***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.
Cyan B says
JOSS ME!!
Lesley says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement moment in home ownership is that I work at a furniture gallery and get everything at cost + freight ;)
It helps a lot since I just got married and we are first starting off. Basically everything is half priced! I even got a tempurpedic mattress! We’re spoiled in the furniture department, if onlyyyy my store had cute accessories like JOSS!
Stephanie says
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I found my wedding dress at the first store.
Jen says
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I inherited the most beautiful antique wood chair from my great grandmothers house. My sweet grandfather refinished and recaned it as a suprise wedding gift to my husband and I. It is one of my favorite pieces of furniture in our house, and it is so near and dear to my heart!
Leah T says
JOSS ME!!
My hubby and I bought at the right time and got a great deal on our first home.
Jenny K. says
Joss me! I’m still waiting for a lucky home moment. Hoping it will happen next week, when we attempt to find our next apartment in 2 days before moving across the country later in the month.
Jennifer T says
“JOSS ME!”
Baker says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment with buying my new house is that we looked at it the DAY it dropped $19,900 and bid that very day and got it:) Now we are just waiting to close!
Callahan says
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My luckiest moment was finding a house in my hometown that has an acre of land! Most of the houses in Flushing only have a small yard, we got an outrageous deal too! 80,000 on a 175,000 house! Crazy lucky! It has an acre of land and an ingroud pool!
Catalina says
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My luckiest moment in this process has been having my super handy mom and dad to consult with on home projects, including painting, furnishing, and gardening. Without them, we’d be living with drab walls, dated furniture and our neighbors would be scoffing at our lawn.
Jillian says
I live in an apartment building with an aggressive no-dumping-furniture policy. Really aggressive.
So I was so excited when I went to drop off some recycling and discovered a gorgeous little sideboard/desk stuck behind the mixed paper! Granted, it was a little wobbly and a little scratched, but nothing a trip to True Value couldn’t cure.
Hannah says
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My luckiest moment was receiving a free wonderfully-structured couch with less than attractive fabric… I went to see how easy it would be to reupholster it… and found perfect condition cream colored fabric underneath! no need to upholster! it was magical.
Shawn says
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My luckiest time in home buying was actually finding a house that my wife and I both liked!
Crystal says
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Jessica says
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Best home improvement moment was that I just finished painting my new apartment and love it! :)
Ashleigh says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement moment would be turning clearance shower curtains from Target into curtains for our master bedroom. Did all three windows (with rods) for less than $20!
Penny says
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Sara says
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I think our luckiest home improvement moment was when we were laying down laminate flooring throughout most of our house. We just happened to have the exact number of boxes of flooring we needed! (All 700+ square feet of boxes!)
april says
JOSS ME!!!
I need to update my 1949 Bungalow. Please….
Spring says
JOSS ME!
Our luckiest find is this house that we’re renting. We moved up to Seattle from Dallas and had rented this awful split level that, we later found out, was going into foreclosure. Our landlords (oh boy what a pair!) never made one mortgage payment while we were there (WHAT were they doing with the money?) and we found out in the second week of July that we had to move by the end of the month. Also, thanks for telling us AFTER we paid that month’s rent.
PANIC! PANIC! PANIC!
Do you know how difficult it is finding a house to rent with four kids (one was born that May), three dogs and a cat? In a matter of a few weeks?
Anyway, a few days later a realtor my husband knew randomly called and asked if we knew someone who would like to rent a house.
Um, yes, as it so happens we totally do.
Fast forward almost exactly one year later here we are: on five acres in the middle of an apple orchard and horse pasture. We’re making an offer on the house on Monday. Wish us more luck! *fingers crossed*
Jessica M. says
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Vikki M. says
Joss Me! :)
Jan Stephens says
JOSS ME, please! I will consider my luckiest home improvement of sorts when I score a library file card catalog for the perfect waiting place in my dining room turned conversation area with 4 club chairs, modern feel rug and cool coffee table. I take every opportunity to put this want out in the universe. I am confident someday I will find one in the state of Texas within a day’s driving distance of Dallas. BUT until then my luckiest moment has been my Crate and Barrel-ish table and 6 chairs on Craigslist for $200.
Sarah K. says
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I haven’t had my luckiest moment yet… maybe winning this can be it!
Janet T. says
JOSS ME!! My luckiest thing was being handed down several extremely well made sofas and chairs from my grandmother.
