Lowe’s Event + GIVEAWAY

By Kate Riley May 13, 2011

Hello everyone, I’m just so glad it’s Friday!  Announcing the winner of last week’s Shutterfly Giveaway, here are the four winners:  #6 Barbara Brooks;  #115 Laura Sharbaugh; #395 Rebecca Kavan; and #421 Sarah Davenport.  Congratulations!

This past Monday evening, I was honored to attend a very cool event in New York City sponsored by Lowe’s, showcasing their line of Hi-Def paints in Valspar’s signature colors

lowes event food

The evening’s event began in this very cool downtown modern all white loft space brightened with splashes of Valspar paint samples all over the walls.

loft space

We were invited to mix and mingle with the other 30 bloggers invited, and greeting us were new quarts of fresh paint and paintbrushes for the upcoming challenges.  To me, paint always represents new beginnings and the ability to reveal hidden potential in just about anything.

valspar paint challenge

 

 

The always inspirational Nate Berkus was our host, together with Lowe’s.  He spoke about the power of color, and how paint is simply the easiest way for anyone to transform their space into one they will love (so true!).

nate berkus lowes event

Nate spoke about the fact that whenever he seeks color inspiration, he turns to three sources: nature, fashion, and the exotic places he’s traveled.  I love that.  Color inspiration is everywhere, if we open our eyes to witness it, study it, and use that inspiration in our own homes. 

Nate took a minute to chat, and snap a pic with me and blog buddy Melissa.

melissa nate kate

Working with Valspar paints was great fun ~ give me a gallon of colorful paint and I’m a happy girl!  I’m a fan of Valspar having recently used this paint in my little boy’s room, and their Hi-Def is one of the few brands that covers in one coat. 

valspar paint

Melissa and I played along in one of the Lowe’s challenges, but we started early.  We were given 30 minutes to use the Valspar paints to turn a piece into something cool, so I opted for a two color chevron pattern.  While the others nibbled on the crudité, we sneaked over to the challenge and started on the first coat of paint! 

I painted the top and the door first, waited for it to dry, then taped the top off with painter’s tape and used a tip from this article for painting perfect stripes to get that exact chevron pattern on top by painting over the tape with the first color.  It worked!

creating the cabinet

Due to the time crunch, I didn’t think about painting the hinges, (duh) but both Melissa and Nate agreed the hinges definitely needed to be painted, so to save face, I had to go back and paint them *hanging head in shame*  The little cabinet turned out a little more funky than planned but at least I got that pattern straight!  Nate played judge and we won the ‘Creative Use of Color’ challenge! 

As a result, both Melissa and I snagged a $250 Gift Card to Lowe’s, and we’re passing it on to one of YOU!  Yep, I’m giving away my $250 gift card to Lowe’s and let me tell ya, it sure is burning a hole in my handbag. 

Eligibility to win the $250 Lowe’s Gift Card:

1) Leave a comment telling me what you’d do with a $250 gift card from Lowe’s. 

2) For a second chance to win, link to this giveaway on either Facebook or Twitter, and leave a second comment telling where you linked (FB or Twitter).

One winner, US and Canada only.  Winner chosen by Random.org.  Giveaway ends Monday May 16th at 10 p.m. PST

Want another chance to win? 

Hop on over to the The Inspired Room to enter Melissa’s giveaway too!

The event was fantastic opportunity to sample Valspar’s paints in their signature colors, and I’m so very grateful for the invitation! Thanks so much to Lowe’s for sponsoring this very fun gathering and to Nate, for always being such an inspirational designer and speaker!   

Good luck to you in the gift card giveaway . . .

Wishing you a fantastic weekend! 

 

 

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2,344 comments

  1. Today’s my wedding anniversary so I’m feeling lucky! Anyway, I’d use my Lowe’s gift card on some landscaping materials. It’s that time of year again, and I’m feeling the urge to develop a green thumb.

  2. Check out Nate’s pose with the two of you! Looks like he’s posing for a magazine cover–had to laugh! You girls must have had a blast! How fun!

  3. We just put a new deck on our house and it could use some sprucing up – furniture, planters, maybe an outdoor rug… I’d put the $250 to good use!

  4. The military is sending our family to Turkey in August. We can not sell our house because of the market so we are renting it out. We are going to be painting our interior over the next month. I would use this gift card to pay for all of the supplies. I am keeping my fingers crossed!!

  5. If I had a Lowe’s gift card I would re-paint my kitchen (with Valspar paints, of course) and then look for some new lighting to go with the newly painted kitchen. If there was any left over I would buy a few hanging baskets and some herbs………….LOVE your blog!

  6. I would use a giftcard to help us re-do a small bathroom – new light fixture, mirror, paint. Beautiful pix of New York!

  7. Recently scored some great finds at a garage sale. An awesome bench for my foyer $5, two wood chairs for my dinning room $1 each, and a new sewing table for my craft room for $10! I’m currently working a beautiful old hutch for my craft room, to store my sewing material. So as you can see…I have lots of projects to do and I’d use the $250 to help me sand, prime, paint etc…..

  8. What a fun day, thanks for sharing! If I won, I’d use it to spruce up our outdoor patio, and buy some paint to redo some of the fixtures in our home. We constantly have a buzillion projects going on at any one time, so it’d be gone before I knew it!

  9. I love nate!! Sounds like a really neat event! I think your cabinet turned out great;0. I love chevron stripes!

    I would totally love a $250 gift card!!! EEK. I am not sure what I would want to use it for first but, I think for bead board to redo our guest bath room and for a chair rail in our dining room!! fUNNNN!!

  10. How fun! With that gift card, I could get started on the office/guest room renovation that is so badly needed. I’m going to need lots of primer and paint!!! (and lots of elbow grease!!!)

  11. Wow, there is so much I want to do! I would love to use cabinet transformations on my bathroom early 90’s cabinets, get a new fence for my yard, and hardwood flooring, to name a few.

  12. I would use the gift card to buy light fixtures and some paint to help redo some outdoor furniture that definitely needs it!

  13. Our glass patio table just broke into very small pieces during a storm last week so I would put it toward new WOODEN patio furniture :)

  14. Ah this would help me out SO much right now! I’m moving to a new apartment in 2 weeks and have all of, oh, $50 in discretionary funds for paint/supplies/decorations. $250 from Lowes would be a godsend!

  15. Just yesterday, I told my husband that we need to spend more time in our backyard this summer (even though we’re in Texas and it will be 1,000 degrees!) :) I would use it to buy paint and cushions (if I don’t make them first) for our hand-me-down patio furniture. Maybe a shepherd’s hook or two as well.

  16. Well, since I can’t buy Nate Berkus at Lowe’s, I guess I’ll have to “settle” for new faucets for our master bathroom! Ugly brass be-gone!

  17. How fun! I like the turquoise and yellow mixture you chose. I think I’d divide & conquer with $250 – I have a whole list of little things to do: paint the laundry room, make dropcloth curtains and rods for the kitchen nook, refinish the peeling front door, upgrade landscaping….you know, little things :) Thanks for your generosity!

  18. Hi Kate-

    Fun Fun Fun. What a creative way for DIY bloggers to spend an evening with each other. Gotta love Lowes and Valspar – and Nate, too xo

    My best- Diane

  19. Right now, since summer is in the air, I’d spend it all on outdoor stuff: new planters and plants, lighting for the deck, and some new patio furniture!

  20. I would use it to paint my downstairs. For the past 4 years I have lived with the awful builders beige(I think that it looks more peach) because I am lazy and because my husband is terrified of color. Last week he finally gave me the go ahead to paint(after tons of complaining from me).

  21. I would use the gift card to buy insulation for our basement. This past year’s chilly New England winter was tough, but we just didn’t have the extra funds to upgrade the old (1930s???) insulation. Keeping my fingers crossed for a warmer winter next year!

  22. The question is, what would I NOT do with $250? We just bought a new couch and love seat for a previously undecorated area of our house. We need paint, new trim for the front door, lamps, and wall art for that room. Buying the sofas opened up a ton of new projects for us.

  23. I am getting the painting bug myself so the gift card would go for some new color for my family room.

  24. Oooh…I could definitely use some climbing roses & other plants for my back yard. And…there are definitely some great spray paint colors that aren’t in my garage….could use some of those too…have lots of projects to finish since it’s now spring in NY!!!

  25. Just bought a new house- paint and light fixtures just to start with.

  26. I would so use this to finish the painting in two rooms (I LOVE LOVE LOVE Valspar paints) and the rest for landscaping materials, trying to start a flower garden and need paving stones!

  27. We bought a “special needs” home–$250 could get us started on the bathroom…or kitchen…or floors…So many things! Thanks for always having great ideas to keep us blog stalkers inspired!

  28. I just bought my first house and I want to do a Board and Batten treatment to the dining room, among a long list of other to dos.

  29. If i had $250 i would finish painting my house inside (we’ve lived there for 5 years and it’s still not painted), repaint my kitchen, and then paint my bedroom FINALLY! There’s like 6546514687 more things i want and need to do but paint would help out SOOOO much and I puffy heart Valspar!~

  30. My husband and I are redoing our house’s main bathroom – $250 would be a HUGE help for the budget. Plus we LOVE Lowes. And I adore Valspar paints. :)

  31. I would use the $250 to finish the makeover that we have currently going in our master. We have currently finished out headboard. Next on the list is the painted sheer curtains, painted walls and reupholster chairs, build an accent table and ottoman for the newly reupholster chairs. Many even get started the master bath?

    Thanks to you and Lowe’s for the opportunity!

  32. We are renovating a house in a rough neighborhood to do our ministry – and since we’re on a ministry budget, we dont have a lot of money for any fun extras (or even all the essentials) so i’d love to be able to get some faucets for our clawfoot bathtub or something :-) plus there’s like a million other things we still need so it would be perfect!

  33. Love all the beautfiul fun colors that Valspar offers! How generous of you to giveaway your gift card! I would use the money to help with our upcoming homeschool room project!

  34. I’d buy paint, for sure! I had no idea what I was doing when we bought the house -way too overeager to put color on the walls. I bought cheap paint in all the wrong colors-it could definitely use some sprucing up!

  35. Oooo, fun fun fun! And Nate Berkus eye candy to boot! Ok, here’s what I would do with the Lowe’s gift card: I have 3 pieces of furniture waiting to be painted this summer and my dining room needs fresh paint and new blinds… that should about do it {even though that’s the tip of the iceberg that is my DIY list!}.
    Thanks, Kate for sharing your good fortune and fun!!

  36. Valspar rocks….so do you and Melissa for including us in all this “creativity.” franki

  37. i’ve had my eye on a light fixture there for our bedroom, so i’d get that and then some planters with the left over to spruce up my back yard.

  38. We’re re-doing an 1850s New England farmhouse and have so many projects in process! We’d use this toward a fence for the yard or for new bathroom fixtures.

  39. I just ADORE Lowes! We’re renters, but FULLY believe in putting money into our rental to make it our home for as long as we stay – but parting with that money knowing that we won’t get full value out of our upgrades is difficult. A gift card to Lowes would be HUGE!!! We’d probably use it to buy paint and personalize our space. OR I’m thinking about building a bed for my little girl – so lumber would be a great option too! THanks so much for giving away your prize – so nice of you!

  40. I know exactly what I’d do with the $250 card: give it to my brother and sister-in-law. They have had a really rough year and have been struggling to pay some major healthcare bills while working much less hours due to health reasons. And they are trying to fix up there house a little bit so it’s more enjoyable to be home so much… and the gift card would be perfect to help them out.

    Thanks for the opportunity!

  41. What a great giveaway! I’ve got a TON of landscaping to do in our yard, so I’d definitely put that $250 to good use on plants and materials.

  42. If I won your card, I’d give it to my daughter for her room that we started but ran out of bucks to finish. We planned a bead board wall but instead ended up with just paint. Which is cool, but painted bead board…sigh! The texture alone is sigh worthy. So, it’s a work in progress as we plan around our funding. We’d up date her door handles and find a fun chair for her desk, the garage sale ones are too low, but way cute….seriously cute actually. Happy Day to you!

  43. I would get a new kitchen faucet to replace the old one that came with the house.

  44. I would use this card to convince my sis to give me total access to paint/re-decorate a room in her new house! ;)

  45. Wowie!! What a fun event. I would do a few things with a Lowe’s gift card:

    1. First, check the expiration! LOL – we live in a rental condo now, so no big projects we can really undertake. If it is good to go for @ least a year, we would…
    2. SAVE IT! We are hoping to purchase a house in the next year or so. So many DIY projects I am excited about =) Painting, landscaping…or maybe save for Xmas decorations/lights?
    3. If it needed to be used soon…send it to my MIL! She is the DIY and remodeling queen.

    Thanks for the opportunity!!

  46. I’ve lived in my house almost 20 years and the dining room has not been painted since I’ve moved in. I would do that first. Then the living room, the bed room, kitchen, spare bed room. Etc.

  47. I would either put this toward a new washing machine or some paint, because we’re planning to paint almost every room in our house in the next few months. Thanks!

  48. I would use the $250 Lowes gift card to finish the dining room (a year process) and to do some landscaping as I do not have a single plant/flower.

  49. I’d use it to paint my eat-in kitchen which is a disaster. 6 months ago I tried a few samples that weren’t right, and life got in the way. Now there’s greens and yellow stripes on the wall and that room needs some color! Thanks for the giveaway!

  50. I’d use it to paint our dining room and add some board and batten. Right now it’s ugly outdated wallpaper and I can’t wait to get rid of it!

  51. Oh man, my to do list is long. This wonderful gift card would go towards new kitchen floors, countertops, lumber to frame the reconfigured laundry room, etc. What an awesome giveaway! Thank you!

  52. i love Lowes! I am redecorating several rooms, and could really use the help.

  53. I would channel my inner CG and paint up a storm in this rental house to make it feel more like home while we’re here. I’ve got outdoor on the brain too.

  54. I’d buy some paint to redo an old record player I found.

    Sweet! Thanks for the giveaway!

  55. With the giftcard, I would buya few sheets of drywall for a newly insulated wall and some primer/paint for my faux wood FORMICA kitchen cabinets! This would help me make my kitchen more liveable before the new arrival!

  56. $250 would go far in my garden….some more raised vegetable beds and soil. My yard could also use a bit more landscaping with perennials and shrubs. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  57. That is so nice of you to share! I’m redoing several rooms right now, so I’d get lighting fixtures, paint, and some wood to build a desk.

  58. I would love to win this. I really want to redo our powder bath. The $250 would buy paint, and new fixtures.

  59. I would buy some paint and paint some of my furniture for a bedroom I’m trying to create in our basement. Thanks for your generosity.

  60. I would totally create an outdoor living room on our patio! Giraffe rug, hanging potted plants, tropical lovin…

  61. We’re looking at becoming empty-nesters and to sell this big house, we have to cover up all the creative painting we’ve enjoyed for the last ten years (my sister is a very cool artist who personalized the house for us). She swears she’s never painting on textured walls again so it’s all up to me! The money would go straight to painting, supplies and drop cloths!

  62. I would build a masons bees nest and use the rest of that money towards horizontal slatted trellis type of fencing for some climbing clematises!

  63. I am painting the whole house this summer (inside and out) so I would by lots of paint!

  64. I would get paint for repainting my bathroom and some shelving and closet organizational items. Thanks for the giveaway!

  65. we just moved, so painting is next on our list. this gift card could definitely help with that!

  66. I would FINALY update our bathrooms! There are loose tiles and scratched up cabinets to replace. That gift card would be a huge help!

  67. I am dying to paint my den. Very blah. Previous owners had painted the paneling white and it’s yellowed overtime…icky yuckiness. It so needs a breath of fresh air with some new fun paint!

  68. I’d use it to make some much needed improvements to my kitchen! We’re in the midst of drywall (blech) and still have countertops, a new sink, faucet and backsplash to do. It’s been a long process of updating the small space we have!

  69. I would definitely use the money on light fixtures and a new mailbox!!

  70. I would buy up paint and paint supplies for the new apartment I am moving into! probably some new lamps and cabinet hardware as well.

  71. My master bedroom has been sitting with primer ont eh walls for over a month now…Its sad but true. That $250 could go a long way in taking out master bedroom from transitional to completed!

  72. We have lots of little projects to do around the house for spring. Particularly a mini hallway makeover and a kitchen facelift! Would love to win this giveaway!

  73. Ooh, I would be investing in flagstone, mulch, and plants to deal with our awful front/side yard. Thanks so much for offering this up – and the cabinet really is cute!

  74. WOW! That’s generous of you! :)

    I would use the money to add board and batten to our entryway, a new bench for our entryway, and to re-do the half bath in said hallway! We just moved into a new home and have tons of work to do to cover up the WHITE walls and brass finishes – ugh!

  75. I’d use it to buy some shelving and hooks to better organize my bedroom(what a mess!).
    And the leftover I would use to add some potted plants/flowers to my porch.

  76. We just bought a fabulous new home, & a $250 GC to Lowe’s would sure come in handy….My first project is converting a closet into a mudroom. We also want to replace the carpet in the dining room & tile in the foyer with hardwoods…so yeah, I could SO use a $250 GC :)

  77. So many things I could use that card for! Mulch, plants, a storm door, paint, shutters, etc, etc. :-)

  78. I would use the money to paint my behemoth basement! I hate spending time down in the “man cave” right now, because it’s truly dark & cave-like! It needs a warm color and white trim desperately.

  79. Love Valspar !! Painted most of my house with it !! I would love to win so I could paint a very old hutch that is screaming for a make-over.

    Have a great day – Karen in Texas

  80. I would buy paint for my laundry room. We have lived in our home for 11 years now and it is STILL the same “Dover white” it was when we moved in. Need a boost in there to make laundry more entertaining.

  81. Wow $250 would go so far in my house and I agree with Nate a fresh coat of paint changes everything. My oldest has just moved out and quickly before my husband can take over the space as his second office I have to get that room re-done into a nice guest room. Lowes has absolutely everthing i need to complete the job. Thanks for re-gifting!

  82. Hinges. They can be such a pain in the bottom.

    Maybe with the Lowe’s card I would buy invisible hinges. :D Actually, no, I’m painting my house from top to bottom and I’m only on my second room. I’d purchase painting accessories and little things for the house, like new switch plates.

  83. Since we’ve moved, I think we’ve spent around $3000 at Lowes (in two weeks)!!! Although it doesn’t seem possible, I still need more. I’ve been using the Valspar High Def paint on my walls, fireplace and front door. Love it! I could really use a new light fixture in my dining room…

  84. I would loooove to win this! I am trying to start up a furniture business and this would DEFINITELY help me purchase some of the supplies that are on my oh so long list!
    Happy Friday!

  85. I’d definitely purchase some paint and some plants. Thanks. Have a nice weekend.

  86. I would FINISH painting my dining room (yes, I ran out of paint and never completed the project) and then I would frame in our generic mirrors in both bathrooms.

  87. I just finished my mini makeover in my kitchen, and thanks to you and one of your posts (bathroom redo), I went bold and painted my cabinets a dark brown (Bittersweet Chocolate) color.

    We now my walls are begging for a fresh coat of paint. Would love to have the gift card to make that happen!

    Thanks for your blog, love reading it!

  88. Please enter me in the giveaway!! We are adding a patio to our back yard, and I’d love to get $250 on the pavers that we need from Lowe’s. Thanks for giveaway :)

  89. I’m in the middle of a DIY, low budget, kitchen remodel. I’m trying to reface my cabinets myself, add a beadboard backsplash and then paint, paint, paint! The Lowe’s gift card would be awesome!

    Thanks for the shot, Kate!

  90. I would buy paint, and other things to fix up a powder room. Thanks!!

  91. Yea! I want to redo my craft room. I will paint a pine armoire (my first furniture painting attempt!) and put in shelves. Thanks for sharing!

  92. I would do some landscaping!!!! We need a shaded place to hang out in our back yard!

  93. Luv ur blog! I’m getting ready to paint practically the whole inside of my house. Pick me!

  94. I’d get some bushes to plant along the side of my house, and pick up some paint to transform the builder beige that is covering every wall in our house right now!

  95. Would love to purchase some flowers for the garden!! And perhaps pick up a few things to freshen up the decor around my house. :-)

  96. I am re-doing my craft room/play room. Boy that would come in handy!!!

  97. I would use this gift card to buy paint for several projects I’ve been dying to do for my apartment, and maybe to help jumpstart my deck mini-makeover. :)

  98. I would love to fix up the yard with some mulch and plants, and get around to painting our dingy office in a bright, fresh color!

  99. I would deal with my falling apart, peeling paint, peeling fake tiled bathroom….

    Thanks!

  100. I would use the gift card to spruce up my husband’s office, and get a new light fixture in my kitchen (we have one of those huge flourescent monstrosities!)

  101. The hubs and I are closing on our first home in just a few weeks. Needless to say we need just about everything! Paint, tools, cleaning supplies, etc.

  102. I’d use it to replace the sagging, splitting, SAD-looking wooden privacy fence. My yard is chain link on 3 sides, then wood on the side that is next to the road. I want chain link all around…more durable and a more cohesive look. Most important, it’ll be more secure for when my parents bring their dogs!

  103. Of course I would love to win this! We are renovating an odd attic space to turn our 2 bedroom house into a 3 bedroom which will better fit our family of 5! This would be the perfect way to pay for the rest of that.

  104. What a great giveaway! If I was lucky enough to be the winner, I would use the money to spruce up our deck. It need refinishing & I love Lowe’s products! I would also purchase new outdoor furniture to replace my older set. Thanks for the giveaway.
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  105. Your project turned out great! Thanks for the giveaway and it looks like you had a great time! Need to finish up some yard projects and this would come in handy!

  106. AHHH!! This would be SO AWESOME! I just got married so now that the bank is starting to fill back up with money, we are tackling painting our entire house. It is covered in UGLY builder’s grade tan paint.. all of it.. every SINGLE room. It is quite depressing!

  107. Oh I would so love to put this towards a new toilet for the bathroom.
    We are also in need of a refrigerator and some new carpet. This would be a great help in moving towards purchasing these for us.

  108. Wow….I’ve just started to become a DIYer! I never knew the fun I could have turning old things into new things! Right now my biggest project is turning my daughter’s nursery into a big girl room. I’m thinking of turning an old door into her headboard and looking for a desk and end tables to redo also. I love the white desk you made I think white is where we are going with that. I would use the money from Lowe’s to buy the paint and knobs and baskets etc. Can’t wait for the weekend to begin to get started!!!
    Jamie

  109. I’d buy some crown molding for our family room. Then I’d just have to convince my husband to install it!

  110. The chevrons came out so good. I can’t believe you got it done so fast. I would love to win. I am in need of some new outdoor furniture and this would be so helpful! My son’s room needs to be painted too so paint would definitely be on the list!

  111. I am planning on renovating my downstairs bathroom (the most used room in the house!) and would love to use this on my lowes purchases!

  112. What wouldn’t I do is probably a shorter list. I’d start with some undercabinet lighting, some paint for our guest room, some flowers and shrubs for our completely blank-slate of a yard and about a million other projects!

  113. How nice of you! I have lots of ideas…need to repaint the kitchen to match the glass mosaic tiles I fell in love with and have already purchased at Lowe’s. Also I would buy new landscaping perennials and annuals. My yard doesn’t look anywhere near as good as the interior!

  114. My front entryway desperately needs a cheery new coat of paint, and some new tile for the floor. Thanks Kate!

  115. Hurray for Lowes! We literally just spent a whole bunch of money there last night for our bathroom – and we still need to go back and get the rest of the bathroom set (the medicine cabinet and mirror…). So that’s what it would be going to! That or new lights for the bathroom. Or to fix the bathroom fan. Or for paint for the master bedroom. Or for paint for my kitchen cabinets. Or new hardware for the kitchen cabinets. Yes, my list for Lowes is never-ending.

  116. I would buy paint for my bathroom. It is a 1940’s black and white tile gig. and I really want to use pantone color of the year :)

    then I’d use the other money for hardware for a $20 chest of drawers i got at a yard sale that houses my tv! and then i’d buy some spray paint because I am not thrilled with the color i painted it and redo it :)

    then i’d buy some other spray paint in say emerald green? and then buy laquer and paint 2 chest of drawers from ikea the infamous rast drawers!!

    and i would also buy hardware to hang drapers and buy some of the waverly chippendale fabric drapes they have at lowes now to make a faux roman shade!!

  117. Lowes trim department, here I come! I have wanted to add some board and batten walls, frame out our cookie cutter boring bathroom mirrors and add crown moldings to make our tract home a stand out! Keeping my fingers crossed!
    Thanks!

  118. I would finish my dining room! I’ve been working on it for a year. Next up: wainscotting, which I thought I’d get done this weekend until I found out we had a softball tournament, a birthday party and a request to serve at church. Oh well…one day….;)

  119. LOVE! I would use $250 to help get my master bathroom in some semblance of style…. As in something other than the lighthouse border that has adorned it for FAR TOO LONG.

  120. We’re buying our first house, so I’d buy paint, paint, PAINT! and maybe a great rug :)

  121. We have been redoing our bathroom for… close to a year! Okay, really, it sat with the wallpaper partially stripped for about 8 months. I would love to get the project knocked out with more flexibility in our choices!

  122. Oh man…as much as I would love to use it inside, I think I would have to put it towards our fence plans. Boring but necessary. :)

  123. I have a long shopping list for Lowe’s right now. I want to make the “rain gutter book shelves” for my daughter’s room and I’m copying your upholstered tufted headboard for my guest room.

  124. I’m in the midst of rethinking my entire paint scheme in the house so this would let me go crazy with the paint on the walls and furniture!

  125. oohhhhh! We are moving in a few months so I would buy paint, paint, and more paint!

  126. I would buy either a new kitchen faucet or some new shrubs and perinnials to update the front of my home.

  127. I seriously love Valspar paint, I do not paint with anything else. A few times I have bought Behr because Home Depot is closer, I always regret it and end up driving to Lowes to get a new can. I am currently doing a big renovation on my house and to save money my husband and I decided we would paint ourselves, so I would use the $250 gift card to buy a boatload of Valspar paint (we have added about 1,000 sq feet to our house and it all needs to be painted- ceiling, trim, etc.). Whether or not I win we will still be buying Valspar paint, I can not recommend it enough.

  128. I too would buy paint!! I am closing on my first house in 18 days (but who’s counting?). After years of renting, I can’t wait to have my walls whatever color I want!

  129. Nice – with all my home improvements currently it would take me just one morning to spend 250$ at Lowes :)

  130. I have so many things to spend soooo much more than $250 on but that would be such a huge start and blessing! Thanks for giving away your own gift card – how nice! :)

  131. I would buy all the paint we need to cover the hideous walls the previous owners left us with in our new house! :P

  132. The thought of a $250 Lowe’s gift card made me swoon a little!

    We’re turning our game room into my office/studio so this would be AWESOME! I have a huge countertop from the Habitat for Humanity Restore in the garage that needs a base, and I could build a great one with $250!

  133. When we moved into our new house, the ceilings in all the rooms were painted the same color as the walls. We have one room left…the purple room. And its not a nice purple, either.

  134. I know exactly what to do with the $250 Lowe’s card if I win (I hope I do!). Nothing glamorous but something necessary: a dehumidifier! Our dehumidifier just busted and with the humid summer about to start, we definitely need a new one in our basement.

  135. So many things are on our to-do list that this could be used for. Probably top priority is that it’d go towards a new metal roof for the addition on our house.

  136. Wow! You did a great job on those stripes! I have two rooms here calling out for fresh paint jobs.
    I hope I win! Thanks!

  137. I would buy lots of paint from my local Lowes! I want to repaint the enire interior of my house and it really needs it. Really loved your color combo on the table but I agree, the hinges and knob really needed painting.

  138. We are in the process of purchasing a home and I could a Lowes gift card for many things! First on the list would be paint, followed by some storage items, and decorative hardware for cabinets. Seriously though, the list is a mile long! LOL

  139. I have a lot of home improvment projects I’d like to work on (many inspired by you) and $150 would certainly help me out in getting them done! I’d start with repainting our master bath and refinishing the cabinets in there…

  140. I would love to win – I love Valspar paints and have used them throughout my home. Our next project is to paint the kitchen floor and that’s where I’d start with the $250.00!! Then on to the stairs, a table I have, etc . . . .

  141. Ha!! Pick anything off the list!……window boxes and flowers for the front of the house, new paint for all my exterior doors (they’re currently a horrid shade of green from the previous owner), Homemade tufted headboard for the guest room (thanks for the inspiration!), build a mantel around the fireplace, we currently have only a shower pan in the master bath (and no walls)…….and I have about a hundred more things after that!!

  142. Woo Hoo! What couldn’t I do with $250 to Lowes??
    Let’s see – I’m thinking paint for the three bedrooms that all need it! And some shrubs for the front of my house – need to amp up that curb appeal! If there’s any left, I could use some colorful annuals, too (I could probably spend 3xs that amount on plants alone ; )

  143. We have a lot of home improvement projects we are working on at the time: extending the patio, using Valspar paint to paint our enclosed patio ceiling, and painting an old bench we found at an antique store. Now if we could just buy time to get our to-do list done.

  144. We are renovating our apartment, re-doing the kitchen and bathroom, so I would definately use the gift card towards that :)

  145. Ooh, I would love to use the gift card on some paint, a new light fixture for my living room, and some gardening supplies!

  146. Oh I can think of about a million and one ideas to use that gift card on! I would start by looking in their lighting department for some barn/industrial looking lighting for my master bedroom makeover, which is currently in full swing. Then I would head on over to the trim department and look and see if they have any beadboard for our master bathroom, which is next on the list. If there was anything left over I would just have to browse the paint department (I can sit there and stare at paint colors for hours!) and see if I could find that rustoleum cabinet makeover kits for the bathroom as well. Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  147. I am in the midst of a huge master bathroom, closet and bathroom renovation. This would be great to get an awesome closet organization system!

  148. I would use it to paint our kitchen! I’m dying to change up the “blah” color in there, just haven’t had the resources…

  149. I’m in a rental, but I could still do plenty with a Lowe’s gift card. There is some furniture I’d like to paint and I’d love to get a bench and something movable to put some plants and flowers on my front porch.

  150. WOW meeting Nate, I watch it everyday. Well could I use that $250 card … you bet. I’m getting ready to redo my kitchen/dining room. So I need paint, new sink, backsplash and more. So please throw me into the pot. Thanks for sharing.

  151. I love to go to Lowes and check out all the new Valspar paint colors. I am getting ready to strip all the wallpaper from my long hallway and I could really use that Lowes gift card. Gonna repaint it as soon as all the wallpaper is gone!! Just finished my kitchen and den. Goodbye wallpaper and hello paint!

  152. Paint! We’re renters, but we have one HIDEOUS peach and purple bathroom (yikes!) which I’m trying to get our landlord to agree to let us paint and do a mini reno on.

    Some high-quality products like a Valspar paint in a luxuriously muted tone might be just the thing to sway him. If I win, expect my before and after photos!

    I can see why you didn’t paint the hinges – they needed something… else? Painting them the colors they are up against is a good way to camouflage them, but I could see something darker, or a metallic silver finish bringing more pizzazz to your funky piece.

  153. The cabinet is adorable!

    Now that winter has finally left NC, I would get moving on a few painting projects that are on my to-do list: A beautiful desk that my husband made out of a 90-year old farm-house door, an old mahogany dresser that I saved from a thrift store, a 2-foot tall lamp from the 60’s that is kitschy and fabulous….the list goes on!

  154. Wow ! a $250 Lowe’s card would be great! If I would win the gift card I’d buy some Valspar paint to redo my laundry room. Thanks for the chance to win!!!

  155. I linked to you in facebook, too, girl! :) Thanks for the chance to spruce up my house. Thanks, too to Lowes and Valspar!

  156. The possibilities are absolutely endless … but with a $250 giftcard from Lowe’s my husband and I could tackle putting up crown moulding in our dining room and living room. We love Lowe’s!!!

  157. We are wanting to remodel the ENTIRE HOUSE… think paint, new kitchen, rugs, appliances, lighting, windows, etc, etc, etc!

  158. Paint and lots of it. Paint for the living room, kitchen, my office, and bathroom. I want to add color to my house. I’ve written a prescription for my house: ADD COLOR!!

  159. Hmmm what’s next on our Lowes list? $250 is a good chunk of change so we might just have to put it towards new floors! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  160. Buy some of their wonderful paint to start. Due to the economy, we had to sell our large family home and bought a small and very dated home. Our goal is to show our kids what you can do with lots of TLC and diy projects!!! I would begin at the front door and start painting…………Reading your fabulous blog inspires me to go forth and make beautiful, one project at a time!

  161. I would use the $250 for paint for my kitchen and dining room and if possible the living room. It sooo needs it!

  162. Thanks for the chance to win this gift card…I would paint my family room, which is currently a very sad beige colour, and needs a facelift immediately. I would also tackle painting the kitchen cabinet doors. I have wanted to do this for a long time, as my kitchen is all medium oak and really should be cream/white!
    Thanks

  163. With a $250 Lowe’s gift card, I’d probably go in the store and never come out :) Seriously, I have been waiting for the budget to allow me to complete the mirror re-do in my bathroom – the gift card would allow me to complete that project. And I love your funky cabinet!!!

    Mary @ Redo 101

  164. We are in the middle of a masterbath remodel and running a tad over budget – spending this gift card would be easy – It would buy the faucet that I want. Thank you for the chance to win.

  165. Thanks for the cool giveaway! I’d feel like I hit a jackpot if I won this! I’d paint my office/writing/music room and make it an inspiring place to play and write about jazz!

  166. We are redoing my daughter’s room so we are in the market for lots of fun stuff from Lowes. $250 would go a loooong way for this project.

    And thank you for sharing! You rock!

  167. I would get updated hardware for all of my cabinets. (the knobs on the kitchen cabinets are brassy gold and they have fish on them. eww.)

  168. We are renovating a house and there are a million things I could use this for. It would probably go towards the master bath, sink hardware, tile, mirror, lighting, the possibilities are endless. Thanks!

  169. I would MOST DEFINITELY replace the countertops in my tiny little kitchen. They are hideous and have been driving me nuts for 5 1/2 years now and I would be thrilled to win this and finally do something about them!!! :)

  170. I’d put it towards all of my refinishing projects! I’m working on converting an antique door into my headboard and redoing my childhood dresser and a nightstand I bought for $10 dollars with a seriously rough paint job.

  171. OOOOOOHHH!!!! Tile for my kitchen backsplash and under cabinet lighting!! What a cool giveaway – thanks!

  172. With $250, I could turn my mud room from disastrous to beautiful and functional! It has been driving me crazy! I want to do board and batten walls with hooks, and three built-in open lockers with cubbies below and shelves above. And since it’s a tiny mud room, I may even have some left over for painting the half-bathroom!

  173. So many things to do at our house!!! We need to repaint our screened in porch to make it a brighter more inviting place to relax this summer!!

  174. We just moved into a new home a couple of months ago and there are lots of things at Lowe’s we could use…paint, outdoor furniture, a new grill…

  175. I would paint my stepdaughters room. It would a great bonding experience.

  176. We just bought a house that has mainly brown walls. So it would definitely be used to buy some paint to brighten the place up!

  177. This sounds like it was so fun! I would spend the $250 on some new paint to update our dining room, and also materials and paint for a pegboard storage project!

  178. I’ve been needing a new stove for about 5 years. A Lowes gift card would be a HUGE help :)

  179. We just bought a home in Austin, TX and there are plenty of projects we could use $250 for. I need a couple oil rubbed bronze faucets for the master bathroom. We need some blinds or shades for the master and guest bedrooms. I know that would eat it up pretty quick!

  180. I have 3 great kids who are looking forward to renewing and updating their rooms this summer…..and this card could help in a big way!

  181. I’d use a gift card to 1) paint my media room that is an awful red color and 2) buy some shelving for my master closet!

  182. I would buy a grill in a heartbeat. There is no better way to cook in the summer!

  183. What wouldn’t I do?? Our house is in need of a face lift in many areas!!

  184. What a fun event! If I had a $250 Lowe’s gift card, I would use it for new pillows and accessories for my patio

  185. I have lots of projects to do right now! Mostly changing the paint in our house from gold tones to light airy colors. Can’t wait for the transformation!

  186. I could do so many things with a Lowes giftcard. I’m itching to try some new paint colors in my home or finally put up some board and batten in my dining room like I’ve been dying to do!

  187. My husband and I could really use this to help our 1920’s colonial come back to life!

  188. We’re looking for a house. So, I’d most likely save it until we get the house and then, we’d get paint and DIY stuff to do minor repairs with. I have always liked crown molding and if the house does not have any, I’d buy some of those too. It all depends. I am so looking forward to getting our dream home. :-)

  189. Fun! I actually rather like the hinges unpainted. It looks quirkier that way (in a good way!).

    With $250 at Lowe’s, I’d paint our dining room and office and finish sprucing up our patio!

