***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.
Rosie says
Joss me! My lucky break recently was when I found my six (!) awesome, sturdy, cute dining room chairs for a song at a local antiques store. Someone had upholstered them in christmas fabric (!), which is why they weren’t moving, I think. But some pretty fabric and a staple gun fixed that problem, and I love them!
Carrie says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement deal was convincing my husband to redo our living room. I know it’s not as great for resale as a kitchen, but you would not believe how much we use the living room now, and how much safer it is for the kids now that our t.v. is now mounted on the wall and we got rid of our room-width brick hearth. Now we have built-in bookcases, a gas fireplace, new tile, wall-mounted t.v.— it’s wonderful!
Rachel says
Joss me! We found our house just a few days after it had been dropped $100,000 (yes, there are supposed to be 3 zeroes there!) It was a foreclosure, so it wasn’t listed on the MLS. This was good, because it meant not a lot of people knew about it. The day we put it in our offer, there were 2 other offers, but we were chosen! We got really lucky!
Kathy S says
JOSS ME!!! Haven’t had a luckiest moment in home ownership, but THIS. COULD. BE. IT!!!
Blanca A. says
“JOSS ME!” my luckiest moment was when i found the house of my dreams in a short sale :)
Payal says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest find was a great console for our dining room, new and half the price.
natalie G. says
Joss Me!
We got very lucky when we thought our dishwasher broke, but realized before calling out a service guy for $80 that the d/w is hooked up to a switch…that somehow got turned off. We flipped the switch back on and, voila, d/w works again!
Amie says
Joss Me!!
Really, the only thing good to come of our apartment is the fact that I’m a property manager, and over the years instead of getting increases I was able to finagle them down in our monthly rent. Aside from that it’s hot as heck, our neighbors suck, and we are bursting at the seams!
Ellen says
JOSS ME! My luckiest find… A china cabinet for CHEAP that I repainted and now hold my mother-in-law’s hand me down china. I LOVE it.
Steph says
Joss me!!
My luckiest moment was finding four mint condition Jacobsen Series 7 chairs (teak! With arms!) in the garage of the cutest little old lady! She wouldn’t let me pay more than $100 for them, and oh boy are they worth more than that!
Alyson says
Joss Me Silly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lori Beth says
Hey $herdog,
Is there any way I can get some information on the animal shower curtain and bibs? I love the fabric and would like to be able to find it somewhere. Like, maybe do you know the brand name of the products? or even the maker of the fabric?
Thanks!
Brook Rushing says
JOSS ME!!!
My luckiest moment was marrying an architect and furniture designer!!! He is able to bring to life our home improvement and decorating ideas….and I usually get to see a rendering before fully committing!
Amy says
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Claire says
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Debbie says
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Cathy Davis says
Joss me! My luckiest home improvement moment was when we realized the walls in the nursery had painted on wallpaper not crumbling plaster! Removing it instead of having to gut the room was a very lucky moment.
tia says
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I actually had a joss papered livingroom once. it was very warm and shimmery!
Lani @ Diapers and Divas says
“JOSS ME!!!”
I have no luck when it comes to home improvement stuff! It’s always trial by error..and alot of them at that! I would love to win this and turn my luck around! Thanks!
Rachel says
JOSS ME! I would LOVE to win this one!!
Mgb says
Joss me!!! I’m still waiting for that lucky home moment. Actually, I’d consider myself lucky to find a dream home first. :)
Jennifer Filardo says
Joss Me!
Since we were just in a serious car accident and no one got hurt, I’m going to go with that as being my luckiest moment even if wasn’t in my house!!
Chris says
JOSS ME! Our offer was rejected on a foreclosed house and it just devastated me. Until we found a far better home, just 1 month later, for even less! (1 month after buying our home, the other bank asked if we were still interested, because they’d “changed their minds”…… um, no thank you! 4 years later I’m still so happy that the first house fell through, because this one rocks) ;)
Kristen says
I put an offer on my condo 3 hours after it was put on the market! I had been looking for a place for a few years and hadn’t found “the one”, until I got a call from my realtor saying that I HAD to come down to see this one. And she was right, it was my dream condo for an amazing price.
