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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: April Tools

| By John Petersik | April 1, 2013 | 7,817 Comments

Fab Freebie: April Tools

***This giveaway is now closed – see who won below!***

Well the lucky April fool, er, person who’s getting the $500 gift card to the home improvement store of their choosing  – all thanks to Hometalk! – is… Rebecca (who says she and her husband really need a router table to change out some non-functional kitchen cabinets). Congrats!

Nope, this isn’t a joke. Someone somewhere in the world is gonna win $500 this week, and it’s all thanks to Hometalk. It’s a free community where DIYers and pros can exchange projects and advice, which makes it a great spot to discover new ideas (everything from major remodels to easy cleaning tips pop up). The photo-centric boards make browsing for inspiration a breeze and connecting with the creator is just as easy. And since Hometalk is all about helping you tackle our next project, they want to give you the right tools – which is why they’re serving up a $500 gift card to your favorite home improvement store (be it Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sears or something else). Not a bad way to ring in April, right?

 HomeTalk Giveaway

  • PRIZE: A $500 gift card to the home improvement store of your choice, courtesy of Hometalk
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “TOOL ME” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … what tool you’ve been wanting lately and what project you’re hoping it will help you tackle. Have you had your eye on a certain saw to make your next building project easier? Do you desperately need a sewing machine for some pillow making? Or are you waiting on that nail gun to update some trim in your house?
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: This giveaway is available worldwide!
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, April 3rd or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 for the announcement of our winners. Good luck…
  • ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Hometalk.

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Comments

  1. Katie Facchini says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    Tool me! I really need to work on our bathroom!

    Reply
  2. brenda tyler says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    tool me! a sewing machine. i want to learn how to sew!

    Reply
  3. Julie says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    TOOL ME!
    I have lots of projects that my husband would happily undertake if we only had a nail gun–bookshelves, trim, etc.

    Reply
  4. Andrea says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    TOOL ME! We’re just about to paint our cabinets (finally!!) so we need all the help we can get!

    Reply
  5. Jaime LaPlant says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    Tool Me! I would love a table saw, or a sliding miter saw, or a new Kreg jig, or lawn mower, or hedge trimmer, or tiller, or tile cutter, or sander, or…well, I would love pretty much any tool!

    Reply
  6. Kimberly says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    TOOL ME!!

    I don’t need any tools…just a place to use the ones I have! We live in a condo so no garage/basement/driveway for us :(

    Reply
  7. Amanda says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    TOOL ME!

    A paint sprayer for painting the ktichen and bathroom cabinets.

    Reply
  8. Meryl says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    TOOL ME! We need a leaf blower!

    Reply
  9. Sandra says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    TOOL ME! I would love a Kreg Jig.

    Reply
  10. Lanelle says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    TOOL ME!
    I have all the tools I need, but could always find more accessories (Deep Kreg clamp, etc) or upgrade something! I want to build a gazebo and put in a pond to go with it. Hmm, tractor rental?

    Reply
  11. Jeanne says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Tool me!

    My husband and I just bought our first house and we need everything…a saw, nail gun, drill, tile cutter, yard tools…etc! yikes!

    Reply
  12. Crystal says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    TOOL ME! I want a sewing machine to make curtains and pillows.

    Reply
  13. Emily W says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    TOOL ME! I’m going to paint my living room and fireplace!

    Reply
  14. Tia says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    Tool me! I think we need a biscuit joiner, but to be honest, that’s my husband’s department!

    Reply
  15. Laura says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    Tool me! I would love a paint sprayer!!

    Reply
  16. Brenda says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    TOOL ME! We need a tall ladder. Also, a nail gun would be awesome.

    Reply
  17. Christina says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Tool me! I would love to buy a miter saw for the husband! We could work on projects galore!

    Reply
  18. Andria says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Tool me… I could really use some better garden maintenance tools. I have a huge perennial garden at my house but nothing good to groom it with!

    Reply
  19. Kristen says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Tool me! I would love a paint sprayer!

    Reply
  20. rebecca says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    TOOL ME
    Hubby wants a new chain saw

    Reply
  21. Joanne Galbraith says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    TOOL ME. I would really like a new sewing machine for all the new projects I would like to undertake!

    Reply
  22. Elizabeth says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    TOOL ME! We’d love to have a new nail gun to finish the installation of our newly painted baseboards.

