***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.
Lindsay P. says
“JOSS ME!
Kristi says
JOSS ME!
Lisa W. says
Joss me!
The luckiest moment was deciding to move into the house that my husband’s mom was selling – the house he grew up in, and his father grew up in – you can’t beat history!
Alyssa Johnson says
JOSS ME!”
Holly says
My husband and I went to check out our local habit for humanity restore for the first time one day. When we walked in the first thing we saw was a gorgeous white bed frame. We looked at it and noticed it did not have a price tag so my husband went to ask an associate. He said that the guy who usually does the pricing wasn’t in that day so he would give us the bed frame (head board, foot board, and railings) for $35. SOLD. We then started loading it in the truck and realized it was a crate and barrel king size bed for only $35! Needless to say I was completely ECSTATIC!… JOSS ME!
Amy says
JOSS ME!
We got our first house at a great (ridiculous) price, which allowed us to sell it at a great big profit to buy our current house. And even though we bought at the top of the market, we have loads of equity. Yay!
Ashley says
JOSS ME! Experiencing luckiest home moment now as we’re building the house we’ve ever owned–and so far, it’s more wonderful than we ever thought possible.
Kara says
Joss Me! Definitely when I met my husband.Right place right time!
Paige says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home improvement moment is when our favorite Ikea barstools were completely sold out (after driving five hours to an Ikea…), but fortunately being able to purchase the floor models! Happy times.
sarah says
joss me…………. when I scored my west elm bedding on a serious sale!
erin says
joss me!
not only did we sell our first house after negative one days on the market, but we stumbled upon our second one while looking for a rental in the same hood. it had been on the market two days and we scooped it up! (which we wouldn’t have been able to do had we not sold house #1)
Sarah S. says
JOSS ME!
I had been wanting to paint our living room for a long time, but with 15 foot ceilings it wasn’t a job I was looking forward too. Just about the time I made up my mind to do it, a HUGE hail storm came through our town and the hail was so bad it went through our roof and actually knocked down some of the drywall IN the living room. Insurance paid to have it repaired and (ta-da!!) repainted! I got my new living room paint and i didn’t have to do any of the work!
Abby S. says
JOSS ME!
We’re not very lucky most of the time – maybe this will be my lucky entry :)
Kay says
Joss me!
I don’t own a home, but I’ve had some pretty lucky craiglist furniture finds.
Shaye C. says
JOSS ME!
I found a great chair at the dumpster that I rescued and repainted and reupholstered, now it is our office chair!
Anna Rowland says
JOSS ME!! I found an amazing China Hutch at an auction for $20. It looked a little bit rough, but I cleaned it up and put in new class and it was a Gem. JOSS ME- so I can get some cool stuff to put in it!
Kasey says
JOSS ME!
Kippen says
JOSS ME!!
Getting our 2nd house was super lucky…had a buyer for our first home that made us jump through hoops…finally closed almost 3 months after we were originally scheduled…all while we had everything packed up in a POD for months…and I was 16 weeks pregnant and sleeping on a air mattress for 3 months!!! Needless to say we didn’t think we were ever going to get in the new house but we finally did…and 3 years later and we still love it more than ever!
Adrienne says
JOSS ME! the harder I try the luckier I get!
Gabrielle says
JOSS ME! My step dad is an accountant and one of his clients had a gorgeous, mint condition, antique dining room table with six chairs. No one wanted it so my husband and I took it! Just needs more updated seat cushions.
Allison Brown says
Joss me!! My luckiest moment was finding a barely used couch on the side of the road. After recovering it the couch is perfect!
Kim says
Boo. Just tried to sign up with Joss and Main and they have put me on a waiting list….”Memebership at Joss & Main is limited, but we invite a few people off our wiating list every day”….
Not sure I’m down with that.
Candalyn says
Joss me, please!
Janet says
JOSS ME!
Melissa says
JOSS ME!
Hmmmm…my luckiest house moment was finding our dream couch at half the cost! We about died. Now we love our living room and it feels so much more homey.
Christopher says
JOSH ME!
I’m lucky that I have one of my best buds as my landlord.
Jessica says
JOSS ME!
I inherited the previous homeowners custom platform bed :)
Kari says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement score would be just about everything I’ve purchased–it’s a VERY RARE ocassion that I’ll purchase anything full price. I’m like Sherry in that way :)
Danielle says
JOSS ME!!!!
Liz says
Joss me!
I’m still pretty new to the whole DIY house stuff (ie, we don’t even own our home!) but so far my luckiest find has been a 100% free glider with an ottoman that I found on a porch. The woman had moved into the duplex and somebody had carelessly left all this really nice stuff, and because she didn’t need it the lady gave it away! I was about 30 weeks pregnant with my son and had been moping because we couldn’t afford to buy the glider I wanted, and LO AND BEHOLD, there it was, for free! OK, I did wind up paying $5 for it by way of “hiring” my friends (who, coincidentally, lived RIGHT next door) help me carry the silly thing up a flight of stairs to my apartment. My now 20 month old loves to sit in it and “read” with his teddy bear, so I consider it a good $5 spent :)
Kara says
Joss Me!!!
