***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.
Alisa says
JOSS Me! Our luckiest moment was not getting the house we had a contract on when the owners started acting squirrely – that was not our house. The one we wound up with is our house. Things happen for a reason.
Janis says
Joss ME!
Inheriting a fab mid-century modern chocolate brown couch from my Husband Great Grandmother =)
christian says
JOSS ME… Lucky moment: finding our dining room chandelier at the end of a garage sale and scoring it for $5 before it was loaded on the truck to go to goodwill.
kelly says
“JOSS ME!”
I think to date our luckiest home improvement discovery is that a wall that divided our living room into two separate smaller rooms was built on top of the disgusting shag carpeting that had to go as well. So after taking the wall down and ripping up the carpeting we found lovely hard wood floors that that spanned end to end of the living room.
Dee Hutchings says
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Jenna says
JOSS ME! our luckiest home improvement was when we bought a vanity with drawers for our new bathroom, not even considering whether piping would interfere with the drawers, only to bring it home and realize it is perfect for the placement of pipes. Unfortunately, that was probably the only thing that went right from our bathroom remodeling.
Jamie says
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Jonna Gallo says
JOSS ME
The luckiest thing about my house is its proximity to the beach about 150 feet away!
Ashley G. says
JOSS ME!! I got my first house as part of an estate sale for super cheap…it gave me the extra money I needed to improve the home.
marianne says
JOSS ME!
I have 2: I found the perfect dining chairs at a yard sale…got 6 for $80! Score!
When we needed a new oddly sized front door, we went to Lowes to order it and there it was in the clearance section for $100! Someone ordered the exact door we needed in that weird size and never picked it up!
Dana Hale says
JOSS ME! We purchased a new home a few years ago. We were haggling over a fridge allowance but the builder wasn’t budging. However, we scored a monster grill and our realtor bought us a fridge!
Amanda says
JOSS ME!
We just purchased our first home in April and to date we’ve had several ‘lucky’ moments. My favorite has gotta be when we were helping our sibling move into their place they had a pile of stuff they were going to get rid of, sitting in the pile was the EXACT pendant light fixture from IKEA that I currently had in my shopping cart to use to replace our hideous dining room light. Score!
Heidi Anderson says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was when the dishwasher I replaced actually worked!
Samantha says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home moment was when we bought our first home – it had just gone on the market and we toured it and loved it. Then we found out that it was a foreclosure, but in excellent condition with very recent additions and professional painting throughout the house (in colors that we actually liked). We got a GREAT deal!
Melissa says
JOSS ME!
My, luckiest home moment is, my husband just got out of the military and his Aunt has let us live in her house while we save for our very own.. we are so lucky and very grateful! :)
Ashley says
JOSS ME!
My lucky find… An antique table in my mom’s attic! I even saw a similar one in a decorating magazine! Score!
elz says
JOSS ME: the luckiest house moment was several years ago when we sold our house after putting it on the market in 2 days. And, for $25,000 more than our original realtor suggested we list it for; thank goodness we went with realtor #2! Phew.
Mary says
JOSS ME!!!
I just found a terrific Mantle for my fireplace at a garage sale for $5…
Danielle says
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jeanne says
JOSS ME!!!
Angela E says
JOSS ME!” My luckiest moment was purchasing a table top porcelain sink for $10, that usually retails for close to $100.
Kyla says
Joss me please!! I was lucky and blessed to find your blog:))
Kate says
JOSS ME!! My luckiest home improvement find was a hope-chest turned cute blanket and other random fun stuff holder…it sits at the end of my bed and I love it! Best $25 spent, ever!
Adam says
JOSS ME!
We bought our house, down the street from family literally the day it went on the market and it was priced great. Not necessarily a “fixer upper” but we have made a number of improvements to meet our taste and style.
Kim S. says
JOSS ME!
Since we *just* bought our very first house I only have this one instance of awesome home-related luck – we love our new place, are dying to move in, and thought we’d have to wait until the end of August to close. BUT we just heard from our agent that the sellers want us to close and move in sooner if that’s convenient for us! SCORE!
Margaret Bearden says
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Celeste says
JOSS ME! My luckiest moment was finding the perfect apartment BUT with a terrible kitchen – my dad and I moved the fridge, added a few cabinets from Home Depot, cut some butcher block counters and now it’s perfect!
Ashley says
JOSS ME! Our Joss (luckiest) moment was finding house that was easy to improve on, we both love the changes we have made and this e-spree will just add to our homes character!
