***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.
Andrea S says
JOSS ME!!!
My luckiest moment was winning a beautiful crib for my daughter that we desperately needed. =)
Karla says
JOSS ME!My luckiest moment happened when my cousin found a recliner sitting on the curb for free! it matches my living room perfectly, I love it!!
Laura says
JOSS ME!
I was in love with a pair of bookshelves that retailed at Crate & Barrel for $400. I shopped around, and could still only find them for $150 at the cheapest (which is still way cheaper). Then I decided to search on Craigslist, and found a set for $75! Definitely excellent luck and a killer deal!
Heidi says
Joss Me!!! My luckiest house moment was finding not one, but TWO, wicker chairs (one a chaise and one a chair) put out for the trash. A couple of cans of white spray paint and an adorable set of red cushions… and voila! Gorgeous seating for our side yard under the apple tree!
Lisa P says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was finding the perfect mirror/shelf at a garage sale for $7, that only required some cleaning and paint to look fab.
Julie Capps says
Joss me!
We found our home on our very first time out with a realtor. I had been looking online for probably a year and homes in this 1950s neighborhood (ranch style homes…which led me to this blog). It wasn’t on our list to look at and I had never seen it listed online, but we drove by it and saw an open house sign. After killing some time waiting for the open house to begin, we went and saw our home and the rest is history!
Shani says
JOSS ME!
When my dream house first came on the market, my husband was unemployed and we couldn’t make an offer. I cried a little the day I drove past and saw that the sale sign was gone. But a few months later, my husband got a job, and soon after that, the house was for sale again! We’ve been living there, slowly rehabbing, and raising two little boys, for eight years now.
Taylor Duran says
JOSS ME! I once spent months looking for a specific end table. Later… Shoved in the corner of an unused bedroom in my parents’ house, under a lovely gunny-sack-inspired-print of a table cloth — the EXACT table! Love.
Alene says
Joss Me!
Luckiest home improvement moment was when I found the perfect couches I had been looking for and got a great deal on them.
Kassia says
Joss me!!!
Jen M. says
Joss Me!
My luckiest moment was viewing a home on a Saturday morning that my realtor said had just gone up Friday night – no pictures online or anything yet (back in 2006 when the market was still seller-friendly) — I totally lucked out because the guy who listed it was listing his very first home, and it also happened to be the home he and his wife and their new son lived in! That home was officially on track to being mine less than 36 hours after it listed and I’m still there today!
Sarah S. says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was when I found the perfect home to move into on the same day I started looking.
Laura B says
Joss me!
Defintely feeling lucky about all of the awesome art we were able to borrow (super extended loan) from my aunt’s collection, she doesn’t have it cluttering her storage space and we have awesome old school art that we love, for free!
Katie says
JOSS ME! Thanks for this generous giveaway! My luckiest find was scoring a 72-drawer vintage library card cabinet for FAR cheaper than I’ve ever seen one anywhere else — and then discovering it originally held library reference cards from my alma mater!
Niccole says
Joss Me!!
My luckiest moment in home ownership is pulling of our green shag rug to find…wait for it…beautiful wide plank wood floors. I’m still excited about that score and I have lived in my home for 12 years!
Christine says
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Emily M. says
Joss Me!!! Wow my luckiest home improvement moment was finding this awesome dark grey pillow with an alligator embroidered on it at home goods on sale. It makes me smile whenever I am in our bedroom.
Rebecca says
JOSS ME! I usually get pretty lucky finding good buys :)
Elisabeth A. says
Joss me! I would say the way everything fell into place with building our current home and selling our previous one.
Ally says
JOSS ME!!
My luckiest moment in home ownership was finding this great oversized clock that was originally WAY out of our price limit on clearance for $20. Woo hoo!
Megan says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest moment = finding a 7x 2ft 1930s buffet table for sale in a small-town novelty shop and picking it up for $150! It’s my favorite piece in my house!
Mrs. Yancey says
Joss me, please!
My luckiest moment in home ownership was finding the house of my dreams (which also happened to be waaaaaay out of our price range) was going into short sale. We bought it for half the asking price!
Tara says
JOSS ME! My favorite score recently was a cardigan and dress that I got for 75% off both at Target! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Gordon says
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Joanna says
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I generally don’t have tons of luck but finding my apartment was pretty lucky. We were going from a 1 to 2 bedroom and finding some icky stuff in our price range. Found a listing in the newspaper (not online!) and it turned out to be a 2 bedroom+ an office with a beautiful kitchen in the exact location we were looking for. Landlord is very nice too! Maybe I’ll have some luck with this freebie….