  190. I have a spare bedroom that needs some attention and this would be a great kick start!!

  191. My husband and I have made lowes our “friday night date”- we are there that much right now! I would use $250 to get a light fixture and faucet for the master bathroom, and then use the rest to finish the baseboards in the rest of the house. We are currently without!

    Thank you for doing this!!!

  192. I would buy a new dishwasher with the Lowe’s gift card. Just bought a foreclosure and have been redoing everything myself, so a Lowe’s gift card would be so helpful!

  193. What an awesome giveaway! I would use the $250 gift card to buy paint for our master bedroom, and buy shelving for the pantry and linen closet. We have that awful wire shelving!!

  194. I would definitely get crown to put in throughout my house. Hope I get real lucky! :}

  195. I think the question is, what *couldn’t* I do with a Lowes giftcard? I have two big summer project planned: a patio project with pavers and a kitchen makeover. This gift card would help immensely with either of those things.

  196. We’re in the middle of some major home improvement jobs … I’d use it to buy paint or the new backsplash for my kitchen!

  197. We’re closing on our very first condo next month and the entire place needs repainted. Thanks for the giveaway :)

  198. $250?!? I’d spend it on paint and floor tile for our sad-shape bathroom.

  199. Ooh, with a lowes gc, I think I’d get some new plants for my front planter boxes…or some paint to refinish some furniture hanging out in the garage…or some storage bins to finally get my craft area organized…or…

  200. With a $250 shopping spree at Lowes I would start purchasing supplies to redo my staircase railings and bainsters… And maybe a book because I know I am not using the right terms for baisters and railings.

  201. This would be AMAZING! I would take that gift card and buy a new mirror cabinet for our bathroom, light fixture and a gallon of paint to do a quick change in our small bathroom. A total transformation for $250.00! :)

  202. I would paint my bedroom, get some more plants/shrubs for my garden and maybe a new lighting fixture :)

  203. $250 would go a long way in making our brand new apartment feel like home. I’m thinking paint and more help in the storage department. And since I just got accepted into veterinary school, I’d love to turn our sunroom into my office! It’ll be a long four years, but I’m looking forward to a space all my own to study in :) Thank you for the giveaway, you’re very sweet!!

  204. What wouldn’t I do with a $250 gift card is more the question!?! We have a new house (old but new to us) and we’re currently renovating the kitchen, downstairs bathroom and laundry room. Yikes! We’d put that baby to good use by helping us buy a new stackable washer and dryer. Swoon.

  205. Looks like a fabulous event! That’s really generous of you guys to give away your gift cards. If I were to win, I would definitely put it towards sprucing up my daughters bathroom. We live in an old house and right now it’s the only room we haven’t done much improving on. It’s small so $250 would be perfect! Paint is definitely on the to-do list.

  206. I would save the $250 gift card until we buy our house next year. My two young girls are just itching to be able to paint their own rooms since we have been renting the past 3 years.

  207. Oh, I could really use this! I’d use it all on landscaping. Our yard is an eyesore!

  208. I would definitely put in crown throughout my house. Hope I get real lucky :}

  209. Paint, lamps, decor! I am currently decorating my home and reusing pieces by painting them. I’d have a lot of fun!

  210. I have so many projects on my list. I’d have to use it for my bedroom redo :). Thanks for the chance to win!

  211. That giftcard would go a long way in helping me landscape my new back yard! I went last week to buy flowers and spent well over $200 already! I’d love some more color and planters in my yard! :)

  212. With a 250.00 Lowe’s gift card, I’d get tile for my kitchen backsplash!

  213. boy…let’s see…there are so many things i would like to do. i guess if i had to pick…i would get some paint (valspar of course!) for the girls room and baby nursery. i’d pick up some new lighting for our room and the supplies to build the bookshelves in your recent post:) thanks for the giveaway. brooke.

  214. With a $250 Lowe’s gift card I would start to decorate the new covered porch over our patio.

  215. $250 at Lowe’s would buy the rest of the supplies needed for my kitchen redo!

  216. I’d get new hardware for my kitchen cabinets, and finally take the plunge and paint them!

  217. Oh Kate, I could spend that $250 about 8 times without pausing for breath! But the first time, I’d use it toward a privacy fence across the back (my neighbors have them on each side), so I can let my new dog play out there without adult supervision. :)

  218. I would love to update my daughters room, she is getting closer to the teen years, and will start living in her room so to speak to get away from her little brother.

  219. Oh the possibilities…we are currently redoing our kitchen and this would help immensely!!!!

  220. Oh what I would do for this gift card! With 2 little boys on the move, it seems everyday we find something else that they’ve broken. Just last night one of them broke a door handle. So that would be first on my list, followed closely by new paint for my kitchen cabinets and a new front door – well at least it would take a small chunk out of that expense!

  221. I would so redo my foyer and up my stairs. The previous owner of my house painted it an awful, very “80s” mauve color…but she didn’t stop there! Oh no…she took a spounge and painted plops of marroon and a light mauve color all over it. Not only is in completely dated, not classic and just down right ugly…it also makes my foyer very dark and dull. So I would certainly get that fixed up. I have lived with it for 6 years now *hanging head in shame* but time and money constraints have made sure the 80’s stay alive for a while longer in my house!

  222. Oh! With $250 I could possibly get an air conditioner before we return to the 100 degree temps we rocked ’round these parts last summer!

  223. What a fun challenge! I would have forgotten to paint the hinges too. :) It’s so generous of you to pass on your gift certificate. I love Lowes and shop there all of the time! If I won your giveaway I would use the money to replace the moulding in my home and add some board and battan (using your tutorial of course). I know it would make such a huge difference! Thanks for the giveaway, enjoy your weekend!

  224. Hmm, I have soooo many unfinished projects in my house. The majority of them stalled after the adoption of our last child. Okay, I would finish the upstairs bath that was started 6 years ago then I would move on the the foyer which needs to be gutted and finished with new insulation and drywall and the back entry which also needs to be gutted, insulation and finished with a pantry. Okay now my head hurts :)

  225. Oh, the places this could be used in our house! Plantation shutters, new ceiling fans, new kitchen faucet, base cabinets to build island for the kitchen, shade plants for the backyard, new hardware for kitchen cabinets, new kitchen appliances — the list is endless! Oh and our lawnmower decided to break a few days ago and if hubby can’t fix it guess we’d have to use the gift card for that!

  226. I would definitely buy some paint and supplies to update my sons’ room! They are outgrowing the young nursery theme and are in need of a big boy redo.

  227. Congrats on your win! (And on snagging a pic of you with Nate) I’d tape off my patio in a neat pattern and stain away.

  228. Wahoo!! My hubby and I are moving this weekend and I know we’ll need some project supplies. Paint, a new gas grill, and maybe some plants and soil for our new yard. Thanks for the giveaway!

  229. I have a list about a mile long with things I could do with that large of a gift card… I get a little giddy just thinking about it!

  230. Oh my goodness, we constantly have half a dozen projects going on that require multiple Lowe’s trips a piece. Our latest projects have been building me a garden, painting the front and back door and putting on new knobs and locks. The giftcard would go toward my bathroom remodel, a window unit air conditioner for upstairs, or an outdoor swing.

  231. Would love to win this Lowes card. We’re about to build a wall in our yard and this would make a huge dent in the supplies!

  232. We’ve got our house on the market, so we would use the gift card for either small repairs to the house or paint and supplies for the new house. This would be super-helpful!!

  233. I want a new front door! Spring storms have already hit hard here in the Midwest and we are having to get a new roof and siding already. My old front door is sad and tired, not to mention everyone can see in through a large glass panel! I want to replace it with something solid and sturdy, unmarked by the elements and pretty!

  234. I would buy supplies to do a board and batten for my entryway, it’s so boring and blah right now

  235. Having just bought my first house, i’ve been hunting blogs to find the perfect colors for my new walls!

  236. I would use it to finish remodeling my master bedroom and bathroom. All the paint and furniture is done…just working on decorations!

  237. I would give it to my daughter to buy paint for her storage shed and child’s swing which both need a paint job. The left over would help purchase mulch.

  238. Happy Friday! What a cool little dresser. I can always find stuff at Lowe’s! With $250, I might be able to round up some of the final touches for our outdoor patio re-do. Some plants, planters, outdoor lighting, outdoor rugs, or maybe a new swing set for the kids. Thanks for the giveaway!

  239. If I won the gift card – we’d likely put it towards a new front or back door. We have old wooden, so-not-energy-efficient doors that desperately need replacing! Or I might buy gallons of beautiful gray paint and re-paint my entire downstairs!

  240. Would love to pick up something to spice up our patio…new pavers, patio furniture, you name it!

  241. I would definitely start by buying beadboard for my kitchen backsplash and drop clothes to slipcover my navy/hunter-green livingroom furniture. Thanks for including Canada in the giveaway! Love your blog!

  242. I have my eye on building an Earthtainer – apparently the best way to grow tomatoes and perfect for my urban condo!

  243. I would buy paint to paint my dull ugly kitchen cabinets. I was going to hire someone to do them but I have been inspired by your website and tutorials! I can do this!

  244. I have lots of fun projects that I have been wanting to start but I would likely spend it on gardening things!

  245. I would definitely be getting some paint, a new faucet, and some trim pieces to finish up a few projects in the house!!! Oh what I would do with $250 to Lowe’s! :)

  246. What a great giveaway! I have many paint projects I want to do this summer! Furniture, walls, and ceilings! Would also love to install board and batten in our son’s room!

  247. I have been itching to paint the top half of my living room and install a chair rail. It’s too cave-like with the current mocha color all over the walls. This would be so AMAZING!! Thanks for the giveaway.

  248. Threw away all of our ugly metal closet doors so I would be buying new closet doors!

  249. I would use the $250 gift card to purchase paint and other “updating” items for the house we’re moving into in a few months!

  250. We just built a house, so I have bare walls everywhere! I would use the $250 to fund some cool projects to help cover the bareness! Another possibility would be to repurpose some furniture to use in our nursery. #7 was a bit unexpected, so it’s back to the drawing board for all things baby!

  251. I would love to spruce up my backyard and also paint the bench on our patio!

  252. with plans to renovate the bathroom in my 100 year old house, I would buy a vessel sink and some beadboard. With any luck I’d buy some Valspar signature color paint!

  253. I would the gift card to redo my half bath. It has two layers of peeling wall paper, and the top layer is painted! It’s a nightmare that I really need to turn into a daydream!

  254. We mare building and this would be great to go toward getting to choose another paint color in my laundry room.

  255. I would use it outside for flowers, shrubs and a cute bird feeder; I also want to paint our front door red!!

  256. I’d buy a new kitchen faucet, and curtain rods for the windows that still need them

  257. I’d definitely buy some paint for my kitchen I’d like to change up. and Lowe’s has some great plastic colorful Adirondack chairs I’d love to get along with some plants and outdoor accessories!

  258. Oh my goodness what a wonderful giveaway !! My home is in need of many improvements….It is so dated. I can’t even begin to think what it would go towards. But my home office might be next on my list so maybe that ????

  259. I would use it to buy new paint and some plants for the new apartment I’m moving in to next month. I would love to be able to afford to put my own touch on it.

  260. I would buy a rug and wooden blinds to continue the modernization of our living room.

  261. Splash some color onto the walls of my first apartment- dining room, kitchen, bathroom. And maybe get a grill for some summer bbqing!
    p.s. thanks for all your painting tips- coming in so handy with some of the hand-me-down furniture i’ve received.

  262. I would LOVE a Lowe’s gift card! Lowe’s is like my second home :) I would probably put it towards an air compressor!

  263. Have two bedrooms to paint this summer as my daughter moves off to college and room swaps are done!!

  264. Looks like you had a wonderful trip. Gotta love Nate and Lowes! I’d use the gift card for buying paint to finally get our half bath and our guest bath the color I’d like. And the rest would go toward organizing and hanging things in my sewing/craft room.

  265. I would really, really love to surround my kitchen island in beadboard just like Thrifty Decor Chick did in her beautiful kitchen. The Lowe’s card would pay for the supplies to do it!!

  266. We’re getting ready to do a LOT of landscaping. Are yard has turned into a mud pit and Lowes has a million things that would remedy that! Thanks!

  267. I would use the money toward some shelving and paint for our new place!!

  268. Lowes is my favorite place to get wood and such. I’m currently working on doing a board and batton in my master bedroom, so I’d pick up the wood there . . . and a nail gun while I”m there too!

  269. paint to cover the year old primed walls in the hall & living room. also some nice faucets to distract from my shell sinks in the master bath!

  270. I’m getting married on May 21st of this year…ONE WEEK! I would love to use this gift card to get started on the new town house we’ve moved into! All the walls are boring beige!

  271. We’re having our first in November, and I would love to paint the nursery!

  272. We are buying a new (to us) house, so I can think of a million projects to do! The first thing I’d buy is paint, and then some plants for the yard.

  273. I would love to use the giftcard to put toward redecorating our living room!

  274. We care currently in the process of selling our house. The house we had planned to buy was sold to another purchaser. This leads up to my answer of “Im not sure what I’d do with a Lowes gift card.” most of the new & relatively new homes we like don’t seem to have tile backsplashes. So that would be my 1st choice- If we end up buying a previously owned home, I’d likely use it to buy paint. We ‘ve seen a number of nice houses with awful ( in my humble opinion) paint choices. So far I have seen 3 homes with “flower gardens ” either steciled or painted free hand on lilac walls in 1 of the kid’s rooms. I guess this could be cute if I had a little girl, but I have sons . Sons-Who keep sayng ” No, Let’s not buy that house. It has icky girly flowers on the wall!” I keep saying it’d only take some paint & yes, selling the current home….

  275. My husband and I are always at Lowe’s – we are major DIYers. We’d probably finished up some landscaping projects if we won.

  276. I would LOVE this gift card. We would build a new fence! Ours is falling down. We thought the wind would blow it over but no such luck :)
    Thanks

  277. I would buy paint and a fan for our nursery! I am due June 23rd and haven’t really started our nursery yet! With two other young kids, it is hard to find the time!

  278. Honestly? I’d give it back to you and put it toward the Alma house. I certainly do have things that need doing around the house. But even more awesome is the work you’re doing! We have been a bit strapped for cash (I went back to school), but that’s temporary. It just means that I haven’t been able to donate to your project. i think $250 would go pretty darn far with Alma house to do more awesome goodness there.

  279. I would use it to finish up the front lawn landscaping project and the rest to buy paint for the next project…Living Room remodel!!! Thanks for the chance!

  280. Oh man! We bought a foreclosure so we have so many projects we could use this GC for! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

  281. How fun that y’all were able to attend that event! With Nate!

    Very nice of you to offer your gift card up. I would use it to replace all of the brass door knobs in our new (to us) home, and I’d pick up a gallon of the hi-def paint to try out in our half bath! :)

  282. If I had $250 to lowes I would buy paint to repaint the main floor of our home, maybe add some shelving to a few spaces, a new door to the garage — a screen one so I can leave it open and see the kids, but keep the bugs out! I have a million things I could use it on.

  283. We’d paint! We bought an amazing new house… but it definitely needs a few coats of new paint in just about every room. I’m not exactly sure what the previous owner was thinking! We’re also planning some DIY work in the kitchen and laundry room!

  284. Oh man $250! I would totally be buying the supplies to make my daughter a little kitchen for Christmas as well as paint to paint rugs/ furniture and I’m sure my husband would find a way to snag a tool as well.

  285. When we bought our house in October 2009 pretty much every room needed a make-over. Our current project is the nursery! I am due mid-july and this gift card would be put to great use!

  286. I have SO many projects I could use a Lowe’s gift card on–a dresser, my kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, my back patio, the list goes on! What an awesome giveaway.

  287. Oh, the things I could paint with $250 of Valspar paint! Thanks for the opportunity!

  288. I would definitely buy some paint supplies to makeover an old glider we recently acquired – it would look so much better with a fresh coat of paint!

  289. The $250 would either be added to my flooring fund or, more likely, immediate gratification-wise, put toward paint projects–accent wall, dresser re-hab and unwise-color choice do-over.

  290. Oh my goodness, I’d just love to repaint my living and dining rooms. I just got some new furniture and the walls are in desperate of a freshening up! I used Valspar Hi-Def for the first time recently and love it.

  291. Oh, yeah!! I just stocked up on painting supplies but I REALLY want some plants for the garden! Unfortunately they are not a NEED so they aren’t in the budget but with an extra $250 I could go nuts! :)

  292. kate, I look forward to checking out what you are up to several mornings each week. I have been inspired by your creativity and energy. We are in the process of finishing up my own little craft area in our basement. I would love to use Lowes “cash” to refinish our repurposed kitchen cabinets with the kit you showed us a few weeks ago.

  293. I would paint and get some closet organization systems – the closets are in dire need of some rethinking! Thank you for sharing your winnings!

  294. I would love to win! I have a front flower bed that I just can’t afford to “finish” the way I want to. I also have 3 pieces of furniture to re-finish, and my patio furniture desperately needs a refresh! With too many things going on, I just don’t have to $$$ to get it all done now when I could enjoy it for the summer!

  295. I would update my patio! Currently we have a rickety table and four plastic chairs and a plastic “armoire” for storage. It needs to be lovely-fied so my husband can relax and sit comfortably as he has serious health issues – cancer that won’t go away. When the kids visit we all enjoy eating alfresco together.

  296. Oh wow…we are doing so many house renovations right now! It would probably go towards our new wood kitchen and dining room floor. :) Thanks for the giveaway!

  297. I’m painting my living room with this paint right now and it’s incredible. THe wall was red and I’m painting it gray. I feel so “in” right now. Since my boy’s room and my room needs to be painted next, so I would buy the paint for there. I also have a table that needs painted. THanks for the chance to win. And you both look so cute in those pictures.

  298. We are moving next Friday and I’d use the gift card to buy flowers for my new patio!

  299. Would love to get some paint for the new townhouse I just moved into – so many white walls right now!

  300. I would LOVE to win this gift card! We are closing on our first house on Monday, and it is in serious need of new paint from ceiling to floor. We’ve just about got the colors picked out, so a gift card would be fantastic!

  301. I’d LOVE to win this! The gift card would go towards the new carpets we’re getting! YAY!

  302. I’m moving to my FIRST HOME this fall with my husband and two little daughters! MY $250 would go to spiffing-up their bedroom or playroom… *Sigh* :)

    What a blast – congrats on getting to spend time with Nate!!

  303. I live in an apartment so no wall paint for us. :( I would use it for lumber & supplies to build some shelves, some more spray paint (!!!), and some home accents. Thanks for the giveaway!

  304. I would be so grateful to win the Lowe’s giftcard! Our bathroom has this really outdated wallpaper in it, and we have tried EVERYTHING and it won’t come off! In the places it has come off, it has damaged the drywall. So right now it is too big of a project for us to finish, but the Lowe’s giftcard would get us back at it!

  305. Sooooo many options, but after a year in our house, we are finally putting our master bathroom and closet together. (they were just dry walled, empty rooms before). There are so many things we need!!

  306. I’d use some of it for some pretty flowers for my windowbox and some yummy veggies for the garden.

  307. I have a ton of woodworking projects I want to tackle, picture frames, a coffee table, an armoire! I need wood and paint for all of those projects :D I’m also wanting to build a deck for outdoor sun basking :D

  308. Hel-loooo! What couldn’t I do with $250?! My girl is getting married in July and we are working on getting her fiance’s home new-bride ready. Painting and accessorizing are tops on the priority list. The gift card would make this a fairly stress-free endeavor! Thank you.

  309. I’d like to update my mother’s apartment bedroom! She is in dire need of shelving and storage and a plant. Definately a plant.

    You are too cute! Thanks for sharing your prize!

    (I wouldn’t have thought of painting the hinges either… so no worries, you’re still brilliant)

  310. I love Lowes!!! If I won I would finally purchase the Allen + Roth Quatrefoil mirror that I’ve been wanting FOREVER! The rest would go towards a grill for this summer. That would be awesome!

  311. Love the cabinet! I would use the giftcard to purchase a grille for my husband for Father’s Day-we really need a new one. Or maybe a new fancy faucet for the kitchen, or a new chandy for the dining room . . . obviously too much stuff I want at Lowes.

  312. I’ve really been wanting to make built ins in my daughters room, it’s so small and I think a built in bed with storage all around it will make it feel roomier, I hope I win!

  313. I would repaint my kitchen and livingroom. They need it so bad! Thanks for this opportunity!

  314. I would buy the materials to build a small entertainment center so I can have my coffee table back from under the TV.

  315. Wow! I would PAINT PAINT PAINT!!!! My kitchen needs a re-vamp, my dinning room could use a re-do, and my hallway is ri-diculous.
    Seriously.

  316. Ooh that teal color you used in the chevron pattern would look great as the first coat on a dresser that I want to give a weathered, antique look to! So happy Canadians are included in this conteset :)

  317. I would paint our kids’ rooms and maybe buy some spring plants. Thanks for the chance.

  318. I would use it towards building my son some bunk beds! Or maybe a rug… Or maybe a grill… Now I want to go shopping.

  319. I have a garage full of funiture waiting for a makeover. The $250 would go a long way to help them get the facelift they need!!! paint, supplies, sanding blocks……

  320. We’re building a house this summer so the gift card will be going towards tile or paint or appliances or anything. :)

  321. We just moved into a house and it needs lots of love! From the kitchen to the bathroom to the landscaping!

  322. Just bought a house. Huge, but with horrible storage. So shelving. And paint. And my own tape measure so that I don’t have to go searching for DH’s whenever I want one. And if there was anything left, plants!

  323. I would buy paint with the money! I just bought my first place (a brand new 2 floor condo) last October, and am getting so sick of the beige they painted the entire place! But as a 24 year old with a mortgage and all the bills that come with it, I haven’t been able to afford to paint the place yet. Hopefully soon!

  324. I would love to pick up some new knobs for cupboards and wood material for a raised garden. Thank you for this wonderful post and giveaway.

  325. I would paint the master bedroom and bathroom, and if there was anything left, put it toward a new bathroom vanity!

  326. We will be moving in a couple of months and will definitely need some paint since I’m leaning to buying an older home. All these design blogs have me hooked and inspired :)

  327. I would spend the giftcard from Lowes buying vegetables and seeds and other gardening implements to grow food for my family to can. We are very big on local food.

  328. I want to win that gift card sooooo bad!! Good job with your creative colors!

  329. I’d use it to buy lots of paint. We’re still living with the white walls we moved into (eeek! 4 years later!) so we would love to add lots of color.

  330. How do I narrow it down? I have so many things on my “to-do” list! I would love to put that giftcard towards a kitchen cabinet makeover. I would love to paint my cabinets white, and brighten up my kitchen!
    Hugs,
    Jill

  331. what would I do with $250 at Lowe’s? replace all the broken/missing tile in my kitchen & living room with maybe some linoleum & replace my nasty worn out kitchen sink & faucet. If anything is left over, I could use a little more insulation in the attic…

    V

  332. Oh how fun for you to go to do this!! Hmm.. Painting my bedroom and the living room for sure and if there was any left over maybe some new plants for the yard.

  333. Oh gosh, what *couldn’t* I do with $250 from Lowe’s?!? We could start on our flagstone pathway in our front yard, or finish up our stair renovation project? Or detexturize my stepson’s walls in his room and paint them the color he wants? So much!

  334. What wouldn’t I do with a Lowe’s gift card! Right now, we are gearing up to re-do one of our flower beds and plant the garden. We would also love to tackle a deck expansion and kitchen cabinet redo this summer!

  335. Wow. What I could do with $250 at Lowe’s!! I have been gearing up to redo our living room and that would help out tremendously!!

  336. I recently found bullet edgers at Lowes that are an exact match to the ones in my yard. The big-box store that I had bought them at originally changed the manufacturer, so the sizes changed too. boo. I was so excited to find them at Lowes! I would use the gift card to buy those!

    Thanks very much for the opportunity!

  337. i just bought valspar paint to paint my front door and so far am loving how it goes on. I would love to use the gift card to fix my master bathroom – we’ve had plywood covering a torn out wall due to a leak for over a year. I’d love to get that finished.

  338. oh my! we just moved, so we sort of live at Lowes. I think I would use this to buy paint for our living room!

  339. $$ to Lowes? Well I am getting married in 70 days and my fiance and I are still house hunting and getting very stressed regarding this whole “we have no place to live yet.” But I am optimistic and I would use $250 to Lowe’s to update the lovely new home which I am sure we will have very shortly hopefully!

  340. i don’t have to hesitate on this one. i’d spend it on wood for the dream pergola i want built on our patio!

  341. I’m in desperate need to repaint my dark green walls. I’d use the money to go lighter and brigher, and get a new rug for the living room!! I hope I win!

  342. What would we do with the $250 gift card to Lowes? Put it towards gorgeous tile for our bathroom gut/reno on our new-to-us house we cloosed on yesterday. Or maybe paint for my sons room. Or a grill for my amazing husband for fathers day. The list could go on and on. :)

  343. We are getting my fiance’s house ready to sell and this card would be so helpful! We need paint, new hardware, some art and mirrors, the list is pretty long!

  344. Oh my gosh, what wouldn’t I spend this on?!?! I would paint and decorate my daughter’s room, get a new vanity for my master bathroom and get silver nickel doorknobs and hinges for all my doors. Oh I hope I win!

  345. So many places, so many choices! I love repainting and retooling what we have — for starters, I need to paint the outdoors wrought iron patio set. Moving on to a mirror frame, picture frames, the inside of our kitchen cabinet and the bonus room!

  346. The possibilities are endless, the first things I would buy would be new paint and MDF to add board and batten to my master bedroom!

  347. Love the new Valspar paint colors! I would use the $250 toward a redo of my guest bathroom. It’s stuck in the eighties! To see a picture head over my blog and check out the Projects! post. You will be horrified!

  348. I would buy paint (of course!) My hubby and I just bought our first home and its full of drab beige walls desperately in need of some color love.
    I’m sure a chunk would go to gardening supplies as well!

  349. We’re at Lowe’s every weekend for one thing or another, so I’m sure we’d use the $250 quickly to go towards a variety of home improvement projects.

  350. We’re starting a complete remodel project in our basement and a gift card to Lowes would be so helpful with our tight budget!

  351. I can think of about 700 billion things I could do with it. With an older home that we have been continually redoing, there is always a project list :)

  352. For the past eight years I have moved once, sometimes twice a year. Pain in the butt but I got used to the consistency of the change. The apt. I am in now, I expect to be in for a while now. I am very happy I don’t have to move yet again, but I am missing the bit of change. I would use the paint to finally make a the house I am living in feel more like a home, and get my fix for change.
    PS: Your site has been an inspiration in so many projects and in getting me back doing what I love. I pass it on to everyone. Thank you!

  353. Ooooo..what wouldn’t I use this for at Lowes! I would love to repaint our dining room and hallway and add some new curtains and a mirror. I love that I could get all those items at Lowes. Love their stuff.

  354. Wow, that’s a huge giveaway!
    If I won, I would probably repaint my master suite, both secondary bathrooms, kitchen and dining room. Then, if I had any leftover money, maybe tackle the kitchen cabinets?! Sooo many possibilities!

  355. I could totally use that gift card! We’re currently in the process of buying a house and moving, so 250 dollars to Lowe’s would be awesome for some patio furniture or stuff for the craft room. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!

  356. I would probably splurge on new outdoor furniture. I don’t need it, but it would sure be fun!

  357. My wife showed me your site to show me some projects she wants me to do. The gift card would be awesome.

  358. Ooh, that would be a dream! I would stock up on primer, paints and finishes for all the projects I hope to refinish (clear) out of my garage and into my home. :) And accent with beautiful plants to add to a couple more planters in my front yard. (I LOVE all the gorgeous color) Oh, and of course, I’ll need a few extra sand paper sheets for my sander because I will burn through at least 2 of them to complete all the projects I do have. :) Thanks, Kate!

  359. I would give it to my daughter and her new husband. They purchased their first home and it is a fixer upper. They are saving for new carpet in the bedrooms, tile in the kitchen and bath and wood for their living areas. Lots of work for someone starting out. But I think its lots of fun!

  360. We love Lowe’s! I want to add a board & batten treatment up my stairwell, so I’d use the gift card to get started with this project. Thanks!

  361. I just purchased my first home :) I have 5 kids and I have been redoing bedrooms, boys room is next and its a pretty small space, I need storage solutions and paint, this would be perfect!

  362. 100% would go to my master bath! It’s been on the backburner for 10 years as we’ve renovated everything else. I need tile, lighting, a new faucet, a frame around the giant mirror, and paint and lattice to fix up my chipped MDF cabinetry. I’m ready for it to be redone!

  363. thanks for such a sweet giveaway! I would put the money towards tile floors for the bathrooms and say goodbye to that hideous vinyl foreva!!

  364. Goodness he’s adorable. Ok, now that i have that out of the way, I would put that gift card to work transforming my guest bedroom. I’ve been in the house 8 years and I haven’t painted it yet. So sad. I need to make it a multifunction space, guest room, the pup’s bedroom and a sewing space for me. I have a campaign dresser I picked up cheap at an estate sale, now I just have to figure out the rest of the stuff. A lot of paint will be needed so I could definitely find ways to spend $250 at Lowes. Thanks so much and welcome home!

  365. My whole 1st floor is “builder beige” and needs COLOR! The guest 1/2 bath also needs a total new look (beadbord or board & batten & new paint, build new vanity, tile floor). Kitchen cabinets need to change to white from standard builder grade oak. $250 would go a long way to making any of these happen!

  366. Oh where to start? I’d use it to buy pavers to finally finish our patio or maybe some tile for the bathroom.

  367. I would use it to finish off my recent kitchen remodel. I still need to add a new lighting fixture above the table.

  368. Wow! When doing updates on my own home I’m always torn between “practical” and “pretty! With $250 to spend I could do both! I’d buy a new toilet to replace my water hog from 1968!! And have enough left over to paint my bedroom and hallway. I love almost every green out there but want to soften the greens I have.
    How cool to spend time with the nicest guy in America!

  369. Goodness! My husband and I are remodeling several areas of our house now and we shop at Lowes several times a week because of it. We could definitely use the $250 gift card. We would probably spend it on paint and various building materials. We are converting a walk in attic into an extra bedroom and remodeling the kitchen, so we certainly have lots of supplies to get :)

  370. No doubt! I would paint my family room & kitchen since they join together as one room. And if I have anything left over I’d get started on my outdoor patio projects.

  371. I am planning to repaint my living room/dining room/entry/hallway which is one continuous space and will take a lot of paint, so a $250 gift card would go a long way. The trim and ceiling could also badly use a fresh coat of paint, the current paint job is at least 8 years old but the trim and ceiling haven’t been painted in over 10 years! Ugh.

  372. Thank you for the lovely giveaway!
    Oh what wouldn’t I do?!? First I would buy an adorable fan for our little girl’s nursery. Then I would use the rest to help defer the enormous costs of completely remodeling our backyard so that it loses it’s swamp beast look. This would help so much, we have had to put the project almost completely on hold for financial reasons!

  373. I’m in the middle of repainting my entire house and sprucing it up before my sister and her family comes to visit in June. I haven’t seen them in over four years so I want my house to look perfect! =)

  374. What a wonderful offer!
    We are in the process of adding hardwood flooring to our dining room. The gift card would be great for this project.
    Thanks Kate, Thanks Lowes!

  375. IF I were to win the $250 – I would be able to finish making the bed of my dreams! I’ve already managed a headboard from old closet doors – I just need some “$$” to finish building a platform for the bed and headboard to attach it to. You know, one of those ‘fancy’ looking beds with maybe storage underneath. Oh yeah – I want it all! :D

  376. Paint! I am working on my daughter’s room now and have 3 kids to go after that. Lastly, is MY bedroom which I’m looking for a warm grey color.

  377. so many options – new tile for bathroom floors, beadboard, wood to do board and batten in other bathroom – all things bathroom.

  378. I am painting my house so I would buy paint and then some mulch as I need to finish my yard.

  379. I love walking thru Lowe’s and getting tons of ideas for all parts of my house. Since my bathroom is the current project, I guess that is where I would have to spend the money!

  380. There are so many ways I’d use that Lowe’s gift card! My bedroom needs to be painted (hasn’t been painted in 11 years!), I’d also re-paint my living room (currently re-decorating it), and I’d use the rest to buy a screen door for my back entry (I already found the door I want at Lowe’s!)

  381. Would definitely use it to start overhauling my outdoor space. Need paint, an outdoor ceiling fan, and a new deck.

  382. My husband and I just purchased our first real home and this $250 would help us so much as the entire interior has to be repainted and needs new flooring and lighting!! And of course, we are DIYers so we will be tackling all of these projects by ourselves with supplied from Lowe’s!! Thanks Centsational Girl :)

  383. If I won the $250 gift card, first I would redo my dining table since its looks like a picnic table by retaining it, tiling the top so I don’t have to use a table cloth(i dislike them) and then would add cushion and fabric to the top of the benches. Next I have to end tables that I’ve found at odds and end places and would strip them, and end up painting them a gray or violet color with an elegant pattern on them. Then I would uses matching hardware to make them look like they belong together so my husband and I would have nightstands for out bedroom. Since currently our bed is only on rails I would then make a fabric headboard and make it extremely long in order to add height to our room. I’m still looking for a dresser to redo but eventually when i’ve found the perfect one that would be redone as well. After the necessities were finished, I’d like to father material to build my son a little school desk so, he has a place to do little activities when he is down stairs and we are cooking and need to be able to see him.

  384. I linked to this giveaway through facebook and am crossing my fingers!

  385. I’d start with new paint for the kitchen and then our family room. Both need to be updated with some color.
    Then I’d probably turn to the patio to make it nice for the summer.

  386. $250 would really help buy paint. We’re getting ready to put our house up for sale.

  387. Well, I have an order of paint samples on its way to me right now – through 5/16, Lowe’s paint samples are buy one get one free, and they ship free! – so I’d pick the paints for our new house (kitchen, living room, dining room, master…doin’ it all!) and get going!

  388. I would repaint the master bedroom, paint the bookshelves in the dining room, and do several pieces in the mirrored finish look (like the desk you linked to several months ago) AND I want to experiment with the colors of gray and gray chalk paint. I would like to paint my kitchen cabinets and refinish the formica counter top with the Rustoleum counter kit! I have several pieces that need paint. I would share all of the pics with you since you are the inspiration that has started my desire to freshen up on a budget :)

  389. IF I were to win the $250 – I would be able to finish making the bed of my dreams! I’ve already managed a headboard from old closet doors – I just need some “$$” to finish building a platform for the bed and headboard to attach it to. You know, one of those ‘fancy’ looking beds with maybe storage underneath. Oh yeah – I want it all! :D

    http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/CrzyBeeAuTiFuL/bed.jpg
    ((picture of my headboard I made!!))

  390. We haven’t done anything to the boring walls since we moved into this house 3 years ago. So, my whole house is in need of a new fresh coat of paint and the $250 gift card will come in handy!! Any leftover $ will be used to update the bathroom fixtures. :)

  391. I am moving into a new apartment in a few weeks! I have lots of DIY projects planned to make the place look nice. And, I’m a very broke college student, so any amount of many would be super helpful!

  392. My husband and I just purchased our first real home and this gift card would definitely come in handy!! The entire interior needs to be repainted and it needs all new flooring and lighting as well!!! Of course, since we are DIYers we will be tackling all of the projects ourselves with supplies from Lowe’s and inspiration from Centsational Girl :)

  393. New Crown & panel moulding for the master + some Valspar Hi Def Paint to finish the job!

  394. PICK ME PICK ME! lol. I would get some paint for my walls and items for bead boarding in my dining room. I would also pick up a nail gun with an air compressor. Also, if there was any money left over (ha) I’d pick up some lawn furniture. :)

  395. Just bought a house so I have MANY projects to use the gift card for, but mostly we need tools!!

  396. How fun!! Looks like you had fun in New york!
    I would buy a microwave if I win the giftcard! lol
    seriously we don’t have a microwave at the moment.
    Since we are still remodeling our kitchen we ran out of money and now I dont’ have a microwave or a dishwasher! :(

  397. Wow! What wouldn’t I spend this on!?!? But if I had to pick, probably a new patio set! I can imagine that the gift card is burning a hole in your pocket! I hope it will be burning a hole in mine very soon:-)

  398. I am hoping to so a revamp of my basement den/office/schoolroom this summer and that would be a wonderful help!

  399. I would use it to buy all the supplies I need to install board and batten in my son’s room!

  400. Ooooh, would buy paint for our bathroom at home – in the midst of changing it (and some new drawer and cabinet fixtures). Also, paint for a spare bedroom at our up north house that I want to make nice and “cottage-y.” And, have an old jelly cabinet that I would like to try my hand at painting, maybe for my daughter’s room. And…. who knows what else! :-) Love your blog! Great inspiration!

