design*sponge at home giveaway!
Tomorrow we officially kick off the Design*Sponge Book Tour with our first home-town event at the NYPL. Before I head out to gather up last-minute craft supplies, I wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone who’s picked up a copy of Design*Sponge at Home so far. I haven’t had a spare second to track down a copy a store yet, so living vicariously through all your sweet Tweets, Facebook pictures and emails has meant the world to me. Thank you. [Photo above by Amy Merrick]
Since I’m feeling like I could float today, and I happen to have a small stack of books sitting in my hallway, I thought I’d do a little mini book giveaway today! We’re gearing up for a MAJOR contest next week (it’s going to be amazing!!!) so I wanted to do something small this week as a little thank you and to celebrate all the sweet pictures I’ve been dorkily saving from everyone’s Tweets and Facebook updates.
I’m going to be giving away 4 copies of Design*Sponge at Home to readers who send in pictures of themselves with the book or pictures of where they plan on reading/housing their books. I’ve heard from so many people who already got the book and want to give away another as a gift, so I’m going to choose 2 winners who don’t have the book yet and 2 who do.
So, what will you win? You’ll get a signed, personalized copy of Design*Sponge at Home, some of the ribbons flowers featured in Flower Workshop chapter opener and a copy of the D*S Summer Newspaper. If you already have a book and win a new copy I’m happy to personalize it as a gift for someone else.
Here are the details to enter:
Deadline: Monday, September 12th, 2011 at 3pm EST
What to send: A picture (low res) of either: You and your copy of Design*Sponge at Home OR the place in your home where you hope to read or house the book.
What we’re looking for: The most creative photos will win, so feel free to bust out your Wacom tablet, funny outfits, props or just have some fun with Photoshop. We’re looking for funny ways to celebrate the book and reading in general.
How to enter: Please leave a comment here describing your picture (be sure to fill in your name and email when you comment) and provide a DIRECT link to the image on Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Twitpic or any other photo sharing program. Please be sure the image is public and that the link works when you are signed out of your account.
*The winner will be announced shortly after the deadline next week! Best of luck to everyone! xo, grace
I love how Katie Evans’ shoes match the book cover.
Half of the four gifts go to people who already have the book?! Wow.
Jane
Yes- I think everyone should be eligible.
Grace
just wanted to say how much i LOVE LOVE the book…so beautiful, useful and helpful. cannot wait to try some of the diy’s!!!
Oh How fun! My favorite place to read that could use a few decorating tips is in my studio with my office assistant (he sleeps more than he answers the telephone-good thing he is CUTE or he would be fired!)
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Is this competition exclusively for the US?
Looking forward to a personalized copy!
i cannot wait to get my hands on your book!!!! so excited! a big congratulations to you and all your hard work.
Oh please let it be me. I would be grateful and ready to do it Myself:)
Ooo, me, please. The book looks absolutely stunning and will be hanging out on my living room table for me-self and all my friends. I’ll send a picture as soon as my new camera arrives next week.
http://twitter.com/#!/ZonaLewin/status/112221675893960704/photo/1 I think i may have the perfect spot…if i’m lucky enough to win!
That is so funny – I was just taking pictures of the book on my nightstand this morning to post on my blog. My husband didn’t understand why I didn’t just put up a picture from the Amazon listing or something. Hello, the picture is half the fun! Anyway, I’ll have it up by Monday and send it in.
I made a post about it in my blog this morning, with a picture of it in my living room!
check it out: http://www.whatalight.net/2011/09/que-buen-libro-such-good-book.html
I would read it here, while drinking my favorite tea early in the morning before everyone else is awake. It’s near an east-facing window and gets amazing light in the morning.
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I’m using extremely expired polaroid film, so the picture isn’t that great and I apologize. We just purchased and moved into our first home August 15th. As you can see, the space needs some major inspiration. I’d like to keep Design Sponge at Home on our coffee table for quick reference.
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My daughter just left the East Coast for a new job on the West Coast. Far, far from home and her family. Sad for us, but a wonderful, joyful adventure for her. She is a design junkie and the one who introduced me to you! She is thrilled with the prospect of finally having her own space after sharing dorms and apartments with endless streams of people. The perfect spot for your book would be in her hands as she creates her first home.