I would love to win a shopping spree, so JOSS ME!
Rachel P says
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Courtney says
JOSS ME!!!!!
My husband and I just moved back to our home state and bought our first house. I wish he had a lucky story about our first home. It seems to be one bout of bad luck after another for us, though. We keep finding little “surprises” in the form of home improvements that the former homeowner decided to leave for us to fix. He apparently figured it would be better to do quick fixes for the time being and leave us to do the real renovations. Our luck has come in the form of family for us, though. We were very lucky to be stationed back in our home state near both of our families. We are so grateful to have their support during our adventures in first-time homeownership, and we are loving every minute of owning our first home.. Bad luck and all.
Meghan says
JOSS ME!!
My luckiest moment was scoring a vintage tin trunk for $20 at an auction, then saw the EXACT same one on Cash for Carri a year later for $200!
Megan Richard says
JOSS ME!!!!! I got really lucky that all of MY furniture actually survived the merge into my husbands house when we moved in together!
Lori says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement moment was marrying a man who enjoyed DIY projects and completely refinished our basement and bathroom, electrical and all (for a fraction of the cost to hire someone!).
Tiffany @ Dwelling MN says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest moment was finding a stunning dining room hutch on craigslist after searching for months – and for just $100!!
laniza says
JOSS ME!!
Amy M. says
Joss me! My luckiest moment is having our offer NOT accepted on a house that now has a mini mansion in its front yard.
Katie says
JOSS ME!!!
I found the cutest 50’s party tray just by looking under the cabinet at my grandma’s house.
Holly says
Joss me! Finding our first home was my luckiest moment! We are so happy here and are loving making it home!
Lindsay Dryver says
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Erin says
JOSS ME!
My luckiest home improvement find: a broken tree branch that fell from my neighbor’s tree onto my drive way. I have a future project in mind for that discarded limb.
Allison says
Joss me!
My husband and I found our lively mid-century bi-level before it even went on the market! Our realtor hooked us up with a showing while the owners were on vaca. When it went on the market, we jumped all over it and got it. Now I’m sitting in my still-unpainted living room loving it up!
claire says
JOSS ME!
Luckiest home improving moment–just found our perfect house, getting ready to move in within the month!!
Marcy says
Joss me! This would be my lucky moment.
kate says
JOSS ME! Living in LA, there is no shortage of lucky finds at the side of the road. The best is our couch, which is red leather, stainless legs- very 70’s!
Megan says
JOSS ME!
I’ve only been in my house a month (totally could use that shopping spree) but I definitely lucked out in finding it. Just happened to drive by before it went on the market and made an offer right away.
Ashley says
Joss Me!
We got really lucky when our apartment raised our rent by like $100. We first thought it was really unlucky, but it prompted us to start looking at houses. We found one that we love, in the neighborhood we wanted, for less than we would’ve been paying in rent. :)
Niki says
JOSS ME! I got lucky when I met my husband, because he is so sweet to me <3
Vanessa Pope says
JOSS ME!
My husband and I are newlyweds and had spent the better part of our engagement and some of our marriage waiting around for a short sale we found and felt was worthwhile. Unfortunately, the plans fell through and I just wanted to give up looking for a bit. Until I convinced myself to just look once more and that is when I found a bigger and better house that was just listed! We have been here since November and I fall in love with my house everyday. Everything truly happens for a reason.
alexis says
Joss me! I scored four vintage tulip chairs off eBay for $9.50 because the seller didn’t offer shipping and I was local!
Emily H says
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Laura says
Joss Me!
Was able to get all brand new floors and hire painters after a long 5 yr wait.
Emily says
JOSS ME!
I spray painted some free old hinged shutters and hung them on the wall next to a thrift sale window find!
Julie says
JOSS ME!
I got a $500 rug from West Elm for $150. That location was closing, but I benefited that little bit.
MC says
Joss me!!
My luckiest home improvement moment– I decided I needed a large mirror for a wall in my living room, but I was disheartened by how expensive all the really large mirrors I loved were. The DAY AFTER I was complaining about this, I drove past a garage sale, made a quick U-turn and picked up an awesome 6’x3′ mirror for $10!