***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.
Allison says
JOSS ME! By far our best luck was finding our little house … we saw it the day in went on the market, and had a deal signed in 3 days, despite a planned open house and multiple offers. We’re pretty sure a sweet note to the existing owner about how we’d love to make her house our first home sealed the deal!
Nancy Margaret Harkins says
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Teresa says
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We weren’t even looking for houses when a friend cancelled a party and we decided to go see an open house on a whim. We didn’t have a realtor, mortgage pre-approval or anything, but we walked in the house and loved it, and 5 days later made an offer. I wrote a letter to the sellers saying why we loved the place and we got it even though we weren’t the highest offer. That’s crazy lucky if you ask me.
angelina says
JOSS ME! I found the perfect old table on the side of the road for free- it was just in a rather humpty dumpty type of condition:)
Amanda says
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Jess in IA says
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Allison says
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Shauna W, says
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Jessica says
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My luckiest home improvement moment is when my mom volunteered to help me paint most of the rooms in my new house. She is the best painter, so it went about three times as fast. Thanks Mom!!
Emily says
Joss Me.
We were so lucky to find our house. Our current home had sold, and we couldn’t find anything we both loved. BUT, our awesome realtor heard through the grapevine that there was one coming on the market soon, and she swept in and let us see it and make an offer before it ever went public. We had to buy it “as is” and have done a ton of work to it, but it’s perfect and we’ll have it forever…and even luckier? We found out a month after moving in that we were having a baby! Crazy how things just work out like they should!
Molly says
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Because of this declining market, we were able to buy a home that would have been a “dream” just a few years ago! It’s definitely a buyer’s market now!
Lyndsay @ Mr and Mrs says
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Our luckiest moment was probably our KitchenAid fridge. It retailed for $2700, but my hubs found it on lowe’s for $700….yes, $700 with an energystar discount. we found out later it was a price mistake, but they honored it, so we truly lucked out!
Sarah says
Joss Me!
Hopefully this is my luckiest home improvement moment ;)
Sarah says
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I live in the Twin Cities which is definitely not a cheap place to live, so when my fiance and I found a townhouse apartment with tons of space, friendly staff, a brand new pool, and adorable landscaping within our price range on the same day we saved $500 on a custom wedding band for me, we felt pretty lucky! Days like that don’t happen often, so we are cherishing our first place together come August 13th!
Katie says
JOSS ME! We haven’t really had a lucky house-related moment – newly married, really broke, I would have to say finding our current apartment (with its bright yellow kitchen) and falling in love!
Laura says
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So we bought our house thinking the upstairs carpets looked ok. Then we got there on move in day and saw just how gross they were once the owners had moved their furniture out. And lucky us there were hardwood floors underneath!
Dara Jarvis says
JOSS ME! Can’t really think of anything lucky… maybe I will win this and be lucky!
Melody says
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Our luckiest find was our first new couch–a huge sectional that we loved, but bought without having measured our living room. It totally fit, even curving in the perfect spot to expose our A/C vent! We felt like me must have been living right for this kind of luck!
Stephanie B says
JOSS ME! We got lucky when house shopping – My husband and I were shopping at the same time as my brother was (and they’re good friends). We ended up buying houses 4 doors apart and sharing a moving van because we moved on the same weekend!
Cari Burnett says
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When I was pregnant we were looking everywhere for the perfect changing table for the nursery. I didn’t really like what I saw at most stores. One day my mom was driving home in the ditch someone had lost a changing table out of the back of their truck. My mom pulled over, loaded it up. And it was exactly what I wanted!
Amanda Freeman says
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Our luckiest home improvement moment was when i ordered the cheapest butcher block counter top for my island and they accidentally sent me the top of the line walnut worth over $200 more! WOOP!
Tracey Bartula says
Joss me! We finally bought an Ikea Wardrobe (on sale) to help with our limited closet storage and it has been the best thing that has ever happened to us! It is the Mecca of storage!
Izzy E says
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Martha says
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My luckiest moment was selling our last home in ONE day right before the bottom fell out of the real estate market!! PHEW!!!
karen serna says
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Karen says
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Rachel says
JOSS ME! I dream of having a whole new house! :)
Sarah says
JOSS ME…
we found our house on the first day of searching – and the sale never would have happened except the seller’s realtor was a relative and he gave up his commission so that they could make a deal!!
Dana says
JOSS ME!!
We actually did find the house of our dreams the day it came on the market after looking for more than 3 years. And they accepted that same day =)
Hannah says
Joss me! We sold our house the day we put it on the market!
Brianne says
Joss Me! My luckiest home project was when I found out my husband was handier than he ever led on after 4 years of marriage; he made me a rustic barn wood table out of old barnwood beams and lumber taken out of a crippled barn on our property! Lucky for him, (err…ME)the honey-do list has grown longer ever since :)
Allison M. says
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Jeremy H says
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Lauren says
Joss Me!!! Buying our house was one lucky experience. My husband met a man at a work event who mentioned he lived in the town we were interested in moving to. When my husband told him that, he said “huh – we’re thinking of selling, but haven’t even put it on the market yet. Why don’t you come check it out?” We didn’t even know how much their house was worth, but we checked it out once and fell in love. A few easy weeks later it was ours!
Cathy says
My luckiest moment was I got an excellent deal on some furniture for my living room.
Krysta @ Domestic for Dummies says
Joss Me! My luckiest moment was that my mom needed to get rid of a house full of furniture when we were moving into our new home. We were happy to take it off her hands since we didn’t have a thing!
Kathy says
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We have really bad luck when it comes to DIY, but we keep plugging along!
Maggie says
Joss me!
I was at Ikea buying bookshelves (because I’m still renting, and Ikea bookshelves are decent), when my mom and I saw bench in the desk area of the store. Turns out it was a storage bench with hanging files and a padded cushion on top – just the kind of thing I’d been looking to put in an empty space under a low window in my apartment. Not only that, it was on sale, and there were only a few left. Score!
Kelly J says
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Leah says
JOSS ME! I’m just getting into the home decor world, so winning this prize would be my luckiest moment for sure!
aaron says
JOSS ME! getting our first house, perfect layout and a great price!
Michelle says
Joss me! We found our apartment on CraigsList not 3 minutes after it was posted. Since we were the first people to email about it, we were the ones who got it! Talk about lucky!
AmiDawn says
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our luckiest find since finding our house is the buffet table in the front entrance room that i am currently in the process of refinishing and painting turquoise :)
Cassidy says
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My luckiest home related experience is when we managed to snag a home two streets away from my mother which has worked amazingly well since she watches my daughter during the day!
Ashley Lankey says
Joss Me! Lucky for me- my current house was mis-listed for 1,000sq.ft. less than it really is. It’s across the street from my mom. (Cue Everyone Loves Raymond) It had been on the market for months. (This was in ’05 when there were bidding wars the day homes went on the market!) Thankfully, we took a shot and looked at it to see what was wrong with it and noticed their realtor’s mistake. We put in an offer and got it less than they were asking! I’ve put in a lot of hard work and have completed tons of DIY. I lucked out on getting this one!
Shannon says
JOSS ME!! My luckiest moment was finding the $500 Pottery Barn coffee table I had been dying over on craigslist for $50!!!
Colleen says
JOSS ME! I haven’t had any kind of incredible luck with the home improvement process but here’s hoping that winning this give away will change that.
Sarah B. says
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Maggie M says
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Linda says
JOSS ME! My luckiest home moment was having a dear friend live downstairs! She just moved away, though, so maybe I’ll have fun new neighbors move in.