We get emails detailing her jaunts through San Fran flea markets and second hand stores, photos/ideas from your latest updates in hand. She currently owns one bed and a chair. I would love for her to have a copy. She would love for her to have a copy (shhh. She doesn’t know I entered her picture) Signed by you would make it extra special. The picture is of her with all her worldly belongings on move-in day piled in one corner of her one room.
This is my reading/knitting/crocheting chair and your book would probably reside on the table riiight next to it. I’d have quick access to it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarnattacks/6036285799/ (dir image link-http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/6036285799_48bd80ec44_z.jpg)
Where all the BEST reading gets done:
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I would stick the Deisgn Sponge book, after I read it of course, above my Apartment Therapy book and below my Holga.
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Brainstorming now and hoping those books arrive before the deadline! Thanks for adding some more excitement to the book launch! It really is like Christmas for you and all of us!
Merry MERRY!
I would be overwhelmed with excitement if I won this book! I recently graduated from The Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio for Graphic Design in May and have had a hard time financially to make ends meet since then. I’d love to have bought the book but unfortunately, loans come first. I read Design*Sponge everyday from this chair in my apartment here in Columbus (with my dog Roscoe usually accompanying me on the other, we’re big fans, have been for years) and would definitely be reading the book here too. I hope I get to win, it would be such a good pick me up and I’d learn so much! Thanks for such a generous give-a-way Grace!
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this chair hammock has been precariously placed over my bed for over a month now! winning your book would give me great reason to chance my safety and climb on up there (hammocks are my ultimate reading spot anyway)! Additionally, the beauty of your book would take me away from the sad mauve carpets and funny wallpaper I have to try to ignore on a daily basis…AND, should the precariously placed hammock fall (and it probably would), my cushiony bed would be there to catch our (me+book) fall!
I wouild read it in my bedroom while drinking Tea or Coffee in the afternoon.
Hi,
I would read it here, with a cup of tea or coffee.
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Here’s the link!
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I think your book would fit beautifully somewhere between For the Record and The Design of Dissent!
With the help of my friend ‘Juniper Bear’ she is demonstrating where the book shall most likely be homed, amongst the art and craft section on my bookshelf!
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Thank you! :)
I would definitely pass hours and hours at a time in my sunroom, on my old hand-me-down chaise, with two goofball Boston Terriers either staring at me until I pay attention to them, or snoring wedged in on either side of me, while I obsessively tab the sections on upholstery and flower arranging, among other subjects (but those are the two I am most excited about!). Here is a link to the picture: http://mydearfrances.blogspot.com/2011/09/where-id-enjoy-designsponge-at-home.html. This spot is equally pleasing to pass the time away in the summer and long, long Buffalo winter months.
I’d love to read it smack in the middle of the crazy…
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I think your book would look lovely in my home design studio! It can be BFF’s with my Domino book.
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Jumping up and down with joy at the thought of reading Design Sponge at Home.
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Harper Lou is my granddaughter and she loves making homemade treasures and repurposing items. You must admit for three years old she has a style all her own! I would read your book anywhere HL wants but recently we like cuddling up on the daybed in her baby sister, Penelope’s, room. Thanks for looking!
Mine isn’t too funny, but I would most enjoy reading Design Sponge in my ‘new’ kitchen. My father recently passed away, and I’m only 25. I just moved into the house so I can take care of selling things and getting back on track. I would love to have some spiffy ideas to make the place my own, while I fix it up a bit, and to feel comfortable living in the house I grew up in again.
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I have a question: can your picture include yourself if you don’t have the book already? Or does it just have to be a space without anyone. Thank you!
rachel
of course! it can include anything you like :)
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This is in the entryway of my home & one of my favorite vignettes. It includes one of a pair of amazing yellow glass vintage lamps, a sand dollar from my childhood in the pacific northwest, a personalized matchbook from last year’s wedding anniversay that says ” Jesse & jasmine: 8 Great Years”, a soy candle made in a reclaimed vodka bottle, and a handmade black and gold embroidered piece that my lovely sister gave me for my birthday last year. All these pieces tell a story of who I am & how I am loved. Design*sponge at home is a lovely addition.
