***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
The lucky person this week, thanks to random.org, is… Lauren (who will be feeling really lucky when her house sells). Congrats!
Five hundred big ones is nothing to laugh at… especially when you’re spending it on items that are up to 70% off retail. And thanks to Joss & Main, one of you is gonna get quite the e-shopping spree this week – yeah, to the tune of $500! Joss & Main is a flash sale site stocked full of fresh discounts daily, all focused on home and decor but covering a wide range of styles. That way you’re more likely to stumble across the perfect piece at any moment – whether it’s furniture, rugs, accessories, or a certain white ceramic animal. Plus, anyone who signs up via this link can get $15 off orders over $50 until Aug 31st (not including shipping) with code YOUNGHOUSE.
- PRIZE: A $500 e-spree at Joss & Main
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “JOSS ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since “joss” means good luck, why not tell us your luckiest home or home improvement moment. Did you find the house of your dreams the day it went on the market? Did you inherit the perfect piece of furniture (or find it free on the side of the road). Or did you suddenly score your long-lusted-after item during an awesome sale?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 27th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The lower 48 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 take them on to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Joss & Main.
cecilia says
JOSS ME!!
I have YET to have a lucky home moment because I am totally new to all of this! I am still awaiting my lucky moment.
Shana says
Joss me!!!
Dina says
JOSS ME! We were lucky to find, after much internet searching (I love a good challenge!), plans to make a copy of a patio table that we LOVED but was over 3000.00. We made it for 250.00. YEAH!!!
Brianna says
Joss me!
When our house went on the market, we had been looking and looking and looking at dozens of “fix-me-uppers” with zero style and zero character. We got into our charming, unique house the day it went on the market, and got our offer in just moments before another buyer!
Julia says
JOSS ME! Can’t think of much house/design-specific luck I’ve had so far (though I do love our happy home…), but I think that winning this contest would certainly qualify!
Jamie says
JOSS ME!!!! After recently finishing the basement of our house, I’m on the hunt for the ‘pefect’ accessories to jazz up the walls!
Angela C says
JOSS ME!
My mother recently bought a 3 bedroom apartment and we decided to help renovate (since we renovated our own place!). The apartment came with brand new carpeting but during one of our wall painting sessions, a can of paint ruined a large portion of the carpet in the living room. We were really bummed because the carpet was newly installed and replacing it would eat into our budget. While we were ripping up the destroyed carpet, we found beautiful original hardwood floors underneath! We were so excited because the floors were beautifully kept and all we needed to do was refinish them. Who knew there was beautiful hardwood floors underneath new carpeting?
Ashley @ Cupcakes & Combat Boots says
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My luckiest house moment was being able to find our perfect first house to buy in a 2 day time period. My husband’s in the Army so we had limited time to look but it all worked out swimmingly! We close on August 4th! :)
Blythe says
JOSS ME!
I found the cutest flour/sugar containers yesterday at Pier 1 for a grand total of $2! Just $1 a piece thanks to a nice coupon on their website! Yes, I am still crazy excited about those little canisters. lol
andrea says
Joss ME!!!!!
Leigh says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home moment was finding our house. We had been searching for months to find our dream home, something with good bones we could improve on and make it our own, but that was in our price range. Just when we were about to give up, a house appeared in one of our top neighborhood choices, in our price range, and we snatched it a day after it was on the market.
Kiki says
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Luckiest moment was finding $200 loveseat by the curb (in mint condition). Gotta love living in a college town.
Stacy says
joss me!
My husband and I went to a party and decided to go look at a random house near the party after we left and it was LOVE at first sight. got a contract put on it the next day. Just in time too as the listing agent said she had four calls after our contract was signed.
Chris says
Joss me!
My lucky house moment is that we are renting our current house for $105 less than the owners are paying on the mortgage. It wasn’t selling, and they couldn’t find renters they liked, so they cut us a deal to get us in. WIN.