  401. I would paint, paint, paint! We have a new construction house that we have had to wait a year before we could paint (for warranty/touch-up reasons). Now that the time is up, I’m ready for some color! Bring on the Valspar!

  402. I would repaint almost every room in my house!!!! *correction: My husband and I will repaint almost every room in our house! :0)

  403. Oh, where to start! Probably with new outdoor lights for my doors. They were removed a year ago, and haven’t been replaced yet.

  404. I would use the gift card for new lighting in my guest room, nice giveaway!

  405. I’d love to paint our living room! My kids use it as their playroom, but with four white walls, it’s simply not kid-friendly. Time to pop some color and fun into life! :-)

  406. I would buy tons of Valspar paint and re-paint my living room and sitting room with the gift card!!!

  407. I would love to transform two very old brown wood dressers (that were my husband’s a child) into a fresh and modern wardrobe and change table for a nursery. Your recent post on how to do this will serve as my guide:) We’re planning for a family and are so excited to share some baby news in the very near future!

  408. Oh I would love to win this. I desperately need to paint my kitchen cabinets. They are builder standard and 16 years old. Love your site!

  409. My oh my! $250 gift card! I am in the process of renovating my bedroom…and I mean, drywall on the ceiling, cedar siding on the walls, a new closet and shelving. So I would use it on the crisp white paint for my walls, a pendant lighting hardware, paint for my night stands and lamps, and the gorgeous crystal knobs to finish off my fathers dresser that he refinished and passed on to me before he passed away. The knobs are exactly what this masculine dresser needs in my femanine room.

  410. I would use it to buy some new lights for our landscaping since the tornados demolished our old ones.

  411. I would use the gift card to replenish my dwindling stock of spray paint along with some updated bright colors for summer, then I would use the rest to purchase some flowers and greenery to spruce up my yard with some color!

  412. I would love to win! I would probably get an outdoor rug for our deck!

  413. Love the color inspiration ideas! And you got to spend time with Nate. How cool! Would love to spend some money at Lowe’s on new items for my patio.

  414. baby girl on the way so it would go towards her room! thanks for the giveaway :)

  415. WOW, I would absolutely start the daunting task of redecorating (scratch that, decorating for the first time) our apartment. It’s pretty plain and needs some real Lowe’s lovin’!

  416. I would use it for our new house that we are updating, or the new container garden.

  417. Oh how I would love to win the $250 gift card. I am an amatuer DIYer and have the need for flooring in my room and want so badly to do the plywood plank floor I have seen all over blog land. This $250 would come in handy to purchase the materials and I am a huge LOWE’S lover!

    Lisa

  418. I would absolutely use the gift card to paint every single room in the house we just bought! =)

  419. Wow, that event sounds like a TON of fun! And you are so nice…giving your prize away! If I win, I would use it for paint, some MDF and various wood pieces and trim, and a good sander. I could spend hours in Lowe’s! Thanks again for the giveaway!

  420. I would redo the ugly, unfinished utility/laundry room in our basement! And I’d send you the before and after!

  421. Big fan of your blog! Great giveaway! Need tons of paint! I have 5 boys,3 different themed bedrooms to paint. Also 2 bunkbeds,4 dressers,3 nightstands and a bookcase that all need a facelift to complete their rooms.

  422. I’d paint my new craft room and the cement floor. For the walls I’m thinking “martha” aqua and I’m tempted to either do a chevron or stencil on the floor in gray & white. Thanks for a chance to win & congrats on attending this cool event with the fantastic & adorable Nate!

  423. I’d do some fixing up to some old furniture for our new house!

  424. What wouldn’t I put that giftcard towards. I have about a million projects on my summer to do list.

  425. I would love to use it in my Twin girls’ room. They are now 7 months and we are still not finished with their nursery!!

  426. I actually found a link to Centsationalgirl from the Jones Design Company website a few weeks ago and have been in love with the project gallery ideas ever since. I moved into a new apartment back in January and have since been trying to make it feel like home. We have an enormous patio and I believe that your outdoor space is just as important as your indoor space and both should represent YOU. I’ve added globe lights and some lounge chairs but the one thing that was missing is a table and chairs. I’ve been saving this beat up bistro set in my parents attic for a few years now telling myself that I would fix it up one day… well the time has come. The project gallery DIY on fixing up an outdoor table gave me the push I needed to finally fix up that table. I would use the Lowes gift card on all items needed to fix up my bistro set and a few additions to turn the patio into my oasys.

  427. I desperately need paint! I’d paint my kids’ rooms as well as a whole bunch of furniture that needs updating. Thanks!

  428. I just bought a new house and the projects are endless! I would either spend the money on kitchen appliances or supplies for a stone deck in the backyard.

  429. I’d love Lowe’s gift card to spruce up our front entrance way!

  430. i would give the gift cert to my daughter. she will be building a new nest in manhatten with her boyfriend in july. he is moving back from cali (bi coastal relationship for past year and half) he is a physcis teacher and he does not have a job right now. she is addicted to decorating and could use the money. she is i big fan of ‘centsational girl’.

  431. Oh my goodness, I would love to win! I would use it to buy materials to add some built-in lockers/cubbies and board and batten to my mudroom!

  432. Thank you for the great giveaway! I would use the gift card on a few plants I have had my eye on and to spruce up each room in the house!

  433. I would buy some paint and light fixtures. We are in desperate need to replace an old, ugly, builder’s grade chandelier!

  434. I’ve been eying a dremel tool for a while now – this would more than cover one! I’ve also been meaning to paint the bedroom forever…

  435. I would remodel my bedroom. We bought this house 5 years ago, and it is the only room in the house I haven’t touched – and it needs it SO BAD – early 90’s flowered wallpaper in teal and magenta, with magenta painted trim – HELP!! :-)

  436. I just moved into a great new apartment but it could use some paint on all the beige walls!

  437. I would use it to finish up the nursery for the twin girls I am currently 29 weeks pregnant with…

  438. I have all these ideas running through my head to spruce up my bathroom; however, money keeps running out so I have to keep putting it off. I would use the gift certificate to buy paint, shelving, light fixtures, etc.

  439. The list is really endless but some plants and front porch goodies to spruce it up would be wonderful. Thank you!!

  440. I’d use it to build a Stratton storage bed Pottery Barn knock-off (by Ana White). Thanks!

  441. Hi, I would love to win this and right now I would go to the outdoor section at Lowe’s. I’m thinking some new outdoor pillows and perhaps a hammock for relaxin and maybe some new large pots for my boxwoods-they need new digs. Hoping I win!!! Thanks for the give-away, very generous of you!

  442. I have 2 medicine cabinets that I want to refinish – I’d use the Lowe’s card to buy a palm sander and whatever else I need for the project. These are my first big projects so I need all the help I can get!

  443. I would buy a new area rug for my living room as my “other” spilled an ENTIRE BOTTLE OF SWEET CHILI SAUCE all over my beautiful hand woven pottery barn wool rug. Surprisingly I muffled the scream.

  444. We just moved in January and my room is this ugly old white colour. Not pretty white, just plain white. So, I’d like to do something to add colour to the room. Maybe repaint my dresser that I’ve had since I was born! Give it a nice blue and purple combo! And paint the shelves the room came with!

  445. Two things: Paint and plants! My patio and front deck definitely need to be freshened up with some plant life and my upstairs hallway and bathroom are in dire need of some color!

  446. I’d spend the GC on paint :-) and an orbital sander. and brushes. and……. Thanks for the chance to win!

  447. I would use this Lowe’s gift card to continue working on my first home. I bought the home over a year ago and find myself so inspired by your blog every day for ways to make my home beautiful on a budget. The ideas and creativity you sink into every aspect of your home, shows the love you have for your family and friends, but most of all for life. I crave that same sense of peace. And I look forward to your blog daily.

  448. Kate, what a fun event with Melissa! (and Nate!)
    You are both so awesome to giveaway your winnings – thanks for the chance!
    $250 at Lowes…..where to start? How about towards a new washer & dryer? My washer just flooded our bathroom and I’m in desperate need!

  449. Lemonade stand/outdoor puppet theater! I would love to try some of the high definition paint. I think I would get a fun color or two & some supplies to make a small wood structure that could be a lemonade stand/outdoor puppet theater for my 7 yr old daughter to use this summer. That would be really fun & provide hours of fun & entertainment for years to come! I could make the structure & leave a way to have a removable curtain for the puppet shows! A reversible sign to hang on front would tell what the structure would be used for each time! She would be soooo excited!

  450. I would finally get some plants and pots for the outdoor porch along with a much needed rug!

  451. Looks like it was a fun evening! I would love a gift card to Lowe’s. I would definitely pick up some paint for an armoire and the walls and trim in our guest room. Fresh brushes and rollers would sure come in handy too. Thanks for the chance!

  452. Love your web site! And I have a very large, white pantry door in my kitchen. I would love to do the entire door in magnetic and chalkboard paint and trim it out in molding. So fun for me and my kids! But, dang, that magnetic primer and chalkboard paint are not cheap!

  453. so many things…it would be between redo for bathroom, paint for outside, nail gun…it would go to a good use for sure!

  454. I would use the card to decorate the new home we are moving to next week!

  455. I would buy supplies to build a firepit in my backyard! Also buy lots and lots of paint to spruce up our new house!

  456. Oh, the projects are endless! We just bought our first home and could definitely use it towards any room in our home :) I think I would start by buying paint for the whole house then the supplies for a headboard and possibly (if there is anything left) my husband always wants to add to his tool collection :)

  457. Love the giveaways — keep them coming! My husband is currently building lots of storage space in the house, so we’ve been making lots of trips to Lowes

  458. I am closing on my Condo next week, and the walls are all eggshell white color (or something close to it). I would use it to buy paint so each room has it’s own style/feel.

  459. I am so glad you were able to go to New York. How fun to see Nats Berkus. I would use the gift cars to Lai.t my girls bathroom and add some board and batten on the walls. I’m dying to redo it. ThAnks for another great giveaway

  460. Good Morning Centsational Girl~ I get so much enjoyment reading your blog each day. You show all of us how to do a lot with a little! My husband and l are retired and don’t have a lot of extra money to decorate. We have a small cozy home, although short on entertaining areas. What l would do with the Lowe’s gift card would be to paint my attached garage,the walls as well as the floor. It’s important to both of us when our kids and grand kids come to visit there is some set-aside play space. I imagine setting up a ping pong table, possibly another small table for games and puzzles. My imagination is taking over now, thinking how fun this space could be. Again, that you for all the great ideas..Gail

  461. I think I would use it on the backyard. I want to put in some fencing to keep the dogs out of the garden and I’d like to put more flowers and veggies in the yard. Oh, $250 could go so far!

  462. This is a giveaway I can really enjoy. I’ve been wanting to paint my kitchen cabinets white so this would really get me going in the right direction.

  463. Oh goodness, with $250 gift card to Lowes I would get paint for our master bedroom and bathroom, I would buy new hardware for our dresser, and probably a new light fixture or 2 around the house!!

  464. OMG! What wouldn’t I do with it! We just moved in and we need everything! I don’t even have a light in the kitchen at the moment! :/ So….is he in cute in person???

  465. I would buy new patio furniture or other garden/outdoor things, especially really pretty sparkly things!

  466. I’d love to put it towards some new french doors to replace our (broken) sliding arcadia door! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! And Nate is such a cutie, you lucky duck! ;)

  467. I just bought a new house 1 week ago. What wouldn’t I use the card for? =)

    I’ll be tackling the master bedroom soon. Everything (walls, ceiling, trim) is the same color. There is no bedroom door. There are no window treatments (not even blinds). And the light fixture is super basic and cheap. A second floor bedroom in Austin, TX really needs a ceiling fan.

  468. What an awesome giveaway. We just moved into a new house that needs a lot of work. I’ve finally determined some of my color choices and now it’s just finding the funds to do it! I’d love to win.

    je2kids(at)gmail(dot)com

  469. I would maybe get a new master bath toilet as we cannot figure out why it wont stop running water all the time and possibly start painting our nursery-to-be on a budget. :)

  470. Love Lowe’s and love your site! I’m a recent work at home convert so I’m transforming one of my bedrooms into a home office. I’ve scoured the internet for ideas and become quite the fan of all the hand and helpful information…..your blog/site being one of the best! You’re on my “fav” list now so to continue my remodel and inspiriation, I could really use the gift card to add some color to all of my new and imagined creations! You guys are great! Thanks for your creativity and willingness to share your valuable experineces!

    Sherri

  471. Awesome giveaway. I’ve been dying to replace the gross, old venetian blinds in my house w new blinds. This would def. help out!

  472. How exciting y’all got to do this! Let’s see…I’d start work on my bathroom(s). They are both in dire need of some sprucing up! I wanna win! :)

  473. Did you refrain from squealing and jumping up and down at the sight of all that glorious paint and supplies?!?!

    Oh my, $250 at Lowes…I’d buy a light fixture for my dining room, trim for my living room bookcases (as soon as you hint tell me how to hint attach it hint), and of course PAINT!

  474. Everything in my home needs to be updated, would love to head to my new Lowes and get started!

  475. I would love to win this! I’m moving in July, so there are all kinds of things I could do with it. I think I’d probably go for paint first.

  476. Nate Berkus….wow…I watch him everyday! This gift card would sure come in handy as I need to paint my whole apartment that I’ve been in for 4 years now. Still have the standard off white walls, which are getting kind of beat up. Love Nate’s gray walls concept!
    Thank you for such a generous giveaway, you are sure to make someone so happy!

  477. I would totally finish adding cabinets to my laundry room! I’m hoping to make it look just like centsational girl’s!!

  478. oh wow! my bf and i are (slowly) revamping the 1962 home i recently purchased. i have a list of things i’d like to do in every room, but priority number one would have to be the kitchen. there’s wallpaper everywhere! i would love to tear all the wallpaper out, put up beadboard around the kitchen table, paint the walls and refinish the cabinets. i think these changes would make a huge difference for the room :)

  479. What WOULDN’T I do with a gift card to Lowes!? We’re building our new house as we speak, so there are a multitude of projects to spend $$ on!

  480. WOW what a wonderful giveaway. I would get a few tools that I’ve had my eye on then get some wood so I could make some of the things I’ve wanted hubby to do but am tried of waiting for him to get around to it. Then if there is anything left I could use a ceiling fan in my craft room. Thanks for a chance to win.
    Holly

  481. Just a second comment to let you know I linked this on my Facebook page @ Sweet Cherry Quilting. Thanks again!

  482. I would love to win this gift card and use it for paint and light fixtures in our first home! My husband is active duty Marine Corps and we are finally settling down and owning our first home! Goodbye plain white military housing and apartment walls!! :)

  483. I would probably put it toward a new vanity for one of my bathrooms. They are both in desperate need!

  484. $250 to Lowes means beautiful flowers for my back deck and completing my office redo. The latter is a must since I work from home! Thanks for the great giveaway Kate. :)

  485. I would paint every room in my house again. Don’t tell my husband though.

  486. Thank you so much for this terrific giveaway! I would use the G/C to repaint my laundry room. I took a risk and painted it red… after six coats it still isn’t the color I wanted. My husband will kill me if I spend another dime on paint to fix it!

  487. $250 at lowes would get me a new palm sander, maybe a new compressor and paint gun or maybe a bunch of bags of concrete to finish up my countertops or maybe some posts for a pergola, need I go on. I have multiple lists that could eat up $250. dope giveaway.

  488. Please count me in! I am always painting something!! …and I’ve purchased more Valspar paint at Lowes recently than I want to remember!!!!!! THANKS for the chance!! :)

  489. I would love to put pavers in my yard with that money. I have a nice little spot that refuses to grow grass, and the mud is awful. I need to pave it, but I also need groceries and utilities, so it keeps getting put off till tomorrow. Yay Lowes!

  490. Where do I start? I’m wanting to make a headboard, so I’m sure I would get materials for that at Lowe’s. Also, I do need more High Def paint! That stuff is the BEST (and I’ve tried the others).

  491. What a great giveaway! I think I would have to buy some lumber and wood stain – there are some projects by Ana White that I’ve been wanting to do for my mother’s backyard! Thanks!

  492. ooo, I would most definitely buy some paint for my bedroom which still remains the only room that I haven’t painted…and maybe pick up a plant or two! Thanks so much for the giveaway and congrats on winning the creative use of color award!

  493. I love Lowes. I would use my GC for some wood. We just moved into a house that has no character. I have plans for built-ins and wainscoting. $250 would be awesome. Our budget only allows for so much each month! Thanks for the fun giveaway. How awesome that you got to hang with Nate.

  494. We are very busy remodeling our office into a nursey for our first child (due in 10 weeks!) We have had to do almost a complete gut of the room (rewiring electric, new windows, ceilings, floors, THE WORKS) and are at Lowe’s almost every weekend picking up more supplies. A $250 giftcard to Lowe’s would go straight to the lovely gray and yellow paint I have picked out and for the trim and molding to finish her room!

  495. We moved into our house about a year and a half ago … it is still all the dreary paint colors that someone else picked out. I need this house to feel like it’s mine so I would spend every penny on getting it painted and turning it into brighter, much more fun home!

  496. I would buy tile so I would have all the pieces together to redo my brick hearth/fireplace in my den to a nice light color. New tiles would offset the old knotty pine paneling in the room nicely.Mary B

  497. would LURVE this!! Have the idea to board/batten my whole house!! and then there’s the paint, supplies etc! thanks for sharing your GC!

  498. I used to hate Lowes. Then I got engaged to a tool man and spent so much time there, I converted. Long story short, for my wedding we wound up with a lot of Lowes cards! Anyway we are planning an outdoor patio and this card would come in handy!

  499. There’s so much I could do with that gift card! I’d for sure get LOTS of paint and then hardware for some cabinets and dressers.

  500. There’s so much I could do with that gift card! I’d for sure get LOTS of paint and then hardware for some cabinets and dressers.

  501. I have a looong list of furniture I want to build for my outdoor area this summer, so that’s what I’d do with the gift card! Wood and paint, and maybe a tool. :) Thanks for sharing the love!!

  502. PAINT! I work from home and my office is bland and boring. I would love to spruce it up with some new paint, shelves and lighting to transform it a little. Maybe it would give me some additional inspiration at work! :)

  503. Pay for the carpet and hardwood floors I’m buying from Lowe’s next week!

  504. Wish I could buy so many things there, but I would have to buy a new window to replace the one in my son’s room :)

  505. I would love to buy some paint to spruce up my house, plus some plants and flowers for the yard.

  506. I would love a Lowe’s gift card! I would buy some paint to brighten up a few rooms, new carpet, new hardware for a fixed up dresser…the list is endless! Thanks for such a great giveaway!

  507. I would FINALLY get started on my laundry room renovation! It’s the last thing we have left and I am itching to get started.

  508. I would organize our new apartment and add some plants to our indoor space. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  509. What a dream day to spend with Nate! Congrats and how fun to spend it with your blogging friend as well:) Great design on the cabinet. I don’t like to paint but I need to paint (things are very early 90′ish around here) so would love to win a gift card for paint!
    Laura T

  510. Lowe’s giveaway? Pretty please pick me! ;-) We are getting ready to redo my daughter’s room from a baby’s room to a Big.Girl.Room. We’ll be strippling wall paper, painting, new carpet, painting an end table and desk. Yes, I could use this!

  511. I would hand it over to my husband. Today is our anniversary and due to financial crunches (me spending too much on our new mantle that he just finished building last night) he isn’t getting anything. He has worked so hard to build anything and everything for our home that I ask him and has had to borrow many tools from our neighbor. With this, he could buy his own!!

  512. So many ways to use 250…I would buy ceramic looking planters for the front of my house, paint to finish a hutch that is in need of a makeover, a new light fixture for my recently redone kitchen, tomato stakes for my new raised bed garden, and about 100 other things!

  513. Such an incredible opportunity! I would love to win – we have just moved into a new house in Nebraska and we need to paint many rooms. Valspar looks like they have some amazing color choices.

  514. What a great giveaway! My husband and I just bought our first house, so I would definitely use the money to buy paint and other supplies for fun projects we’ve got planned!

  515. we are refinishing our 106 year old home so a $250 gift card to Lowe’s would come in very handy

  516. I would love to win this card, not for me, but for my wonderful husband. Some of his outdoor projets have to take a backseat while we prepare for baby #2. He deserves a chance to finish a yard he would be proud of!

  517. Our bathrooms are due for an update. They still look like the typical 90s builder bathrooms. We’d start with our guest bathroom. We would frame the mirror, paint the wood cabinets, change the light fixtures, add knobs to the cabinets and add some shelving. We recently had our first child, so a lot of our expenses are going towards him. The Lowes card would be a wonderful treat.

  518. & I posted this on my Facebook! Although, if one of my friends enters & wins, I hope they share! :)

  519. Fantastic giveaway! I could seriously use some new hardware for all the cabinets in my house and some new patio furniture.

  520. I like your funky design! I am preparing my house to sell right now and trying to update for staging. I would use the gift card to get some of that GREAT Valspar paint and freshen up around the house. I have a little cabinet that I would like to spruce up and also need a desprate change in my bathroom! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
    Patti

  521. I would give it to my husband to do more landscaping around the house for me.

  522. We are moving into our new house May 25 and I would use it to paint my ’70’s dark wood kitchen cabinets a beautiful, fresh white (since I can’t afford to replace them!)

  523. How fun that must have been. I would just like to be in the same room with Nate!! As for spending $250 at Lowes…so easy for me to do. We have a bathroom project in mind and that would go towards a new vanity. Count me in please!

  524. With a $250 gift card from Lowe’s I would finish up the trim in our house (only half of it has trim :S and we only need about $80 worth left) and with the remaining $170 I would put it towards replacing the carpet in my 12 month old daughter’s room which is stained up pretty badly as the previous tenant of that room was a puppy. Thanks for the giveaway Kate!

  525. Hubby and I are in the process of buying our first house. What couldn’t we do with $250 from Lowes! We could put it towards a washer, or patio furniture, or use it to buy paint to personalize our first place. So many ideas! Thanks!

  526. I have a long list of things I could use from Lowes: paint for my bedroom and bathroom, AND I am super ready to get the pool area ready for my kids for summer…. I want to buy some more indoor/outdoor carpeting, build a lattice wall for privacy around our pool area, and plant a tropical oasis around the “future” lattice wall of our pool area.

  527. Oh my…$250 at Lowe’s?!! I actually would start with paint (I’ve been wanting to try some stripes and stencils, as well as bring in some COLOR!)…then add some light fixtures…and perhaps some purty little plants for the outside of our new house. So many choices! Yay!

  528. How generous of you!!! I would buy a much needed (and wanted) backsplash for our very plain kitchen with a $250 giftcard to Lowe’s…Happy Friday to you!

  529. Oh this was an easy one for me. One of my goals this year is to have a greener home. This desire along with the soring prices of food (as a Mom of 4 my bills are crazy high) I am planning to put togehter a big backyard garden to start to grow our own fruits and vegs and I am doing this with my kids as I think it sends them a valuable message about our environment and also about being financially savy. I would take that $250 and put that towards our fruits and vegs and gardening tools and lumber for our bed. Thanks so much for the great blog!

  530. My boyfriend and I are moving to a new city this summer, and $250 would come in handy! The biggest priority would be getting a new washer and dryer.

  531. Wow what a great and much needed giveaway! We recently downsized from a four bedroom to a studio apartment, mind you with a 2 yr old! I would use the card to paint and try to make it feel more like a home and not just a huge room. Thanks & God bless!

  532. I would use the $250 for Repainting (almost) my entire main floor of my house. LOTS of Valspar needed for that undertaking . . .

  533. I would buy flowers for my garden and a few big planters for the patio!
    we just power washed the patio and now we need to make it beautiful!

  534. I so badly want to buy my parents a new dishwasher. I would put the $250 towards one of those awesome stainless steel bad boys! Thanks for the chance to play! Love your blog!!!!

  535. I would use that gift card to freshen up our playroom. The walls have not been painted since we moved in and deperately need to be re-painted with a fun color!

  536. I would use it for our master bathroom that needs a new vanity! the previous owners put in a pedestal sink, which is really nice, but NOT practical!

  537. I would use it for paint for the yet-to-be painted rooms in my apartment, and maybe some accessories (pillows, plants..) for my balcony!

  538. What a great event! Since I am a newbie I bought some Valspar white paint last weekend and used them to paint my garage. Although it’s not completely done, yet, I am already loving the clean garage look v.s. the white grids that construction people did.

    Anyway, if I win the $250, I will most likely use it to buy more paints. One of my dream is to paint a patterned wall like you did with you bedroom wall. This money will definitely help me do that!!

  539. I am always making multiple trips to Lowes every week! If I won, I used it to purchase paint for my guest bedroom and if I had any left over, I’d spend it in the garden/nursery department!

  540. I would buy paint, crown molding and maybe plants! Thanks for offering this!

  541. I would use it to redo my bathrooms (paint, cabinets, mirrors, lighting…)

  542. If I won, I’d move painting the accent wall in my kitchen and living room bright red to the top of my to do list! The rest of the gift card will go toward buying wood and building the mantel of my dreams!

  543. I would use my lowe’s gc to start our master shower re-do. It is in desperate need and is the last thing to get taken care of.

  544. I just downsized to a smaller space and need some major shelving and closet organizers for storage! $250 will come in handy! :)

  545. It sounds like you had a great time hanging out with Nate. A $250 gift certificate would be great from Lowe’s. I am currently in the middle of painting a floor cabinet for my bathroom (following your awesome tips for painting furniture, etc.), but still have to buy paint for the cabinet. I also want to repaint a red bathroom and an office that still has a cheap coat of builder’s beige paint. So, lots of painting!

  546. I’m loving Chevron print right now! I would use the $250 for a new kitchen light fixture and some supplies to spice up several chairs and a wooden console.

  547. We are renovating a vintage Airstream travel trailer, I would use the gift card to buy new flooring and stain for the cabinetry. Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!

  548. I’m dying to redo my laundry/pantry/mudroom and this would give me just the boost i need!!

  549. I would buy a trellis to grow wisteria on! Now that I own a house, I suddenly want to garden. :)

  550. My husband and I just bought our first house almost a month ago and the first week we moved in I headed to Lowes to get paint samples to hang up all over the house and I finally made the final choice and know what colors I am going to go with for the living room and the master. I told myself I wasn’t allowed to decorate till all our things were unpacked and organized perfectly, AND, we have painted. $250 to Lowes would dramatically help us make it to that goal sooner, especially since this being our first house we don’t even have a ladder or paint brushes, so tackling the job of painting will be a big expense to jump start our homeownership. Not to mention the yard haha, we live in California so the season for blooming has already started and heading into summer and we don’t have landscaping in the backyard and dying grass in the front, both of which we have major plans for.

  551. I would put it toward a new shower/bathtub for my parents. And give them the best christmas gift ever, cause boy is their bathroom in need of an upgrade!

  552. There’s so much I would do! Oh, to install chair rails and bead board and paint and refloor my whole condo! But, the thing that I want to do the most is build a custom desk/work area with storage in the empty corner in my kitchen. It’s an odd little corner that you can’t fit a table in, but a wonderful flat area to knead bread and blend our morning smoothies would be perfect!

  553. WHAT WOULDN’T I DO WITH $250 FROM LOWE’S??? I just painted my daughter’s room and now she needs lighting, shelving and storage. Or I could make my yard pretty and replace all the broken solar lights. OR I could get my husband a brand new MANLY tool set so he’ll stop using my awesome pink, fits my small hand tools. The possibilities are endless…. Off to daydream.

  554. Oh my word- I don’t know what I wouldn’t do with this gift card!! I would order a case of Heirloom white for sure, stock up on staples, wire, nails, etc…. and then give the rest to my wonderful husband so he could buy supplies to help me with my projects :) Isn’t that soooo sweet of me?

  555. Exciting! I would use it to tile my kitchen and bathroom floors….a project I have been meaning to start to undertake for a while!

  556. I would finally paint my dresser (black and white) to match my new wall that I painted after inspiration from this blog……..and make a bench for our dining table (that I’m also going to paint white) since I’ve always wanted a bench but never thought about making one until I saw the “light.” :)

  557. I would first buy some flowers for the front of our house, then buy some supplies to make an entertainment center!

  558. I am wanting to attempt a board and batten look in my bathroom and spruce up with paint and a new mirror as well. So jealous you got to attend this cool event in NYC!!

  559. I would use the gift card to buy baseboards! We moved into our first home almost 6 months ago {time flies} but we haven’t been able to afford baseboards. Who knows when we will, but this would be a great start!
    Thanks!

  560. Wow – SO generous of you! Just finished painting my entire first floor with Valspar in Magic Spell. LOVE the paint, and the color is absolute perfection. Yea, Lowes!

    That $250 would help me complete the built-ins I’m planning between my (open plan) living room and dining room.

  561. My husband and I seem to be blowing all our money at Lowe’s lately trying to fix up our 1940’s house. I would love to purchase crown molding for our rooms or bead board our backsplash in our kitchen!

  562. I would put it toward turning one of our bathrooms into a much needed additional bedroom. Thanks for sharing!

  563. we just moved into our first home almost a year ago, and still have sooo many projects to do… One thing high the gigantic list is to paint the front door a fun color, currently it’s beige, as is the entire house… ick! But much could be done for our curb appeal with 250 lowes dollars!!

  564. We’re redoing our bathroom, so I’d use the Lowes gift card to help pay for a new vanity!

  565. I would use the Lowe’s $250 gift card to buy new flooring for my master bath, possibly some beautiful ceramic tile.

  566. We are painting the outside of our DIY fixer-upper this summer, and I’m super excited to try out Valspar’s new Duramax paint. I would use the Lowe’s giftcard to purchase all the paint, which will definitely make our neighbors happy!

  567. I would put it towards putting in our new vegetable/flower garden the new house we moved into 3 weeks ago!!

  568. I would use this to redo my daughter’s room. She wants bead board, new paint…she is 10 going on 18 and wants it updated (even though we just made over her room 2 years ago…) ahhhh, GIRLS!

  569. I would love to buy countertop transformations for my kitchen, we’ve already started painting the cabinets white, adding hardware, a new sink, and a tile backsplash, but we could sure use some help on the countertops!

  570. I am working to finish up my “mom-cave” this weekend. I am needing carpet and some new cabinets. This is would be great to help me with the mounting expenses.

  571. $250! I’d buy paint for the master bedroom and bath, some new bamboo shades for the playroom re-do I’m in the middle of and some pretty colorful plants for the front yard.

  572. I would purchase bamboo shades for our downstairs living area. We’ve been in our new construction home for almost a year and still don’t have blinds! It’s time :)

  573. I’d put it towards a bunch of summer projects I have planned. Shelving, lighting, and painting!

  574. I would use the giftcard to buy FLOWERS! I am dying to plant and hang and see flowers, but can’t ever seem to find money in the budget!

  575. We want to install pull out drawers in our pantry. We buy a lot of groceries in bulk, it’ll be so nice to see everything we have.

  576. I could really use this to paint my new apartment a finish up some DiY projects like my kitchen table which I just finished sanding!

  577. Let’s see….where do I start? I need paint and supplies for two furniture projects I plan to do, new blinds in my master bedroom, a rug for my dining room, pots for both the front and back yards, patio furniture…and the list could go on and on. I love Lowe’s.

  578. Came here from Centsational Girl. So glad to find you! I’d use the $250 to complete some built-in storage between my living room and dining room, which are both newly painted in Valspar Magic Spell. Love the paint, ADORE the color. Yea, Lowes!

  579. OHMYGOODNESS!!!!! I would probably use it to buy PAINT, PAINT and more PAINT but they’ve also got great mirrors, curtain rods, etc…. AWESOME!!!

  580. I would use it to refinish the many peices I have stored away!! Also, we always need flowers!!! Looks like ya’ll had a blast…. Kristin

  581. I could definitely put the gift card to good use this summer! We’d like to spruce up our enclosed front porch and add quite a bit to our landscaping…$250 would come in handy!

  582. I would redo the half bathroom off my kitchen. The prior owners had gold and pink wallpaper in there. It needs to GO!

  583. Lucky you! What great fun you must have had at the Lowe’s event. Being in the same room with all those beautiful paint colors AND Nate… heavenly! ;)

    I love Lowe’s and Valspar paint! Nineteen months ago, my hubby and I bought a run-down 1978 house on a 30 acre horse farm and since then, I think we’ve spent a bazillion dollars at Lowe’s fixing the place up. I even bought all my new kitchen appliances and washer/dryer from Lowe’s. I’ve used Valspar paint exclusively inside and out but there’s still painting to do, not to mention a long list of unfinished projects on the house and barns. We could also use some landscaping plants and patio pavers. Winning a gift card would be an awesome help in crossing off some of those projects on the “To Do” list! Thank you so much for the opportunity, Kate!

  584. I would use the card either towards new patio furniture or plants for updating the front of our house. It needs it. Bad.

  585. I’m redoing the landscaping in my front yard. All those flowers and shrubs really add up, so I would use the gift card on that.

  586. What wouldn’t I do? :) We bought house this winter and have a neverending lists of fun projects – from rescreening window screens to repainting thrift store finds.

  587. I’m just jealous you got the spend the day with Nate! I’m telling you I could blow $250 at Lowes faster than a craft junkie in Michael’s! I need paint desperately for several rooms in my house and plywood to make a new headboard for my bed and a counter for our laundry room. Also, some cabinets for the laundry room, some new plants for the yard and some new blinds for our bedroom as well. Wait? I think I’m already over the budget…story of my life.

  588. There are so many things I would like at Lowes! I’m planning out a big vegetable/fruit garden and could definitely use the gift card on fencing and trellis materials.

  589. Oh, I would go craxy with a $250 gift card from Lowes. When you DIY, $250 can go a looooong way :)

  590. If I won I would use the gift card to buy some of the parts that we need to redo our main bathroom, a project we are about to tackle…Thanks for the chance Kate

  591. I would start working on my baby’s nursery in our new (but very old) house!

  592. First I’d buy some stripper (of the paint removing variety, not the clothes removing), then some paint and finish to fix up the dresser I just bought.

    That should leave enough to the board for my headboard and frame so my beautiful gray linen has something to be mounted on.

    Then, accessories!

  593. Oh, I could get some patio furniture (or better yet, pavers FOR a patio!). Our landscape lighting leaves much to be desired also. With $250, I could make a dent in some of my to-do list!

  594. It would be so wonderful to win this card. We moved into our house almost a year ago and have been wanting to do the necessary home improvements, but haven’t had the funds to do so. This would go a long way to get some of those necessary chores completed!

  595. I’m moving into a little old farmhouse in three and 1/2 months, and I need everything! But the project I want to do most is to make a light fixture for the dining area off the kitchen with lots of exposed lightbulbs! Thank you for offering us your gift card!

  596. $250?!? I could do SO much with that! First, we’re redoing our girls room and I want to do turquoise and white stripes in the room… so paint and supplies for that. We also want to build a desk for my 2nd grader. $250 would go a long way to accomplish all of that. How sweet of you to pass it along!

  597. I actually liked the hinges and knob white, it was something unexpected! I would use the gift card to paint my bedroom. I’m re-doing it and it needs a fresh coat of paint to help it transform!

  598. I have so many projects up my sleeve, first of all, I would be buying lots of paint with this g/c. I am redoing my bedroom and we are painting it the slate color from Restoration Hardware, although I cannot afford that kind of price tag for paint. We are also purchasing a french country hutch off of craigslist and right now it is red and I am not sure if I would like it red, I was thinking black/brown…this would come in handy! Thanks for the opportunity!

  599. I would love to be able to buy the glass mosaic tiles for our powder room renovation!!

  600. We are moving into our first home! I’m going to need lots of paint, and a miter saw…among loads of other things I’m sure! My husband and I joke that we need to buy stock in Lowes now….

  601. I would definately buy paint! I’d also love to try countertop transformations for my bathroom, but wall paint and spray paint would be first on the list. Then, maybe plants…or scratch that all, maybe a ceiling fan…

  602. Thanks for the chance on such a great giveaway! I am trying to help my mom fix her home up and it needs so much,such as, paint, blinds, even some plants and planters. Would be great if i won!

  603. I am in the midst of a painting project in my new home – and I have a ceiling fan that makes so much noise – it has to be replaced. What a help the gift card would be- thanks for the chance to win.