Heather says
JOSS ME!!! We just moved into a dream house (which I am now trying to decorate and add our style too on the cheap!!)…but were so lucky b/c we almost walked away. Or actually, we DID walk away after seller refused our initial offer in favor of another. We had an offer on another house, heard back from seller of dream house that his offer fell through and were we still interested, we said no., Really felt not OK about 2nd house after going in to measure appliances, backed out of said offer, went back to 1st (dream) house and threw seller a ridiculous 2nd offer… WHICH HE ACCEPTED!! And the story continues but I”m sure your patience to read this does not :) So, again PLEASE! Joss me!
Stephanie L. says
JOSS ME! My mother-in-law used to work at a furniture store that we happened to love…so we got a lot of our furniture with a nice employee discount.
Liz says
Joss me, please!
Nicole says
JOSS ME! Luck = free, beautiful and FREE furniture from the dump “swap shop”
Jen says
Joss me- luckiest home improvement project was the laminate wood flooring in my daughters room- got it at a GREAT price and was a fun father-daughter project.
Emily says
JOSS ME! I love those adorable prints!
kim says
Joss me! When we grew out of our old house, we wanted to stay in the neighborhood we loved. How lucky for us that a house I had always had my eye on came up for sale just down the street–and just as we started looking!
Karen says
JOSS ME!!
I recently was looking to purchase a coffee table on CL ($75) and the owner never got back to me. Then another one just like it came on CL ($35) and they decided last minute to sell to a family member. So I decided to submit a want ad on CL without a picture of what I wanted and tried to briefly describe what I was looking for… and only one person responded…with the exact table I was seeking…begging me to get it out of her garage…for FREE! Thank you, Jesus!
Desi says
Joss Me…but I don’t have any lucky home improvement stories…that’s why I’m here, to gain inspiration and motivation to start. :-)
Jennie says
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Karen G. says
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haley says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement moment was finding rustic side tables and a coffee table for our living room in our first home at garage sales!!!
Brittany says
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Finding a two layered fantabulous chandelier that I had been dying to have at goodwill for $20 brand spanking new! It’s now a beautiful shade of matte red and makes our dining rood look like we know how to have style!
Angie says
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Sheena says
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I received a beautiful hand made wine cabinet as a thank you for a photography session. It is gorgeous!!
Meriel says
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taysha riggs says
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My luckiest home moment: Finding the “For Like Ever” poster that I had seen in the now defunct Domino magazine years later and actually being able to afford it now. Its now a key piece in our bedroom and it means more now cause I’m married :-P
Allison says
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I have gotten lucky many times with finding free furniture on the side of the road. Nice, in good condition, just what I was looking for free furniture. I call it furniture fate, and it has been good to me.
Beth says
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Erin says
JOSS ME!!! pretty pretty please
Actually I’d say that our luckiest moment WAS finding our house the day it went on the market (which happened to be our anniversary)…on the road we wanted…in our price range…and cute to boot! Our little nest was meant to be :)
Mary says
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Love their stuff! I don’t have any “luckiest” moments in the home department, but I’m hoping for one when we’re house hunting come May!
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Jim says
JOSS ME! My luck was marrying my wife who gets me involved in all of these wacky projects that I never knew I would love so much!
Bernadette says
6k plus comments. I tell ya.
Joss me.
We saw our home come on the market a long time ago. It was an overpriced flip in a crashing market. Then it was a foreclosure, then a bank owned sell. All the while, we watched as the price continued to drop and we STILL couldn’t afford it. Finally, we said to each other if it hit a certain price point (still a reach for us, but an incredible bargain for the house) that we would take a peek. The day after our 1 year anniversary, it hit that price point. We went, we looked, we offered and feels like a bajillion years later, the bank said “sure why not”. Dream home was my first home purchase (his second home). Though super lucky, I feel like I can do anything after buying a house from the bank in what was really less than a month. Talk about luck.
Bernadette
@ b3 Home Designs
Tami says
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A few years ago I found the same (and discontinued!) Pottery Bar rug in 2 different sizes from 2 different sellers on Craigs List- within days of each other. It was the perfect flooring solution for our open design house. And both were uber inexpensive. Talk about lucky!!
Alison says
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Love Joss and Main. My luckiest home improvement moment: buying our first house FSBO. We loved the previous owners and are so happy we are in our house now!