EmKelly says
JOSS ME! :)
My husband and I live in a 100 year old gem of a building downtown and we LOVE it. We got married and moved in at the perfect time! It’s hard to get an apartment where we are living now but when we went apartment hunting, we were cnosidering another apartment that was new but had little “character” as my husband and I called it. We had wanted to live in the apartments that were connected with this gorgeous ballroom where an internationally re-nown ballroom team but knew that it was really hard to get a spot. With our hopes high, we tried and succeeded! We’ve been loving our character filled apartment and recently just did a make-over on our living room as soon as school was out for the summer! Furniture moved, two paintings painted and 26 pictures hung!
Mellisa says
JOSS ME!
I had been looking for a reading chair for quite awhile. Since I’m short, I was searching for something low to the ground but still plush. While visiting my grandma one day, I saw exactly what I had been hoping for, hanging out under some old toys. It’s awesome, one of a kind, and super comfy — and best of all, Grandma gave it to me, so it was a free, family piece.
Monica says
JOSS ME!
Still waiting for luck to strike!
Angel says
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Huge family with oodles of hand-me-downs and a happy trigger finger for the spray paint.
Kim says
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My luckiest home find so far is a mint-condition 8-person, 43-piece set of platinum-lined Wedgwood bone china for $48.00 total. Original retail price would have been roughly $1600.00! Yay thrift shops!!!
Cathleen Pearson says
JOSS ME! The luckiest moment we had was when a truck load of vintage furniture showed up in front of our new home sent to use from my parents. The furniture all came from my deceased grandparents vacant home. Some jewels in there!
Jordan G @ The Happy Homebodies says
JOSS ME!
My future husband and I were searching for a house during the $8k tax credit window, and we were approaching the deadline and still hadn’t found one. In fact, we had offered on three but didn’t get any of them. A new house came up for sale on April 29 in the evening, so we went to see it immediately. We had our offer accepted on the 30th, which was the last day to claim the tax credit! We felt very lucky and very blessed… plus it turned out to be the best house of any that we offered on. Funny how God works things that way. :)
Rhianna Riggs says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest purchase was my home…on Cottage Avenue, no less! It was the first house I looked at and I immediately knew it was ‘the one’. It was love at first sight! After a few counter offers, I was ready to walk away from the love of my life when the seller eventually caved in and accepted my offer. Best and luckiest purchase I ever made!
Keri says
JOSS ME!
After looking at several houses the past two years we had pretty much given up. My mom told me “You will find your house one day, it just hasn’t listed yet”. Then on my BIRTHDAY a house was listed… THE HOUSE!. We went to see it the next day, put in our offer the day after that and that following day our offer was accepted. I felt so lucky! Like it was meant to be :)
Jessica J says
JOSS ME! We recently were given a snow blower for our house, which is a HUGE deal when you live where it snows 7 months a year! No more shoveling!
Brittany says
JOSS ME!
I would have to say my luckiest home improvement moment was when I finally convinced my husband to get rid of the fake trees in our living room (yes trees–there were four) this past weekend :)
Kim says
Joss me!
My luckiest moment has to be finding Pinterest. Who know there were so many ideas out there? I am a teacher and have spent my summer so far finding some amazing and fun projects to do around my house. I’ve turned out to be WAY more crafty than I thought I was!
Cassidy says
Joss me!
Haha! That sounds hilarious.
We’re lucky our landlords weren’t married to the awful americana wallpaper border in the kitchen! Cuz it had. to. go. And now the whole kitchen is a beautiful Regatta Bay blue by Behr. Ah.
Alex M says
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Kathy says
JOSS ME! One of my luckiest moments was painting our bathroom vanity on a whim…from the builder’s grade oak to a sanded, primed, black/expresso black. It looks like a piece of furniture now! We love it!
Heidi says
JOSS ME!! (Pretty please :D)
Jen says
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My luckiest home moment was when I came across this great solid walnut desk on sale for over 60% off. Floor samples are the best!
Kelly Strine says
JOSS ME!! I would love a ceramic dog!
My luckiest home improvement was during a kitchen remodel of our 1941 house. We had to remodel for a dishwasher (SO worth it) We took down the walls to the stud boards as a last minute decision to add better insulation only to find the main drain pipe “T” joint that is the sewer gas release and the kitchen sink drain – and eventually the dishwasher drain pipe was basically severed at the joint by rust. Had we installed our dishwasher we would have flooded our basement and ruined our brand new cabinets the first time we ran the water under pressure to that pipe. YIKES! We ended up replacing all the plumbing as a result.