The luckiest part is that my husband and I balance each-other out with our inventive, and sometimes crazy sounding, projects. We found our house right before we got married, and have had a lot of fun (albeit occasionally stressful moments) putting it together :)
Megan says
Joss me!
And our luckiest moment was finding our perfect bungalow house and putting in an offer during a whirlwind weekend trip to town prior to our move!
Margaret says
JOSS ME.
My luck has been that my fiance has finally gotten into this home improvemnet stuff as much as I am. well almost:)
Anne says
JOSS ME!
luckiest home moment: every day living with my sweet husband and pup! :)
Carley says
JOSS ME!
Mine just happened yesterday! I got a $350 veggie slicer for $15 at a new thrift store on Janhke Rd. Read about it on my blog if you’d like more details!
:D
Brooke says
JOSS ME!!!!
Bridget says
JOSS ME!!!! NOW!
Kelly P says
JOSS ME!
I think the luckiest thing was finding a great house in the perfect neighborhood that needed a lot of work, which was exactly what we wanted.
Bonnie says
JOSS ME!
We moved this past February. It only took one day to find the perfect rental townhome in a great area. This home has quickly felt far more like “us” than the big, single family home we moved from. The irony is that we had spent months searching for that home and three years living in it. Sometimes, the right thing just falls into place and it is such a gift!
Amy says
Joss Me!! Love this stuff!
Brooke says
Joss Me! We found the perfect house when we weren’t even looking, even luckier we had an awesome mortgage guy who locked in a good rate for us while we were on our honeymoon.
Katie says
JOSS ME
My husband and I were lucky when we were looking at houses, we looked one nite and were about to call it quits when the realtor at the last house said he had the best deal go on the market, so we went we saw and we bought it the next day!
Katie C. says
Joss Me!
I’d have to say selling our first house just in the nick of time.
Taylor says
JOSS ME!
(long time reader, first time commenter. woot!)
After nine years, we just finished an extensive remodel. We got repeatedly detoured by financial and health issues, changes in employment and general LIFE. This morning, I was organizing photos of the whole remodel and had a sudden realization about how lucky we are. Not because things are new and shiny now.
When we moved in, all of our neighbors were in their nineties. They were NOT excited about the young, unmarried couple that was probably going to have loud parties and be wild. (We didn’t and aren’t, but you know.) After months of waving and saying hello with no response, we finally got to know the precious elderly couple directly across the street, after returning their runaway doggie. They became our best friends, mentors, and we were honored to have them as our best man and matron of honor at our wedding five years ago.
Every single major change in the house over the years has been photographed. And today i realized that that couple is featured in so many pictures! They were here to see every new project – the new carpet, or the wall we had torn down. I used her kitchen to prepare two thanksgivings in a row! They were a constant theme in our growth as a couple, and our progress on this house.
She passed away in 2009, and he has since gone into a nursing home. We miss them every day. (but in a ridiculous, lighting-struck-twice kind of luck, the young man who moved into their place is a wonderful new neighbor!) Over the weekend, I hung up a photographic family tree – black and white photos of our parents and grandparents, etc. That wall includes photos of that sweet couple. They are family.
So our luckiest moment? I could tell you fifty stories about great deals, or realizing that the boxes the former owner left in the basement were FULL of brand new christmas lights, or knocking down walls to find money or a last minute paint change that we now adore.
But the luckiest thing about living here – and my aha moment – is realizing that it’s not about the structure of this house. It’s about the people who we love around this place. Our neighbors past and present. Neigbors who issue standing invitations for every party or picnic. They jump right in to help jackhammer up a tile floor that surprisingly had a FOOT of concrete underneath it. Neighbors that dont go to the grocery store without calling to see if you need anything. and vice versa. They let you use their bathroom when yours is torn apart for weeks. They’re all in when you decide to throw together a last minute sunday night cookout.
People who have helped us turn this crazy broken house into a HOME. That’s our Joss-iest thing.
(holy cow, wordiest first post evah.)
BreeT says
JOSS ME! We found our home because the family who designed it backed out- the builder slashed the price to get rid of it and we scooped it up! Hooray!
Melissa C. says
JOSS ME!
Christine says
JOSS ME! Luckiest moment was ordering a corner TV unit for my new apartment before I moved in and before I knew if one of the walls would be long enough. Luckily, it looks built in, it fits so well! Phew…
Alyssa says
JOSS ME! The previous owner of our home had the perfect size, shape, and color dining room table in the dining area, and let us buy if from them for real cheap! We were so glad to have the piece of furniture that worked perfectly for the space already there when we arrived.
Connor says
JOSS ME!
April says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest home move was kicking down a crappy divider wall that was pretty much made of cardboard! I kicked at it relentlessly, my dad caught it and we folded it up and hauled the wall down to the curb! Best day ever when husband came in to the house (we didn’t live in it yet) and I got to tell him I HI-YAH’d it down!