with a new, stainless steel stove. Then we did the countertops a few months later, the back splash a few months after that, and just two weekends ago we painted. This project has been going on for over a year now, and we still have two appliances to replace (love the renovation on a budget plan that we live by…need to save pennies to get to done!).
Would love to win and be one step closer to a new dishwasher or refrigerator!!
Jackie says
GET ME CLOSER! We can’t wait to finish our deck out back.