***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.
Erin says
Joss Me!
I stumbled upon a law student clearning out his entire apartment to leave the next day to take a job in NYC and scored an antique liquor cabinet for $40. It’s beautiful!
Erin in Austin,TX says
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I guess our luckiest “home” moment was deciding to move across the country and our house in CT selling while we were in TX looking for homes. Great timing!
Lindy says
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Anjni says
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Cindy Miller says
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Just went into a local consignment store and scored a Ceramic Garden Stool for $16. We all know they cost no less than &100-300. It was also the perfect color for my outside furniture seat colors!!
Sarah says
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I think I’ve been lucky so many times. Most recently I found an industrial coat rack on the street last week that I’m obsessed with. Now if I could only find wallpaper I love for a price I can afford.
Tracy says
Joss Me! We sold our last house in 2 days for the asking price!
Ashley says
JOSS ME! I got lucky during a cabinet refinishing project… It turned out better than I ever imagined :)
Amanda says
Joss Me! My luckiest home moment was selling our first home within a few weeks and not even listing it with a broker!
lindsey rockers says
Joss Meeeee! My luckiest moment in home ownership was when we bought our 51 inch plasma 3D tv. A tv was advertised as 3D when it wasnt, but they had to give us one at the advertised price…. so we got a $1400 tv for $899!
kelly says
JOSS ME…
I’m hoping I get lucky and win this freebie!
Maggie says
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My luckiest home moment has to be the fact that I FINALLY have a green thumb! I thought it was because there was so much love for the first home my husband and I purchased….but I’ve slowly (too slowly) realized that it’s due to our amazing sunroom that has three windows facing different directions. Whatever–at lease my plants are happy now!
Amanda L says
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Robin O says
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I think my luckiest home improvement moment(s) came from working at the home office of a large home furnishings retailer and getting to take part in sample sales where there are KILLER deals. Back in the day, I almost completely furnished my entire first apartment on maybe $300 because of those sample sales. Score.
Lauren says
JOSS ME! PUWEEEEEEZE :)
Kay says
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My luckiest home moment was simply moving into our home. The girl who lived here before us had excellent taste and had already done all the work and painting. We just had to unpack!
Angela M says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was finding the perfect light fixture for the dining room on sale!
Laura M M Johnson says
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Sarah says
JOSS ME! I would love to win. My biggest furniture find: an entire mid-century living room and dinning set, all in pristine condition, for $500.
Alice says
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I feel very fortunate to have found the home that I’ve recently moved into. I wasn’t actually “looking” yet, but rather just checking out open houses to see what the floor plans were like. Everything just felt right (I even knew exactly where I would put the cast iron “hand” cabinet knobs that I’d been eyeing online), and the seller was willing to wait three months before we closed so I wouldn’t have to break my lease.
Lauren E. E. says
Joss me! I scored a beautiful midcentury credenza off of Craigslist and mananged to negotiate the price down.It’s one of my favorite pieces of furniture, and we probably got it for half it’s value.
Rocky Mountain Mama says
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My luckiest home improvement moment just recently happened. My husband repaired our upper deck without killing himself or someone else. Trust me, its lucky! :)
Sara says
Joss me! My luckiest home improvement moment was meeting my husband because he likes to make pottery-barn knock off furniture to fill our house at the fraction of the price!
jlyn p. says
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luckiest? well first of all, that our furniture fit PERFECTLY into the living room. and secondly, when we remodeled our bathroom, we did a bit of Home Depot + Craigslist + local showroom shopping & scored matching pedestal sink/toilet/bathtub/fixtures for a crazy slice of the original price. LUCKY.
Amanda says
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The luckiest home improvement moment I have had is when I went to paint a crocodile textured lime green dresser a more subtle green and it turned out I was able to just roll over the textured portion without any issues-I was so worried it would be ruined!
Laura J says
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My luckiest house moment was the whole process of buying our house. Our offer was accepted the first time we made one and the whole process was super simple from there. I’ve heard nightmare stories from friends about purchasing a house so we were definitely thankful it was so easy for us!
Katie says
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My luckiest home find.. 2 mid century lounge chairs for $50! lucky score while visiting my hometown one weekend due to my obsession with checking craigslist all day, everyday.