  604. I just got a new apartment and we desperately need some items for it (like a fan in the living room!). Plus I’m getting married in October, and there are all kinds of things we could use then, too!

  605. I would use it to buy some wonderful Valspar paint for my summer project of painting white my old southern home’s judges paneling in the den!

  606. I would buy LOTS of paint and painting supplies! I’ve been dying to paint my kitchen, hall, powder room, laundry room and master bedroom. Doing it for FREE would definitely be just the nudge I need to get those projects started! BTW, I love your little cabinet…funky and creative!

  607. Patio furniture! This winter’s storm destroyed our table and two chairs and we have nothing left to enjoy this great weather!

  608. We just bought a new house, so the question should be, “What wouldn’t I do with a $250 gift card?” Paint, flooring, landscaping, lighting…the list is endless!

  609. That Lowes card would be sprinkled a bit everywhere! A new mirror here, some flowers there…yadayadayada!!

  610. we close on our forever home in 2 weeks! we could DEFINITELY use a $250 on paint, supplies, molding, etc. please pick me!

  611. Just visited over at The Inspired Room too and can’t believe you two got to spend the afternoon with Nate! How dreamy :) I would loveeeee to win this giftcard for our soon to be purchased first home! I need some paint help bad, and would love to go crazy at Lowe’s!

  612. Ahhh! That’s so so cool!!!! :D Great job on the cabinet, btw! :) Cute!

    Aww, I’d use it to paint my little sister’s ROOM! We created a little “Tangled/Princess” room for her, but the walls are bare. We just used spare construction paper to decorate it with flowers and birds.
    Didn’t have paint to paint it. It’s just plaster right now, leftover from the 70’s. We bought the house a while ago, ripped off the psychedelic stripped wallpaper, and it’s just a crusty plaster now. Bleh.

  613. 250$??? I could do alot with that… most likely I would use it to help with our backyard. Right now it is owned by our dog, which mean patchy grass, holes, and smooshed flowers!

  614. First off, what a neat event put on by Lowe’s. It looks like it was a ton of fun and your little table is awesome. $250 at Lowe’s? What WOULDN”T I spend it on? We’re always working on some project either inside or outside, so it would definitley get used.

  615. I’d put it towards either supplies for my new patio or new countertops.

  616. I would put it toward buying tile for my bathrooms and kitchen backsplash.

  617. I would LOVE a gift card to Lowes. I would finally finish my master bath – need to tile around bathtub and purchase towel rack, light, and other accessories.

  618. Actually, your laundry makeover inspired me and I’ve been dreaming of a brighter and more colorful spirit to my laundry room. Wouldn’t that be nice… :D

  619. I’m painting every room in my house and only have two done at this point, so I could definitely use some Lowe’s cash! We’re also replacing all door hardware and I need new countertops in my kitchen. $250 would be AWESOME! Thanks!

  620. The possibilities are endless! Perhaps buy a living room rug or some shelves for my office. Or buy some trees to plant in my yard. :)

  621. We’ve just bought a 1960’s ranch house that definitely needs some work!

  622. I’d use it for supplies for my new house…. I think I’ve already spent close to 3 grand at Lowes in the past month!

  623. I would use it to bring down the astronaumical cost of the deck and fence we’re putting in – I hate when budgets explode unexpectedly.

  624. Oh my goodness, this would be so fun to win! I would buy lots and lots of plants for my bare yard! Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!

  625. Love the chevron stripes! If I won, I would put it toward some new patio furniture. Time to be outside!

  626. I would use it for paint and cabinet supplies to overhaul my kitchen. I would love to have white upper cabinets and black bottom. With new hardware.

  627. My family moved into our home 3 yrs ago and we haven’t done much to it. I’m so ready for a makeover and I’ve been religiously following these blogs for ideas. Love them! I would go crazy to have $250 from Lowes! I’ve been there about 4 times in the last week and a half already ;o)

  628. I’m planning to board and batten and repaint my kitchen! Thanks for sharing!

  629. We have a slew of home improvement undertakings this year, but I think I would most likely use the $250 towards our rear landscaping that we have to complete this year. I have big plans for raised retaining wall flower beds!

  630. I would probably buy a bunch of plants and flowers because I love gardening. I also need to replace some of our outdated and brassy light fixtures.

  631. I would use the gift card to purchase new window boxes for my house-the one on top of the garage fell and broke and I was just heartbroken, and also lots of flowers! I would love to win!
    Thanks for the opportunity and for sharing your trip to NYC!

  632. I would spend it on GRASS SEED! We recently moved into our home and don’t have grass yet!

  633. We built a new house five years ago and am still working on the landscaping. It is a long, slow process! We have all of the “hard scape” done and am now ready to plant. FINALLY! A 250.00 gift card would help us purchase a LOT of plants!

  634. Oh my going to Lowes, I am like a kid in the candy store! The only surface in our home that has never been painted is our master bedroom ceiling! I want to paint it a soft blue, but DH insists it has to be white! So therefore it has never been painted! Once I paint it I want to add crown molding around the room, give it a little personality! Thanks!

  635. I would buy lots of Valspar paint to redo the ugly oak cabinets and wood paneling in our new (to us) house which we just got our offer accepted on. I may also ask someone to paint the nursery for our second baby who is coming in just six weeks! So you see I seed this gift card, along with some help :-)

  636. OOOHHHH! My list is very long. Our house is on the market and I need it to sell fast. I need some Valspar paint to use for touch up paint and to neutralize a few rooms (the lime green one in particular). I need fixtures for 2 of 3 bathrooms….the brass ones are, well, brass! I need a few boards for the deck (puppy chewed boards do not look good), wood filler to fix the inside puppy chewed baseboards, kind of need new carpet for the kids’ rooms, oh, and more Valspar paint to repaint the ugly, icky brown stained front door. That should get me started!

  637. I’d put it towards some outdoor furniture. We just put in a pool and a deck and it sucked up all our funds. So, I’d ditch the folding beach chairs and get some real patio furniture!

  638. With a $250 Lowes gift card I would buy some tools and supplies to build some of my favorite Ana White designs.

  639. I am in the process of moving to a new home at the end of summer and have SO many craft ideas, seriously like a list of 60, that this gift card would be SO great to win! thanks :)

  640. We are in the process of finishing our basement, and could use every single cent we can get to make it happen! We need a laundry list of things, including paint (and dry wall, and bead board, and recessed lights, and light fixtures….)!!!

  641. We just bought a house that needs a lot if work. $250 at Lowes would be a great start!

  642. Ahhh, a $250 gift card!! I’d paint, paint, paint! My house has been a drab cream since we’ve moved in and I’d LOVE to add some color!! And I’m SO inspired by your furniture creations – I’ve become a Craigslist junkie looking for a good, ugly piece to spruce up! I can’t wait!!

  643. A gift card to Lowe’s would be fabulous. If I decided to use it for fun, it would go to hydrangeas for the front yard and climbing roses for the chain link fence outside my kitchen window. I’d probably also get some touch up paint for the interior walls and trim, some new front patio lights, and maybe supplies to work on fixing up my gazebo. The list could go on and on!!! If I decided to be practical, I’d put the gift card to supplies for a new fence for our rental house… sounds boring doesn’t it. I think I’d use it for fun!!! (As long as I can think of some magical explanation for the new goodies to my hubby)

  644. What couldn’t I do with a Lowe’s card? I’ve already been there almost every weekend for the last two months … mostly for paint and supplies, actually. Curtain rods, lighting, plants for the backyard, more paint … can’t go wrong with a Lowe’s card!

  645. Ohhh, I have two things that I really want to do, and no money to do them.

    The first is to tile the backsplash in my kitchen. That’s probably what I would do first.

    The second is to do SOMETHING with my whole-wall fireplace in my family room that I hate. I saw something in blogland today that I could maybe convince hubby to try!

  646. I can think of so many ways I could use the gift card! My husband and I just recently bought our first house so we are trying to make it feel like our own. I would spend it on paint, landscaping, tools, you name it! Thanks Kate!

  647. with $250, i could finally add a table and chairs outside for some al fresco dining with my family! we bbq all the time but then cart everything inside… would be so nice to just stay outside and enjoy the afternoon/evening! kristinmik at gmail

  648. I would buy PAINT and paint supplies, of course! I’d also like to add some colorful plants to my garden. :)

  649. WHOW!!! $250.00! We just built a cottage by the lake and my family and I could use that for the yard. Bushes, plants and landscaping needs. Thanks for the giveaway.

  650. We are about to start a fairly large remodel of our condo, and part of this will include painting all of the walls. This whole “one coat” trickthat the Valspar Hi Def paint is claiming to accomplish would be perfect since some of our walls are garnet red. We’re also painting our black kitchen cabinets white so this paint would be perfect for that too! Oh, I hope I win!

  651. I would use it to buy paint for my mom ‘s new bedroom whereever we move once our house sells!

  652. I am concentrating on landscaping this summer, so I would spend it on trees, shrubs and/or a fence to cover up our u.g.l.y. propane tank!

  653. I would buy paint! I have a new house that is in desparate need of some color.

  654. I have a cabinet of similar style but larger in size that desperately needs a new coat of color!!

  655. I would start painting our new house! We just moved in to our first house and it is an unfortunate shade of lavender inside… But I have big plans for this place!

  656. I would love $250 from Lowe’s to put up some crown molding. And I love your blog!

  657. I would love to have $250 to spend at Lowes. I would buy some power tools to help tackle projects around my house. Thank you!

  658. I would use the gift card for some new basement shelving for more storage! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
    Jennifer B.

    jenniferlynnebeard (at) gmail (dot) com

  659. I have been itching to make a headboard so I would probably get some things needed for that as well as some paint for some things I’m wanting to update. Or I might wait, we are planning on buying a house in the fall and I’m sure there’s lots of things that we would want to do!

  660. hardware. lots and lots of hardware. I’m giving my kitchen cabinets some (long over-due) love, and the two big things are paint (of course) and some great new nickel knobs (but boy those puppies get $$). Thanks for the chance!

  661. Powder room: I would get a new pedestal sink, paint, and possibly a new light fixture.

    That or lots of plants and mulch.

  662. Well as I am in the middle of remodeling my living room I would probably put it towards supplies for that. I may alsouse it to buy some new pulls for the kitchen cabinets and white paint for trim. Thanks! Sounds like a fun trip!!

  663. Oh what I would do with a $250 gift card!!! I would love to refinish my boring flat cabinets, my hubs would love a table saw to work with… and it sure would make redoing those cabinets more enjoyable!

  664. We just moved into our first house, and we have tons of things we could use the gift card for! We need lighting, door and cabinet hardware, and even tools we didn’t need before in our apartment!

  665. i would use it prove to my boyfriend that all thr furniture i have been buying for a fraction of the price from local thrift stores actually will look great in our new apartment! He thinks I am wasting $$$!!! I want to prove him wrong, i have so many ideas, but no $ to do anything about it right now! i am moving with him while he is in medical school, away from my family, etc. i just wanna feel at home, even if i am further away from my family than I have ever been!

  666. Would love to use the giftcard on our garden! Thanks for your generosity.

  667. That would be just enough to get the plank paneling for my momma’s living room I want to get her for her birthday (and then paint to paint it) to replace the old 70s fake wood paneling she has now. It would make her sooo happy!!

  668. If I was fortunate enough to win the Lowe’s gift card I’d use it to make over my darling 10 year old daughter’s bedroom. She’s been begging me for nearly a year now. I am currently out of work and job hunting, and a bedroom makeover is simply not in the budget at the moment. I keep finding myself saying, ‘When I find a job.’ No luck so far. This would go a long way toward making a difficult situation more bearable, not to mention one delighted lil’ girl!

  669. If I won, I would buy the wood trim to complete my daughter’s master bedroom. We are putting up beadboard wallpaper (from Lowe’s) and want to trim it out like board and batten on top. We plan to do a 3.5 inch top board with a 1.5 to 2 inch board on top of that as a shelf. Please pick me!

  670. I would finish my dining room – a bit of paint and a beautiful rug!

  671. I want to paint my bedroom to go along with a extra large king size quilt I just finished. I don’t want to put it on the bed until I redo the room. New from top to bottom. If I win I could even get a new light and lamps.

  672. I’ve been itching to start building again… I’m thinking maybe build my brother a dining room table since he doesn’t have one and we have no where to eat but the couch! Then i would probably buy myself some new much needed powertools :) What girl doesn’t like some goooood powertools…

  673. I would buy paint and baseboard for the guestbedroom we’re trying to finish and tile, stain and bathroom accessories for the bathroom renovation we’re also trying to finish. 2 projects at once drains the wallet!!

  674. second comment – I liked to this giveaway on Facebook. Thanks for the opportunity. My mind is already swirling with the possibilities!

  675. I would love a $250 gift card to Lowes and would use it to buy Rustoleom’s new Cabinet Transformations kit to get started on freshening up my dated, ginger-orangey cabinets.

  676. oh my goodness could I use that. We are about to embark on a livingroom makeover and $250 from Lowes would be amazing to go towards the trim and wood we need to make our wall of bookshelves or the wider baseboards we need. This is such a lovely thing to pass along to a lucky winner who I hope is ME!!!

  677. We are in the process of re-building our screened in porch, so I would use this for windows or flooring supplies. Thanks for the opportunity!

  678. I would FINALLY paint all the knotty pine in my living room and bathroom! Huge job, but long since overdue!

  679. I would use the $250 to decorate the new apartment that I will be moving into with my new wife after our wedding in August. Being a young married couple, having some cash to turn an apartment into a home would be SUPER helpful. And we would love to write about the projects we use the money towards on our blog for young couples as well, http://www.simplybeginning.com!

  680. OMG!!! I would put it towards new flooring in our house. The carpet is so gross and stained and it makes me embarrassed to have people over.

  681. I am moving to a new place at the end of the month and I would definitely love to make it our own. Nothing that new paint, lighting and a small outdoor herb garden can’t accomplish!

  682. So much to paint, so much to build
    If only I had a gift card to wield!

    (Psst. I always enjoy your blog so much.)

  683. We ran out of dough part way through adding a second bath downstairs so I would finish. Yay!!!!

  684. We’re starting a second floor addition this summer – every little bit counts, right?

  685. I need TONS of paint to repaint all of the hand-me-down furniture we’ve received over the years. And maybe I’d share a little bit of the winnings with my husband to use on our garden :)

  686. I’d buy lots of wood and paint to build some custom cabinets for my living room — I know I could do it with Ana White’s help & your design influence!

  687. I would buy PAINT and outdoor patio ‘stuff’. This is the year for our outdoor updating! :)

  688. We are getting ready to redo a small bath downstairs and boy this would come in quite handy. Love the you, Nate and Melissa picture!

  689. Flowers for my garden!! And some paint and supplies to rework my desk in our office/food storage room so it doesn’t look like a huge closet.

  690. What WOULDN’T I buy with it?? I would use it for anything I needed for a project. I would probably first invest in some quality paint brushes and buy some gallons of paint in exactly the colors I want (I usually just use “oops” paint!). Then I would use it for lumber, fancy moldings, planters and plants, organization items, etc, etc.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  691. What a fabulous table!!! We are starting to build our new home, so I’ll have lots of fun things to make good use of the gift card!! Thank you for the giveaway.

  692. I would love to do some updating in my backyard. Or paint my kitchen cabinets white. Or build a dining room table. SO many projects!

  693. Oh I would definitely use this to finish our kitchen remodel!! We had a major snafu with our flooring and must rip all our old kitchen floor up and start anew. Which WASN’T in our budget. Thanks for the giveaway!

  694. Our garden needs a lot of work so I would definitely put the gift card to new plants!

  695. I am getting married in August and my fiance and I have been remodeling our house we just bought! I would spend the $250 buying countertops for our kitchen! :)

  696. We had a basement wall cave in on us. It has been repaired but all my walls are cracked & need to be painted. Don’t you just LOVE Nate? I watch his show everyday & read your blog as well as Melissa’s. I am overflowing with inspiration!

  697. I would use it toward our master bath remodel. Towel bar, toilet paper holders, light fixtures, mirrors…what wouldn’t I use it towards? :)

  698. I would grab some paint in a beautiful grey-blue for our coastal themed bedroom and some lumber so we could start on the tons of Ana White projects we want to do!

  699. Oh, where would I start? I need to paint most of my downstairs, and I have a backyard to plant for a wedding reception this summer. Or maybe it would go toward a washing machine that I don’t have to run the spin cycle twice on:) Many possibilities!

  700. I need that gift card in my life! Ever since your closet redo, I’ve been trying to justify spending the money to redo mine. My dad is a contractor, so he could redo my whole closet for $250. (the closet is neon green…)

  701. I would love to win this giftcard! My boyfriend and I have been dying to do some stuff around our place. We would probably get some new blinds and curtain poles, some soil and pots to redo our little potted garden. Some lumber and metal scraps for my projects and some other odds and ends to hang things up and organize.

    [email protected]

  702. I would love to redo my bathroom, and maybe a few plants for the yard. Oooh, or maybe patio furniture? The possibilities are endless.

    Tweeted, too.

  703. I want to do a trim technique in our dining room … but I haven’t had the guts or money to do it yet!

  704. I would LOVE LOVE a $250 gift card to Lowe’s, I recently repainted my entire house and need to accessorize and redo quite a few things to go with the new look, the $250.00 would go a long way to helping me out!!! Thanks for your Blog I LOVE it!!! I am super inspired :)

  705. I would buy paint and trim to finish some rooms in my house. It has only been 25 years since I started building it.

    Michele

  706. I would purchase stepping stones to build a walkway on the side of my house. I would also use it to buy some trim to finish off a project in my basement.

  707. You are so good to your readers! Thanks for the giveaway! I would definitely buy paint for the interior walls of our 1 year old house. I also have several pieces of furniture I want to paint. If there was anything left over, I would buy some canvas drop cloths, or some garden flowers.

  708. We just bought an older home that needs lots of work. Paint, hardware, fixtures…..and I want to paint my daughter’s room in black and white stripe!

  709. I heart Lowes’s! Sounds totally boring, but I would buy new floor registers for our house. We just put in Hardwood and have big holes in the floor right now. And maybe some paint for the laundry room….or maybe some drop clothes to make a slip cover for the couch in the entry way…I don’t know…so many choices!

  710. I would use this to to purchase……wait for it…..PAINT! to transform my kitchen/family room, master bedroom and great room/dining room including the front door from okay into DYNAMITE!

  711. I am soo fed up off the tiled flooring in the first floor. I will use the gift cards to try peel and stick wood flooring Thanks!!

  712. I just love Lowes. I desperately need some outdoor items; flowers, urns, and some tools like hedge trimmers, etc. If I had any money leftover, I would get some paint and paint my bedroom walls!

  713. My bathroom floor is literally crumbling, so I’d buy new tile and get to work!

  714. Sign me up! My husband and I are going to rip out and replace our main hall bath this summer, and any money I can save will be very appreciated!! I love Lowe’s

  715. I would use the $250 to help replace my kitchen floor. I think the former owners had knife fights in there.

  716. We just bought a new house so there is lots to be done! I’d probably work on getting my kids bedrooms bright, colorful and organized!

  717. I just bought six amazing pieces of furniture at yard sales last weekend…the $250 gift card would buy all the supplies needed to make the pieces works of art! :)

  718. We will be moving back into our house in three weeks after having renters in it for the last year and a half, so I would buy a ton of paint and if there was anything left over I would buy some new knobs for our cabinets.

  719. I would make all the little repairs around the house to get it ready for guests for summer parties!

  720. Love the cabinet!

    I would use the Lowes gift card to do some major landscaping to our new house. It’s pitiful!

  721. I would buy some stain and paint and start the re-do on our front door and backyard deck!!!

  722. What an amazing opportunity you had. With this gift card I would buy paint to paint my daughter’s desk and some lumber for my husband to build us an outdoor table! Thank you for the giveaway!

  723. What wouldn’t I do with a Lowes gift card should be the question! I want to refinish my basement and need electric baseboard heaters, lumber for a board and batten treatment, paint, lights, you name it, I need it! :-)

  724. I think it is a cool cabinet! Great inspiration for such a short period of time and so fantastic that you won for best use of color. I would buy laminate hardwood look flooring to put on the floor in our sitting room off our master bedroom.

  725. Wow! This would be so clutch if I won this one! We’re getting ready to redecorate our living space. This could be used for so many things! Paint, drop cloths (for curtains and pillows), a new light fixture, oh the possibilities! Thanks for sharing this giveaway!

  726. I am thinking of painting my living and dining room in a soft gray color. And maybe some new window treatments, lamps, etc.

  727. I would get crackin on our outdoor living space! We just rebuilt our deck last year so its crying out for some new patio furtiture, new flowers, plants, and maybe even build a firepit!

  728. Wow…I could make a list!! I’m a single mom of two teenage girls and my oldest fell in love with the Valspar paint sample we got a few months ago. She has the sample taped to her wall, so, I’d start with painting her room in the color she loves. I have an antique table that needs painting and then I’d try a painted stencil I’ve been trying to do. I’m serious, my list goes on, and on, and on…

  729. I have a few paint tasks that I’d like to complete, but mostly I want to replace the counter and backsplash in the kitchen. One can dream…

  730. My husband and I just bought our FIRST HOME!! yippee!!! we’ve been using Valspar signature {love} and will be buying at least $250 more of this paint! We’re in the middle of painting our cabinets and still have several rooms to go!

  731. Paint, paint, and more paint. We have three rooms to paint plus several sad pieces of furniture. Totally daydreaming over that giftcard. Thanks for sharing!

  732. Seeing as I just spent $200 at Lowes yesterday, this post comes too late for me! However, I just picked up an awesome old dresser that needs some work. With that much money, I would get some brass cleaner, some stripping agent, a nice stain, and some polyurethane to seal that baby.

    Thanks!

  733. With a $250 gift card to Lowe’s, I would repaint my dining room in Valspar Signature “Antique” by Waverly and purchase a new light fixture!

  734. right now it’s a toss up btwn outdoor plants or a new light for our front hallway! Thanks for sharing!

  735. I could really use Dry Lock paint for my basement. It is expensive but $250 would cover all the paint and the material needed to paint the basement. I have no where to craft in my home and would love to be able to use my basement but it gets to much water through the walls. Thanks so much for the chance.

    Jessica

  736. id use it to buy some light grey paint to paint my porch!!! or maybe new bathroom light fixtures??!?!

  737. I’m going in for an ACL surgery soon, and so I won’t be very mobile for quite a while. But I do have a couple DIY and mini-renovations that I will do while I’m down. This money would be great to get those projects going (plus being able to distract myself from being immobile during summer would be nice!!!)

  738. I would give my laundry room a makeover. We just moved in and needs some serious help.

  739. I so want to do some work on the back yard…we want to paint the back cement walkway and build a latis…a Lowes gift card would start us off right:)

  740. I would use the $250 to buy some power tools (i.e. a nail gun) to build me some furniture pieces which I could then paint!!

  741. I would do 2 projects. Finish…….make that start my Craigslist’s dresser and I would also plant flowers and new bushes outside

  742. Kate, you are just a lady on the move! I’d spend the $250 gift card at Lowes by finishing up my living room design that you so gratiously picked out and i’d buy those panels for my wall and that funky textured wall paper to go behind my television.

    Congrats on your successes!!!

    Tamika

  743. I would use the $250 to build a compost bin for my backyard or a mini-chicken coop.

  744. I would use the gift card to paint my dining room, master bedroom and bathroom and purchase some new light fixtures to update the decor in those rooms. The money would be put to good use!

  745. I discovered your site about 3 months ago, and you have me hooked! I’m always looking for new projects and your projects just inspire me! With the $250 Lowe’s gift card I would love to wallpaper our powder room to make it the coolest little room (maybe glam it up with a mini chandelier, I’m on the lookout for that perfect piece!), OR… since summer is around the corner, I’d also love to find some great outdoor furnishings to create a real wow factor!

  746. LOVE LOVE LOVE Lowes! They are so much better than HD in so many ways. I would use the gift card to buy some new power tools and supplies for building/refinishing furniture. I really want to build a custom bed for my daughter who will most likely be out of her crib in a few short months and building one vs. buying one is still way cheaper.

  747. I would give buy dry wall and insulation and new flooring for the family room we are renovating this summer. And a ceiling fan, and paint, and new lighting…

  748. Paint! I’ve got a ton of peeling and chipping walls that need to be redone. Plus, I’m addicted to the outdoor plants at Lowes and can never leave without purchasing at least one! Thanks for the opportunity!

  749. I would buy some paint, new curtain and curtain rods for my dining room/kitchen. Love your furniture makeovers. You’ve inspired me to try painting my childhood french provencial furniture that has yellowed over the years.

  750. My bathroom. That’s what I’d spend it on. It needs a makeover in the worst way. Gold tone fixtures, rancid-butter walls, a light fixture from h-e-double-l, and the original 60’s mirror/medicine cabinet. Blech.

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

  751. Oh, could I ever have fun with that gift card. I would buy new flooring for my laundry room and then some Valspar paint and a new light fixture. Enjoying my dreams here – thanks for the chance to win.

  752. We are overhauling our gardens, and the money would be wonderful to help us create a new look! I hope to win!

  753. You are so sweet! What would I use it for? I think I’d update by powder room. Lighting, paint, a mirror–I can get all that for $250, right?

  754. I would definitely start to get serious about remodeling our main bathrooom. It is stuck in the 80’s!

  755. My boyfriend is moving cross country so we can start our lives together. I would use the $250 at Lowe’s to fix up our first home!

  756. I have a dresser, a desk, a shelf and possibly a screen that need to be scraped, sanded, painted and sealed. I could totally use that $250 to go far at Lowes!

  757. I would remove the dated wallpaper from one of our bathrooms and paint it a fresh new color.

  758. I would use it to buy spray paint and wood for lots of fun projects!

  759. I think I’d buy paint to paint my daughters’ room. Do you think the valspar hidef would cover over all the crayon marks on their white wall? I guess since you used it in your sons room it must be kid friendly. So, paint for their room, and paint also for my main bathroom. I want to do spring/grass green vertical stripes in there. Then, if there was any left, I would also look into some tile to finish off the empty space between the top of the tub insert and the ceiling (the dry wall is pealing and not holding up to well). Thanks for the chance to win!!!

  760. I would start the MUCH needed makeovers in our bathrooms! :) You are so generous Kate! Thanks!

  761. New paint of course, for the finished basement that needs to be updated! Thanks for the giveaway!!

  762. I would use it to decorate a corner in my bedroom that is going to be our newest addition’s nursery nook for awhile! Even though we have no more bedrooms for this little one, we want the baby to have a special place!

  763. I would repaint my kitchen cabinets and walls and finish my husband’s office for him for a Father’s Day gift.

  764. Sooo many possibilities! Paint, light fixtures, flooring to name a few. We are buying a house that needs a LOT of work, so this card would be put to very good use :-)

  765. This gift card would go to good use as we are having our first baby in Sept and have to start on the nursery soon (and as a result, the guest room since it is moving spaces).

  766. I just found your website and I’m now a follower! What an exciting life you lead! How incredibly generous to pass on your win! I’m in Lowes once a week…spending money on everything from potting plants, new door hardware and now I desperately need a new bathroom light! Thanks again, Michelle

  767. The list of what I could use it for is endless… the bathroom reno, lumber to finally build our bed frame… but what’d I’d love to do is put it toward a desperately needed new stove. Thanks for the chance to win!

  768. I would LOVE a Gift Card to Lowes, I’m in the process of building a home and would be able to cross off a few things off of my “to-buy” list with $250!!

  769. I’d buy some plants and new outdoor cushions to freshen up the backyard and enjoy this amazing weather!! Great giveaway…thanks for sponsoring!

  770. If I had a Lowes gift card it would be hard to choose which project to do first! I think I’d go with the re-do of the stairs since you see them first thing walking into the house. I want to rip the carpet off stain the stair treads and paint the rest white – HEAVEN!

  771. My husband and I have been married for almost 3 years now and we have yet to decorate our bedroom…it seems as though all of our “extra” money goes to our sweet baby. I would use the money to buy some paint and decor to romanticize (is that a word?) room!

  772. I would put it towards a rug or my dining room that we are in the midst of decorating. Could really really use it!
    Sandhya

  773. Kate, I’m in the midst of a room-by-room sprucing up and could certainly put that $250 gift card from Lowes to good use. First and foremost, I’d purchase a brad nail gun so that I can put up board & batten on my first floor (I used your inspiration and tutorial to install it in my entryway and am now batty for B&B!). Second, my son enters high school in the fall so this summer we are on a mission to seriously “grow up” his room and it could use some great Valspar paint, new lighting and accessories, area rugs, etc. etc. Sorry for the long post. Love your blog!

  774. I’ve posted a link the the giveaway on twitter @shannonburke

  775. I would put it towards a rug or my dining room that we are in the midst of decorating. Could really really use it! So many choices at Lowes!
    Sandhya

  776. I would pretty much keep spending money there like I always do. That place is like a whirlpool and I sometimes feel like their personal economic recovery program. Right now I am loving their garden section.

    awebb5 (at) gmail.com

  777. I NEED a rug, and Lowe’s has a very large selection of affordable ones, so that’s what I’d use it for!

  778. I’m moving back home after 2 years on campus and would love to update my room.

  779. Oh, what to do with a Lowes gift card . . . hardware for the kitchen cabinets, paint the dinette table and chairs, paint a coffee table and end tables for the family room, and may be paint my kids’ rooms!

  780. I would love to spend it on paint, paint supplies and a palm sander – but alas, it would probably go toward something we already need for the house. Oh well, either way it would be FUN to spend!

  781. I would use the $250 to buy paint and supplies for redoing an extra bedroom. I am going to create an upholstered headboard with faux leather and nail head trim, add strips or some kind of paint treatment to the focal wall, and then buy wood to create some shelving (still TBD). I also need to figure out some way to cover up or replace my terrible brown closet doors. Yuck! I can’t wait to get started!

  782. We just bought a “fixer upper”, so I could use it for anything-literally. Paint, lights, bead board, windows, or even a new front door.

  783. Oh, I’m not sure I’ve ever wanted to win a giveaway more. Our poor little house needs a lot of work and winning this would be a miracle.

  784. Hmmm… what would I buy! more shingles for my roof that we put on a few years ago that didn’t work *so* now we have LOTS of leaks. Fun. Or the bazillion other things we need. Its really awesome that you are gifting it to someone! Thanks much!

  785. Oh how fun! If I won this giftcard, I would buy paint and items for a garden…oooh, or maybe a dishwasher!
    Thanks for a fun blog.

  786. We would definitely use this to figure out a storage solution in our small rental!

  787. Wow! Great giveaway! I would love to get my patio fixed up and ready for some summer entertaining- outdoor pillows, big pots with lush flowers, and a grill!

  788. My husband and I are buying our first house. I would paint and paint and paint! :D

  789. I could DEFINITELY use that gift card! I am in desperate need of some extra cash to paint our new house we built. It has cheap, plain builders paint everywhere and I want to paint so bad! I would definitely spend the money on paint!

  790. I would use the gift card to make a dent in buying new tile to replace the 1970s baby pink tile in our bathroom!

  791. hear the valspar paint is amazing. would love to win the gift card. luv the dress you wore to the event.

  792. There are so many things I want to do with this gift card!! I would redo my kitchen cabinets with Rust-oleum’s cabinet transformation kit. Then, I would get the supplies I need to redo an old lingerie chest given to me by a friend and an old chest given to me by my parents. The lingerie cabinet is going to have a distressed look and I will haven’t totally decided what to do with the chest. I also need some new hardware with a sofa table I painted.

  793. Thanks for offering this to your readers. That’s really swell, gal! I’d use the gift card to buy one of those awesome power nailers you used in your little boy’s room.

  794. I would get some outdoor furniture to go with the new lawn we are working on!

  795. My Mom just mentioned she’d love to spruce up her living room and paint for the first time in 20 years, so I’d give it to her (along with my volunteered manual labor of course!)

  796. I would buy paint for the 3 rooms left in my house that I need to paint and also some organizing shelves/bins for the garage! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

  797. Just bought a new house and have 250 was to use it!! I think I would replace some lighting and buy a gallon or two of paint! Any left over would be put to use in my garden :)

  798. Oh my gosh, my husband LIVES at Lowe’s! He’s got his own landscaping business and he’s there every other day getting toys for him! However, if it were me, I’d get some wainscotting and paint for my dining room. Thanks!

  799. We just bought our first home and with a baby on the way it would be awesome to use this card to buy some paint without having to spend extra money! The new house needs some major updating!

  800. I would most likely spend the Lowe’s gift card on paint and supplies. You have inspired me to reclaim and upscale a few pieces of furniture that I’ve found on Craigslist and Goodwill. Plus, I have a few rooms that still need painting. . . sun porch, family room, master bedroom and bath. I best hop on over to Melissa’s blog and enter her drawing too.

  801. I would actually use it on some paint probably! We’re moving in a month, and SO much to update and paint!

  802. Im a DIY newbie half out of a new obsession half out of necessity to save some
    cash! I would use the gift card to inspire (more like push) my husband to join
    me for a little together time and start a project either painting my kitchen cabinets,
    redoing my boys bathroom or any other project I have been dieing to copy since
    scouring the blogs and DVRing Nates show everyday! ThANKS for the chance to
    help me begin

  803. Would put it use towards a new dishwasher or washing machine, both are waaaaay overdue.

  804. I would definitely use it to help buy materials for a new handrail – we live in a bi-level home with too much hand rail and it’s the ugliest iron with chipped white paint…it’s the first thing you see when you walk in and I am so embarressed!

  805. What a generous giveaway! My husband and I are both obsessed with Lowe’s! I would use this gift card to buy upgraded blinds for my house… one of the frivolous things on my renovation to-do list that I’ll probably never do unless I win a gift card! :)

  806. I’m new to the wonderful world of blogging and L-O-V-E yours! I’d use some fabulous Valspar paint to give our playroom and facelift (maybe this would encourage my kids to actually play in it as opposed to trailing after me all day long saying they are bored!)…just in time for summer break!!

  807. I would put the gift cards towards a new tool fro the hubby for our 1 year anniversary! What a nice giveaway!

  808. Paint my kids playroom and finally replace the ceiling fan that got damaged in a recent lego battle!

  809. Paint,light fixtures,oh my!So many too name if i won this giveaway!

  810. Gosh- I could do a lot with that gift card!! but I think I would start with some more trim molding!! thanks for such a great giveaway!

  811. Baby on the way! $250 would go a long way to cutesy-fying her nursery!!

  812. OH my… we are builidng a new house… o the possibilities. I guess I would love to see my little girls room with board and battan!

  813. I’m at Lowe’s at least once a week, so I’m sure I could find something to spend $250 on! But probably buy new bathroom fixtures.

  814. $250 at Lowes would allow me to FINALLY paint my creepy flesh colored kitchen cabinets. I am dying to try the cabinet transformations from Rustoleum. Oh please pick me! Pick me! PICK ME PLEASE!!! :)

  815. Where to start? We just bought our first house and have a million projects planned. First, paint and replacing the bathroom vessel sinks.

  816. I would use the gift card to buy paint, wood and supplies to paint my little girl’s room pink and add white wainscoting.

  817. I would use the gift card for paint and other items i will need for my new house!!

  818. oh yay giveaway! we are moving in a month so i can think of about a million things I could use the gift card for…but if I had to pick one or two things it would be a super chic faucet for our master bathroom and/or a light fixture for over our new kitchen table!

  819. We just bought our first house and have been going to Lowe’s nearly everyday. This would be a huge help for all the remodeling projects we are planning on doing. I think a kitchen backsplash would be a great place to start, oh and i need paint, and wood.. oh the list just goes on.

  820. I have a multitude of projects to begin—-new ceiling fans, new knobs on kitchen cabinets, new countertops, painting, etc……..

    My first time to read your blog and love it!

  821. Oh man I would LOVE this! We have slowly been updating and decorating the house we bought last year and I would probably use this to buy gardening supplies, plants, etc and probably use it to start our formal living room makeover. I hope I win!

  822. I just stumbled onto your site, and I am amazed and so inspired! I would use the Lowe’s giftcard to try some of the projects you have demonstrated. The hard part would be choosing which one. I love them all!

  823. I would update my boys bathroom. It’s in desperate need. There have been three boys sharing the same bathroom for 8 years. It clearly needs help! :) Thanks for the chance!

  824. just moved into a brand new home in indiana from a small apartment in chicago at the end of january. now that the weather is warmer, we are in desperate need of a grill and some back deck furniture!
    ps loved the last post of spring time in new york, haven’t been for about 4 years and that post made me want to book a trip NOW!