I call this photo “Tea time with D*S”
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I would love to enjoy the Design*Sponge book in my owl bedroom and I would keep it close by ;)
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.. And just for the heck of it, I thought I’d share the result of my most recent DIY project from the book:
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I snapped a pic in the primo spot where I plan to devour the book, which is right next to my pooch. I sketched out a little me sitting in that spot. Those are my toes in the foreground realizing the hopeful future—me with the new DS book!
p.s. That chair was photographed alongside a desk I refurbished in a before/after entry back in 2009 that was posted in ye old DS site: http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/before-after-kristens-desk.html
I would read it in my big leather chair :)
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I recently rearranged my lounge-room, complete with a bookshelf I made from a vintage painters ladder…
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I think a copy of the design sponge book would look very much at home in my rustic, vintage inspired lounge-room. Have a look and let me know what you think!
Cheers, Stef
WoW! Your book looks amazing & so you should be walking on air right now! Congratulations!
If I were to win a book… I’d sit here on the bed next to my son Joe – he can sit on the bed in the sunbeam playing with his feet & I can drool thru your book!
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Ohhhhh I would love to win this book! Read the blog every day, but my budget doesn’t allow for me to buy the book :(. Thank you for this opportunity!!!!!
Charging my camera now!
I can’t wait to get a copy of this book!!
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I haven’t bought a copy yet since I’ve been traveling, but I can’t wait to return home in a few days, where I plan to snuggle with one smart pup — who loves a good textile — and finally get my hands on Design*Sponge at Home. Bed: the ideal place for dreaming of home improvement: http://monicalm.tumblr.com/post/10037412880/five-days-til-i-get-home-and-give-this-one-a
Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment, Grace!
Hi again! The link to my photo was not published because I entered it in the http box. Here’s the correct link (the other one was a past reference): http://t.co/2aMkX2V Cheers!
I will love to read the book by the window, under heavy sun light and (of course) a ventilator, in the south os Spain :)
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I’m moving in a month and a half, so my current living space is in shambles. The one space that has kept calm and collected, however, is in my bedroom. I purchased this trunk at a thrift store two weeks ago and I plan to use it as my coffee table. It has been a good collecting station for all my little vases and repurposed wine bottles. I think the book will look lovely contrasting against the weathered and dark wood.
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“Hanging out” in my new favorite chair.
My copy of Design*Sponge at Home will be housed on a book shelf created out of an antique ladder; a project that was discovered in Ready Made magazine and adapted by my father-in-law with the aforementioned antique ladder and pieces of wood from antique barns in New Hampshire. The shelf has not only become one of my most prized possessions, but it is the home to many other books (a catalog of Edward Hopper paintings, a weathered copy of the Great Gatsby, and more French phrase books than any girl should own) trinkets discovered at yard sales and thrift stores (a vintage Polaroid 250, a gnome candle gifted from a visit to Germany, my very own Dundie Award and Dwight Schrute mini bobble head) and even a beloved feline, that all have made the cut to be displayed for guests of our home. I assure you, a copy of Design*Sponge at Home would not only be greatly appreciated, but would live amongst treasured company!
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I love the book. Such great inspiration … I know I will be pulling ideas out of it for years to come! Thank You!
I’m so excited,! I am under contract to purchase my first apartment AND your book arrived the very next day! It’s a sign! So much great inspiration and ideas that I can’t wait to try in my very own space. Thanks for writting such a beautiful book.
Hi,
Just thought I’d keep it simple and send you an image of our reading corner (that I built myself!! very proud of it :). So the book would have pride of place in the bookshelf.
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Keep up the great work. Love the site.
Moving into my DREAM apartment in a week and I am so excited to have a blank slate to get creative with! I went to my first flea market (I know I’m late to the awesomeness!) last weekend and am literally bursting at the seams with ideas for the new place! With DS@home at my side I could make them all happen!
