***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.
Angela S. says
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kylee says
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Ashley L. says
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My luckiest home improvement was a modest one: In college I moved into my first big-girl apartment and the complex let us alter our walls (paint, nails, etc.). I’ve grown up in homes with white-washed walls and no tape or glue was to touch them. The first thing I did was paint them a cheery baby blue and hung frames of artwork.
Kate says
JOSS ME! My recent “find” is a several-year swap I just orchestrated with a friend – she’d bought a mid-height loft bed for her son, who slept one night in it then promptly moved himself back to his old bed, now in the guest room. Meanwhile, in a house across town, my son kept asking for a bunkbed, but our ceilings are only 7.5 ft. One day, dear friend realized that we could just swap – her son got back his old bed, she took my son’s antique full bed for her guest room(used about 1 night a year), and my son gets the “bunk” bed until he outgrows it in 2 or 3 years. We then swap everything back and she’ll sell the loft bed. Yay for free!
kerry says
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Lucky to have inherited my grandmother’s entire stock of kitchen tools, as well as her aunt’s beautiful antique bedroom set!
Diana says
JOSS ME! We’ve been fortuitous to live next door to an awesome contractor!
Caitlin says
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Stephanie says
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I would say my luckiest home improvement moment was when I inherited a buffet and china cabinet from my grandparents. at first I wasn’t sure what to do with them so they kind of became furniture in my bedroom, but now I can’t wait to fix them up for my baby due in october, a perfect changing table and baby closet!!!
Leslie says
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Our luckiest home moments involve being patient and waiting for that perfect rug/painting/etc to go on sale and getting it for a good price. We are always afraid things are going to sell out, but so far…all we need is to keep an eye on it and have a little patience. Easier said than done, you know. ;)
Sunnie says
I stalked an open house for a dream home we made an offer on, and I walked around trash talking the place so noone else would want to buy it. Don’t know if that’s luck or just bein’ ugly – but it worked.
Joss me!
Claire says
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Finding hardwood floors under the old carpet in our bedrooms!
Christina Levine says
JOSS ME! Luckiest moment was convincing husband how much painting a room really does transform the space!!! I surprised him with a navy living room and he helped me paint the kitchen!
Erin says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was when we bought our condo in February . . . the complex we wanted to be in was way out of our price range and one week before my bf’s parents (who were helping us with the down payment) came out to house search, a condo came on in the complex that was well under any other one with brand new flooring and refinished cabinets. We instantly put an offer in, and have now been happily living there for almost 6 months, loving it more everyday!
Anjali says
JOSS Me! I just moved into an apartment and have yet to start looking… I am hoping that my lucky moment will be winning on here! This will help me make my apartment into a home!
Sheri says
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We’ve had some good luck on Craigslist!
Allison says
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Luckiest find so far was a big comfy chair that I reupholstered for our nursery (baby boy due oct. 1st!). Saved hundreds by not buying a glider, and I learned how to reupholster something!
Hilary says
My boyfriend and I lucked out and found an (inexpensive) apt in brooklyn which was inhabited by a Mark Jacobs designer and a Ralph Lauren interior designer. They painted/wall papered the walls, added built in shelves, even a custom made rug!! They left all these goodies to us! AND just this weekend we bought a couch off our neighbor who was moving out of town. It was hard to decide if it was going to match perfectly or clash entirely — and to our luck it matches perfectly! And is super comfy!
Hilary says
forgot to say JOSS ME!
{twenty}something says
JOSS ME!!! My moment would be when I had enough frames to have a huge gallery wall on the random thanks to the years of collecting frames from my dad’s frame shop! I just had to spray them white!!!
Wendy says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest home improvement moment is actually home improvement MOMENTS. My husband and I met in college while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. Not only did that bring us together, it also helped us meet up with others who were very handy. Those friends have now helped us re-roof our house, paint the wooden exterior siding, rewire electricity out to our detached garage, and this past weekend they were over to help completely reconstruct our front porch. It’s nice having free labor. Well, we buy them pizza and beer and such, but I still consider that free labor. :)
Anita says
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My luckiest home improvement moment was moving into my new apartment and finding the coolest tessalated wooden horse sculpture (I know that’s hard to visualize) left by the previous owners. Now it just needs a new coat of paint to be perfect :)
Jen R. says
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Julie B says
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Steph says
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I found the perfect shade of fuschia in a blanket -and then when I got home I realized I had a fabric in my stash that matched perfectly! Good luck + forgetfulness = awesome.
Holly says
JOSS ME! I found a quilt on overstock.com that I *thought* would look good, but it was WAY better in person and on our bed.I couldn’t believe how I lucked out because online photos can be deceiving!