  825. I’d get a new rug to replace the one we have in our living room – it’s only 5 months old but numerous incidents involving our dog (and his apparent regression to puppyhood), our toddler (and his love of markers) and a big mug of coffee have rendered it fubared. Cry.

  826. This organizationally-challenged, scatter-brained, self-proclaimed-add artist/crafter is starting to re-design, re-decorate, and re-purpose my tiny art room with a help of a sweet friend. A giant Lowe’s gift card sure would help with all the little projects I would like to do in there!!!

  827. First of all, how HOT does Nate look in that first picture?!!! Holy Cow!
    Secondly, I would use the money to help renovate our new home. We need lots of money!

    What a great trip!
    So happy for you!
    Traci

  828. I can see why over a 1,000 people have left comments. This is a very useful and nice prize! My fiance and I are working on getting our new home (purchased in December 2010) ready for our wedding this October. Yep, we are getting married at our house! Our house (actually a farmhouse) needed a complete makeover, and we’ve managed to get quite a bit done. But there are still some rooms that need finished–like the kitchen! Fingers crossed!

  829. WooHoo! I’d buy a whole lot of that fancy paint since I’m getting ready to repaint most of my house!!!

  830. My Mom is moving in with us this fall so I’ve been trying to “spruce up” the place before she comes. We are doing quite a few DIY projects in the kitchen, What will be her room, and we are going to try and turn our bedroom into a retreat for us. We are trying to accomplish all of these DIY projects on one income so a gift card would help sooo much!! Thank you for giving away your hard earned prize! That is so generous! I absolutlely love your blog! Thanks for all the inspiration! :)

  831. LOTS-O-SPRAY PAINT!! and a few more totes for making worm composting bins :)

  832. I would use the $250 towards new counter tops for my kitchen. You are amazing to be giving away your gift card. Thank you!

  833. I would buy supplies for my closet re-do. After seeing yours I need new shelves, paint, and a fab jewelry case/cabinet :) Also some backyard supplies that can withstand the AZ heat would do nicely!

  834. I have a 1920’s farm house with asbestos siding that needs painted BAD I nice yiellow with white trim, oh the 250 would be a blessing Love your Blog Rain S Ohio

  835. we had a leak (more like a flood) in our bathroom and had to tear everything out and start over. the foundation even needs repairing. yuk!! this would sure help!! thanks for the chance to win

  836. I would use the $250 towards cabinets to go in my garage. It definitely needs some hidden storage!

  837. Umm, where to begin, lol! We have our house up for sale and I have my eye on a late Victorian that lacks the fussiness you sometimes see in that home style. I love that it has great rooms, beautiful woodwork, and history…I love a spot that has some history. However, the two bathrooms and the kitchen (not even sure I can call it a kitchen at this point) are seriously lacking and in need of a complete gutting. So, that said, I think my $250 would go towards tiles, fixtures, paint, etc. for those rooms.

  838. So many things! Crown moulding, new power tools, new lighting… ooops, I think I spent it all already! :-)

  839. $250, I could do a ton with that! I’m thinking a new bed for the master room, a table built for the backyard, and the miscellaneous items I need to finish up my lighting in the dining room!

  840. What a great giveaway!
    With a $250 Lowes card I would buy paint and materials to work on our nursery room!
    We are expecting our first baby & I have to turn my office into a nursery :)

  841. I’d do some undercabinet lighting that we’ve been wanting in the kitchen for awhile!

  842. Wow, I love how saturated those color are. And I can certainly use a gift card to makeover our master closet, you don’t even want to see the before pics!

    Thanks for the giveaway.

  843. We are planning on building a loft bed for my daughter. We could definitely use the $250 toward that!

  844. I’ve been saving for new patio furniture and this would help a lot. Thanks for the great give a way!

  845. I’d love to say something fun like paint or new lighting etc., but my dryer just konked out, so I would put it towards a new fancy front-loader set.

  846. oooooo…. where to start? Probably a new porch or get a babys room ready… I would probably just wander around for days trying to decide!

  847. I need to do ALOT of repainting! A giftcard would definitely help me out ;-)

  848. Wow! Nate! So cool. What would I do. I would use it to finish my boys bedroom that I’ve been promising to finish for a year now!!!

  849. I would love to win that gift card to help me decorate the new house we hope to move into in two months!

    So glad you had a fabulous time!

  850. Cool! I would use the gift card to finish painting off my boys bathroom and perhaps get new shutters for our masters!

  851. I would use it to buy a new light fixture for my living room. thanks for sharing.

  852. The first thing I would buy is a new drill. The one I have is a cheap drill from college that doesn’t get the job done.

  853. I would love a Lowe’s gift card. I would re-tile my bathroom shower with glass subway tiles….

  854. What a great give away! I don’t know how you haven’t spent it already :) Would love to start rebuilding our deck out back and this would be a great start!

  855. I would love to use the money to help create an accessible patio for my parents!

  856. Install a small paver patio to give my kiddos a little more room to ride their scooters in our front yard…and build a raised garden bed.

  857. I would buy a sander, cherry stain and poly to refinish the free dresser I just picked up from my in-laws.

  858. I am re doing our playroom right now and I can make 250 go a long way…

  859. I would re-do our gameroom/media room!! New paint and new bookshelves.

  860. My husband and I are pregnant with our first baby–it’s a girl! We are pinchers and savers while we are living downtown Chicago, so a Lowe’s gift card would mean color, creativity and fun projects for our little girl’s room (who will debut in September). Thanks for the opportunity!

  861. I’d love to use it on paint for our master bedroom! That would be so great! We need to paint the walls, night stands and some frames!

  862. My former husband was a broker, and was caught taking a half million dollars from an 87 yr. old woman client. It was devastating. I lost my house in the divorce the govt. took it to help pay back the loss-after 25 yrs. of marriage, I came away with only household goods. I am rebuilding my life now, and trying to look at the glass as 2/3’s full. I have been getting furniture at Goodwill, etc. I would love to use the Lowes certificate for an appliance-either a refrigerator or washer/dryer.

  863. It’s a toss up between a paint sprayer and making a headboard for my bed. Hmmm…. the decisions!

  864. I would spend it on my little girl’s nursery- lots to do before her arrival in august!

  865. SO much I would do with a gift card to Lowes! New lighting for the dining room would definitely be on the list of places to start!

  866. I am newly divorced and any extra money goes to Home Depot / Lowes for repair materials for this house. My ex did ZERO maintenance or repair for about the last 4 years so I’ve got my work cut out for me.

  867. I’ve been wanting to put a small chandelier in my daughter’s bedroom and replace an aged one in my kitchen. This would probably cover both of those.

  868. My husband and I just bought our very first house…so we would LOVE to use the gift certificate to get some paint for the bedrooms and front entrance, make a headboard, and refurnish a couple of thrift store pieces.

  869. I’m currently in the middle of a kitchen makeover. I could use that $250 to go toward paint, lumber, lighting…

  870. I would finally tackle all of the “NEW” house projects that have been on my list. We moved in last September and baby #2 came in October… MY LIST IS LONG, but $250 would go a long way in helping me make this our home.

  871. I’d use the $250 to start on a nursery – paint, organization and some DIY furniture projects!

  872. A $250 gift card to Lowe’s means endless possibilities for a new house with all bare walls! First item of business would be to use it on paint for my little boy’s bathroom which we plan to turn into a beach theme with a vintage kind of look. Secondly, lumber to build him a storage unit for all the toys in his play room!

  873. I would use it to buy sanding and painting supplies! I’m a poor graduate student, and most of my wooden furniture look like the “before” images in your furniture revamps.

  874. My husband and I just bought a house from 1904 that needs a lot of love. I would use that $250 to help with all the household repairs and to give it some of our personality. BTW, love your little chevron cabinet… adorable!

  875. Probably some paint and stain for a project I’m ready to start, or on plants!

  876. I am currently int he middle of a renovation. Moved into a very old house last summer, and the $250 would go towards my fireplace makeover. I want to do something different, a little more contemporary, to add some life to the 100 year old living room!

  877. OMGoodness!
    I love Lowe’s garden center and would spend a hefty chunk of that giftcard there! How generous of you to give your card away and thanks for the chance!

  878. It seems I go to Lowes pretty much every weekend but I would use the $250 for plants, flowers and landscaping materials.

  879. Oh man could I use that gift card! I just ripped out the entire floor I installed last summer due to a seeping basement and am having to rip out and replace a shower as well. Did I mention my lawn mower died as well! So many uses!

  880. I need to buy trim for our new bathroom and some new lighting! Really need the gift card!

  881. I have so many projects I would love to do. If I won the giftcard, I would probably start with repainting my kitchen cabinets and buying new hardware, which I’ve been dying to do. If I had money leftover, I would buy paint for mine and my son’s bedrooms.

    Love you CG, thanks for giving us the chance to win!

  882. I would love to buy some power tools so we can start doing some fun home projects such as moldings, baseboards, shelves… I could go on and on. Thanks for sharing your gift certificate!

  883. I’d really try and stretch that gift card and use it to paint my poor master bedroom, still wallowing in white contractor paint, and then finish off updating the master bath with new lights and mirrors.

  884. Very generous! I would paint the 4 rooms in my house that contain 60’s wood paneling! Or replace the orginal electrical in my 1891 farmhouse! Build the fort my sons have been begging for all winter. The list is endless….

  885. Would love to win a Lowes gift card. We would use it to buy the supplies to build some floating shelves and to spruce up the flower beds.

  886. I’d use the paint to give our large wooden planters new life. Also, our little boy’s room is a crib, a dresser, and a whole lot of blank walls. It’s time for some color!

  887. Our front yard landscaping needs mucho help. Still need some lightfixtures…oh, and some blinds for a little privacy would be nice. I think I went over the $250.

  888. I would use it to buy an electric staple gun so I can upholster the chair I bought at a thrift store last month. There are a ton of other projects I need to get done too!

  889. This is an awesome giveaway! I’d use it to paint my kids’ rooms when we get our new place in December and add some touches to the house like crown molding. And hopefully I can go a little further and get some new garden decor and furniture!

  890. Our house needs so much, so we would use the gift certificate for any of the following: paint, a new front door, new sliding glass doors (and screens to go with them), new flooring for the kitchen, or lumber to build shelves for the bedrooms of my little ones. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway!

  891. Aside from ongoing paint projects I need drop cloths for fabulous curtains and material for a walkway through the backyard to the alley.

  892. I shared this on FB! I hope my friends discover your blog because I love it and I know they will too.

  893. I would use the gift card towards improving the outside of our home! We need to rebuild a few steps and would like to spruce up our back patio. Thanks :)

  894. I would love to use some of the gift car to buy paint and a miter saw. So many half finished projects and not enough will power to continue cutting molding by hand.

  895. Tools, Tools, Tools!!! I’m a big fan of upgrades via architectural details (trim, moldings etc.). I’d buy a new saw and router + router table accessories.

  896. Oh, a $250 giftcard! My boyfriend and I are closing on our first property on May 26th so I would find some great uses for it. We are purchasing a 1930s bungalow with serious 70s wallpaper and faux wood panelling. The first project is to remove all of the old stuff, patch it up, sand it down, and paint the first floor. I think that would take the whole $250 but we have some ideas for updating the kitchen, installing new wood floors, and revamping the upstairs layout during our time here. I just graduated undergrad and am finishing my masters since summer so we know how to budget and $250 would be a huge help! :) Hopefully I’ll have some cool projects to blog about once we start! Thanks for the inspiration!

  897. We’re fixing up our home – so I’d have a hard time deciding what to tackle next. Practically speaking, we’d probably use it to raise our living room floor.

  898. Awesome! We’re getting ready to re-do our laundry room. $250 would certainly help. Thanks for a chance to win!!

  899. I just recently scored a free dresser in need of paint and new knobs, and a cool free shelf with cubby space from a couple I don’t even know! I also snagged a pretty beat up dollhouse from them too! They were at my storage facility loading up a truck to take to dump and I asked about the dollhouse. They said it was all gong to be trashed so I offered to take them! Now I have three awesome projects!! I could really use money for paint, knobs, etc!!!

  900. It seems like half my life (and paycheck) is spent at Lowe’s! I have a hundred projects going on at once, and I’m forever running out to Lowe’s to pick up that forgotten item. I’d love to finally get the materials I need for building a fence!

  901. Wow, that would be great (especially paired with a coupon I just got)! I would buy some paint that I need to finish a couple of projects that I’ve started. One is a Washer/Dryer stand/shelf thing and the other is to paint an old bookcase headboard for my son. I would probably use the rest to replace a tree that didn’t survive the drought then harsh winter we had and also buy some new perinials to spruce the place up a little bit. Thanks so much for offering such a great giveaway!

  902. I have a hankering for new outdoor furniture. This would be a nice help!

  903. My husband and I inherited an 1880s farmhouse that needs loads of TLC, we are currently gutting the second story! A Lowe’s gift card would come in handy for sure!

  904. We want to buy some hardware to take back to Argentina for the house we’ll be building…things like faucets and cabinet pulls and towel racks…I would SOOOOOOOOOOOO LOVE to win this!!! We’re stateside for six months which would give me plenty of time to choose the items to take back with us :)

  905. I would update the hideous builder basic Hollywood light fixtures in my bathrooms and frame out my plain square mirrors.

  906. You’re so lucky for a day with Nate! I hope I’m the lucky winner of the giveaway!

  907. Oh my gosh! This would be a huge help for us since we are getting ready to add two bedrooms and a laundry room to our home. It’s very exciting for us since we’ve been sharing our room with our 17 month old baby.

  908. I would repaint my kitchen! (Since I ran out of paint and they don’t make that kind anymore!)
    Susan

  909. I would get some wood and hardware to finally build the trundle day bed I have been wanting to build for our office room.

  910. I would use it to redo my bathroom. It needs a new paint job, medicine cabinet and a cabinet under the sink.l

  911. We just bought a house and are planning to paint every room! 3 down and we’ve used Valspar in each. Love this stuff!

  912. I would give the gift card to my son and his wife. They just bought their first home and they need so many things to help do gardening and lawn chores. It would also be great if they could get some paint and be able to decorate the nursery for my new grandson. I love your blog and all the ideas that you share.

  913. It’s a toss up between lighting and a new toilet. Our lighting is absolutely awful, but so is the loo. So hard to decide! :) If I score some good sales I could totally get both!

  914. Oooh that looks so fun! If I won, I’d buy the supplies I need to finish this entertainment center I’m building and my next project whatever I end up deciding.

  915. So hard to choose exactly what I would spend it on, but I think it would have to go to our deck. We have a terrible, sad excuse for a sun room that we have been desperately wanting to tear down. It would give way for a deck so we could enjoy the outdoors.

  916. I would use it to buy some wood to make the headboard I’ve been putting off. Would also you it for some pretty flowers and pots for summer.

  917. I really need that lowes gift card. I just purchased my first home and I need all of the outside essentials to keep my yard maintained.

  918. I have linked it to my facebook!! It is located on my page: Cassidy Casey

  919. Sounds cliche considering the original topic, but I would get some paint. I did not even know Lowes made a 1 coat paint. I was looking at another retailer for the same, but my husband put his foot down when he saw their price per gallon. Hence, either way I won by reading this….Many Thanks!

  920. I would put it toward paint for my kitchen cabinets-gonna go off white! Thanks for this generous giveaway! :)

  921. Due to the heavy rains I have some damage to my roof, ceilings and floors and I don’t want to turn it in to my insurance, because the rates will go up and I can’t afford that. I would use the lowe’s gift card to start some repairs that is much needed.

  922. We have a couple of landscaping projects to finish and need to paint the interior of our house – all of it!!

  923. We are preparing to convert our guest room into a nursery and I would love to use the money for paint and all the fun fixer upper stuff we will need ;)

  924. Oh, the possibilities! I’d get the paint for our family room and kitchen, and the supplies to build the window seat I’ve been planning. Those two things would make a huge difference in our house!

  925. I would use it to redo our master bathroom. my husband and i recently got married and we are in an older home. we desperately need a bathroom reno to add another sink and make more space. i love lowes!

  926. I need storage for my ever growing collection of china and other tablescaping stuff. Want to get some sturdy shelving. Told my husband that’s what I want for my birthday. He thinks I’ve gone over the edge. Oh well ;>

  927. I would buy Valspar Paint of course, though I must admit I’m on a spraypaint spree at the moment. Living in Boston we are jut starting to see color return and I definitely would spend the gc on sprucing up the outside of my home! Thx

  928. I am reorganizing my craft space. I would buy storage stuff, shelving and lots of paint!

  929. I would love to use this gift card for a new area rug. I love bold pops of color and have been slowly trying to add them too my room. An area rug would help me anchor the room. Thanks!

  930. Paint my daughter’s dresser and desk – totally inspired by you!!

  931. Wow you must be a really nice person because that would be super hard not to spend that!! I would love to win ~ I’d buy a new patio set and more tools for my projects!!

  932. I am redoing my boys shared room and this would really help me out! Thanks so much for doing the giveaway!

  933. We just totally remodeled our home in October and I’d LOVE to use the gift card to Lowe’s to help finish all the “little things” that we need to complete!

    What an awesome giveaway! :)

  934. I’m in the process of moving (for the last time) (I hope!) and we need paint and rugs and curtain rods and hardware…..

  935. I think the question is what wouldn’t I do? :) We have one remaining room in our house to paint, so I’d definitely purchase a gallon of paint. I’d buy a new front door knob to match the oil rubbed bronze we’ve got throughout the rest of the house. And, I’d purchase a camellia for a spot in our garden than needs some love.

  936. I would use the gift card to get a faucet for the bathroom sink, and then hopefully still have enough to grab some paint for my dining room. When we bought our house we took out the old and gross vanity in the bathroom and have replaced it (with a bedside cabinet which we cut for a sink) but haven’t found a faucet that works in the very small space.

  937. I would start by buying a a light fixture for my kitchen and then wander around Lowe’s for hours spending the rest!

  938. A gift card like that would be awesome! I would complete redo my living room – paint the walls, buy a rug, some shelves. Lowe’s has so much to recreate with!!!
    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Brenda

  939. Paint, Paint and more paint. Then a new ladder to get the windows washed. Maybe some new light fixtures. Oh, the list is endless!

  940. I have two spaces that I’ve been contemplating directing some attention toward: one is my patio area. It needs some direction and purpose. Color would be wonderful. The other space is my laundry room. I so enjoyed seeing what you did to yours, that I’d love to spruce mine up.

  941. Ooooo…. $250 will help me purchase that kit to repaint my kitchen cabinets! Oh how I would love that! Thanks so much for passing along your lucky win :)

  942. I just closed on my first house a week ago, so I have LOTS to get from Lowe’s! I love color and need to paint all my rooms. I also want to refinish all the bathroom cabinets, so this gift certificate would go towards paint and painting supplies. Fun!

  943. I would love this! I am planning on making a space of my own for crafts and projects. Waiting on the frame out. Still deciding on colors, but love the Valspar paint!

  944. Our first place is a rental in our favorite neighborhood– so we don’t have a lot of freedom for remodeling– but we do love the idea of some custom shelving, planters in the front yard and a TON of paint to make this place home!!!

  945. I linked up to Facebook! Thinking of so many ideas and ways to use a $250 dollar gift card from Lowes. Complete our board and batten walls?? Paint the front porch and make flower boxes? Hmmm

  946. We’re planning our master bathroom remodel and this would help with the tile cost!

  947. I would probably spend a lot of it on paint. And I’d update some of the hardware on closet doors and such….and update my light fixtures….or buy some blinds for the toddler’s room…..or wood to make a tv stand….or a rolling shop cart….how much am I winning again??

  948. Hi Kate, thanks so much for offering this to your readers! A $250 gift card would definitely help me in giving my mom a beautiful bedroom makeover for her birthday. She’s in desperate need of a more peaceful sanctuary because the state of her bedroom can very well be a contestant on Style Network’s “Clean House”! So I have plans of creating a tufted upholstered headboard (thanks to your awesome tutorial!), install built-ins and a couple wall lamps, create a storage bench to place at the foot of her bed, replace her furniture with some refinished pieces (chest, desk, chair, etc), repaint the walls and create an accent wall behind her bed that has a grasscloth finish. I’m crossin’ my fingers and wish everyone good luck in the drawing!

  949. I have way too much painting to do and this would be a great motivation to do it! And stain my deck…and remodel the bathroom…:)

  950. What a generous gift Kate! I would buy lots of paint as I have several rooms that have never been painted from their “builder’s beige”. I’d also get some deck and yard accessories!

  951. I would spend a good amount on paint. But I have been wanting to update my master bathroom!!

  952. We would love to use a $250 Lowes gift card towards getting the nursery ready for our first child due this July!

  953. Living in an industrial loft is fabulous, but painting 14-foot-high walls is oh-so daunting! I’d gladly put this gift card toward paint and supplies for tackling these challenging loft walls…with maybe a little leftover for the rest of our patio makeover. (So many projects, so little time!) Thanks for the chance to win–what a great giveaway!

  954. I would buy paint to marry the kitchen and family room together since we just took down the wall that separated them…then invest the rest in extending the hardwood floor into the kitchen.

  955. I am dying to build some fun furniture for our deck. I know exactly what I want, it’s just so costly. I also need to build a coop for my daughter’s new pets and lots of other things. Let’s just say, I could definitely find plenty to spend this wonderful giveaway on!! Thanks for offering!

  956. I forgot to say:
    I would buy paint to marry the kitchen and family room together since we just took down the wall that separated them…then invest the rest in extending the hardwood floor into the kitchen.

  957. We are getting ready to add on a covered porch and it will need furniture (and lumber and nails and stain and…and… and… you get the picture! But I would use it for furniture- the fun way to spend it!

  958. Now that the snow has finally melted we are doing some backyard projects, including raised garden beds. I’d use the gift card to build the beds and put in dirt and plants.

  959. My husband and I are buying our first home, the gift card would go a long way (in paint) to make it our own!

  960. I would use it to update the kitchen – paint/primer and new hardware for the old 80s oak cabinets. Anything left over would go toward lighting.

  961. $250 at Lowe’s?? What WOULDN’T I do with it!
    I might splurge on gardening stuff. Or maybe use it to re-do our spare bedroom for a baby on the way. The possibilities are endless!

  962. I would probably spend it on some paint for my bedroom and bathroom, trying to decide on a color. The balance I would spend on gardening stuff. I’m trying to really work on my green thumb! So far no luck!

  963. What a fun adventure! I would use the gift card to repaint my master bedroom before our second baby is due to create a calming and peaceful place. Current color is bright celedon yellow green. I have hated it for.two years. I would also use this new paint from lowes to add a stripe to the current nursery to spice things up since we will have two in one room and if we have different genders I want the room represent both.

  964. I would love to get a fire pit for the back yard. Some flowers for the front yard would also be nice.

  965. I’d definitely add some color to my all white-walled house; and with the rich colors that my fiancee loves, this Valspar paint would be perfect!

  966. I would use that money towards fixing our deteriorating bathroom. Which we are going to attempt to do ourselves because we just got the quote back and I think we could do it for under $24,000…. at least, I hope we can. Your blog has given me inspiration!

  967. I would love to buy paint supplies and brushes to redo an old cabinet!

  968. I would use it to get a new ceiling light for my kitchen and a new keypad door knob for the door from the garage into the house.

  969. Oh the things I could spend money on at Lowes :) I would absolutely purchase a kit to repaint a cast iron sink in my garage and I would also by paint, because paints are adult crayons and you can never have too many colors!

  970. Ooo….I’m in the process of moving to a new home and have SO many things to spend that $250 on right now!

  971. I just bought a new home and I have no grass or flowers. I would use it to build my yard!!

  972. get new materials to fix up our new home — bathroom and kitchen, esp!

  973. I would use it to replace a couple of builder-grade light fixtures in our home – unfortunately, there’s a plethora of them to choose from!

  974. I would finally get a start on our nursery – don’t know when our baby will come (we’re hoping to adopt)… but having the walls painted, and some closet organization all ready would be fantastic!

  975. I’d try out the gray walls/white trim/black door idea from Nate starting with my laundry room.

  976. I would use it to buy paint for our house! I’ve been dragging my feet about it, but I already have the colors picked out in my head. This would definitely give me the jump-start I need!

  977. I would definitely buy paint for my living room, dining room, kitchen, and sitting room. I am over the rich bold colors and want something more neutral. Does the card happen to come with a handyman??? LOL!

  978. Way cool!! I would buy paint to spruce up our rental, because they let me paint!! YEAH!! And I would buy new light fixtures to add a little of my touch to our cute little rental.

  979. Hi there
    How fun this is. I love Lowes. I would use the 250.00 for new shades for my livingroom. Or gardening goodies. I love your blog
    deezie

  980. I’d work on updating my bathroom! Thanks for the chance to win!

  981. I would probably spend it on plants for our backyard and maybe some furniture for out there too!

  982. Wow, I would love to win this I’d give it to my parents who are moving into their new house in a couple of weeks- I’m certain they could use it!!
    Thank you for the opportunity to win and for sharing!!

  983. Oh how generous! I would use it to get some more backyard supplies for continuing the improvement of my yard, some more plants, and some landscaping rocks too! Susan

  984. We are building a deck this summer, so I would use the gift card to buy pretty stuff – planters, furniture, lighting, etc. My hubby would probably want us to use it on lumber and other building supplies. He would maybe win, but not without a few “pretties” added in! :)

  985. I am becoming a first time homeowner next month so I would love to use the gift card on lots of paint and some home essentials!

  986. I would def buy paint and supplies to redo our master bedroom, it’s so plain right now!

  987. We are in the middle of remodling our bathroom, so I’d spend it on new bathroom fixtures!

  988. We just bought our first house so I would use this gift card for all those projects I want to do and those weird little things that come up. I need some more paint to finish our son’s room, a dead bolt for the front door, and some nice plants for our backyard.

  989. I’m a very broke Physical Therapy student who lives at home, and I would love to inject some color into my stark-white (and sterile looking!!) walls. I’ve wanted to do it for awhile but I just haven’t had the spare cash, so I would love to freshen my bedroom!

  990. I need tile for my upstairs bathrooms so bad! Our builder would only put carpet in our whole upstairs. We have now lived in our home 8 years and have 3 kids and 2 dogs. So you can probably guess what our bathroom carpets look like now! :P

  991. I would love to win this! I’ve just decided to (finally!) redo my boring bedroom, as soon as I decide what I want. $250 would go really far for me! :)

  992. I would give my 1/2 bath a makeover! It needs it! I would remove the wallpaper, replace the light fixture, paint the mirror……

  993. It would certainly help in materials for the shed we plan to build this spring!

  994. My husband and I just bought our very first house. We have ripped up all of the flooring, the bathrooms, and the kitchen. I am extremely excited because I know we will be able to put our own special touches on it. At the end of the project, it doesn’t leave much room in the project for furniture, which we have very little of in our tiny apartment we currently live in.

    I’m not worried because I LOVE the idea of garage sale, thrift store, and flea market shopping! I would love to buy some very cool pieces and then make them my own with paint and hardware. When I have looked around at furniture stores nothing is appealing to me as a bright, colorful, vintage piece with special and personal touches. I don’t have much experience but I am really, really excited to personalize my home with fun, colorful, funky, vintage furniture!

    I know I could put a gift card to Lowe’s to use buying fun paint and hardware and other awesome things to help me reuse/create our own furniture!

  995. I would love this so much! We are in the middle of sprucing up our patio after having a pool built!

  996. I would use it to help with all the makeovers I’m going to have to do when I move back to the old homestead to be with my parents.

  997. We are trying to ready our home to sale. So we would use it towards getting some things spruced up around here!

  998. I’d buy some things for my nursery and then gift the rest to my mother-in-law to renovate her new house.

  999. I would use the gift card to, first of all, buy paint. My husband and I moved into a house in December and one bedroom in the basement is painted a huge beach scene… I’m sure their kids loved it, but we’re not diggin it so much. I need to buy Valspar’s High Def to cover the black palm tree sillouettes (which extend onto the ceiling, by the way) and can’t wait to start this project! I’d also use it to buy much needed gardening supplies since this is our first home. :)

  1000. I would use the gift card for my little girls room, paint and closet organization!!

  1001. I would love some new light fixtures and lots and lots of paint. Painting one room at a time :)

  1002. I would like to get a fire pit for the back yard and also paint for my dining room, kitchen and cupboards as well as new knobs for the cupboards!

  1003. We already have a new kitchen sink & faucet picked out from Lowe’s (just saving our pennies!) so winning a GC would be amazing!

  1004. Would love to win this! We are renovating our loft and this would really come in handy. “Rooftop” would be the perfect color for the fireplace and “Elegance” would be great for the bathroom. Fingers crossed!

  1005. Where would I start? More wood for planter boxes, some patio furniture, a rug for the front porch, paint for the living room, that new mirror I’ve been eying. Heck, I could blow it all just on annuals for my flower bed!

  1006. What a fun event, Kate and you look beautiful! Congratulations on winning. Your chevron project looks fabulous. Oh, I would love a gift card for Lowes. I need paint, paint and more paint for our house we are in the midst of remodeling, we’re working on a bathroom remodel and some flowers for the garden. I am passionate about gardening. Thank you for the opportunity on your generous giveaway.

  1007. I’d buy tile and paint for our kitchen. The old linoleum has got to go, and the 70’s style cabinets are going to get a nice coat of crisp white. Just thinking about it has me itching to get started :-)

  1008. I would love to paint my daughter’s room and get a rug.

    Thanks for the entry,
    Tasha

  1009. I would start with bookshelves for the kids room, paint a dresser and side table, drop cloth curtains for the family room, some shelving units for the kitchen, and some plants for the yard. It would be super useful to win! :)

  1010. Looks like a great time and who wouldn’t love to stand next to Nate for a pic!! This g.card would come in handy for many things. This summer we are tackling our 4.5 yr. old twin boys’ rooms. I would love to do some board and batten, maybe some built ins or a reading corner. Would also love to do some outdoor sprucing!

  1011. Congrats to you and Melissa. Pure awesomeness!

    I would use that Mega Gift Card jointly with my girlfriend. We are both in desperate need to utilize our creativity in an amazing and fun way. We are just starting the adventure of hunting for great finds and bringing new life out of them. Yep, this gift card would help do just that :0)

  1012. Looks like you had a great time. (Who wouldn’t??!) From Lowes I could use some stain for my shed, some paint for my cottage, and maybe a new chain saw blade for my favorite fella.

  1013. I would love the gift card to purchase outdoor chairs and maybe a table so I could actually have a place to sit in my back yard when my little guy wants to play!!

  1014. Your trip sounds so exciting!

    Since I am updating my entire house, I need a thousand things, but I would probably use the gift card for paint and a new kitchen faucet.

  1015. I too am a big fan of Valspar for its coverage abilities and general ease of use. At present, I would use the gift card to renovate a powder room and my laundry room. I have inspirations swirling in my head and just need to execute the plan.

  1016. I would actually buy a new lawn mower. Mine is 25 years old and it acts it!

  1017. Yep, totally just posted this on Facebook:

    “Someone I have followed for over a year. Someone… VERY talented and with creativity after my own heart. I never “enter” any give-aways {well, definitely under 3 my whole blog-browsing life} … but, I was a sucker for a $250 gift card at Lowes…. think of all the PAINT and the endless creativity combined… HAPPINESS!

    Dear friends, please don’t enter…. you will decrease my chances :0) ”

    P.S. Trust me…. my friends don’t listen to me ;7)

  1018. I would buy some lumber to make shelving in my laundry room and a countertop for the same space. This is a great giveaway. Thanks!

  1019. I would paint all three bedrooms…trying to spruce up the house to get it sold ;0)
    Thanks for the chance…

  1020. How fun! My kitchen is completely outdated and all white– but not in a good modern clean and fresh way. It’s boring and dull, and in dire need of a facelift, but i can’t bring myself to spend the money just yet. But if I had a giftcard, I know exactly what I’d use it for: I want to frame the boring cabinet doors, and on the lower ones, I want to add beadboard inside the frame. Also want to change out all of the hardware, and need new organizers so I can use the space better and clear out the clutter (then I can take the doors off a set and open things up a bit more!).

  1021. I would definitely put it toward my deck and outdoor living – since it’s summer and it’s so short here in VT – I spend every single second outdoors whenever possible!

  1022. Oh, I could do so much. Tile, paint, yard beautification…..the hardest thing would be to choose which direction it should go!

  1023. First let me say I’m SO jealous you got to meet Nate. :) We just moved into a new house and I would love to splurge on a couple of colorful pillows and maybe a rug for my new deck. Such a luxury a pretty deck would be for me. :)

  1024. Wow – that’s fantastic!

    I’ve been looking for the perfect storage bench, but it just hasn’t materialized. So I’d be VERY interested in going to Lowe’s for lumber to build it and paint to (obviously) paint it. :D

  1025. Winning this giveaway would be SUCH a blessing! My husband and I are in the process of buying our first house so we would be able to use this toward a LOT of things: fridge, washer, dryer, bathroom cabinet, wood, PAINT, etc. Here’s hoping..and praying…and crossing of fingers.

  1026. I would have to use it on paint and sandpaper and whatnot for diy-rehabbing a few vintage items once i get a chance to make the trip this summer to Austin to purchase said items.

  1027. Winning would be amazing! I’ve decided I hate my builder-grade kitchen cabinets so I’ll be repainting them soon. The landscaping is looking a little tired (ok, really it looks exhausted!) so I’d love to be able to rip out the ugly, prickly bushes and fill in with plants, mulch and the like. The bathroom floor is ugly, ugly, ugly and it could be spruced up too. The nice thing about living in a 820 sq foot house is that a little money goes a long, long way.

  1028. Are you kidding me? We drop a lot of money at Lowes on a regular basis. Our 2 year old says “we’re here” as soon as she sees the store. Right now I’m really wanting a new washer & dryer. Thanks for this great giveaway!

  1029. We are moving and trying to decorate our new house so I have HUNDREDS of ideas for that gift card! We need some new paint, Valspar perhaps? Or maybe a new rug? Or that stainless steel fridge we’ve been coveting!

  1030. Where do I start? We would love new wooden blinds, paint, lighting fixtures and bathroom hardware. My honey-do-list is sooo long.

    I loved looking At the NYC pic’s! Absolutely fabulous.

  1031. I live in a 20’s bungalow that needs an unimaginable amount of work. We’re painting — inside and out — and plan to refinish the floors. I also want to update the kitchen with a new sink and faucet. I will also be replacing some of the siding on the house. That gift card would really help!

  1032. One word….flooring. Our builder put in the cheapest carpet known to man, and I’ve been saving my pennies for a wood floor. I have been eye balling the wood section of Lowes FOREVER…this gift card would take the sting out of that purchase! :-)

  1033. Great giveaway!

    Pending To-Do Projects that come to mind: (1) No- or low-VOC paint for the observation beehive at my work (a nature center) and probably paint the lettering outside the building (totally blends in with the building colors). (2) Build dresser/media cabinet for our tv and components to go next to the two-person farmhouse desk (with sliding keyboard trays) that we already built. (3) Build small nightstands (x2) with a shelf or two for books.

    Also, we’re in the beginning stages to buy our first home (yay) and we’re looking at ones that will need some work to be restored (love working on houses, work on my mom’s all the time)… so a little oomph in the $$$ department would be awesome. :)

  1034. I would subway tile my kitchen back-splash. Any left over would go towards paint for the living room!!!

  1035. I would like to get a new faucet for my kitchen sink and/or a light fixture for the kitchen! Thanks…

  1036. I absolutely love your creativeness. I am redoing things around my house. It has been ten years and its time for a revamp. The 250 smackaroos would help out.

  1037. We are about to welcome our first child (a baby boy) and we are about to buy a house. Being new parents that just graduated from college there is virtually no budget to spruce up this baby boys room. I am thinking $250.00 from Lowe’s would give us everything we need to create a dream nursery for this little guy.

  1038. I need to repaint the inside of our house. It’s the original builder’s paint and is a little bland. I’m ready for some COLOR.

  1039. Oh my goodness…we’re about to move halfway across the country. And whenever I move to a new place I’m always amazed by all the “little” things that end up costing big bucks…curtain rods, light bulbs, extension cords, etc…but if we don’t have to buy any little things, I would use it to plant a garden in our new backyard.

  1040. Oh, and I also liked Censational Girl on FB too. I already had you as a bookmark on my laptop.

  1041. I would refinish my deck and buy a couple of cute chairs; it’s not a big space, but it’s got a lot of “blah” at the moment!