Jennifer D. says
Joss Me!
When my husband’s grandmother decided to downsize, we scored on her dining room table and chairs which were just the mid-century modern touch I was looking for to place in my breakfast room. New foam and fabric for the seats were all it took to make it just perfect.
Brittnee says
“Joss Me”.
My moment came when my husband actually said I can start painting our bedroom and kitchen now!
Naomi says
JOSS MEEEE!!! Pretty please.
laura says
JOSS ME!!
My luckiest home improvement moment was saving a TON-O-MONEY on hardware for our kitchen cabinets! I got a huge box of hardware from an ebay store for only 80 bucks!! most of the ones I saw in the stores just like the ones I got were like $8 bucks a piece and I got WAY more then 10 of them so I definitely scored a big deal there!!
Nellene says
“Joss Me!” We found our first home because my bladder was about to burst! Sooo we took a detour on our drive to go crash my sisters restroom. On the way (took back roads we never take) we came across this homemade FOR SALE sign on a front yard. Long story short. The house was never advertised. The follks (original owners, older couple, cute as ever) wanted us to buy it and we negotiated on a handshake. The rest is history! Greatest little house ever… ;) Next time your wifey needs to use the girls room, you never know what adventure it’ll lead you on…
Anna B says
JOSS ME!!! Last year I found a HUGE medicine cabinet on Craigslist for a mere $30!!!
Ashley says
JOSS ME!!!
Tracy says
“JOSS ME” My luckiest home improvement moment was when I scored a beautiful king size cherry sleigh foot board. I did a little modification and mounted it on the wall. Instant headboard!
Meg says
Joss me! Around the time we bought our first house my husband inherited a bunch of old furniture- he learned how to refinish & we love that the old pieces that have character
mariah says
JOSS ME!!!
My husband and I who are the most un-handy people in the world- decided to make a headboard. I was inspired from house crashing posts. :o) It turned out awesome!! It’s even nicer than the one I originally wanted from westelm (and about $400.00 cheaper too). I am proud of it everytime I see it.
Andrea R says
JOSS ME!
I am not sure it was luck exactly but my entire family wanted to get rid of my grandparents dining room buffet because they thought it was ugly, and it was. We needed more storage pieces so I decided to say I’d take it. They thought I was crazy, but with a little (ok a lot) of luck and a ton of time and elbow grease I got it painted high gloss black, found some great handles at anthropologie and now they are all jealous! :-)
Daniella says
JOSS ME! Craigslist and yard sales, are those lucky?
Stephanie says
JOSS ME!!
My luckiest moment in home ownership was when I won a drawing for a $500 JOSS & MAIN shopping spree from YHL!!
Oh – but since that hasn’t happened yet, my 2nd favorite luckiest moment in home ownership has been landing neighbors that are so caring and helpful. They are the best! As we speak they are refinishing a hand made baby cradle so that it is ready once we start a family (BTW, it is GORGEOUS).
Hillary says
Joss me – amazing stuff.
I found a quilt I loved at Target about 6 years ago and it still brings me joy to this day. I don’t know if that qualifies as lucky, but I like to think so.
Julianna tremain says
Joss me! I’m not very lucky but maybe this giveaway will change that!!
Lissete says
JOSS ME!
We are adding space to the dining room and moving the laundry aread from the kitchen to a room next to dining room. Along with that, we had to move a window to a new location. Of course the current windows are all oldies, and we are on a budget (who isn’t these days!?), so our plan was just to get a cheap window. Well when my boyfriend headed to Home Depot, they had a dual pane window for 90 bucks, of course he got that one but it turns out THAT window was in the wrong place and was actually worth 200 Dollars! Lucky for us, we got it for the price where the window was at! :)
Helen says
JOSS ME!!!
I got lucky when I took the rug in the library and put it in the dining room…and it tooooooooootally worked! I was *this* close to selling it since, though I loved it, it didn’t seem to “work” anywhere.
Diana says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest moment- buying a deeply discounted glider then finding an almost-matching glider ottoman discarded at a storage unit on my morning run. Now I need to get to work recovering them both.