***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.
Tracie says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest moment hasn’t happened yet and am hoping it happens soon since we’ll be doing plenty of home improvements in the next few months! I’m crossing my fingers.
Megan says
Joss Me!!
holly says
JOSS ME! Ooh I think I like that store.
The house we bought last year has been our luckiest. The seller and I were “kindred spirits” as Anne would say; she left lots of goodies behind for me that I’ve had fun changing up and incorporating in making this house ours.
Miranda says
JOSS ME!!!!
my luckiest thing is having a man that will build me custom furniture! Thanks to Ana-White I have awesome pieces!
Chris M says
JOSS ME!
Our luckiest moment was finding our home when we did. We had just about given up looking for houses, having seen over 80 already. We were at a morning showing with our realtor when she got a call that one down the street had just been listed that morning. We walked in, looked around and made an offer within minutes. It was on the market for a total of 2.5 hours!
Emily says
JOSS ME!
I’m not sure I have a good luck story yet. We did get a good deal on our house due to the market, but we fought hard to get it, so I wouldn’t call it luck. :)
Jennie says
JOSS ME!
callie grayson says
Oh, yah! JOSS ME!!
luckiest moment: getting my house at an extremely good price since it was an estate sale on the market for 2 years with no offers.
and a few others: getting a Le Corbusier Lounge, 6 brno chairs and a zographos table all for $325.00! (furniture auction) Oh yah, I scored!!
callie
Gretchen says
JOSS ME! Oh my, I just recently found out about this site and I love it. Besides the day that I found it – my luckiest moment was when I realized that the horrible border that I had been living with for two years actually just peeled right off. It was both lucky and a bit embarassing since I had imagined a multiple hour job up on a ladder and it took about 15 minutes.
Angie says
JOSS ME!
I’m 4 months into my first pregnancy and when my natural non-stop decorating cravings met with that nesting instinct you hear so much about, well, watch out! I am trying to stop myself from getting too carried away this early (which is difficult!) but was excited to realize I had the perfect curtains for the nursery-to-be, they just needed to be dyed. So, I used a handy coupon and spent all of $6 and now have beautiful steely blue curtains (and hands to match…oops).
alison says
Joss Me!!!
Lauren says
Joss me!
I inherited much of my grandmother’s furniture when she passed away…it’s wonderful to see and use things that remind me of her every day!
Kristie says
JOSS ME!
my luckiest was a find at a consignment shop. it was small pink china cabinet and was baby pink. i am not a pink kinda girl but i liked the lines and shape of the piece so i purchased it. got it in my 1940’s bungalow and now i could not imagine it not in my house or not pink. it makes my living room.
Kai says
JOSS ME!
We recently scored a $700+ West Elm rug off of Craigslist for free that fit our living room and its color scheme to perfection.
Megan says
Joss Me!
Our home, a foreclosure, had eight offers on it the week it went on the market. We were lucky enough to get the house!
Heather W says
JOSS ME!
We decided to just “look” at homes to see what we could afford and found a home in foreclosure (11 years ago) We love it and our neighborhood and wouldn’t have been able to afford it on the regular real estate market.
Martha Robinson says
joss me please! We put an offer in on a house in church hill the day it came back on the market after a dude before us talked the price down significantly. His loan fell through and we swooped in for the deal and got it! It’s not a perfect house, or our dream home, but it’s our first house – and therefore automatically holds a special place in our hearts.
Kristi says
“JOSS ME!” My husband and I bought our house at an unbelievable price after watching it drop 3 times in price — and it’s a “in need of some renovation” home — so we are loving all our DIY projects to make it our own!
Jessica says
JOSS ME!
After my ex and I separated, I needed an apartment. I was lucky to find mine on craigslist, but I didn’t think I’d get it (it’s on a horse farm and I didn’t know how to care for horses). I was so surprised to get it! I have a beautiful, big apartment that is relatively inexpensive, and I have a wonderful landlady + family who let me paint, grow veggies, etc. So lucky!
Courtney F. says
JOSS ME!
Our luckiest home improvement moment was discovering Craigslist! So far, we’ve gotten a lot of much-needed furniture for incredibly reasonable prices.