  1042. I would invest in some dropcloths for reupholstering a couch, paint, and some tile!

  1043. WE are building a new home, so I’m sure there will be so, so many things we will need when we move in in July! Closet organizers, storage containers and I would love to treat the garage floor! Love your blog and your pic with Nate is too cute! :)

  1044. Hoping to win the gift card to do some fun projects around our new house that we are buying! First-timers! Woohoo!

  1045. I would use the gift for painting my daughter’s new room. We are just about to move and I want to make her new spot perfect for her.

  1046. I would use the giftcard to buy paint……and door knobs. Paint because my current wall color is terrible with a capital T…and knobs because the current ones are brass!

  1047. Posted the giveaway on Facebook, even though I want to win it myself! :)

  1048. Kate, You do inspire me, have found a new love for spray painting! And even if I don’t win a gift certificate to Lowes I will always buy the line of paints, they are great! I can’t seem to link to the site for the gift certificate? I want to paint my bedroom, just got some new ideas for redecorating off your link and others you have shared. Also have a little garage at end of my property that needs a face lift, it is a faded blue and peeling, thinking a green color nature inspired would be nice, with some other additions, maybe a faux window in back with a faux window box and flowers… has been on my to do list for too many years! Thanks for the inspiration….Shanha in PA

  1049. With almost 1400 comments, I realize my chances are very limited, but I’d use the gift certificate to buy new lighting for my kitchen and supplies to redo the ceiling. Very cool Giveaway. So jealous you got to meet Nate again. :)

  1050. We would use it to finish our bathroom that came to a halt about three years ago when my husbands hours got cut.

  1051. I would ask you for decorating advice for my 3 bedrooms’ wall colors and the adjoining hallway. I need all the assistance I can get. I have made some bad decorating color decisions in the past and I desperately need to correct them.

  1052. I’d spruce up our yard. It is in desperate need of some TLC — plants, trees, some cute outdoor pillows and potted flowers!

  1053. Wow, what a great experience for you both! Thanks so much for the chance to win! I have several pieces needing paint, so it would be GREAT to win!

  1054. Love me some lowe’s! I would spend the $250 on lowe’s glass tile to put on bottom of fireplace(non working), and buy some valspar paint to cover my red dining room wall. Changing house from tan/burgandy to tan/blues/greens!

  1055. I don’t even know where to start! Our house is over 30 years old and there is always something to be worked on or tweaked!!

  1056. Lowe’s is my favorite, and I’m a big fan of Valspar, too. I have 2 bathrooms that really need a redo. With a $250 boost, I would start on the master bathroom first. New floor, new vanities, new fixtures…it’s going to be a totally different room.

  1057. We’re in the process of changing our doors and trim throughout the house, so I would use the gift card toward that! Of course since it’s spring, I’d have to designate some of it for some pretty flowers for the yard!

  1058. omg this would be amazing to win!!! I would put it towards patio furniture so we can enjoy some outdoor dining! Thanks!!!

  1059. I could definitely use new outdoor furniture or continue to work on my 2-year-old’s sport-themed room. Poor boy has no color on his walls yet. :(

  1060. great giveaway! We are in the process of landscaping our backyard, so I would use the gift card to buy flowers!

  1061. I would use the gift card toward some outdoor projects. I’m planning to paint the exterior of my house this spring and am thinking about changing the shutter and door colors while I’m at it. I have also finally decided on a landscaping plan and would pick up some plants and flowers from Lowe’s.

  1062. We are moving and just bought a new house, I would totally use the gift card to start turning the kitchen into “my” kitchen.

  1063. I know exactly what this gift card would help us do: get more paint to finish painting our master bedroom, and fix the hole in our living room’s floor. * Fingers crossed *

  1064. If I won this gift card, my husband and I would remodel our master bathroom. Except for a new faucet (because the other one actually broke), we have not touched it, including the peeling wallpaper, since we moved in almost 3 years ago. It’s just not in our small budget.

  1065. I would continue in your generous footsteps and give the gift card to my friend who is currently building her forever house! She has more need for it than I do, although I’ve been itching to build custom shelves in the second bedroom closet, and of course we could use new kitchen appliances, a new water heater, and a bathroom remodel!

  1066. I would totally use the $250 to buy a new storm door for our back door. I hate not being able to have the door open to let in the breeze in the spring and summer. Our old storm door broke this winter during a snow storm.

  1067. We’re moving soon so I’d use it to help spruce up the new place!

  1068. I would put the money towards a new front door. Our front door is so old, you can feel the outside air coming in around the frame of it. Our dog loves it, but he’s not the one paying the heating/cooling bill!! We’ve been meaning to get a new door, but instead have been busy with a new baby!

  1069. I would use this gift card for either a new rug for my dinette or towards a new gazebo!

  1070. Every time I go into Lowe’s I buy paint, usually spray paint, and painting tools. I would use the gift card to buy my version of girly baubles in Lowe’s paint department.

  1071. I found your blog about 2 months ago and have been obsessed with it. I love your style. I share your passion for painting. I haven’t painted a room in our house since my son was born 3 years ago. Since I found your blog I have been reinvigorated and painted our master bath and our guest bedroom. If I won the Lowe’s gift card I would totally get more paint so I can redo our family room and dining room.

  1072. I would love to win that gift card. We have this totally ugly carpet on our stairs and I want to take it off and put wood runners, so I would purchase wood and stain and replace that carpet.

  1073. Paint for the laundry room and the money would also help to buy some items to spruce up our patio!

  1074. I would buy some materials to make a wooden bench and then paint it a really fun color!!

  1075. First thing I would buy is some spray paint I have a sofa table that I want to paint as a pop of color. There are so many things I would want after that, some more plants, hardware for cabinets, and …

  1076. I would start doing some much needed decorating and painting! Can’t wait!

  1077. Thanks for the chance to win! I would buy stain for our deck and/or fence which is our next big house project … OR I would buy some backsplash tiles for our kitchen (dream of mine!).

  1078. Mulch, MULCH … I need mulch. Followed by concrete stain, interior paint (Valspar, of course) and a new kitchen countertop (or deposit on one!)

    Thanks for the chance to win your prize!!

  1079. I would buy paint for my girl’s room and dresser. They have been begging me to paint their room for months!! I would also get some plants and flowers! I have big landscaping plans but no money!! :)

  1080. I would definately redo my guest bedroom in honor of my grandmother…she always reminded me of glamour…like hollywood in the 40’s. Almost all of my house has been painted using Valspar paint, including all of the exterior. I live only a few blocks from Lowe’s so I’m always stopping in there to shop or browse. Walking into Lowe’s is like walking into my favorite shoe store…ahhhh. :)

  1081. I’m actually re-doing my kitchen as we speak, so it would be put to good use!

  1082. You and Melissa look too cute with your new BFF, Nate! I would have been so giggling silly I probably would not have made a word of sense. I thought your project was quite creative and loved the colors.
    I told Melissa, I would love a Lowe’s card to do a project I’ve had around for a long time. It is a vintage dresser that was given to my parents from my Grandma as a wedding gift. My parents were married in 1954 and still happily married today.

  1083. I would redecorate our very small (master) bedroom. I’ve been dying to get to it and this would spur me on . . .

  1084. I would love the gift card and would use it for deck stain & paint for the bathrooms

  1085. I have never been to NY, but would love to visit there sometime. Looks like you had a wonderful time. I have heard so much about all the shops and places to visit. Love the pics!

  1086. I would love to paint my kids’ bookshelves and bedside table and maybe get a couple of indoor plants. We’re homeschoolers and loving it!

  1087. I would love to use the gift card on things I have on my “honey do” list. Paint is only one of the items we would need!

  1088. I’m a new follower… would LOVE to win! It would help start some low budget but big changes in the kitchen…. paint, new cabinet hardware, a light fixture…

  1089. I would use the gift card to fix up my first place with my new fiance!

  1090. I’m in the process of refinishing a Craigslist dresser and I’ve got the bug! I would love to buy another piece and use the gift card to get some fun paint colors and supplies!

  1091. Would love to buy paint for the kitchen, family room, and master bedroom! Thanks for the opportunity!

  1092. Since this whole painting thing is pretty new to me I would buy an array of different colors of paint and of course all the necessities needed for painting and priming and refinishing old unique treasures!!! Would love to win this gift card:)

  1093. With a $250 gift card I would love to re-do our bedroom and finish our upstairs family room. And perhaps stretch that pretty penny to add some flowers to our back porch. Oh what fun it would be!

  1094. A Lowe’s gift card?!!! Please pick me!! I would love to do some outside projects with that money!

  1095. Let’s see…I would paint my schoolroom, fix our leaky roof and turn something drab (in my kitchen) into FAB!

  1096. I would get our home a new front door! We need some curb appeal and I want to start with a good looking door for inspiration. Thanks for the opportunity! I love Lowe’s!

  1097. I loved your NYC pictures….looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing. And from Lowe’s (which I shop at all the time) I would like a new front door. Mine is rather boring and I’d like to put in something fun and different. Thanks so much!

  1098. I would buy paint to repaint my kitchen cabinets and my kitchen. I would also buy new flooring to replace the ugly, beat up vinyl in our rental.

  1099. What a great incentive to get that carpet up off the stairs and refinish the wood!

  1100. My wife would love if I one this so she can finally repaint our kitchen and all the other things she wants to do.

  1101. What a great giveaway! We are currently working on our backyard…. The deck needs a serious facelift! I also want trim for the kitchen, and paint…. lots of paint…. I’m sure I’d spend it quickly!

  1102. Oh gosh! I’d totally use it to repaint a HUGE wood computer/ office desk that I brought upstairs to use as my makeup vanity. I’d also buy a mirror to go over it. I’d paint everything crisp white to go on my newly painted cornflower blue walls.
    Ahhh, I love the smell of paint in the morning! LOL

  1103. I love the inspiration I always get from this site… My parents have THE UGLIEST bedroom furniture ever created, and I would love to use a Lowes gift card to give them a DIY bedroom to be proud of… they deserve it!!!

  1104. Came over to visit from The Inspired Room. I’m dying to paint our boring white walls with some great, rich color, so I’d use that gift card for some of that Valspar paint you two were trying out!

  1105. I would def use it to do some work on helping our baclyard that was neglected for the past 6 years before we moved in!

  1106. I used the link on twitter :) so hopefully I did that right lol.. should probably have tried to find your twitter account to tag you! oopsie!

  1107. I am moving into a new apartment, with the agreement for a lowered rent in exchange for help with the much needed renovation. My building is pre-war, full of charm and was a merchant’s apartment above an upholstery shop. I would use the card to purchase supplies for everything from the paint for the walls to supplies to refinish all of the wonderful, well-loved pieces of furniture that I’ve picked up at yard sales, flea markets and resale shops. I love to refinish furniture and have some amazing ideas for all of them.

  1108. I would RUN to Lowes, literally cause its maybe two miles away plus I would be so darn excited, and I would bee line to the paint sprayer isle!!

    By the way……giving away the card is commendable but you must have the will power of a MONK!

  1109. I would SOOOO love to win this card- I love Valspar colors, and I intend to cover every wall in this house with lovely cheerful no-neutrals (except green,nature’s neutral!) VALSPAR! Puhleeze, Mr/Ms RandomThingy,pick me pick me! Too broke to buy right now cuz of stoopid diseases. Sigh. Thanks for opportunity!

  1110. So you and Nate Berkus are pretty much best friends. That’s cool.

    What would I do with a $250 Lowe’s gift card? I’d start by holding it high in the air and jumping up and down gaily, and when that became too tiring, I’d cradle it and maybe cry a little bit. Then I’d go to Lowe’s and buy some paint supplies. My kitchen cabinets and interior door hardware know it’s only a matter of time before I come for them.

  1111. We’re remodeling an old house- it has been a work in progress since we moved in a year ago. The landscaping is a MESS— so I’d use it to add some much needed love to the flower beds!

  1112. I would use it to finally finish my girls’ bedrooms! They have been patiently waiting while I tackle their rooms in bits and pieces. Need to re-finish some furniture pieces and would love to tackle building the bed posted on Anna White’s blog, but am needing a few tools to tackle that!

  1113. What a boon a $250 gift card would be – I could refinish the wonderful sliding top console table I just bought in a thrift store, one of several I haunt. A grey green would be perfect to go with the pale green French diagonal vine rug and the wonderful deep raspberry ottoman I bought in 2009. I might want to finish the top in a rustic fruitwood stain or lime it to match my French round table.

  1114. I would love a gift card to help me make my office desk. My wonderful boyfriend bought me a Mac computer for my birthday and I need something to put it on! I am going to be attending Photography school in the fall and need a work space. This giftcard would help me out so much!

  1115. I would put the $250 towards tile flooring for my house. Almost two years ago, my boyfriend bought a house that he has been renovating. We thought after purchasing the house in September 2009 we would be able to move in and celebrate Christmas with our families. Well that didn’t exactly happen, we needed all new electrical, plumbing (indoors and out) and every room has been basically gutted because of horizontial dry wall. My boyfriend is a carpenter and has been working to make $$ for the house and to support himself.

    We are finally on to “finishing touches” and I would love to make his day and give him this gift card so we can put it towards flooring. Only a few things left on our to-do list and this would be a great help! Our goal is to move in this September :)

  1116. I’d love to win the gift card so I can spruce up my fireplace with some beautiful glass tiles.

  1117. I would buy new light fixtures for the laundry room and over the kitchen sink…then start buying some tile for the house we are building soon!

  1118. I’d love to use this gift card to paint and spruce up the apartment my fiance and I will have once we’re married in August. We’re so excited to tackle it together and make our own home. We’re college students (ie dirt poor. good times) so this would be such a huge awesome helpful wedding gift and nice way to start playing house together – for real! :)

  1119. I would force my husband to finally finish the various unfinished home projects around our house..$250 would b a great motivation for him!

  1120. We are moving into our first house next week so I would buy lots of paint!

  1121. There are so many things I could do with that money!! Paint!! Refinish my cabinets!! Finish my craft room!! Buy a scroll saw!! That would probably be my number 1!! Thanks for the chance!!

  1122. I would love to start on redoing our floors..
    Carpet+ pets+ kids= ugly

  1123. I would purchase trim to replace the old rotting trim surrounding our front door, along with new gutters (not even sure how much that costs). lol If anything was left, I would put that towards paint for the new aqua front door I see in our future.

  1124. Hi there! Thanks so much for sharing your trip and your winnings with us…..you are too generous!! But I’m glad!! I would love to win the gift card thanks for giving me a chance!! If I win I will buy…..what else??? Valspar Paint to redo my kitchen at the beach cottage! It is boring beige and needs a color boost real bad!! With the leftover loot I will see what can be done about some cute floor treatment there as well!! Thanks again, VBg

  1125. I would use the $250 Lowe’s gift card to buy paint for my dining room and my vintage furniture on my patio. I am dying to try some horizontal stripes in my dining room!

  1126. What a fun cabinet! Great job. I would buy new overhead lights for some of our rooms, and teak decking material to build a little area for our grill out in the yard. Plus, maybe some plants for my garden. Or wood to build a bench.. or..or. Thanks for the giveaway. :)

  1127. I would use the $250 to repaint my kitchen cabinets. Seven years ago we redid our kitchen and I let my husband and the contractor talk me into oak cabinets and I really dislike them. And the finish on the oak is already coming off! so I realy want to paint them.

  1128. I would love a Lowe’s gift card! My list is a mile long, but I would start with buying MDF, paint, and other materials to start DIY projects for my oldest sons room. We have been pulling out ideas and inspiration from Pottery Barn Kids and Teen.

  1129. I would like to paint my home office walls, and built-in shelves and desk. I love Valspar paint and have used it often. Also would buy some plants and maybe some shrubs for my garden.

  1130. I’ve been reading your blog religiously in the last couple of months…before you first appeared on Nate Show. However, I never left a comment; honestly, I am intimidated by your talent and all the stunning projects you have posted. I am newbie to home decor/ home improvement, so far only tried a few small projects in my house with inspiration and ideas from your blog. If I have extra $ to spend at Lowes, I would work on the boys’ bedroom. My 2nd grader and Kindergartener are still living in a “nursery”. :)

  1131. I’ve got some major reorganizing to do in a small space-would love the extra cash to make it happen!

  1132. There are so many ways to spend $250! I think I would like to paint my home office walls, and built-in shelves and desk. I love Valspar paint and have used it often. Also would buy some plants and maybe some shrubs for my garden.

  1133. I don’t even know exactly how I happened upon your sight, but I did a couple of months ago and I’m hooked. It’s on my favorites bar so I can easily check it daily. If I won the Lowe’s giftcard I would use it to start my first project. I’…m refinishing a wooden trunk/bench that my parents had when I was kid. It has a duck engraved in to it which I had made flush with wood filler. I’m ready to sand and move on to the primer and paint. So excited to transform this piece!

  1134. i would pick up much needed updated light fixtures for the home.
    ps love that green color you are painting with in the photo!

  1135. We’re still trying to finish up our house — I’d like to get more plants in the ground (once the cicadas are done doing their thing), a new light fixture for our hallway, and our bathroom ceiling is starting to peel from the moisture so I need to figure out how to fix it!!!

  1136. I would buy me a new screened door to let all the fresh air in ,then maybe some new deck stain to make my new door pop and then spend the remaining on some outdoor flower pots and flowers .

  1137. Linked on Facebook!!!! So excited about the idea of winning — there’s still so much to do in and out of the house!!

  1138. I would use a gift card to Lowe’s to buy hardwood floor for my small entry! I HATE the ugly carpet in it now! What an awesome giveaway!

  1139. We’re renovating our house, so I’d put it toward a new vanity for our bathroom. Thanks for the generosity–it sounds like a fun event.

  1140. New bathroom fixtures! And paint. I’ve been dying to paint my bedroom a dramatic grey for a while.

  1141. I’d buy paint, paint and more paint. Our house was a foreclosure and the previous owners shot up every single surface with an air-soft gun. I’m about a third of the way through the job of patching and paint walls.

  1142. I would use the gift card to purchase curtain panels for our TV room…there are 13 windows!! Plus a door! It would definitely help!! They are soooo expensive!!

  1143. I would buy beadboard for my family room and panelling for my dining room. Oh, and a bunch of spray paint to copy some of your painted caned chairs …

  1144. I would use the $250 for paint and new flooring. I am going to re-do one of my bedrooms and that carpet it coming UP! Thanks for the giveaway!

  1145. I would use it to paint and fix up my 10 year old daughters room……her room is next on my list and she is soo excited!

  1146. I would definately put that money to good use; I’m thinking maybe a pretty new rug; or perhaps a something for outside= I saw all that outdoor furniture and I would love to grab a piece or two of that…thanks for the chance!

  1147. I think I would save it for now. We are just starting out on building our first home, so it would come in handy for many things in a few months.

  1148. I’ll probably use the gift card for paint and for outdoor light fixtures :)

  1149. I would buy plants. We just bought our house and it is in need of plants!

  1150. I would use the gift card to buy stuff for my craft/dressing room. Perhaps some crown moulding, a chandelier and some nice storage accessories.

  1151. We’re doing projects in the backyard so this would be really helpful. Thanks for such a generous giveaway!

  1152. I would love to paint my bathroom cabinets and add some tile as a backsplash!

  1153. I would spruce up my front entry with some new door hardware and maybe a new light fixture and address numbers if I have the money left over.

  1154. I am wanting to redo my sewing room and the gift cert. from Lowe’s would be a blessing!

  1155. I tweeted about this on Twitter. There are so many things to get for my sewing room.

  1156. I have been wanting to redo my older twins’ room and $250 would be perfect for paint, organization and maybe even a spray gun! A perfect gift just in time for them to turn 5.

  1157. I would start by priming and painting the massive amount of knotty pine paneling in my basement!

  1158. I would buy a new chandelier to go above my kitchen island, and molding to trim out my staircase.

  1159. Sometimes we have to visit HD or Lowes once or twice a day if we are working on a project. There are so many things I could use it on but I’m thinking supplies for built-ins for our sunroom would win out.

  1160. oh please, please, PLEASE pick me. we just moved from WA to AZ and already painted the downstairs of our home but our out of money and cant do the upstairs which includes the kids’ rooms. our daughters SO badly want to paint the top of their room purple and have white bead board around the bottom. . . we would use this money to do their room and the rest of our upstairs (including painting over the pink walls in our master bedroom). come on random generator!
    thanks,
    regina

  1161. I am a new graduate and moving into a new house this summer! would love love love a gift card for fun new projects in my new house!

  1162. i would buy all the materials needed to make a nice toy chest and booked case for my kids! thanks!

    nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com

  1163. I would buy paint for my living room. We’ve lived in our house almost seven years, and I can’t believe we haven’t painted it yet. With a new couch coming next week, I say this is the time!

  1164. We’re in the middle of adding a patio and screened in porch – I’d use the gift card for paint to spruce up our patio furniture and plants and lanterns to add some color and fun.

    It was so entertaining to read the posts about your trip to NY, and how cool to hang with Nate for awhile!

  1165. How would I spend $250 at Lowe’s? Easy.

    We live in a cute little 2 bedroom apartment here in Southern California. I dream of owning (or sheesh, even renting!) a house with a yard for my two girls to have their adventures, but until my hubby finishes school, I remain patient as can be expected. In the meantime, my goal is to make their bedroom a wonderland of adventure and imagination. Upcoming projects include a loft bed/library storage area inspired by a tree house, and a custom art station.

  1166. Thank you for such a sweet giveaway! If I had the card I’d use it to splurge on light fixtures for the bathroom and save the rest for our future kitchen remodel (or any other project I think of in the mean time).

  1167. I!ve got the bathroom primed and now I just need me some paint! Very nice of you to give away your gift card!

  1168. I would buy the chair rail for my son’s room,and 2 wood roman shades for my kitchen.Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

  1169. I am redoing my laundry room and sure would love to buy some nifty new cabinets and shelving to organize my laundry supplies!

  1170. I would use it to remodel the bathroom in our recently-purchased, 1957 log home. It is still stuck somewhere else in time, with carpet on the floor and blue not-ceramic tile halfway up the walls. It’s very nice of you to give away your gift card-thanks!

  1171. We would probably use the gift card for upgrading our front landscaping or renovating our bathroom!

  1172. Finish our upstairs bathrooom…. in the middle of a redo for over a year!

  1173. Wow — how to narrow it to one thing? I’d love to be able to update my bathroom fixtures — get rid of the shiny brass! Oh, and then there’s the lighting and painting too!

  1174. I would most likely buy more paint to do more rooms, and some more wainscoting to do another room. I would like a new faucet/sink for the kitchen, the ideas are endless! Would LOVE to have $250 at Lowes to spend on things for the home! Thanks for the chance to win!

  1175. This is an exciting giveaway. If I had that gift card I would go purchase the rest of the paint I need to complete the indoors of my house that I am in the process of painting before the kids get out of school. With any leftovers I would probably purchase light fixtures for my kitchen and dining room.

  1176. I’d buy curtains or blinds plus more plants for the front yard. I need more annuals to make the garden pop with color. I have tons of perennials that grow back each year, but they need a boost. Thanks, Katharine

  1177. wow…what a fabulous give-away!!
    I must say…i’d buy a cute little arbor or at least the materials to make one for my vegetable garden!!!
    Thank you for this opportunity!!!

  1178. I am excited for this gaveaway! What I would want to buy are supplies to finish my board and batten, a mini pendant light for my kitchen and all the paint that I could, but what I would likely first NEEd to buy would be two screen doors.
    Stacey of Embracing Change

  1179. Paint to spruce up a bunch of old furniture for my new place and some flowers for a little garden!!

  1180. I would use it to buy a ceiling fan for my new screened in porch and have it installed. Thanks for the chance!

  1181. Hi! Happy to visit your blog, Melissa sent me over! Like that Valspar green you used, looks like a very versatile color – I am in need of a front door redo. I love Nate and it must have been such a fun time in New York with all the bloggers. Love Lowe’s too, and who wouldn’t love a shopping spree there!!! Thanks for the giveaway.

  1182. I just linked to you through Facebook for an extra chance – thanks!

  1183. Oh, what wouldn’t I do with this Lowe’s gift card?! I think I would have to prioritize paint for redoing our kitchen cabinets, followed by supplies to finish our outdoor space. Hope I win!

  1184. Looking forward to building bed and bookcases for my daughters room.

  1185. My kitchen is painted a slightly too bold goldenrod, and I would love to use this giftcard to buy this new paint! it would be particularly great as this paint is bold enough that it would definitely require a primer to cover it before painting again, but with Valspar, I could skip that! :) Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  1186. Our house is in desperate need of a paint-makeover! Inside & out. I would use the gift certificate for paint and supplies.

  1187. Since we will be moving into new home soon I would use it for all the things you need when you move in – curtain rods, cleaners, picture hooks, garbage cans, blinds, paint, etc. I know it will all add up and a gift card would sure help out.

  1188. I need some paint, blinds and flooring. It would give me a great start on my project.

  1189. Left a comment on facebook. Maybe some of my friends will enter.

  1190. Oh, oh, oh I would……finish the gutted bathroom, with a vanity a medicine cabinet, lighting, paint.paint the guest room,buy new kitchen lights, shelving for my sons, “closet desk project”, buy new hardware and paint for the front door, buy a screendoor for the back door, or and my bedroom needs an area rug,oh, maybe some new shrubs, or outdoor lamppost, the office needs a desk lamp…………………………………………………………….
    xoxoxo
    thanks for all the inspiration

  1191. That would be a big help in finishing the laundry room makeover I started! Bright, happy paint; crisp white cabinets; maybe even a place to hang clothes!

  1192. I would spruce up my bathroom….….starting with the vanity & top and paint the room AGAIN. Then again I sure could use a new storm door. Thanks for the fab giveaway.

  1193. I would buy paint and new hinges and knobs for my dark, old kitchen cabinets. Our kitchen has the old dark knotty pine cabinets and it makes our kitchen dark and very outdated. I can not afford new cabinets, so I would love to paint and freshen up the kitchen.

  1194. I would give the gc to my sister’s who is working on several renovations in her home! Thank you for the opportunity!

  1195. I need deck stain and I need it now! What a treat! Thanks for the chance to win.

  1196. Hi, l linked on FB and I love this blog! If I won Valspar paint, I would paint my bedroom a serene color! After 35 years of marriage, other rooms came first, but now I am soooo looking forward to having a special room, just for hubby and me! :-)

  1197. I would use the giftcard to fix my laundry room. I needs it so badly! Right now, it is a *big* room off a big kitchen in our 100 year old house. The roomis big, but not functional. I want to make this room a art/project/laundry room, and add storage and function. Thank you!

  1198. My husband and I just bought a new house after living in a condo for 10 years – we LIVE AT LOWE’S now! Let’s see, what would I do with it . . . well, the shower door is so low that hubby bonks his head on it every time he so much as looks at it, the powder room toilet and sink are navy blue (don’t get me started), all the trim in the house (of which there is MUCH) is painted an odd putty color, the deck needs to be restained and/or I’d like to buy a fancy new outdoor rug to put down, my girls’ bedrooms need painted . . . OH! and the applicances! We need a new washer, dryer, range and microwave. After a comment that turns out to be nearly as long as your original post ;-), I guess I would just say that the Lowe’s gift certificate would find a happy home with us! Thanks so much for the chance to win such an AWESOME giveaway!

  1199. What wouldn’t I buy at Lowe’s is really the question. I would have to say supplies to waterproof our basement…as much as I want some pretty new paint or a patio set, some torrential downpours have shown us we have a small leak. Yikes!

  1200. I’m so excited for you and Melissa. You go girls! I would have still been standing there trying to figure out what the heck to do and you would have been finished. What would I do with the money? Oh honey – what wouldn’t I do? I’d get some wood and finish the fireplace, or apply it towards hardwoods for the floors in the den and hallway, I’d love to have new vanities in both bathrooms. I currently have pedestals and that’s such a storage problem, as well as it poses the problem “where the heck do you put your items while you’re putting on your makeup?”

  1201. That gift card would be great. My little girl is turning a great big 4! And we are in the process of transforming her room. Right now she still has many things from her nursery in her room, but she is a big girl and we need paint, new carpet, new bedding, bookshelfs and more! I can’t wait to get started on this project!

  1202. My husband and I are beautifying our front lawn, and a Lowes gift card would go towards a new picket fence!

  1203. I’d love to win! Never fails that I end up in Lowes at least once a week:) I’ve used Valspar paint regularly to paint walls and it’s great paint! I’d love to see the high definition paint in action. I have a playroom and hall upstairs that a green tone. I’d be nice to get that area redone in one fall swoop!

  1204. Oh what I could do with 250 from Lowes! My youngest is moving out in 2 weeks leaving us as empty nesters! His room will be my craft room!!

  1205. I would buy spray paint! I have a patio set – 2 chairs and a couch, plus a chaise lounger that need to be spray painted. Its a little overwhelming so im thinking of doing the 2 chairs first. Kate, how is your painting “booth” set up? i am trying to figure one out for mass production lol. So maybe some rolls of plastic at lowes too. I would also stock up on the Lowes Pearl glaze, its fabulous and $$!

  1206. I’m going to tackle my kitchen cabinets. I’m a little worried about doing a good job on them… but I don’ reallyt have the extra money for a major renovation.

  1207. We are getting ready to move in a month, so a gift card from Lowes would be perfect for buying paint and supplies for the new house!

  1208. Let’s see what wouldn’t I do with a gift card to Lowe’s. Buy paint for my master bathroom, we need a new fence, we could tile our master bathroom, paint and supplies for record player cabinet that needs a makeover, new fixtures for the master bathroom. I could really get a head start on the master bathroom makeover that desperately needs to be done.

  1209. OH! What wouldn’t I do? My hubby and I just bought a house from 1950 and it needs lots of love! :) I could purchase flooring for our dining room, knobs for our new kitchen cabinets (from Lowes….which we are installing ourselves! :) ) or better yet…put it towards a dishwasher that actually works instead of this one from 1990. :) pinups dot sew at gmail dot com

  1210. Maybe I would finally begin my powder room with- gulp- Formica cabinet replacement. I have my inspiration completed but need a jump start!

  1211. I’ve had my eye on a couple adorable patio sets at Lowe’s. If I won the gift card, the only hard part would be choosing which one to get! :)

  1212. Oh my. There would be so many options for use if I won the gift card. Outside patio table? Paint for upstairs bedrooms? Light fixture for spare bedroom and bath, that’s it.

  1213. My dining room is crying for some board and batten, and a fresh coat of Valspar paint! Love your blog!

  1214. I’m putting in some raised beds for gardening, and doing a new kitchen backplash. I have so many things I could use a Lowes gift card for.

  1215. I would love to win this prize. We are having our second baby and have a house to-do list out the wazoo! New paint, new light fixtures, insulation in the garage…
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  1216. Our builder chose the the cheaptest laminate flooring he could find and now we need to replace it in our entry/dinning room due to water damage So…..that money would be spent in flooring.

  1217. Open white shelves in kitchen, paint, splurge on big and nice planters. I would love this Lowe’s giftcard…even over Starbucks giftcard, yes, Starbucks.

  1218. You’ve been such an inspiration. I started with the remake of an old dining chair for my desk and now I am hooked. Just picked up an oval coffee table to sand and paint! Lowes is like Toys R Us for grown ups! I’d buy some paint for sure and probably some gardening supplies as I have lots to work on outside too!

  1219. I would use the Lowe’s gift card to purchase items for my master bath. I’m in the midst of a remodel and need tile and plumbing fixtures. Thanks for the chance to win. P.S. You did a super job on the little cabinet!

  1220. We would probably use it towards a new dishwasher or some light fixtures :)

  1221. What a fun time you had!! If I had $250 from Lowe’s , I would purchase paint for my kitchen/breakfast area and a new light fixture. On a budget, those two changes could change the whole feel of my kitchen, which I have been dying to do for some time.

  1222. i would paint my main living area upstairs…it needs it from the wear and tear of my little kids running around. i think a new coat of paint would make me feel fresh and newly satisfied with our place! thanks for the chance to win! jill

  1223. I would love to win the gift card! I’d use it to buy the Paslode 6-Volt Orange Cordless Nailer that I’ve been drooling over!

  1224. Since the very first Lowe’s will be opening in my city this summer – yay!! – the possibilities of what to buy are endless…but I’m thinking some new kitchen flooring would be most welcome in our home…

  1225. $250 at Lowes could do a lot!! I have been wanting to paint the dark brick around our fireplace ever since we moved into our house over 3 years ago but good primer and paint aren’t exactly necessities. With $250, I could cover up the light gobbling darkness in my living room and still have money left over for stripper and spray paint to redo my childhood rolltop desk. I appreciate the freshness of your website and the chance to win a giveaway. Thanks

  1226. We will be working on finishing an enclosed porch we added to the back of our house.

  1227. My husband and I just closed on a house. I am painting the whole thing by myself and buying new window coverings for lots of windows. This gift card would be great! I have before pics and can’t wait to show after pics!

  1228. If I won, I’d buy a bunch of flowers, trees, and shrubs for my landscaping project at my new house.

  1229. I would love the Lowe’s $250 gift card for some of that awesome Valspar paint and painting supplies. I am planning on repainting 3 bedrooms and a bathroom.

  1230. If I were lucky enough to win the gift card I would buy new hinges and door knobs for my entry, front hall and powder room. I am beginning to replace the old nasty gold door fixtures in my house. This would really give my project a huge boost! Thanks, Ann

  1231. I would love a $250 gift card from Lowe’s! Getting ready to upgrade my guest bath – paint? tile? fixtures? . . . . Thanks!

  1232. I am just starting to get into refinishing furniture so 250.00 would be more than helpful. I would buy a Mouse sander, a saw and some other supplies I might need to make those poor little pieces of furniture look brand new again. The Valspar Hi-Def paint is on the list too.

  1233. I would love to buy a new bathroom sink.

    clenna at aol dot com

  1234. Wow! Wouldn’t if be fun to go to Lowes with that gift certificate. I know exactly what I would spend it on. I would board & batten my bedroom, beadboard my guest bath and get the paint to redo a antique dresser that is in my guest bedroom. And there might be enough left to go toward that small chandelier that I would like to put in my guest bath. Thanks for a chance at such a generous giveaway

  1235. I would buy VALSPAR PAINT. So many walls need to be repainted in my house! Also, tha baseboards are a little grungy!

  1236. Wow, what a fun trip! If I won your hard-earned Lowe’s gift card I would start and COMPLETE my baby’s room…due in October. We find out Monday if it’s a boy or a girl, so we’re itching…no dying to know so we can get after it!!

  1237. I linked to this post on facebook. I’d REALLY love to win YOUR hard-earned gift card to deck out my baby’s room…due mid-October!!

  1238. I would love to win a Lowe’s gift card. I am wanting to redo my laundry room. I would paint the walls honey yellow and the cabinet dark brown like the bathroom cabinet you painted. I wanted to try to also spray paint the knobs, pulls and hinges but haven’t decided what color. Thank you for this opportunity.

  1239. Hubby and I just moved to a new condo and we have a guest room screaming for fun crafts and decorations. Thanks for your inspirational posts :)

  1240. Power tools ……i would invest in maybe a paint sprayer, so many projects that need to be painted.

  1241. I would use it for outdoor furniture or the kid’s bathroom redo or…

  1242. I’d be heading to the Lowes around the corner and buying the goods to make my outdoor eating and relaxing area look better. Definitely need to do that.

  1243. I’d use the giftcard to buy paint & supplies to transform my sons former bedroom into my studio. I’ve been painting in there for about 7 months, but it’s exactly as he left it, and I’d love to use paint to wake the room up and wrestle it into the perfect painting & printmaking space.

  1244. Wow isnt Nate a cutie! I would use the money to maybe bye some tools I have been wanting to get like a sander!

  1245. With $250 to spend at Lowes I would buy paint, new brushes and perhaps something to spruce up my front door. :)

  1246. Aaahhh! So cool! I would TOTALLY buy…paint! Our living room has been in dire need of painting since we moved in (two years ago) but the budget has never really been there. I would also invest in some drop cloths to sew some new curtains!

  1247. I would buy some lumber and power tools to build myself a picnic table and book shelves for my son’s room. Awesome giveaway!

  1248. I would definitely pick up some paint, I have a lot of DIY projects that I need to tackle now that have some warmer weather to work with! I also would pick up some new lighting!

  1249. Winning the Lowes gift card would be great! I am just starting to think about transforming our boy’s (9 and almost 12) bathroom. ( So they will use their bathroom- not ours!) I was actually planning on stopping at Lowes today to look around. My dream plans are to do a tile floor, install board and batten part way up the walls, paint the upper part of the walls walls and install new light fixtures- Lowes has the best lighting selection! AND last, but not least, possibly applying polyshades to the old oak cabinets to give them an updated look. It sounds like a lot of work- but I’m ready…. and Lowes is the place to go! Having the gift card would be a great start!