Teresa says
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Courtney says
JOSS ME! We are at the very beginning of our homeowner days (just bought our house under a year ago, so no big scores yet.) However, when we first bought our house using grandma’s hand-me-down furniture, we were in desperate need of a coffee table. Found an AMAZING one at a thrift store for $15. Perfect condition!
Cassie G. says
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My luckiest find was a vintage globe lamp at a thrift store for $8. It is wonderful and gorgeous and fantastic, and best of all, it works! I had wanted one since I first saw one in the opening credits of “While You Were Sleeping” when I was 12. Since the same lamp I have goes for a few *hundred* dollars on eBay/Etsy/etc., I feel very lucky to have grabbed mine for under $10!
Katherine says
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We’ve had lots of lucky moments, but one of my favorites was scoring an awesome teak rootball coffee table at local store, which is awesome for inspiration but always way too expensive for me. We got the table for less than 50% of its ticket price and told each other “Merry Christmas!”
Jenny H says
JOSS Me!! My luckiest home improvement moment was the one time I actually picked the right color of paint on the first try!
Shelby says
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Dana says
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My luckiest moment must be scoring a real leather couch for $100 from a resale furniture store…oh and having my dad fix the broken frame to make it as good as new!
Melissa says
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My luckiest find was my husband’s grandmother’s glass bead lamps. After she moved, everyone else in the family had gone through the house and thought they were ugly, so they were all mine!
Jessica says
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We hit a stroke of luck when wanted to order tile for our foyer to match our adjacent kitchen backsplash, but our local Home Depot no longer carried it. Boo, that could have been disastrous! Luckily, it was still available at another store, so our local HD had it shipped to them, and I picked it up a few days later. Lucky moment #1. Ready for lucky moment #2? When it arrived, it was not only on sale, but on final closeout for a grand total of– get this– ONE CENT PER BOX!! No kidding!
Needless to say, we ended up taking the entire palate instead of just the boxes that we needed, and put the rest up for sale on craigslist. The money we made on that more than paid for the rest of the supplies we used to put the tile down! Talk about a lucky break (I guess that would be lucky moment #3!!). That kind of stuff hardly ever happens to me, I was so stoked, plus the floor turned out beautifully!
Janelle says
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My husband looked at our house the day it was listed online and purchased it without me even seeing it in person. I’m lucky because I love the house and my husband for buying it for us!!
Angela N says
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I love finding stuff on the side of the road, or from my local GW. My daughters whole bed was found in a dumpster. Well, not the mattresses or bedding but her headboard (which I stripped down to the wood and reupholstered with all new) and her bed frame- a trundle even!!
Randi says
I found a very cheap fixer upper on the market at the exact time I needed to buy a home for my daughter and myself. It was my first time buying a home and we lucked out to find a huge old house that needed a lot of work and tlc, but that is what I wanted, something to find and make our own!
Jessica says
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We found our house the day it went on the market- great deal! We made the offer that day and the home became ours!! :)
Corrie says
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Emily says
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We were able to settle on our new home the day before the interest rate jumped!
Karen L says
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I just scored a settee at the Georgetown Flea Market in Washington DC for $90!! Recovered it and it is awesome. I love just looking at it.
Ashley says
Joss Me! Our luckiest home improvement project was definately our kitchen countertops. We emailed the company our measurements to get a quote and instead of emailing us back with a price they accidentally cut the actual countertops! Since it was their mistake, we got them for FREE!!!
Carolina says
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My favorite home improvement moment was this week when our AC broke and we got a brand new one for FREE! :) :) :)
Nichole says
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Luckiest home moment was finding our dream house brand new & getting to pick out all the little details from the builders!
Kari says
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r8chel says
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I think my luckiest home-related moment was receiving multiple offers on my house the first weekend it was on the market.
Ashlyn says
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Our luckiest home-related moment had to be when we were apartment hunting in Atlanta. Our realtor suggested walking around neighborhoods we liked to see if anything was for rent, and we stumbled on the BEST apartment–hardwood floors, two fireplaces, stainless appliances, granite counters. And it was in our price range! We called about it immediately, ended up being the first people to see it, submitted our application, and ended up at the landlord’s house at 11pm signing the lease. Lucky, lucky!
allison d. says
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Missy says
JOSS ME! I’m lucky to have inherited some beautiful pieces from my grandmother. She had such great style.
Leslie Genden says
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Luckiest home improvement moment is managing to repair a old headboard and footboard my brother-in-law used as a kid for my daughter. I am not handy, my husband knows nothing about fixing things, and the wood was split in several spots. I managed to repair and paint it all on my own. Now it looks great in my daughters room. A close runner up is selling our first house in two weeks in the middle of winter!
Laura says
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My luckiest finds for my house came from the reuse center in town – a midcentury dresser for $60 (I’ve seen similar selling online for over $1k!) and a buffet for $20 which I painted International Orange as a nod to my days in San Francisco.
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