Vanessa says
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Jackie says
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Favorite home-finding moment: My roommate and I were looking for an apartment, and stumbled on the same one (separately!). I called her to tell her about the “dream place”, which as I was describing, she realized it was the same “dream place” she had found a few days earlier and was planning to tell me about. It was destiny, and we moved in about a week later!!!
dominique says
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craigslist has been a place of great luck for me…..looking for “dining chairs” one random day after a long time NOT looking for anything landed me a set of 5 AMAZING mid century chairs for $16. For ALL of them. I tell the lady selling them that they are awesome, and she says, puzzled, “really?”
Amanda says
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Last fall, I found a beautiful glass top coffee table with twisted barley legs on c-list for $35. Two weeks after I brought it home, I was on ebay helping out a friend with her search and saw the EXACT SAME table for $275!!!
Amy says
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Please. :)
Malissa says
Joss me!! What a fun giveaway!
Hmmm… we seem to be a bit cursed with home improvement projects (or maybe it just feels that way since we are ALWAYS renovation something! haha) but we did just score about $600 of free rock to built a waterfall feature in the backyard!
kristen says
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LUCKIEST MOMENT: agreeing with my man on decorating!!! He’s SO hard to please and very HARDHEADED! Gaaaaaaaah…..why?!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beth says
JOSS ME!!!!!
I once pulled apart the windows in my rental to restrict the window weights and miraculously managed to put it all back together!
Jennifer Finley says
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My luckiest home improvement moment was having a handy neighbor . . . sorry.
Rachel Pond says
JOSS ME!!! My best home related moment came when I found the cutest dresser on craigslist for my baby’s nursery. Gotta love craigslist!
Lauren says
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We just purchased a house, today!! I need this!
I inherited a toy chest in pretty bad condition but had family memories. I have since painted and add padding/covered the lid. It adds so much storage space and is really cute. I always get “wish I would have thought of that”
monika says
JOSS ME! Stripping wall paper all weekend, in the midst of a heatwave, and could use a reward.
Tabatha says
JOSS ME!!!
No super lucky moments yet… Hoping it will be the time I win a $500 gift card from my favorite blog!!! **wink, wink!**
heidi says
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Our luckiest moment was that we saw our home before it was even on the market. The realtor saw the kinds on homes we were into and knew this home would be on the market soon. So she checked with the owners to see if we could see it. They said yes and we made an offer the day we saw it. Four years later and I still am madly in love with our home.
julie says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement was finding ALL my kitchen cabinet doors in the IKEA as is for $10 each new in their boxes
heidi faith says
JOSS ME! Luckiest home improvement…the day my husband finished our floors! Instead of buying them he MILLED THEM himself and it took a bit of extra time. After being the world’s most patient wife…3 months later they were done. And I kinda maybe wasn’t so patient, but they’re BEAUTIFUL and UNIQUE and cheap!!!
Cathy says
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One of my luckiest moments was finding an old (but not too old) turquoise Singer sewing machine at a yard sale for $5.00. I bought it because I loved the color, but it runs like a champ!
Mary says
My luckiest moment would be when I called the consignment store about a dining set I was so-so about. She said, “That one is gone. All we have is a mid-century modern set.” Score!
Gina W says
Joss Me! I totally got lucky when my artist uncle told me to could pick any painting in his collection for a wedding present. It’s one of my favorite possessions!
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Tabatha says
Joss me! Since we’re renting, our luckiest moments are mostly great scores from CL, thrift stores and garage sales… Like the time we got our “Karl” in brown for only $400!
Laura @ so alaurable says
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I recently moved from Dallas to Chicago and we had a long weekend to find a place to live and were turning up with nothing good, and in a last-ditch effort on the day before we needed to head back home, I checked Craigslist one more time and it turned up the perfect place! Thank goodness we lucked out with where we ended up versus some of the not great places we had been looking at!
Nicole P. says
JOSS ME!!! Favorite home improvement moment: finding a solid wood, king sleigh bed on craigslist for just $200. So glad that super nice lady was moving to NYC and had no room for it!
Melissa L says
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