  1250. I would use the gift card towards appliances for a kitchen remodel that we are saving to be able to do!

  1251. My husband and I are expecting our first baby in a few months-we find out next week what we are having! So I would love to get busy decorating the nursery and this would be a tremendous start :)

  1252. I would get all the crown molding, chair rail and wainscot to do all the rooms on my ‘add molding’ list!

  1253. I’m dying for a large mirror in my dining room. It’s so dim and bland in there, and I think having a mirror on the back wall would make my apartment look bigger!

  1254. I just became a stay at home mom. Being home is allowing me to start craft projects again and I am loving it. I need wood to start my next craft projects for our house. I want to make some signs, build some wall bookshelves, oh the possibilities!

  1255. I would use the gift card for Lowe’s to finally put some finishing touches on my basement remodel that has been going on for over 5 years!!!

  1256. hmm…i am hoping to redo our daughters room for her 7th birthday, so i would use the gift card to purchase paint and whatever else we might need to make it a super great room!

  1257. I would buy a new backdoor for my parent’s house!

    katherinedibello (at) gmail (dot) com

  1258. I’d love a couple retro steel lawn chairs and what ever else would be great.I’m sure I could think of something :)

  1259. I would use the gift card to help finish the many unfinished project in our new house! we need many new light fixtures, faucets, and rugs!

  1260. I’d use the gift card to purchase lumber and supplies to make my square foot garden. If there was any left over, I’d buy some additional plants for landscaping my bare yard!

  1261. We bought a old house and are fixing it up
    We need a new front door desperatly!
    This would be a huge help!

  1262. I would love to use the gift card to help my parents with their much-needed bathroom overhaul! Thanks for the give-away!

  1263. I would use the gift card to jump start all my stalled projects… Finish the chair rail, tile the bathroom, paint my master bedroom & bath, repaint my living room. My mind is spinning with many ideas!

    Btw, how awesome of you to pay it forward :)

  1264. Congratulations on your win! One of my projects for the summer is to (finally) decorate my bedroom and master bathroom. With $250 I would be able to purchase supplies to finish the homemade headboard, makeover some furniture from my childhood bedroom, and buy some decorative molding for the bathroom mirror.

  1265. I would love a Lowe’s gift card to help us finish the updates we’re doing to our kitchen! We just put a new floor down and now we want to paint the cabinets and install a tile backsplash — this gift card would be perfect!

  1266. Thank you for doing this, Kate! I’d plop that $250 down on flooring for my master bathroom.

  1267. I would use the gift card to purchase laminate floors for my itty bitty bathroom that needs a serious makeover. New paint for sure, a nice soft white since the bathroom has no natural light and a very light turquoise blue for the ceiling.

  1268. Wow! I’d buy paint and organization accessories for my kids’ closet! :)

  1269. We just bought a fixer upper and there are sooo many things I could do with this. Pretty much every room in my house needs to be redone. I’d probably be starting with the living room though since that’s what most people see.

  1270. Welll, hum, lots of possibities. I have several rooms to paint. They also have a lovely set of patio furniture I like. Landscaping is also an option.

    debra

  1271. For the past three years, I have been dreaming about creating a (small) garden in my yard around the patio that will 1. live, 2. make the place more magical and homey. A little over a month ago, I researched, designed, dug out, and planted this garden and it was taking off beautifully. Three weeks ago I offered to foster a puppy who promptly ripped all the plants to shreds and dug a nice hole in the middle of the garden. So a gift card would go to replenish and start over, and to add a nice glider to the patio. Reinvent and maintain the dream!

  1272. I’de love a Lowes giftcard to be able to re-do our boys bedroom!! so many options!! Maria ;)

  1273. Kate, that is very generous of you to give your gift card away! I would use it to buy some outdoor furniture or maybe some paint for all those projects waiting for me in the garage!

  1274. Very nice of you to pay it forward :)
    I’d use the card to knock off a bunch of things on my “need” list – a wheelbarrow for clearing out my yard (back and front), new plants, round boards for making a coffee table (would be my first woodworking DIY project), and paint, paint, paint!

  1275. I would use the giftcard towards a new kitchen floor–it desperately needs a redo!

  1276. We would definitely use the gift card to buy paint, my living room desperately needs something brighter!

  1277. I would use the gift card to buy lots of wood, I am hoping to build a new sectional for our patio!

  1278. i would love to re-paint our master bedroom, update light fixtures in the bedroom and bath. i’ve had a couple of fixtures from lowe’s on my wish list already!
    i love reading your blog and am amazed at your creativity!

  1279. I would use the giftcard from Lowe’s to buy updated faucets and light fixtures for my new home.

  1280. I would really love to win, and would use it to help fund the small, cheap kitchen renovation my husband and I are planning.

  1281. I would use the gift card to buy paint – to paint the several different pieces of furniture in my garage I want to breath new life into!! Thanks for a chance to win.

  1282. I just moved into my first apartment by myself! I would use the gift card to spruce the place up and do something about these white walls!

  1283. I would use the $250 gift card to redo my laundry room like I’ve wanted to for so long! It would be awesome to have that boost! I love Lowes!

  1284. There is SO MUCH we need to do around here! I can’t decide whether I’d spend it on the garden, or the patio, or the plumbing, or the cabinetry, or….

  1285. I’d use it to fix up our dream house into a dream home.. or if nothing else at least either the kitchen (for better and safer times my girls, 2 and 4 years old, can “help” cook and bake) or my girls’ room(s) (They’re sharing one now, but I know they’ll each want their own later). I’ve dreamed of giving them an absolutely cute room. :) I’d promise before and after pics, but I don’t trust my memory that well. :)

  1286. Oh what wouldn’t I do with it… I just moved into a new house and have so many DYI projects. I think I would stat with redoing the hall bath.

  1287. We would use the gift card to finish off the landscaping / outdoor spaces and probably a new light fixture!

  1288. I would love to build (I should say have my husband build) a swing set in my backyard for my girls. A board and batten wall project would be pretty great, too. Hope I win!

  1289. If I won, I would use this fabulous gift card to re do my laundry room, paint, new floors, new knobs, and new window treatments and paint a dresser and 2 nightstands!

  1290. We have SOOOO much work to do on our house. We need to finish putting texture/paint on our walls and putting up our molding, framing our windows and replacing our cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom. This gift certificate would do wonders for our budget and the face that it’s from LOWES is even better!! As we’ve done more with our house we’ve found that LOWES is one of our favorite hardware stores. Thanks for the opportunity!!! Hope that I get lucky!!!

  1291. 250 to spend at Lowes? Hmmm…. a rug for our living room would be nice; tile for the bathroom floor, bead board for the bathroom walls…it’s a never ending list o things for our 60 year old house!
    Fun blog…Thanks!

  1292. There are so many ways I could use this! I have several projects that actually are just waiting for a good coat of primer and paint to be finished, and a million more piling up in the inspiration queue behind them. Plus, I’m a fine artist who paints on wood – I’d be like a kid in a candy store!

  1293. Someone’s got to win! Can it be me? $250.00 Lowes gift card would help to purchase wood or laminate flooring or my daughter’s presently carpeted and much needed to be replaced bedroom floor! Thanks for this chance to win!

  1294. I am ready to start making over my master bath. The Lowe’s gift card would sure come in handy to start that process. Thanks for being so generous!

  1295. I would use the giftcard to replace my master bath shower stall and repaint! We bought a foreclosed home, and the shower has began to leak into the drywall :( $250 would help with this project!!!

  1296. We would use it for our bathroom, which is in DIRE need of a makeover!

  1297. we just bought an amazing house (our first!) yesterday. it was built in 1968 so it has a lot of charm and personality, but it needs a lot of work. right now, our highest priority is to replace the old sliding glass door in the dining room, that exits to the patio. besides being ugly, it doesn’t feel secure, and safety is a huge concern for us. a lowe’s gift card would help us purchase a new, beautiful french door with adequate locks and door hardware. thanks for being so generous!

  1298. I would use the card to make an outside living space in my garden….furniture, lanterns, birdfeeder, flowers, candles. Wow, I already feel calmer just thinking about it! Thanks for the giveaway!

  1299. I’m in the middle of remodeling my condo so this will help me finish my master bedroom! Yay

  1300. I would use it to buy supplies for a diy headboard and a ceiling fan I’ve had my eye on.

  1301. I would use it to buy landscaping or new curtains and curtain rods for the living room. thanks for the giveaway.

  1302. I’m having baby #3 in a few weeks and have a blah blah blah nursery with builder’s beige walls and no curtains, and we just bought new furniture for our master bedroom but have yet to paint and wallpaper!

  1303. WOW! You guys really had a blast! I wish I could have been there ;)

    Thank you for the opportunity to win.

    Of all the things that I need/want right now – Lowe’s GC is at the top. My husband’s Mother really needs us in Oregon and we want to sell our house and move out there to care for her, but there are some major repairs that need be done before we can do so.

    I would use this GC to get closer to our goal! There are so many projects we need to complete. I would start with the roof repairs and go to the deck and the front door next.

    Thanks again for the chance to win an awesome prize

  1304. Thanks for the giveaway! I would use it for finishing/decorating my new baby’s nursery.

  1305. I will use it to remodel our master bedroom making it more cozy and romantic!

  1306. I am in desperate need of a closet makover. I would use the Lowe’s card to go towards a closet organizing system.

  1307. i just went to Lowes to get supplies to build a window valence. My inspiration was the one you did in your kitchen. I would love to go back to get paint for some other rooms in my house.

  1308. We have a new house, which I love, but there is no hardware on any of the cabinets. It is driving me crazy! So, I would spend the money on cabinet hardware!

  1309. I would use the $250 to finish our guest bathroom redo. It really needs a new vanity & sink!

  1310. We are in the process of redecorating and painting our very dated 1880’s cape cod house, inside and out, so could really use help from Lowe’s!

  1311. We would use it to repaint our kitchen cabinets and lay down new flooring in our kitchen. It’s a great kitchen with good bones, but was attacked by the 1970’s and I can’t WAIT to try Rustoleum’s new cabinet products!

  1312. I would use it for new lights & mirrored vanity in our main bathroom…the 50+ yr old set is sure in need of updating!

  1313. Thank you for the giveaway. I would use the $250 to wainscot my master bathroom and paint my upstairs.

  1314. also shared on facebook for a second entry–and I’m heading over to lowe’s now to get a piece to fix the leaky sink of said bathroom! :)

  1315. I would spend my Lowe’s gift card on paint to repaint several rooms! The flat contractor paint throughout the whole house is not kid friendly!

  1316. I would love to use it to by something decorative instead. Unfortunately, I would have to use it towards buying some toilets. Thanks!

  1317. We installed a yard in the fall, and my flowerbeds need attention. I would use it on some shrubs, perennials, etc. Sounds like an awesome trip! And I love your little cabinet.

  1318. Wow. With a $250 gift card to Lowe’s I could actually finish fixing up my bathroom (which I started fixing up two years ago!). I need to redo the paint (wrong shades of white and blue used), install a new medicine cabinet/mirror, put in a few simple shelves, replace the sink faucet, and build a wood facade to the side of the bathtub.

  1319. Boy, oh boy, you do get around! You’re traveling with the Big Boys now….I am shoulder deep in projects here at headquarters….I know that gift card would help tremendously to make this campsite into a palace. Thank you for all of your great inspiration.

  1320. $250 at Lowe’s?!?! After picking myself up from a dead faint I would start at the top of my list and see how long it held out! Paint for the master Bed/bath, new outdoor lighting, new lighting for the master, new lighting for kid #1’s room, rugs, shelving for laundry room, lumber for new picnic table….(and it goes on and on and on)…

    Thanks for sharing!
    Amy

  1321. I’d get materials to organize our garage & my tools, and finish projects around the house (install crown molding, adding a backsplash in the kitchen, replacing light fixtures, etc) Thanks for this opportunity!

  1322. Oh the things you could do!!! I would start by painting my front door a bright teal colour and sprucing up the rest of the front entrance way – with flowers and a tree/shrub or 2, a new mailbox, welcome mat etc…

    And if there was anything left over – I would add an extra cabinet in my kitchen and start working on that room!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  1323. Winning a $250 gift card to Lowe’s can really help me purchase materials for a few projects in my house, like installing wainscoting in my first floor bathroom and then stenciling or wallpapering the top half, replacing our construction-grade light fixtures/chandeliers, installing a closet system–and the list goes on. Thanks for sharing this!

  1324. I would love to win $250 gift card to Lowe’s! It can really help cross off some to-do items on my home improvement list such as painting projects, installing crown molding and wainscoting, etc. Thanks for sharing this!

  1325. I would love to try and refinish my kitchen countertop with the handy little kit they sell there.

  1326. OH!! Nate Berkus….swooon! I WOULD, in all honesty, go crazy at lowes! I need some much, wood planks, paint, new lighting, a new fan, a new ceiling fan, I want to build shelving in my daughters room!!!!

  1327. how fun! thank you for the chance to win. i would for sure choose some beautiful shades of paint and go to town on my house!!! thanks~

  1328. What wouldn’t I do with such a fabulous gift card? I would buy materials to make the frame for my daughter’s headboard, cut glass for several surfaces that really need it, spray paint, primer, and latex paint for various projects, and probably some new light fixtures. Love Lowes! Thanks for the opportunity.

  1329. I would use the $250 Gift Card towards things for our deck – we’re closing on a new home, with a great deck in June and have nothing for it! We want to have lots of get-togethers and this would help us get ready!

  1330. What a generous thing to do! I would buy some spray paint and other supplies for furniture we spruce up at the resale shop I volunteer at. And probably a thing or two for myself! :)

  1331. My garage floor and walls need to be redone. It seems everything seems small until I measured the garage and found out how much paint I needed to redo this.
    I am the third owner of this house and the first two didn’t keep the house the way it should have been taken care of.

  1332. Thanks for the awesome chance to win a Lowe’s gift card! I would like to get a new light fixture for my dining room and some paint for my bathroom.

  1333. I would finish getting the things I need for the garden. I am off to a decent start. So, if I have any money left. I would head to their organization department. I can never have enough of that! I am always in need of paint. I have a hutch waiting to be done up. I might just pass up the organization department and get some paint to finish that beauty up! Oooohhh to dream!!

  1334. I would redo my bathroom off the kitchen. The tile and tub are all right, but the floor and sink are forty years old. Thanks Ann

  1335. As it turns out I’m about to embark on a painting project. I’d use the gift card to buy paint and all the necessary supplies needed to turn my master bedroom into a real retreat for hubby and me. Thanks for the opportunity to win a fabulous prize.

  1336. We just bought a house and the WHOLE THING needs to be painted! I would use it to paint my house!! Thanks for the contest!

  1337. I would use a Lowe’s giftcard toward a new stackable washer and dryer.

  1338. I’d definitely use some for paint! We’re also making some changes in our kitchen and would use some of it towards that (adding molding to the tops of cabinets, refinishing/painting our table, etc). Fun!! :) Thanks for the chance!

  1339. I would be using the gift card for …. paint!!! YUP …. I need to be redoing almost every room in my house. The gift card would be very handy.

  1340. Maintenance is about to revamp our apartment’s cooling system and after that, things will be a mess. I’ve held off doing any painting until this task is completed, so fresh paint in all the rooms to cover up the plastering repairs is going to be a must.

  1341. Power tools. I would start investing in power tools. :) I recently told my parents that power tools are all I want for gifts from now on. I figured that if I start at my 25th birthday, I’ll have a nice, useful collection by the time I’m 30 :D

    The challenge seemed fun, and I like the idea of the chevron, but the colours are quite funky indeed! Not so much for me :P

  1342. I would use it toward some new hardwood flooring! We are headed toward a big project!
    rwheelerii (at) hotmail (dot) com

  1343. I would use the gift card to help redo my guest bedroom. It is the last room to make my own since we bought this house. Thanks for the chance to win!

  1344. Being I stay at home with four wonderful blessing and homeschool them all, I could use the card. I would spend the money on paint to paint a desk or two, a table, some walls. All in the basement homeschool room. Any left would go toward a dishwasher. I have been washing dishes by hand for over a year since ours broke. The money first would go to the kids (isn’t that typical) for their homeschool room in the basement, then to mommy. How funny. I LOVE NATE AND I LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!!!!! GREAT IDEAS!!!!!!!!!!

  1345. Wow. Great job on the chevron with minimal time and a pinch of pressure! I am saving pennies to turn an old coat closet into a gorgeous and functional pantry. I’d love a gift card to purchase a pair glass panel doors – the one high ticket item that’s holding me back from starting. And, of sourse, I would love to blog about it here: http://www.theimpeccablenest.blogspot.com

  1346. I would use the $250 to buy the supplies to remove the painted over wallpaper in our bathroom, prep the walls and re-paint them. Who paints over wallpaper? Apparently more people than I would have thought.

  1347. paint, plants and a leaf blower! Oh, what a blast I would have spending that 250! Thanks for the opportunity!

  1348. I need to redo my closet before it explodes! The gift card would be a huge help!

  1349. I am looking to paint some shelving and furniture for an upcoming project. The Lowe’s gift certificate would be a HUGE benefit! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
    Dawn

  1350. I just bought my first home and have lots of walls to paint:) I think I would use the gift card to redo my master bath:)

  1351. I would love to win this to get started on some much needed decorating around my house, including painting! Thanks for the chance to win!

  1352. We have two bedrooms, toy room, and living room that could use some paint! Thank you so much for the giveaway!

  1353. I can always use paint, sandpaper and other little things, but really I have been saving up to buy a compound miter saw…silly…shouldn’t that be the husband’s area? I have wanted one to have a permanent spot in our garage for awhile and am always borrowing my dad’s! $250 would go a long way in living the power tool girl’s dream!

  1354. I love Nate- he’s so cute and his designs always look so amazing.

    I’d use a Lowes Gift Card towards a bedroom makeover! I have big plans to make a tufted headboard for our bed and build a closet insert to help with storage. Space is tight since we just had our third baby and his crib is in our bedroom- creating more storage and prettying things up would make me so happy :)

  1355. With a $250 gift card, I’d finish my partially completed home office project with new blinds and a chandelier from Lowes.

  1356. Make a few renovations to my 100 year old house…maybe some shelving?

  1357. If I won that card, I would use it to buy new light fixtures to replace all of the ugly builder-grade fixtures in my house, especially in the bathroom! I would also pick up a few new doorknobs, since I can’t stand the gold ones the builder put in!

  1358. I would spend it on the recent remodeling going on in our home. We are turning the garage into a room for my 22 year old son, and his room is becoming a baby’s room for my daughter’s first baby. Lots of changes going on in our home and we could definitely use the $250! Thanks!

  1359. I would totally use it to paint my kitchen. My husband was running computer wires and ripped paint right off the wall. Another accident was the paint ripped right off the wall in my son’s room. Now, I wanted to paint the LIVING ROOM…not these other two rooms! ha! So, I’d go on a major painting spree in my house! Awesome giveaway!

  1360. Winning the giftcard would give me a great start with my new apartment, especially living on a college student’s budget. (As in no budget, hello romen noodles!) I would use the card to revamp some inherited furniture items and make them truly my own. Plus, it would definitely help in picking out something for dad with Father’s Day just around the corner!

  1361. I would love to be able to finish a few of my projects that have just been waiting for me and some tools and materials! I will take pictures!

  1362. I would love the gift card to make my Master Bath a true sanctuary…..a chandelier maybe? Great Job Kate!

  1363. I’m itching for a little screened-porch renovation.. a fresh coat of deck paint, some new screening, and some outdoor curtains and rugs will do the trick!!

  1364. I am currently taking down all the popcorn ceilings in our home. $250 would be a big help for supplies and paint!

  1365. My favorite Valspar neutral is Hotel St. Francis Clay Angel — endless name, gorgeous light stone color, currently on one wall in our master bedroom. I’d love to win the giftcard and buy more of it, to use throughout our house!

  1366. I just moved and I’m trying to set up my new sewing room. I would ~definitely~ use the gift card on painting and decorating that!

  1367. Wow there are a ton of things I could do with that money. I need to finish up the molding in my living room and need some paint. I hope I win, I never win anything.

  1368. I would spend it on paint to update some furniture pieces in my home. I’d also invest in planters, plants, and an outdoor entry rug to spruce up my front porch. Thank you for being so generous!

  1369. Came over via The Inspired Room. If I won the gift card, I’d finally stock up on paint and supplies to do some of the furniture make-overs that I’ve been dreaming of. I have loads of furniture and odds and ends that I have been saving/hoarding to re-paint, but haven’t gotten the paint to start yet! thanks for the great give-away.

  1370. I would buy some accessories to make our patio summer and party ready!!!! maybe some new stain for our table. some chairs!!

  1371. looks like you had fun in the Big City! I’m wanting to paint my dining room grey — still trying to decide on the right shade!

  1372. My daughter got home from college yesterday. When she was home at Christmas, we got rid of her old Ikea furniture. This summer, she wants to hit the thrift shops for funky dressers and bookcases to paint. We also need to paint her room, since we found out that the painters we hired to paint several years ago painted AROUND her big bookcase, not behind it! She has the decorator’s eye in the family, so the paint choices will be hers, but the techniques will be yours! I’ve been saving all your furniture painting posts for her so she’ll do things right!

  1373. I would use the money to decorate my new patio …I am soooo excited about it.

  1374. The first thing I would buy is alot of that high def paint. I have four rooms that need painting and I would love to only do 1 coat. It would be to good to be true.

  1375. What wouldn’t I do with a $250.00 gift card from Lowe’s. Every room inside my house needs some help, for that matter the outside of the house too!!!

  1376. I would finish my daughter’s room, by buying paint for the walls and spray paint for a few items that I have for her.

    Thanks for the giveaway.

  1377. I would love to get a chance to win the giftcard! With a new baby on the way we are repainting our guest room for our son’s ‘big boy room’. Really, any reason to paint over the hideous yellow that is in there now is good enough for us – thanks!

  1378. I would use the $250 giftcard for paint. Our living-room is soooooo overdue for a paint make-over! Toying with the idea of wainscoting too. Part of the make-over may involve plantation shutters. We have our work cut out for us, but it will be so worth it.

  1379. My nieces and nephews are coming to visit in June and I want to re-do the room they will sleep in. I have bunk beds and my idea is to make it into a sort of treehouse….so I’d need paint, supplies, wood and other materials for trees, birdhouses, etc. …Lowes has it all!

  1380. Oooooo! My house is desperate for some paint on the walls including the first nursery in our house!!

  1381. I would go and buy tile to fix the nasty floors in my bathrooms. Who ever thought pergo and carpet in a bathroom was a good idea?

  1382. What a neat event! I think your cabinet turned out so cute…

    I would LOVE a Lowe’s card right now! I have an office and living room/hallways to repaint and I’m refinishing my (free) outdoor furniture – PLEASE pick me!!!

  1383. Need gift card to buy a paint sprayer or a nail gun.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win.

    Mildred

  1384. We are moving in 2 weeks!! I would use to re-do some areas of our new house!! PLEASE PICK ME!! ;)

  1385. I would buy some paint for a dresser makeover I’m working on, and we also really need some new lighting!

  1386. I would use it to turn my 5 year-old son’s bedroom into a space that reflects HIM – which means ripping down the dusty blue and mauve early 90’s floral wallpaper, painting it, add wainscoting, maybe a new light fixture . . . . .

  1387. So excited for the chance to win this, so THANK YOU! We rub pennies together around here, so to know we have the possibility, yahoo! We are in need of new flooring in our 3 bedrooms and with much research that card could take care of all of the supplies that we are in need of for our makeover…fingers crossed :)

  1388. Oh, I have so many projects I would like to use the Lowe’s gift card for – I am working on painting a desk I found at a garage sale for $25. I have stripped it, and now I need to prime and paint it, and change out the hardware. I am planning on spray painting the frame of the print in my bedroom to modernize it from the 80″s gold to a more up-to-date black. But what I really need to use the gift card for is a storm door for my back porch door. Rain is rotting the frame around my door, and the storm door would keep the rain away from the frame and protect the wood.

  1389. I would use the gift card to redo my porch – we have our house on the market and it needs an upgrade to something that looks more comfortable. It needs staging – and a gift card would really help! Thanks for all your information!

  1390. I would use this giftcard for some patio stones! or some sand, etc. I have them picked out and am saving my pennies. That is next on my house wishlist for sure!!!

  1391. I am renovating a house top to bottom with my husband and I doing most of the work ourselves. We start next week, so this gift cart would be a big help. I have a million different things I could use it for, but most likely it will go to our first purchase of a new front door at Lowe’s!

  1392. I would use it for all the painting and crown molding projects I’m about to embark on in our new house when we move in three weeks!!

  1393. Ah, that Lowes gift card could do wonders! After moving into my first home and spending an unexpected few thousand on a new pipe system, my back yard needs love and some additional cash to do so! Would love to add a deck/patio as well as a grill. Summer is coming!

  1394. I would use it for my bedroom project. I am repainting a bedroom, its adjoining bathroom, adding crown molding and needing a new fan. This would sure help!

  1395. kate,

    i would use the $250 to buy supplies to do MULTIPLE projects in our new home. 1 being wainscoting in the bathroom downstairs which is in desperate need of some .the next, inspired by you, would do some board & batten with hooks for the kids in the entry way (that is a must do project for us; thx 4 the awesome idea & tutorial).

    take care!
    jamie-lynn

  1396. I would buy blinds for the house I’ve lived in for 5 years! Plus i’d start some board and batton in my dining room.

  1397. I would use the Lowe’s $250 gift card to redo furniture I have been buying at garage sales. I am embarking on changing our home office into a bedroom so the money would be put to good use.

  1398. I would put the gift card to good use by buying paint to re-do some garage sale furniture for my daughter who will be moving into her own apartment soon. I’d also love to get some plants for my garden, and Lowes has an awesome selection.

  1399. Lowe’s is my go-to spot for home renovation projects. I would use the card for my next project… a beadboard ceiling in our open-plan kitchen/dining room!

  1400. I just bought my first home and scheduled to close in about a month (really exciting!). I would love to use the Lowe’s $250 gift card to buy paint to get my project started. The house has wallpapers that need to come down and could really use this to put some color on the walls. Thanks for the chance to win! :)

  1401. Wow! What a great giveaway!! Thank you for the chance to win!!!! You have no idea how desperately I need a new foyer floor. It’s tiny. It’s ugly. It’s worn. It needs help! :)

    xoxo laurie

  1402. Hi!!

    What I would do with a $250 gift card? Well, I would take that and spend it on paint – well, how very original! But I have a ‘craft space’ read: former 4th bedroom turned loft area – that is all MINE! And I would love to personalize it with a colour that is me. :) I’d also paint my boys’ rooms – they are the same colours they were since we moved in a year ago – I’d like to make it more THEIR space. :)

  1403. As lame as it may sound, I would buy paint. We have a new house and there are a TON of walls that need help. I am sure that might just eat up the whole gift card over the next couple months. If it doesn’t, I can buy wood and flowers.

  1404. I would buy all the tools and supplies that I’m always dreaming about when i walk through Lowe’s! And some paint too to fix up some thrift store furniture!

  1405. I would use the money to get my daughter’s room ready….after two boys we are expecting a GIRL!! :)

  1406. I am working on renovating my bathroom, and this giftcard would really help in buying tile for the tub surround and floor!

  1407. I would love a fresh new rug in my kitchen and a fresh new coat of paint on just about ANY wall in my house!

  1408. I would get new knobs for my kitchen cabinets – 47 total! And some plants for my garden.

  1409. oh, where to start…the basement needs tile and trim, the big girls’ room needs fresh paint and shelving to accommodate the new baby girl;), or maybe let hubby buy a much-needed, much-wanted tool or two.

  1410. I would by some wood to make headboard/shelves for my boys room. The three of them need headboards/shelves to hold books and all their “stuff” to read and be silly at night because their beds take up almost the whole room.

  1411. I have two rooms desperately needing paint at this moment. After purchasing paint, I would buy plants for the urns on the patio! Lowe’s has a great gardening department, too! Thank you for hosting this giveaway.

  1412. I have a 10X 20 screened in porch that I am anxious to paint. The floor is screaming “Make Me Fabulous!” Also-I found a vintage mantle that I would love paint and install on one very bland wall. It will be my wonderful outdoor living area. Cannot wait to decorate!!!!!!!!!!

  1413. That $250 gift card would cover the entire cost of setting up my craft room once and for all. Since we bought out first house last year, that’s the one room that I haven’t done anything with. Lowes has shelving and wicker baskets that are to die for!

  1414. I have an antique table in my garage just waiting for paint so it can find it’s new home on my front porch…and I need to paint all my bedroom trim white!

  1415. A quarter of a grand…that would set me up nicely for my diy concrete kitchen counters! Nothing like solid surface for cheap (or free if I’m lucky!)

  1416. We have an ever growing Lowe’s list… love that store! We need a “roof” on our pergola to enjoy the summer rain storms and a screen door, new flowers for the window boxes… this would get us started :)

  1417. Let me count the ways!! It isn’t hard to plunk down cashola at Lowe’s. Now my mind could change at any given moment…but I’d have to say I’d love to lighten my dining room paint, kick in new lighting in the master bath, put in new flowers in the front bed, plus my little one wants his bedroom rockin’ n’ rollin with hues of orange. That’s a wrap :)

  1418. What WOULDN”T I want to buy from Lowes?! Considering I go there already on a weekly basis I’m sure I could put it to some good use. My most recent trip was getting a hacksaw and advice to figure out how to DIY a very large down-bridge lamp shade that is super custom and specific that I couldn’t find anywhere. And my to-do list includes buying the supplies for a rain barrel, getting paint for our bathrooms, buying some shrubs for landscaping, etc.

  1419. I would put it towards a new grill our old one caught on fire and had to be trashed! I would also get some brightly colored plants, our yard needs some color!

  1420. Awesome giveaway. I would redo my wooden walkway to my front door. Right now, it kind of feels like its a carnival fun rid, it’s so wrecked.

  1421. What delicious colors and such a cool way to use them….way to go. Definitely need to use your tips on painting furniture from your blog and try those paints….Thanks for thinking of your fans with the giveaway. My husband and I are frequent shoppers at Lowes, for ideas and also purchases. I cannot remember the last time we walked out of Lowes with empty hands.

  1422. Forgot to tell you what I would do with that gift card. I would use it to redefine my outdoor deck. New paint, rug, pillow and outdoor furniture. The Allen & Roth line is fabulous. Thanks again for this opportunity.

  1423. My kitchen faucet broke this weekend :( so $250 sounds like the perfect amount for a new faucet!

  1424. I have 5 big splotches of paint on my walls now trying to decide a color. Funny, they are all Valspar, from my neighborhood Lowe’s! I am painting 1/2 the house and want to try out some paint techniques on some of my old wood furniture..I would send you pics!!

  1425. I would buy paint and supplies with this gift card. I would like to try the Valspar paint you mentioned you used in your boy’s room. Thanks for the giveaway!

  1426. Man I could use that giftcard! My husband and i are knee deep in a complete master bath redo right now! It would SO come in handy (and probably get used up in one outing!).

  1427. Yay! Thanks for the giveaway! My garage is in desperate need of organization so I would buy all sorts of fancy-shmancy racks and hooks and bins. Oh my, I’m getting excited just thinking about it! I hope I win!

  1428. I could use a sander,as well as supplies to repair broken deck rails, and of course paint, we just bought a house that needs a lots of repairs, so it would really go far! ohhh, puh-leez pick me!

  1429. There is nothing super specific that I would do, however, I am graduating from University soon, and would like to start making over my space now that I will have more time, and (hopefully) more money. I, of course, am anxious to start doing some of the projects from your blog… there’s a lamp that’s half silver-leafed in front of me as we speak.

  1430. We live in a townhouse and the yard is TERRIBLE. I would use the money to actually get the curb appeal of our house improved — fix the paving stones and the dying trees, get some actually good decorations going on the front porch, get a great seating area in the back where we can spend time . . . . It seriously needs some TLC and that’s what I’d do.

  1431. I could use $250 for the never ending list of DIY projects around my new place. I wouldn’t mind trying out some of those beautiful Valspar paints too! I have a few thrifted pieces of furniture that could use a nice coat of color.

  1432. Hi Kate, looks like a great trip. Thank for posting all those pictures. Beautiful! I would love the $250 card to Lowes. I am sure it would help pay for a fench, or maybe a new refrigerator. Wish me luck!

  1433. Winning the giftcard would let me repaint our Master bedroom & turn it from the catch-all space into a retreat. Any “left-over” would go toward finishing our bathroom & plants.

  1434. HI Kate! I really enjoy getting inspiration for my home from your blog! Thanks for a chance at winning a Lowe’s Gift Card. If I won it, I would use it to purchase new lighting in the foyer and hall of my home! That would finally be GOOD BYE shiny brass! (and that would be a happy good bye for me!)

  1435. How fun! I could use $250 towards my front yard landscaping project! Thank you for donating your hard-earned prize!

  1436. We are downsizing to a condo so I would take that gift card and make that condo MY home!

  1437. I would buy plants, pots, and and arbor I’ve had my eye on there!

  1438. I have been contemplating painting my stark new dining room gray with splashes of yellow and turquoise to accent it. The $250 would come in handy to purchase paint for the walls, paint for my boring builder chandelier (I’m dying to try Rustoleum’s heirloom white), and anything left would go towards the awesome clover mirror I saw at Lowe’s. This would be the perfect kick on the pants to get this room going. If you pick me, I will send you photos of my Lowe’s inspired makeover!

  1439. A Lowes gift card would be so awesome. I have rooms to paint and have already picked out my Valspar colors. I am saving up to buy some beadboard to add to my dining room. I have a so many ideas..the card would sure come in handy.

  1440. Ooooh! I can’t believe you are giving this away! I would so be spending it as fast as I could! We are in the middle of a big, hairy remodel and I would buy fixtures or paint for our project!

  1441. I’d use the gift card to go towards a new refrigerator because mine is dying. The freezer part died a year ago and I think the refrigerator portion isn’t doing too well!

  1442. I would love a $250 certificate from Lowes. I saw a patio set there I loved, plus I need a tile backsplash for the kitchen, and some new light fixtures, so I would have a ball chooosing how to spend it!

  1443. Wow! With $250.00 to spend at Lowes? I would use the funds to help finish up my studio room. I need some storage and some paint for accenting furniture, and painting my fabric couch. Thanks for the give-a-way!

  1444. $250??? Oy, I would buy paint for sure, maybe new door handles or a screen door for the back. OH! Or some of those pull out drawers for the kitchen!

  1445. Well, I would start with new paint for my foyer. Hasn’t been touched in 30 years. It needs some serious color. Maybe a new lamp and new door hardware to spruce up the room.

  1446. I have about a bizillion and one things I’d use the Lowes’ giftcard for, but for starters I’d tackle my completely peach bathroom. It was trend-setting in the 60’s, but it badly needs a new coat of paint, updated fixtures, a new white (not peach) toilet. Oh the possibilities are endless!

  1447. I would use the gift card for paint of course. I am very inspired by your “antics” with paint. Also would love to change some of my wall colors to a neutral grey like Nate mentioned. Then spray paint on furniture, lamps, candlesticks, really anything I can get my hands on.

  1448. i’m moving into a new apartment on friday– i’d get paint, window boxes, light fixtures, and some power tools :)

  1449. I just moved into a new home and have so many projects with so little money. The $250 gift card will allow me to take care of at least one of these if not more.

  1450. I would help my daughter who just bought a condo and has several projects we would like to attempt. Enjoy your blog so much!

  1451. I would love to buy some paint to finish a dresser. Lowe’s usually has some cute rugs that would be put to good use in my house.

  1452. Paint and painting supplies!! We went to a garage sale this morning and found a couple great pieces that just need a little tlc!

  1453. I would love to win this! I am redoing my girls room and wanting to add paneling and trim, so this would come in soooooooo handy;) Also on the list, paint and new brushes!

  1454. My husband has visions of building some custom toy storage in our kids’ play area, so the gift card would be very nice for wood and paint!

  1455. My husband has visions of building some custom toy storage in our kids’ play area, so the gift card would be very nice for wood and paint!

  1456. So many things. 1) Need shrubs to replace older foundation plants past their prime. I already have a list of plants. 2) Repainting the finished basement. Need to repair drywall, buy paint and primer. 3) New exterior lights since the current ones are rusting. And the list goes on.

  1457. I would buy some paint, some floetrol, and some new hardware for the bookshelf, dining table, and cabinets I am hoping to refinish this summer! I hope I win!

  1458. Plants! We are starting to landscape around our new house & I would spend the entire $250 on trees, shrubs & flowers!