    Reply
  23. Monica Mikucki McKeen says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    TOOL ME!
    We are desperately in need of a paint sprayer! I have a guest bedroom, a family room, and a basement full of floor to ceiling knotty pine that needs a coat of paint! All these rooms feel so dark and rustic. And to paint them all with a brush would take forever!!!

    Reply
  24. Rachel@hammeringourwayhome says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    TOOL ME! We have a TON of tools from our hefty (ongoing renovation) but we need to buy loads more materials! Priority right now is the backyard mud-pit, which has a sad old roof hanging on for dear life. Needs replacement ASAP!

    Reply
  25. Bridget says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    TOOL ME!

    I want a stencil…not exactly a tool, but it’s necessary to accomplish what I’m planning for my laundry room! I need paint too!

    Reply
  26. Martha says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    TOOL ME

    Wet saw, we desperately need to retile!

    Reply
  27. Jill frank says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    Tool me! I need all those cool jig tools you guys use. Moving over the summer and have lots of projects in the future!

    Reply
  28. Gina says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    TOOL ME!
    I need lots of painting supplies to repaint our living room, dining room, and Master bedroom. We’re in need of some sprucing up!

    Reply
  29. Sheilagh says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    TOOL ME,
    We could definitely use a nail gun round these parts!

    Reply
  30. Jenn says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Tool ME! I desperately want a miter saw and a kreg jig!

    Reply
  31. Colleen says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    Tool Me! Yard tools to start landscaping our backyard!

    Reply
  32. Dylan says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:02 pm

    TOOL ME.
    My miter saw is busted and could really use a new one soon.

    Reply
  33. Jessica says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    TOOL ME! My husband and I just bought our first home…in RICHMOND! We are in desperate need of everything, yard tools, power tools, maybe a good drill. Too many projects on the list to even know where to start.

    Reply
  34. stephanie says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    “TOOL ME”

    I really want a jigsaw!

    Reply
  35. Tamara R. says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Tool me up. I have been wanting a Kreg Jig for my entry remodel.

    Reply
  36. Mayra P. says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    Tool me! I’d love a shop vac, not for anything specific but I just really want one. Ya know just in case.

    Reply
  37. Lavette says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    Tool ME
    I want a nail gun just like John

    Reply
  38. Taylor says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    TOOL ME!

    I have been dying to get my hands on a sewing machine. I have so many projects around the house that I’d like to do- table runner, placemats, pillows, curtains, storage baskets made of fabric…. the list could go on! More practically speaking, we need a pressure washer to clean up around the outside of the house.

    Reply
  39. Marie says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    TOOL ME

    I NEEEEDDD A PAINT SPRAYER….PLEASE!!!!!!

    Reply
  40. Kirsten says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    Tool me! The hubs would really like to have a krig jeg for some furniture building (new dining table, a desk for our youngest and so on)

    Reply
  41. Bernard says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    tool me

    I want to get a whole kreg jig tool kit. i need to miter corners for some odd reason

    Reply
  42. Eleana says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    TOOL ME!!

    I would really like a Kreg Jig. I am hoping to build a headboard.

    Reply
  43. Katie says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Tool me!

    I need pretty much everything…

    Reply
  44. Todd S says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    TOOL ME! I would love to get my hands on a nice MIG welder to finish up a few projects in the garage I have going right now.

    Reply
  45. Whitney says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Tool me! I need everything to re-do a master bath with. Yikes!

    Reply
  46. Amanda Ryan says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    TOOL ME PLEASE! The list is a mile long, I could use some yard tools as we are in the midst of a large landscaping project, or a paint sprayer since we need to paint our house this spring (did the garage a year ago, time to get to the house! lol!), or just about anything that will get hubby on board and excited about some of the projects I’m trying to work onto our to-do list but he can’t get excited about… a new toy would definitely help with that! :)

    Reply
  47. Kristen says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    TOOL ME! We want to sand and stain our deck and help my parents redo a kitchen and bathroom…so lots of tools are needed in our future!

    Reply
  48. Kate says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    Tool me! Nail gun, please! I want to feel powerful And it might be faster to redo the old deck.

    Reply
  49. manda says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    TOOL ME!

    We really need help with our jungle of a backyard.

    Reply
  50. Abby says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    Tool Me! I’d like a jigsaw!

    Reply
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