Katie C. says
Joss me!
When I moved to Illinois to start grad school, I somehow managed to furnish my apartment within a week for under $300 (and no icky free side-of-the-road mattresses, either). I thought it was pretty lucky, and I especially love my worn, ugly, incredibly comfortable plaid couch.
Kristy says
JOSS ME!
After two long weekends of searching for our first home (before our transfer to another state)time was running out and we hadn’t found our house yet. Feeling totally deflated and stressed we packed our car for the long drive back home. Making one quick stop before jumping onto the road home we passed a neighborhood and suddenly felt the urge to drive through it. On a street we had passed many times, but never explored, we saw a beautiful house with a for sale sign. Long story short, after a quick call to our Realtor and a very last minuet viewing, we knew this house was “the one” (and well within our price rang too!) We put in an offer on the spot and it was accepted within only a few hours! We have lived in our home 8 months now and still can’t believe how lucky we are to have found our perfect first home!!!
Beth says
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Danielle says
JOSS ME! your bonus question directions made me LOL – we actually did find our house on the 1st day it went on the market!! And our sellers had back-up buyers in case our contract fell through. We were lucky enough to see the house and make an offer before the other couple.
jennifer says
Joss me baby!!! hmmm, my luckiest home improvement to date would have to be ripping up carpet to replace it with new to discover original hardwood floors, laid on the diaganol no less, that we didn’t know was there!!!!
Cindy Jones says
JOSS ME! I am still waiting for my luckiest home improvement moment. Could this be it?
Callie says
Joss me!
We were lucky with our condo too! The complex developer was running a promotion b/c they received incentives if they could sell out within 12 months after breaking ground. We just happened to look at it 362 days after ground breaking. Which equalled awesome promotions on the only unit left in the building! Which we now love and have called home for 6 years.
Teresa says
Joss me! My luckiest apartment find was when I was interviewing for a job. The principal asked me if I lived in town, and when I said I was looking for a place the other teacher interviewing me said “I’m moving out of my apartment, you should totally move in!” Hello hook up!
Tammy O says
JOSS ME!! Well, I haven’t had such good luck with home improvement jobs and projects YET….but hope springs eternal! Jossing me would be a great start to turning my luck around! :-)
Jill says
JOSS ME! Scoring an amazing vintage dresser on craiglist for $50 that I painted. It’s my favorite piece of furniture!
Laura says
JOSS ME!
my luckiest moment was inheriting these awesome wood chairs from my now boyfriend who was just going to throw them away!!
Maureen says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment came right after buying everything to make my own custom corner desk from Ikea and realizing there was no way it was going to fit in my car – and happening to run into my neighbor who brought it home for me!
Erika says
JOSS ME!
We were lucky enough to see our house, sign the lease the next morning and be moving in less that 24 hours later!
Maria D. says
JOSS ME! I’ve lucked out with landlords over the years that let me paint, hang, and redo things, and then always love my changes so much don’t make me change things back before I move out. I’ve never had to repaint an apartment before moving…that’s pretty lucky.
Debra says
JOSS ME (pretty please!)
Meg W. says
Joss Me!
Our luckiest moment was when we found our perfect upholstered rocker chair at a thrift store for our nursery! AND we then had a friend volunteer to reupholster it for FREE! Its our favorite piece in the nursery for sure!
Meredith @ Welcome to Heardmont says
JOSS ME! Our luckiest find to date was a vintage brass lotus pendant. I wrote about the crazy coincidence that landed it in our hands here: http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/06/the-best-thrifting-story-ever-condensed/
and I’ll be hanging it up tonight!
Abby says
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My lucky story isn’t really home improvement but it was amazingly lucky none the less! We had a terrible storm and a great big poplar tree in our yard came down- the lucky part was that it fell right between ours and the neighbors house, didn’t hit either of our roofs, even fell through the open doorway of our fence and got caught in a phone line but DIDN’T mess anything up! We were seriously saved at least a couple thousand dollars!
Lisa says
JOSS ME! Oooh, I love this site…. got some Tervis tumblers a few months back that have been great summer hostess gifts!!
Kellee says
Joss me! My luckiest home-related moment was finding the four beautiful peony bushes planted by the previous homeowners. Love them!
Audrey says
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Hannah says
Joss Me!
Up until now most of my luck rests in the fact that my husband’s frugality restrains me from making rash decorating and purchasing decisions! I did finally save up enough to get the fabulous sofa that I’ve wanted forever. No bargain, but I’m still happy with it:)