*** This contest is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! ***
Random.org got his random on and selected our winner as… Tracey @ Tropical Happiness (who just moved into a new house last week so she has lots of shopping to do). Congrats! For everyone else, keep that chin up – you can still enter the Hometalk $500 Lowe’s gift card giveaway through Sunday.
You may already know that Hometalk is a community of home improvement experts (including some familiar HGTV faces) and fellower DIYers sharing home and garden projects, advice, and even contractors. And for this week’s giveaway they’re majorly hooking someone up… to the tune of a $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel!
And as if that weren’t enough, over on their site they’re also giving away another 500 bucks (this time to Lowe’s). So to get in on that little bonus freebie, you can answer their quick poll question (about what outdoor summer project you still need to tackle – btw, our answer is C), sign up for a free account, and then cross your fingers really hard. Of course you can just enter for the Crate & Barrel gift card by commenting over here (or the Lowe’s card over there) so there’s no pressure to do both.
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to Crate & Barrel courtesy of Hometalk
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “TALK TO ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since Hometalk is polling folks about their summer projects, let’s cover your fall & winter plans here. What’s on your to-tackle list later this year? Maybe updating your fireplace just in time for cooler weather? Or redoing your bedroom for those cold winter nights? Or are you just itching to decorate for Halloween and Christmas already?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 17th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 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 do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics courtesy of Hometalk.
Devon Strahm says
TALK TO ME! We are finishing our master bedroom… just got the dressers repainted, now it is time for the finishing touches.
Cortney says
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Finishing my kitchen island!
Mayde says
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On our to-tackle list? Our whole house! We just bought a fixer-upper, so there’s a lot that needs to be done, but our top priorities are the kitchen and master bedroom.
Jill says
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I need to make some shelves in my front closet to store our homeschool supplies……..only 2 weeks left. Wish me luck!
Jennifer says
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fall projects include: rescreen porch, finish pool bath/outdoor shower, and hang new cabinets in the laundry room!
Evelyn says
talk to me! I’m wishing for window treatments for the living room. Dreaming of more privacy with ease.
Julie T. says
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Working on my home office
Susan says
Talk to me! Wanting to rip up the old carpeting in the family room and install new hardwood floors!
Miranda says
Talk to Me! This late summer/autumn/winter is all about the bathroom! We are ready to rock and roll and have a bathroom that is relaxing sublime, and more functional! This winter we will have a ceiling heater- woohoo!
Kevin says
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I still have a few furniture projects to build – dining room table, outdoor table/chairs and a storage unit for our son’s room. Dining room table would be nice so we could show it off at our Halloween party.
Jacqueline says
TALK TO ME! I’d like to build a new deck.
Sarah says
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Remodeling kitchen; so outdated!
Gina says
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We’re planning on putting board and batton in our dining room and I’m hoping to convince my husband to allow me to paint our dining furniture as well!
Angela says
TALK TO ME! I am hoping to spend this fall working on our master bedroom. It is just so blah and boring. I can’t wait to spice things up a bit!
flyingbird says
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Hopefully a fireplace insert.
Kristen says
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Emily says
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Now that the fiance is gainfully employed, we’re looking forward to upgrading from our post-bacc IKEA furniture to something that can actually stand up to our 40-lb puggle and sprucing up the kitchen to make it a happy place for my burgeoning baking business (alliteration)!
Alice says
TALK TO ME! My winter project will be to add new life to my living room– hopefully with some fun printer throw pillows and maybe a little sheep skin rug here or there!
Laura says
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Well, there’s refinishing the floors, painting the outside of the house, mudding the dining room, the list could go on and on.
Lauren says
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I am hoping to get our living room re-carpeted (after I just pulled out all the old stuff). And I’d love to refinish our hardware in the kitchen. BTW I just saw Halloween decor at HomeGoods this weekend…so excited!
Julie says
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We need to tackle our kitchen renovation!
Tasha says
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I am hoping to update the downstairs bathroom.
Lee @ foodie plus 4 says
TALK TO ME! We are working on our sitting room fireplace mantle and above installing sconces and hanging a painting that’s been languishing in the closet.
Kate says
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Redecorating my den!