  1459. I would FINALLY get my daughters room finished with a fresh coat of NO-VOC paint, light fixtures, and roman shades/blinds and an area rug!

  1460. I just bought the most fabulous furnitue for my daughters room at a Faith Rescue Mission! I cannot wait to paint it and give it a fresh new look! She has always had hand me downs, but now she will have her very own new( to her!) Furniture!! I could really use this money to buy all the paint and supplies for her “new” furniture!!!

  1461. I would finish tiling the wall in my half bath! The tile is expensive and so with each paycheck I buy what I can and get 2-3 sheets of tile up at a time. How exciting would a gift card be! :)

  1462. I have a half-finished desk with a coat of primer but would love to use the gift card towards finishing the project. The rest of the gift card would go towards a backyard grill.

  1463. I would buy some serious tools! I have always wanted a nice power drill!

  1464. My bathroom needs a total overhaul…bad. I was eying up the Valspar Designer paints and I really want to do the Tuscan Accents finish in my bathroom. With the gift card, I’d buy paint, rollers and I’d even have enough to get a new medicine cabinet and towel bars to perk up my pathetic bathroom.

  1465. Acctualy… I am going to use it to decorate my very first home!!! I want to paint my bedroom just like the one you did with the trestles pattern. Fingers crossed!!!

  1466. I would buy plants and maybe a little furniture for my front porch!

  1467. Oh my gosh! I have been hoping to see a Lowe’s giveaway. I would use it for plants…deep in a gardening stage over here…and some paint to spruce up the dining room…and I would let my awesome husband who is so patient with all my hobbies buy some power tools!

  1468. I would definitely get supplies for a decorative frosted window project I have had in mind and I would also pick up a cool fire pot or decorative accessory for the patio this summer.

  1469. I have been wanting some beautiful curtians for my front room! This would do the trick!

  1470. I would buy paint for my dining room. Shelves for my kids closets. Some soil and wood to make a herb garden with my kids. Playsand, I would also get some playsand!

  1471. Manmate and I are building our own patio so the gift card will go toward the last patio stones we need, and a few more bags of sand. Anything left over would be used to buy a can or two of Valspar so that I can brighten up our bonus room. I’m thinking blue.

  1472. I would love the Lowe’s gift card to purchase a ceiling fan! We live in AZ and it is getting hot already! :) Love your blog!!

  1473. How exciting to attend a private design conference with Nate Berkus hosting! If I win the gift card I would love to try the new Valspar Hi Def paints, some hardware and drop cloths.

  1474. I’m getting ready for a redo of my formal living, dining, and family rooms! I’d paint and crown molding! And maybe a Father’s Day present for my hubby!

  1475. I would use it to buy wood and paint to make some shelves for the house and I would use the rest to get a few planters and pretty flowers to spruce up the front porch!
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  1476. I think I would finally re-do the crumbling shower in our master bathroom!

  1477. Oh, how I would LOVE to put that gift card toward a new courtyard. I have been dreaming of that for a l-o-n-g while now. I would buy some pavers and plants … and have a wonderful new space to relax in.

  1478. I have an unfinished bathroom that needs some serious attention.

  1479. Ooh…paint, paint and more paint! Maybe an electric hand sander. If I was being totally practical, I’d say…a new toilet. :)

  1480. You ask – what would I do with a $250 lowes gift card? Oh the possibilities! Backsplash my kitchen, paint my living room, create built in cabinet for family room tv area, stain my deck. You rock for such an awesome giveaway!

  1481. I would buy some rugs, or maybe some paint, or maybe tools for the DH. There are too many possibilities. Thanks so much. Here’s hoping I win!!!

  1482. I am getting ready to paint my daughters room and add some crown molding and board and batten my sons room so that gift card would be put to good use!!!

  1483. Oh! I would give my very white guest bath a splash of color starting with new paint! Thanks for the giveaway, your blog is such an inspiration.

  1484. I would buy some paint to paint neutral wide stripes on one wall in my dining room and get a big new foyer rug. The one I have now is not my style & I am itching to get a new one!

  1485. I’ve been wanting to tackle making a headboard and would love to purchase a drum shade/pendant light for over our dining room table.

  1486. I am just about to start painting 3 rooms with a Valspar color so I would use the gift card to purchase the paint.

  1487. I would actually re-pass this on to my sister and brother-in-law who are entering the housing market for the first time and will no doubt have a HUGE need for this very soon!

  1488. I’m days away from a complete bathroom remodel! A gift card could go a long way on this project!

  1489. I would love to win that 250.00 gift card (as I have shared on my facebook page), so I could pull up the carpeting in my living room (and maybe hallway) and lay down wood floor or a beautiful laminet. They both have my head spinning w/ ideas….
    This flooring would be better for my children’s health, and for my mom getting around w/ her walker (now that she lives w/ us).
    Thanks for inspiring us……

  1490. I would vanish the plain white walls in my bedroom and my sons bedroom with some lovely color and I would by paint supplies.

  1491. I am DYING for a subway tile backsplash in my kitchen! This would so come in handy!

  1492. What great timing for this giveway. Curb appeal! I would use the gift card to redo the entrance to our driveway-it really needs some curb appeal. New mailbox, plantings, house numbers and paint for the brick wall. Keeping my fingers crossed. thank you!!!!

  1493. I’d buy supplies to redo our living room in our newly purchased house built in 1890. It needs a facelift. We saw a great paneling idea during a house proud segment on the Nate show. We already have our colors picked out!!

  1494. I just became a first-time home (condo) owner- and there are loads of projects needing Lowe’s Love!! (Not the least of which is covering 1100 square feet of popcorn ceiling with pine planks, painted white)

  1495. My favorite store! I would buy some updated light fixtures and bathroom faucets to update my house from it’s shiny brass current state.

  1496. Oh, what wouldn’t I buy???I think I’d get some beaded board, and some tongue and groove planks for two different projects that I’d love to start! And some paint.

    What a great giveaway, Kate! Thanks for the chance to win.

  1497. I would buy paint for my dining room and kitchen. It is time for a change! I also want to paint my dining room furniture and change the hardware. Thanks for the giveaway!

  1498. My husband and I are 33 weeks pregnant with our first and have yet to paint the nursery! We would use the gift card to buy paint (some shade of blue for our baby boy) and a rug for the nursery! It’s currently my office so we’ve been putting it off but we need to get on it this week!

    Thanks for the chance to win! I love following your blog!

  1499. I’m finally focusing on decorating our master bedroom 1 year after we’ve moved into our house. My first project is to paint the walls a soothing color!

  1500. paint my living room and hall something besides the off white they’ve been for 18 years.

  1501. Right now that gift card would go towards paint in the powder room and flowers for landscaping.

  1502. I’m in the market for a dining room rug. (Alas, I’m not in the “money” for a dining room rug.) I’m sure I could find one at Lowe’s! Thanks, Kate.

  1503. We are gutting and putting an addition onto a house so this gift certificate would be used to purchase some tools and I’m sure lots and lots of paint for the house when it is done!

  1504. I started with the idea of a new size mattress(king size) but soon realized that a whole new set of design challenges were at hand. I would use the gift card to buy materials for my new Nate inspired nail-head trimmed headboard and some paint to paint my new wall color in my master bath and bedroom. Thanks so much for the give-away chance.

  1505. so many ways to spend $250 at Lowes…mainly in kitchen which has no been updated since the
    home was built in 1968! The kitchen has paneled walls and the one original light fixture. It is very brown and cave-like. I would love to paint the cabinets off white and cover the paneled back splashed with the decorative wallcoverings that are paintable. Would also like to add undercabinet lighting and paint the countertops.

    Then if any money was left, I would get paint for the main bath which is also in serious need of an update. It has the original turquoise blue tub and sinks and lots of tile. Would love to bring it closer to this decade by painting the vanity an expresso color and adding a frame to the large frameless mirror over the double vanity.

  1506. omg, this would be so awesome to win. We just had our 3 baby and I still haven’t finished the girls bedroom. So I would paint it and re-finish a dresser and some other stuff. I would also buy spray paint to re-finish a dresser for our master bedroom. I LOVE me some spray paint:) THank you for this opportunity

    Jami

  1507. I would ban the carpet in my master bathroom and replace it with tile!

  1508. I recently painted an unfinished table for my renovated kitchen with a Ben Moore paint…some new mix of oil and latex. It never dried correctly! Now I need to strip it and start over. I would love to use Valspar! The citron colored table is a high use spot and needs a hard finish and durable paint. I could really use a gift card for that paint and maybe put some towards some window treatments for the same room!

  1509. There are a lot of Valspar colors I would like to try out on some of my projects. I am inspired by the excellent coverage! It would be fun to paint the paneling in my bathroom in monochromatic colors. I’m thinking greens.

  1510. I would use the gc to purchase paint and door pulls to repaint/redo our kitchen cabinets.

  1511. I would get some supplies for the new media center we want to build for our living room. We sooo want to upgrade that area.

  1512. I love their new line of colors! I was going to buy some for my boys room!!!

  1513. I’m a newish homeowner, so there’s plenty to purchase from Lowe’s! I’m hoping to experiment with colorful paint a little in my back hall, and possibly a bedroom. Larger future purchases include a washer & dryer and a self-propelled lawn mower.

  1514. I love the new Valspar Hi-Def paint! It’s just what I need to paint over the strawberry red in my daughter’s bathroom. Our new color combo will be pink walls with navy accessories, as soon as I can get around to it. The thought of painting over the red is sooooo daunting. There’s also a ceiling mounted crystal light fixture I’m dying to use to glam up our small hallway. Oh! And the cabinets I want to put in my laundry room over the washer and dryer. And…….

  1515. I would buy some drop cloths to cover my furniture, and some paint to repaint my house!

  1516. I’m getting married at the end of the month and we’re moving across the country to a much smaller place and none of our furniture! I would use the giftcard for some DIY projects – shelves and organization, for sure.

  1517. Its time to re-do my kitchen. I’d love to finally buy some badly needed new countertops and some paint for my builder-grade cabinets!

  1518. We recently moved into our new home and have yet to paint one room!! My house would definately get some color!

  1519. I’m so itching to do more landscaping, so I’d use it in their garden dept. thanks for the giveaway!

  1520. I would use the prize to begin my re-do of my family room. That is my goal this summer. Family Room Re-do!

  1521. I liked this on mu Face Book page for my second chance to win! Family room re-do! I need paint!!

  1522. I would try tht h-def paint so I could try it on some ugly side tables I just bought! I want to do something FUNKY with them!

  1523. I would love to use the gift card for a new area rug – but what we raally need is to put it toward a new hot water heater – ours is very old and has been giving us hints that it is about to go to hot water heater heaven :) :(

  1524. I would get a hand sander and some other tools so that I can start my next apartment off right. By making it more like my home through re-creating finds from Thrifting.

  1525. well deja vu..I have wanted a purpley-gray powder room forever-ok well ever since I visited a dessert place while on vacation, that had this very cool, very vintage-y decor and their ladies room was delicious too, in… you guessed it a smoky purple color with beautiful framed pictures on the walls. I took pics of it on my phone!! My inspiration room if I win–a powder room makeover!

  1526. I would use it to help purchase the flooring we want! Out with the carpet!

  1527. Half my house needs a new paint job…I would love some fab new color for my kitchen, bathroom, mudroom, tv room, laundry…! Thank you x

  1528. Me, I would paint furniture-when I moved across the province I basically got rid of everything so I need to start going garage saling and start putting things together…

  1529. I would reframe my daughter’s bedroom door (previous owner or builder design makes it so you have to walk around the door to turn on the light). I would use any leftover money to build a bench for our oddly shaped entryway.

  1530. I’m so inspired by your wonderful website. My husband and I are decorating our new home and would love to give it a fresh coat of paint. We have plain white walls and are ready for some color!

  1531. I would love to give this to my mom so she can redo the flooring in her kitchen!

  1532. I am turning our office, which didn’t get a whole lot of use, into my little guy’s playroom. The room could sure use a fresh coat of paint!

  1533. What a great give-away for a first time homeowner and newbie to the blog world! So many possibilities….

  1534. I could SO use a gift card! Now that we’re settled into our “new” house (almost a year and a half later), I want to change up some paint colors and install some beadboard in a few rooms. A gift card would be awesome to use towards paint and supplies!

  1535. I LOVE PAINT! But right now my painting projects are on hold because our yard is desperately needing attention. So, if I had $250 at Lowe’s, it would probably be spent mostly on plants and landscaping material.

  1536. ooh I would be able to build my son the treehouse he’s been begging for.

  1537. Just this past February we welcomed a baby girl to our family. Our once large 2bedroom 2 1/2bath townhouse is now bursting at the seems as my hubby, myself, our 2 1/2 year old son and the new baby have to all share the space! We finally saved enough money to buy a bigger house and we will be in it by summer! I would love to use the gift card to paint and buy all those necessary items to make the new house our new HOME!

  1538. I need a ton of paint to redo my living room, including painting the fireplace and vaulted ceilings…the gift card would also help to put in new flooring in that room, so I don’t have to worry about 2 kids, a husband, 3 cats, 2 hamsters and 2 dogs playing and messing up the carpet :)

  1539. wow thanks. I would get some pretty things for the deck, laterns and outdoor rug and of course some paint. I snagged a sewing machine table and took out the sewing machine and want to turn it into a mini bar to take outside and of course want to paint it some fab color and distress the heck out of it. Lisa in DE

  1540. oh, I’d skip on over to lowes and buy a new lock for my front doot. my current one is nasty and ugly

  1541. our medicine cabinet in our bathroom came crashing down last week so it has sped up the timetable of working on the bathroom…the GC would come in super handy :)

  1542. We have yet to paint the master bedroom in our house- we only moved in 6 years ago!! I think it’s time, don’t you?

  1543. I would use the gift card to paint and outfit a nursery for our first baby due this fall.

  1544. I’d buy some flowers, planters, and outdoor accessories for my deck. I have a dining set that I love, but my outdoor space still needs to be jazzed up some more!

  1545. I’m renovating my mom’s house to rent out now that she’s in a nursing facility. I’d love to buy paint, new hardware, and tons of flowers to make the place shine for potentials tenants! (Okay, and maybe a few potted plants for myself…)

  1546. $250?! I would buy paint for our bedroom, knobs/pulls for our kitchen, and a weed-eater!

  1547. $250 to Lowe’s… Hmmmm… I’d start with ORB spray paint & new cushions for a quick redo on our patio chairs. Then I’d see how far I could get towards the lumber & materials needed to build an awning to cover our back patio. Oooohhh… the possibilities!

  1548. My husband and I are moving into our new home in about three months and I would LOVE to use this gift card to purchase paint for all the rooms!

  1549. With 250 I would buy all the Rust Oleum spray paint that I could get. I’m in love with it because it’s so easy to modernize a home in a matter of minutes.

  1550. I would put it towards buying the materials for our shed we’re building this summer!

  1551. Wow! $250 Well I would buy new light fixtures for the kitchen and dining room and first and foremost lots and lots of of paint because I think I have the ugliest walls on the planet. Seriously. They are so Ugly they are keeping me awake at night. Just found you. Looking forward to seeing more.

  1552. We’re moving to a new home in July so I would spent it on much needed paint and light fixtures.

  1553. I would use the gift card to spruce up my front yard with plants, a new bush, lighting, address numbers, and a new mailbox (mine got hit by a car during an ice storm and we still haven’t replaced it). I’d love to purchase a nice bisro set to put on the porch so my husband and I can sit and watch our 2 girls play in the yard (which is also a work in progress :)). I recently painted the front door and as I’m sure you know one project always leads to another. Now I’m eager to work on the rest :). Thanks so much for offering this!!

  1554. My bathroom desperately needs an overhaul- $250 at Lowe’s would be a fabulous start!!

  1555. I would definitely buy paint and other materials for some DIY projects I’ve been wanting to start.

  1556. I’d love to finally have this be the season I get my rooftop ‘urban oasis’ finished in shades of blues- from navy to turquoise- it’s been a work in progress that I’d love to complete and enjoy!

  1557. What COULDN’T I do with $250 from Lowes??? I definitely see some wood for a little kid table and a craft table and storage for my craft stuff. For starters…

  1558. My husband and I would love to buy the Rust Oleum DIY kitchen cabinet paint with the $250 Lowes card! Our cabinets are a yucky, builder’s “yellow” wood and we want a sleek, dark look.

  1559. We have a ton of backyard work to do this summer. I would use the giftcard for materials we need for a new deck off our back door.

  1560. I would get a new grill! Mine is on it’s last leg…and I’m hoping it limps through this summer.

  1561. I’d probably add a backsplash (glass tile) to my mom’s kitchen, paint her bedroom and other sprucing ideas she’s been putting off but would love.

  1562. OMG -I know EXACTLY what we would do with that card! We have been dying to upgrade our deck! We could get new patio furniture, a deck bench for storage, some new pots for plants, some plants!, hanging baskets….the list goes on!

    (BTW, super cool of your to pass on the card, Kate!!)

  1563. We bought a house a year ago, and have been dealing with a tiny section of cabinets in the kitchen ever since (no storage!!). It would be wonderful to redo the floor and install some new cabinets along the other wall so I can actually put food away!

  1564. Well, I’d start updating my porch. Time for the rather sad, hand-me-down wicker to go away!

  1565. What couldn’t I do with a Lowe’s gift card? =) I need a new front door and paint for my upstairs that we are renovating.

  1566. Oh man I have many projects I could use that gc for! Paint supplies for my front door, patio furniture, or new plants for our needy landscape!!

  1567. we still have those temporary shades hanging in our house, so a gift card would be just the push we need to invest in something “real”! thanks kate!

  1568. Oh gosh…I would be delighted to be the winner of this great gift! We just bought a house and are moving in 3 weeks…I think the first thing I would do is paint the rooms in our new home(every room is builder shade white….yuck!)

  1569. We bought our first house a few months ago. I would use the gift card to complete the the play room for my daughter and my baby boy.

  1570. I would love to use the giftcard to make the headboard I’ve been daydreaming of! I haven’t been able to justify the cost of wood, some tools (I’m a new DIY-er), wood stain, etc.

  1571. I linked up on twitter! Love following your ideas/thoughts/finds/creations there!

  1572. I would put the gift card toward making over my bathroom. It’s definitely time for some updates!

  1573. If I were to win this I would use it to buy paint to re-paint my bedroom. It’s making me feel so blu having blue paint on my walls. I need to make a change and make it fast.

    @NVOSF

  1574. I am finally going to tackle my outdoor space and the $250 is just what I need to get started! I know $250 may not sound like a lot, but you can do a ton with paint, plants, and pillows! I am so excited about this giveaway!

  1575. OOOH I’d love this, first I’d be practical and buy a few things for our new house/yard we are putting in, then I’d head to the paint section to paint our half bath, I haven’t painted any room in the house yet and I think it would be the perfect place to start!

  1576. I would love this! We just moved into our new house and there’s tons of painting and DIY projects I’d love to take on. New wall colors, wood for a custom bookcase, etc.

  1577. My husband & I are in the midst of a whole house remodel. We’re currently working on our siding & painting the exterior. The GC would be a great help in getting one of our many projects completed! Thanks for the giveaway!!

  1578. i would love to use this money for a small electric sander and some antique white paint. i would love to paint the mixed matched bedroom furniture all the same color!!!

  1579. What would I do with the $250 gift card? Oh, girl! I’ve got some many projects that I need to do. I would use it to paint my kitchen walls & cabintets, buy cabinet hardware, etc. Great giveaway!

  1580. WOW!! What a very good giveaway.. Been hanging out at Lowe’s with hubby for the past few days getting some ideas what to do with our house. And been hanging out here on your blog, and Melissa’s, too! It’s like 1:12am here and I’m so inspired with both of you.. I’ll be coming back for more!

    Since we just got our house signed to our name, we are finally going to renovate it!!! This will be really great help if I’d win this giveaway.. Thank you for the opportunity!

  1581. We need to paint our pine armoire! Not diggin the notted pine look!

  1582. I have be so wanting to paint some of the paneling in the house. It is ALL paneled except the bathrooms. Help, I need some light! Or I’d put new flooring in the small kitchen. Or…, or….,!!

  1583. I meant I have BEEN so wanting to paint the paneling in my previous post.

  1584. I would build a shallow pantry in my eat-in kitchen. As early 20 somethings we didn’t even think about where we would store our food when we bought the house…oops!

  1585. I would paint PAINT paint!!! I have so many projects waiting to be started! I have only painted our kitchen after 3 years of living in our home!! HELP!

  1586. I would love to use this gift card to redo mine and my husbands boring bedroom. It lacks romance and COLOR. If there were any additional funds I would buy my husband a set of nail guns to finsih our deck (that he has been working on for almost a year now :/)!!

  1587. What wouldn’t I do with it?! I have so many projects waiting for lack of funds. I’d probably start with my patio – I need plants and an outdoor rug, as well as PVC to make a new chaise (the old one was wood and fell apart, but I think I can re-create it in PVC!)

  1588. I’d use it towards a dishwasher! Mine has been broken for almost 2 years now and $250 would come close to paying for a new one!

  1589. I would for sure use the money to paint the inside of my house and do some landscaping! Oh I can just see the fun things I could do!

  1590. I love Lowe’s… can get lost in that store!
    I’d probably put it towards paint for my guest bedroom and beginning the redo of our patio area.
    Or towards a screen door. :)

  1591. I would love to use this gift card to help my parents fix up their house as they are getting ready to put it on the market! Thank you so much for offering your prize to all of us!

  1592. I would use the giftcard towards some outdoor lighting for our deck. (twinkle lights, solar lights, up lighting…etc.) Thanks for the chance!

  1593. I’m trying to replace some of our dinky builders grade fixtures in my house, and Lowe’s have some great stuff!

  1594. I would be so excited to win this gift card because it would allow my husband and me to finally finish our basement. We’ve been working on it little by little as finances allow for the past two years (since replacing the foundation) and have only the ceiling and wall trim to go! Thank you!

  1595. We’re living at my sister’s house right now & she & her hubs just bought a house that could use some TLC, we’ve been helping them a little here & there but I’m sure a Lowe’s card would be wonderful for them to use & get some of those projects into gear.

  1596. I’d use the gift card to spruce up our basement so everyone can enjoy it. Thanks

  1597. I just moved into a new house and would love to add some color to walls!

  1598. I would LOVE to paint our “harvest gold” countertops! They’re really in good enough shape that I can’t justify replacing them, but they are HARVEST GOLD. Would love to try the counter-refinishing kit!

  1599. What would I do with $250 from Lowes! So many things! I would love to do some landscaping but I really would like to buy some paint and accessories to update my bedroom! Congrats on the win and thanks for the wonderful giveaway!

  1600. We just moved a few weeks ago, so the possibilities are endless! I’m thinking we would probably end up buying something for the yard.

  1601. I need to purchase some stain for my deck. I would also love to patch and paint the floor in my garage.

  1602. That gift card would be a good start to rebuilding the deck at our new house!

  1603. I need to paint my bedroom which has been sorely neglected for the past few years. It is currently sporting a very, very sad faux effect which didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. I also would like to paint my garage floor with an epoxy finish. The floor is brand new and needs to be painted BEFORE any staining takes place!

  1604. Hi, Kate. It would be difficult to choose how to spend that gift card (not that I’d mind!). I think I’d start in Lawn and Garden for some plants, edging materials, and a good hedge trimmer.

  1605. Thanks for the chance Kate. What would I do with 250 from Lowes? Let me count the ways:

    1. MDF for art 5.5yr old art project
    2. Mirrors to hang over the 7 ft wide fireplace
    3. Dimmer switches
    4. Brooms and mops

    I think I can hit on the right combo to come in well under $250!

  1606. Thanks for the chance to win!
    I would spend the giftcard on supplies to create our family organization board (whiteboard, plywood ect..), paint for my boys bedroom, um…I NEED a new sander. Or maybe I’d spend it all on wood to build something from Ana Whites website. lol
    Thanks so much!!
    Andrea :-)

  1607. Ceiling fans for my boys room, and paint for my master bedroom re-do.

  1608. I am in the middle of a bathroom redo. If I win the gift card to Lowe’s I will use it to put down a new floor in the bathroom. How sweet would that be?

  1609. First year with a vegetable garden – lots of garden supplies needed here!

  1610. Where to begin? I have a very ugly bathroom that needs more than just a coat of paint–a new mirror, new light fixture, and new faucet, plus stripping the wallpaper and making everything look like it’s not from the 1970’s. :)

  1611. The sky’s the limit. My small laundry room could use shelving. The unfinished basement could use walls and everything else. Our poorly lit kitchen could use a big window. Now for the yard…. please let me win.

  1612. Oh, where to begin… We are in the process of repainting our hallway and staircase and guest room that is all covered in “outdoor wood siding.” Needless to say, it has taken a lot more time, effort, primer, and paint than i had anticipated. I would love to buy a new pendant light for the staircase and some outdoor furniture for the summer. What fun!

  1613. We are remodeling a house (built in 1950) and have tons of projects it could be used for!

  1614. $250 to Lowe’s? The possibilities are endless. I would spend it on one word: Color! Color for my basement walls (why is it basements tend to be so blah?) Color for my garden… poppies and zinnias anyone? Color, color, and more color!

  1615. I love Lowe’s! I would get paint for my 2 youngest sons’ bedroom and a new light fixture for our foyer! Or maybe a new lantern for the main staircase….

  1616. i would use the money to help finish (well actually start) the remodel of my house, which was eaten by termites. :(

  1617. Hi,

    I would use the gift card to Lowes to begin a facelift to my master bath with paint and new accessories!

    Thanks for the opportunity to win,

    Kristi

  1618. Hi…what a great offer! Thanks! If I won, I would get supplies to re-face/paint our kitchen cabinets and add hardware…..we are very much in need of an update!!
    THANKS

  1619. I need to paint my living room, so I’d buy paint and maybe some new outdoor furniture.

  1620. We are in the process of buying a bigger home for our growing family so we will have tons of projects including painting. I would use it to buy paint!

  1621. We are in the middle of a bathroom overhaul and a gc to Lowes would be AMAZING!

  1622. WOW….I would use it towards getting a new sink/faucet for our kitchen! thank you….

  1623. I would update the fixtures in our house. There are some that definitely need it.

  1624. Hi!!! OMGOSH!!! I would SO LOVE TO WIN!!! I just moved into a beautiful house, but EVERY ROOM is painted a nasty green. I would got to Lowes RIGHT now and buy PAINT to finish off my dream home!!!

  1625. I just linked this to my fb.
    BTW, Your blog ROCKS!!! I have been reading it for a while and LOVE your ideas and designs! Thanks for the inspiration. :)

  1626. This would be great! Two things–some flowers for the deck and paint for my little ones room! Thanks!

  1627. I would use the gift certificate a face lift before my parents come to visit in a few weeks!

  1628. We are saving to build a deck and I would use the gift card for more deck supplies!

  1629. I have been wanting crown molding in my living room for years! The gift certificate would be the kick in the tail I need to get the project going.

  1630. closing on my new house in 2 weeks….I can think of 100’s of things to use this for! Thanks for the chance to win.

  1631. There’s so much I could do with $250 at Lowe’s! I’d probably buy supplies to complete all of my half-done projects!

  1632. First, thanks for the chance to win!

    If I won the giftcard, I would use it to beautify my deck. Hubby and I are working on that but I would like to buy some mason jars to make party lights and lanterns. Would also get some nice outdoor planters and flowers for the summer!

  1633. What would I do with a $250 Lowe’s gift card? Oh my gosh, what wouldnt I do?! Plants for the yard, more wood to make another headboard for our guest room (we made one in our master), paint to refinish some furniture, mirrors, I could go on!!

  1634. I would definitely use the $250 to buy the composite decking material for our new backyard deck! Thanks for the chance to win!!

  1635. I have several 1980’s bathroom light fixtures and ceiling fans that need replacing.

  1636. We’re buying a house and need a refrigerator, so I would use the gift card towards appliances (and it would help out a lot)!

  1637. What wouldn’t I do with a Lowe’s gift card?!?! I’m there every weekend. It’s sad when the workers recognize you when you walk in the door…

    Currently on the list, though is to add beadboard to my guest bath.

  1638. I would use to help my grandparents make their house easier to get around in due to walkers.

  1639. I have some bookshelves and an entertainment center that are in desperate need of paint. I’d buy supplies for that, and maybe some supplies to make myself that awesome tufted headboard for which you have a tutorial.

  1640. I would buy paint and lumber. I have a few projects I want to start working on.

  1641. The giveaway would definitely help us make our new home ours! We would like to paint the rooms and add storage to the garage!

    Thank you.

  1642. Wow! I would do A LOT with a $250 gift card to Lowe’s. We just completed the purchase of our first home this past Friday, and we spent the whole weekend tearing down mountains of ancient wallpaper. With the gift card, I would purchase supplies to complete a striped wall project in our lovely new dining room and add some coordinating hardware to update the adorable built in china cabinet!

  1643. I’d use the $250 to finish up the built-in shelving unit in my bedroom and buy some new drill bits.

  1644. I’d buy wood and paint to complete several building projects we want to accomplish!

    So jealous of that Nate Berkus photo! :)

  1645. I would buy closet organizers for our bedrooms and some flowers for my garden.

  1646. I would use $250 to put shelving in my laundry room, paint it bright green, and make it a fresh, lovely place to spend my days.

  1647. I have started to redo one of our bathrooms. I would use it to buy the paint, and some update fixtures.

  1648. We are moving in a few weeks and the rooms need paint and curtains and well who couldn’t find something to spend $250 at LOWE’s??:D

  1649. I would use the giftcard to help build my daughter an organized playroom with lots of cubbies. I would also use it to purchase some paint to perk up the bedrooms.

  1650. Just bought a house and need to tone down the fuchsia bathroom and plum kitchen!

  1651. We’re building our new house right now, so there is no end to the uses of $250 gift card! We haven’t even gotten to the kitchen yet, not to mention closet shelves, hardware, or even stuff for landscaping.

  1652. I would use the $250 to add some organization to my house and to help fix up some old furniture and repurpose it with a bit of TLC!

  1653. Hi! I am so happy to find your site thru Melissa’s!! I love it! I would love to visit with Nate in Soho!! What fun! Also would LOVE to have $250 to spend on my new dream kitchen – a little bit at a time right??
    Thanks for the opportunity and thanks for a great new site to check out!!
    Kim

  1654. paint the entry way with bold stripes(with a hint of shimmer) and put some knobs on all our kitchen cabinetry a task I’ve been putting off for 2 years :)

  1655. I would buy a ton of wood and make a lot of fun furniture to fill my house (with the help of some amazing plans by ana-white)

  1656. I would love to win a Lowe’s Gift Card! I would use it to buy new paint for our living room update, and help with the bathroom renovation we’re about to take on!!

  1657. I’d find a beautiful chanderlier to replace the “blah” ceiling fan in our master bedroom.

  1658. Oh, I have a WHOLE bathroom that needs to be (slightly) gutted and redone. $250 to Lowes would be a lovely head start on the supplies… :)

  1659. Would love to paint my hallway and living room. Not sure of the colors yet, but this would definitely jump start me :-)

  1660. Would LVOE to win! I would probably build beds for my boys finally and maybe paint their room!

  1661. Would LOVE to win! I would probably build beds for my boys finally and maybe paint their room!

  1662. Oh goodness! I am pregnant and we decided to finish our basement to move the current office downstairs. Apparently a newborn needs somewhere to sleep!

  1663. If I won this awesome giveaway I’d probably use the giftcard to build some shelves so I can decorate our apartment a bit more. I’m sure I can think of a million other things we could use it for as well! Thanks for the chance to win this giveaway! (:

    heather_dice37{at}yahoo{dot}com

  1664. My 4-yr old has has been begging for a big boy room since his birthday a few months ago. I would paint his room and transform everything that is “baby blue”. Its about time that his Nursery is turned into a room suitable for a toddler. A chalkboard wall would also be in the plans along with some shelves for his growing book collecting! :)

  1665. I would spend every penny on my yard. It is an eyesore right now and I would fill it with trees and new plants!

    So great!

    Love the cabinet!

  1666. My kitchen needs a backsplash –desperately. I would use the $250 to purchase 12″ stone tiles from Lowe’s and cut them in half to make an oversized subway tile pattern.

  1667. I would use it to start a much-needed bathroom remodel–goodbye 1950’s plastic tile.

  1668. What would keep me going to my goal of decluttering my place? A Lowe’s gift card!

  1669. There are so may things we want to work on in our home. Would most likely put it towards paint or a new front door.
    sweetpeonies07 at gmail

  1670. Paint and mouldings would be my choice if I win. Lowes is my second home!

  1671. Shut the front DOOR! I won a Centsational Girl giveaway – the Shutterfly gift card! How super excited am I right now!! Whoot whoot! Thanks Kate!!!

  1672. If I had $250 from Lowes, I’d get a jump start on revamping our kitchen, especially the cabinets, they are in dire need of an upgrade.

  1673. I really want to spruce up my backyard with some flowers and a firepit. I am in desperate need of a makeover for my backyard. This would make it possible!

  1674. I’d get started on my new office (paint and lighting), I’d put the rest towards a grill for my husband – he so deserves a nice one for putting up with us all year.

  1675. Gosh.. so many Spring projects on my to-do list. My number one project I’d love to start is my laundry room. It needs a major revamp considering the amount of laundry I do with a full house of 8!!

  1676. I would definitely buy some paint for my porch, swing, and picket fence. And maybe even some flowers to spruce everything up! Thanks for the opportunity.

  1677. We love Lowes and stop in almost every weekend! I’d love to work on a backyard oasis!

  1678. We just spent $1000 at Lowes in the past three days, so I am sure it would help to finish this 6 month-whole-house-renovation! Thanks for the giveaway!

  1679. My bedroom and my girl’s room is in need of a facelift, along with a little landscaping for the spring/summer….”pretty colors”
    thanks

  1680. I posted link on my facebook wall and my twitter page :)
    thanks again!

  1681. Lots of colorful plants and flowers, my front and backyard need a major facelift!

  1682. Oh WOW! If I win this I’m getting baseboards and paint and maybe some subway tile–we’re slowly renovating a ranch and I’d LOVE to win this!!! Thanks for your generosity!

  1683. So nice of you to give this away! I’d use the giftcard for outdoorsy stuff — we have some major landscaping work to get done this summer in our mongo backyard.

  1684. I love all these colours! Very inspiring. I have some old dining room chairs and am ready for some colour. Thank you as always for this chance to win.

  1685. I’ve got a few projects on the go and would love a Lowe’s gift card to help complete them! Purchasing chair rail to frame a large photo (inspired by you), paint for a bathroom, and perhaps a new rug for our patio! Many thanks!

  1686. I would use it for moulding galore and paint! Loved reading about your NY trip.

  1687. $250 – I’d use that up in a heartbeat. Add more shelves in the laundry room, paint the guest bedroom and bathroom, and refinish the bathroom cabinets an espresso color, replace our worn out brass doorknobs with new ones.

  1688. I NEED to get paint for sure. All of the trim in my house is a yucky wood and it really needs to be freshened up. I also need blinds!!

  1689. Oh Man!! I need so many things that the gift card would be used in a wink! I have been waiting and waiting to get an area rug for my living room, but just haven’t had the money. This would be such a help!

  1690. I would use the gift card to buy paint for all of my many projects going on in my house. i.e. painting counter tops in kitchen to look like granite, painting my wooden stairs, painting trim work in bedrooms. My list could go on forever!!

  1691. I would use the $250.00 Lowes gift card to finally do the one thing I have never done……my bedroom. We have a full house of 4 kids and all their rooms are long done. But as usual, mine has been put off for far too long. I would love to win this to paint, and accessorize like I have always wanted to!

  1692. I am dying to remodel my laundry room! It is pretty drab and I would love to paint and add some pretty fixtures! I would use the gift card to finally remodel my laundry room!!

  1693. I have so many projects to be done , mostly a paint job for the whole house , a rug , a few stain tins to repurpose my old furniture . I would love to finish my office room .

    Thanks for the giveaway.

  1694. I’d love to buy my parents some more gardening supplies. Right now we’re both planting garbage can potatoes on opposite ends of the country. I want to make my mother a veggie gardener!

  1695. I have many projects on my to do list that could benefit from having a $250 Lowe’s gift card. I could choose to work on my son’s play/tree house, build a new back deck, paint my kitchen cabinets, new floors for my house. I could go on, but these are just a few projects I would have to decide where to spend the money!

  1696. I would get some light fixtures! Although I might have to fight my husband for that and some garden stuff over a grill.

  1697. Need sinks, faucets, and doorknobs for the house we just bought! :D
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  1698. I would probably use the gift card to buy a couple new bath faucets – we’re in desperate need! Thanks for the chance!!

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