Tara says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest moment with our house was the DIY mantle that holds all our components, we’d never hung anything on brick, success it’s still there!
JenWoodhouse.com says
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Taryn says
JOSS ME!
My wedding was a vintage/rustic theme. I found an awesome antique buffett at a thrift store & my cousin painted it an antique white with a distressed look! It is my dream piece of furniture & it has sentimetal value because it was what our wedding cake was displayed on!!
mere... says
JOSS ME! I found a pretty amazing yellow upholstered accent chair on craigslist for just $25. It’s a perfect reading chair and always a gets compliments.
Kristine says
JOSS ME!
Russanna says
JOSS ME! Still waiting on my luckiest home find since we just bought a house!
Rebecca M says
JOSS ME! Feeling brain dead, scores of great yard sale deals over the years. But all I can think of right now is when we were replacing the dinky bathroom vanity and the new one was perfectly level the first time.
Ruth says
Joss me!
The apartment I’m moving to next month (yikes!) was the first one I looked at in my new city. And one of the roommates is in my graduate department, which I didn’t know when I responded to the ad. Here’s hoping my, uh, joss holds out.
Robin C. says
Joss Me!!!! My luckiest find was a free table, chairs and sideboard from CL.
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great prize!
Christine says
JOSS ME! Our house was just put on the market when we viewed it and put in an offer. Now it is our home!
tricia says
“JOSS ME!”
i found an old dining china cabinet at goodwill for $30 and revamped it into an awesome entertainment center. solid pecan wood entertainment center for 30 bucks…what?!?
jessica says
JOSS ME!!!
Adam says
JOSS ME!
meryl rose says
JOSS ME!
Sara Mogensen says
Joss Me! :)
Sara says
Joss Me! My luckiest moment was getting a grant from the city for our house and getting the first time homebuyers credit too!
Monica says
Joss me!!!
All the goods we have found on Craigslist has saved us so much money on furniture. Most recently, we bought a pretty new couch for $200 that retails for $1500! Woohoo!
Emily says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was FINALLY after years being able to be independent and live alone… no more roomates!!!
Roshni says
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Holly says
JOSS ME!
Our cross-street is Holly Ave, the color of the trim on our house is Mount Holly, and there is a large (and healthy) holly bush near the kitchen window.
Kelly says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment came when I wanted to recover my ottoman to match my living room drapes. The drapes were a deep red that I could NEVER find a match to… until I found a one-curtain package of the same curtains! I used my new curtain as the fabric to recover the ottoman and it’s PERFECT!
Adelita says
Joss me!
My luckiest home moment was paying less than 30k on the asking price on our first home!!!
Maura says
Joss me!
I lucked out on some decor when I visited my boyfriend’s parents in Michigan. His mom is an antiques dealer and I scored some awesome tall distressed shutters (now hung sideways over my couch), tons of picture frames (now spray painted black and hosting a collection of B&W pictures) and some cool crates (stacked in the living room with plants in them). My little VW Jetta was packed to the gills when we drove back to Philly. It was awesome.
Marla says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest house moment was all our goodwill furniture finds we’ve used to furnish our living room.
Jill says
JOSS ME!
Last weekend, I found the exact pack and play bassinet I wanted at a garage sale I randomly stopped at for $15 instead of $100 new!
Haley says
JOSS ME!
Lindsay Rode says
JOSS ME!
I have unfortunately not been lucky at anything in the home improvement expense department. I am in the middle of remodeling right now, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I find some kind of great deal along the way.
Amy Elizabeth says
Joss Me Please!
I’d say our changing table, found on the side of the road, then spray painted white has been our “luckiest” find!
Christa says
JOSS ME!
My lucky home decorating moment was when I found the coolest vintage frames at a local thrift store! I took out the pictures, glass, and backing, then spray painted them black and hung them like that, with nothing inside! They look so modern and new, and they were only a dollar each!
Jessica says
JOSS ME! In all honesty, our home improvement adventures have been full of bad luck. Crummy contractors, unexpected problems – you name it, we had it. That said, finding a great renovation/life partner in the form of my husband was pretty darn lucky!