Mai Vue says
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I’m itching to start decorating for Christmas and redoing my entire kitchen.
Becky says
Talk to me! Our big goal for this fall is to gut and redo our master bathroom. After that, I want to do a kitchen update–new countertops and appliances and I’m even gonna go for a backsplash. I’m trying hard not to look too far ahead and just concentrate on the bathroom right now though!
Melissa says
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I have a few pieces that I need to refinish for my front room and I’m just waiting for cooler weather to do it.
Mrs. Carioca says
Talk to me! I’m working on my bedroom. I just painted the walls and built a headboard.
heatherkathryn says
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This fall/winter will be the first in my new (old, built in 1944) house. Lots of projects in the process, but focusing on re-tiling the kitchen backsplash, painting cabinets and replacing countertops.
Shanna says
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We’re going to paint our fireplace and replace the tile with it. Then hopefully we can tear down the drop ceiling in our kitchen. That will of course bring with it some new projects, so we’re waiting until summer is over to worry about that. :)
Barbara says
Talk to me! Hopefully we can get to finishing our upstairs with a family room, bedroom and bath.
Laura says
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This fall, we are going to try and kill the weed patch the previous owners called a backyard so we will be ready to start fresh in the spring.
Barb D says
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I really want to finish up all the art projects I started and never completed!
Jen says
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We are just finishing up our master bath and nursery which have taken a couple looong months. I for once WISH we could just say no to any big projects for a season BUT we use a woodstove in our family room which also turned out to be the only room in the house without hardwood underneath the carpet. What was under the carpet in the only room with a fireplace? Linoleum! WTH? Both carpet (white) and linoleum are a bad idea with fire/firewood. We will be putting in hardwood ourselves, with a new baby. *sigh*
Carrie T says
TALK TO ME! Our master bedroom is priority #1 this fall and winter. We are ripping out our carpet and staining the concrete floor. We are also building some built-in bookshelves on either side of the bed.
Kate says
TALK TO ME! This fall & winter we plan to baby-proof our house for our soon-to-be mobile son, who’s currently six months old.
Megs says
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I’m dying to finally decorate our bedroom. First up, new headboard!
m holland says
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We need to get moving on all the projects we have started! We have lived here for 4 years already and have only finished 2 rooms (the kids!)
Amy H says
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My current summer project is to finish my kitchen cabinets and paint the walls (need to pick the perfect yellow). Fall project strip wall paper and paint the powder room.
sarah says
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This fall and winter, we plan to re-tile our bathroom (white subway), repaint trim in at least two rooms (our current white is less than crisp), add a back splash in the kitchen, and finish some ongoing framing of doors we need to finish!
Kim says
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We’ve got so much to do I’m not even sure where to start. First up is fixing the front of the house where overgrown plants used to be by putting in brick and new plants.
Lark says
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Just wrote out a list of home improvements… inspired by the lists you write for each room. First on the list is paint and crown molding. Next on list is to install a non-existing light fixture in our coat closet. Who ever heard of a closet with no light?
Kristen says
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We NEED to update our bedroom. Everything is either a hand-me-down or from college. It’s time we have a grownup room. I also want to put a new closet system in each of our closets. Whew!
Danielle says
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We’ll be repainting 3 rooms, fixing 2 dog-scratched doors, re-mortaring (totally not a word, right?) our stone wall basement, installing new doors and shelving units in said basement, removing weird poured concrete steps to nowhere on the side of the house, replacing leak-damaged dry wall and ceiling in our office, and replacing windows in 2 rooms. That is, assuming we get all of our summer projects completed! Yay fixer-uppers!
Clarissa says
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On my to-tackle list for the fall would be to find fun area rugs for my apartment and create an office nook in my bedroom.
Amy says
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House shopping right now is my to tackle project.
Brooke W. says
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Kellee says
TALK TO ME! Outside fixes include new gutters and siding on garage. Inside projects, the one’s I’m looking forward to, include finishing my home office redo…need a desk and cabinet like the one you guys just put together. Im also thinking of painting and rearranging my dining room.
Lisa S. says
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Stace says
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The stess of what to spend this money on will drive me crazy… in a good way