Allison says
JOSS ME! I have a mirror I found at a thrift store that I love and adore. It’s been bouncing back and forth between my bathroom and dining room for years since I couldn’t decide where I liked it best. But then, as luck would have it, I found its twin a another thrift store 5 years later!
Kaycie Christine says
JOSS ME!!
heather says
JOSS ME!!!….because i need more luck with my home improvement endeavors!!!
Elyse says
JOSS MEEE! I’m still waiting for my lucky moment…fingers crossed! :)
Kate V. says
Joss me! We were lucky enough to be given a Hoosier cabinet, something I’ve wanted for years, by my friend’s mom. Luckily my friend doesn’t like antiques so she gave us the cabinet!
Marytoth says
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Kari says
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I found 2 great condition cane back chairs at a thrift store for $15!
Katie says
Joss me!
We have gotten way too lucky with a lot of our house projects but I’d say our house is the luckiest thing of all. It is perfect for us and it’d only been on the market 4 days when we found it.
Adam G. says
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Lauren G. says
Joss ME please!!
Megglesworth says
JOSS ME! I had a serious stroke of Irish luck when (after the longest year ever of searching) I finally found an adorable little house that met all my needs and wants. I called the realtor listing the property only to find out someone else had just put in an offer 2 hours before. Sad and dejected, I resigned myself to renting for the rest of eternity until 2 months later the realtor called me and told me the house is back on the market! I close in mid-August!!
Sarah K. F. says
Joss me! I have a piece that’s very much like a console that we use as our entertainment center. I found it marked for trash at work, at a college institution, discarded from a physics or engineering office. I have no idea what the original purpose of this piece of furniture was. We took it to my in-law’s in their truck, cleaned it up, stained it and have had it in our living room for probably 10 years now.
Hilary says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement was the birth of my son, Henry!
Bethany says
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Melinda says
JOSS ME! My luckiest moment was finding the perfect color for our bathroom on the Home Depot Ooops! paint shelf! It only cost us $5 to paint the bathroom!!
Sarah says
JOSS ME!
I seem to have pretty good luck at consignment/vintage stores. It may have something to do with all of the great blogs out there that provide inspiration (like yours!), but lately I’ve found some great deals that just need a little TLC.
Tara Jane says
JOSS ME! We pulled out a drop ceiling in the bathroom and and found a beautiful ceiling with all kids of cool molding!
Jovan says
JOSS ME!!!!!
I had two amazing deals in 1 day at two diff garage sales! I got a dining room table and 4 chairs EXACTLY like what I wanted for $10 in great shape! And in perfect condition, it looks like a pottery barn corner tv stand black and gorgeous, I got for ONLY $5.00! You cannot beat that! He had it for sale for $50.00 to begin with (at a garage sale mind you, which goes to show you how nice this piece was) and I showed up when he was about to close, so he gave it to me for $5 and delivered to my house! I love good deals!
JOSS ME!!!!
aimee says
JOSS ME!
Once upon a time, my husband’s neighbor gave him the coolest set of vintage speakers I’ve ever seen. He totally forgot about them until a year or so ago when we found them in his parents garage. They are maybe my favorite piece in our house.
Courtney Callahan says
JOSS ME!
I am just moving into my own place without roommates and I feel my luckiest moment will be when I get to choose everything in my place!
Kami says
JOSS ME!
It’s funny you mention finding a house, because my luckiest moment was finding a house on Zillow’s “make me move” that wasn’t even listed on the MLS. =)
Cara says
JOSS ME!
When I moved into my current home, I pulled up the worse for wear carpet thinking I’d redo it, instead, I found beautiful hardwood floors! I feel very lucky!
artfulife says
I would love to win this giveaway! Joss me!!! Our luckiest house moment was finding the home we bought last year. It’s perfect for our family :)
Lauren says
JOSS ME! Our current house we snagged after we were afraid it had been taken off the market. In actuality it has just switched from being listed with a realtor to a FSBO. Best news – we got it at a rock bottom price!
Jen says
JOSS ME!
I would say my luckiest decorating moment would be inheriting a mid-century modern set of dressers that my mom got (and refinished herself!) at a garage sale. Not only are they gorgeous, they are a slightly smaller scale than most modern dresser sets and so have fit perfectly in the smaller, older homes we’ve lived in.