Looks awesome, Grace! I’m pretty sure we would put it right on top of our coffee table full of books. http://instagr.am/p/MsOwy/
I would read it to my granddaughter ,carry on design into a second generation
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I really hope I win the book. I think it will fit perfectly in between the thesaurus, and John Stewart’s “America.” I also can’t wait to try all of the cool DIY projects that it is full of!
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This photo is of me and DH in what will soon become my sewing studio. I’m self-employed as a professional seamstress and have outgrown my current kitchen-corner “studio.” We’re building a detached garage with a 10×24′ workspace in it for me. Right now it’s a blank slate… I check D*S every day for ideas of how to decorate my space with the things I love, and make it look good.
I haven’t got a copy of the book yet, but hopefully after this I will! I’d love to read Design*Sponge at Home in my bedroom and house it right next to my copy of The Selby in it’s special place right on the very top of my bookshelf.
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I’d love to have a Design*Sponge book underneath the covers with me and my cat while we’d stay up late at night and get grand ideas about our little chateau!!
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I stalked the book store for weeks waiting for my pre-order to come in. I am so enamored with this book and your blog! After living in my in-laws basement for over a year, we are finally moving out! Your book is packed with new inspiration that I can carry with me and look at anywhere I go. Thank you Grace! Great book!
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I would love to read your book in the breeze of the day with the comfort of my mustard colored chair.
I got my book two days ago and cannot put it down.
It is filled with more inspiration than any of my design books combined! Thank you Grace and team DS!
I would love to read your book in the breeze of the day with the comfort of my mustard colored chair.
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I got my book on Thursday night when I picked up my mail and then stayed up half the night reading and coveting it!!! Thanks for finally doing a book. Now I am looking at wooden pallets and old boxes in a while new way….
This is a picture of my Brooklyn living room. I intend on using design*sponge at home to help me furnish it, make it somewhere comfortable and cute so later I can relax and enjoy the book all over again. Also, I hope it has some inspiration for detracting from that disastrous green linoleum… And the other various linoleums. Each room has a different kind!
Here’s where I will be — and in fact have been — reading “Design Sponge at Home” — on my sofa with my Cardigan Welsh Corgis to keep me company. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41755537@N05/6136540148/in/photostream I’d love to win a second copy to give to my daughter who is newly married and creating her first home with her husband, but even if I don’t win the contest is fun, and the book is WONDERFUL!
I’m hooked on getting my daily dose of inspiration from d*s.
I can’t wait to get the book!
Thank you Grace for all that you bring into my life.
Here’s where my book will live:
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Lovely! A copy of this brilliant book would live on the bedside table in my bedroom, which my friend has (perhaps appropriately?) described as my persian pleasure palace…
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fingers, toes, all digits crossed..
Would love to read this wonderful book from our deck in Maine – overlooking the ocean and where I keep a few beautiful tomato and pepper plants + my Zinnia’s!
So happy for you Grace and the whole D*S team! Congratulations!
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I haven’t got the book yet but I love design sponge website. I get so many creative ideas from it. I’m sure the book must be a wonderful version too! Here’s the link of my living room corner table next to our sofa where we sit in quiet & read, which is one of my favorite places in my home. We’ve a big bookshelf but this looks more creative! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2447660990855&set=a.1893845545815.114689.1231846500&type=1&permPage=1
What a wonderful surprise to come home on Saturday to find my D*S book waiting for me on the front porch! I’d love to give a copy to one of my friends…
It’s so beautiful and and full of inspiration. I’m having such a hard time putting it down!
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I plan to read Design*Sponge at Home on my commute to work with or without my Gecko Halloween costume. It would be a much needed distraction from grumpy passengers and train delays!
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Dear Grace, I have a quiet corner, complete with an altar, awaiting your book! Please take note: this space comes complete with crystals to harness the creative energy, palo santo (aka the shaman’s incense), and some mood lighting among other sorts ;) I can’t wait to absorb all of the beauty and creativity that you have presented us in your new book!!!
p.s. I put the wrong link in my previous entry (submitted like two seconds ago)–whoops.
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I love enjoying a good book on my twin-sized bed with the company of my little friend, Miss Molly. We have spent countless hours together reading the content on the website, it would be a thrill to enjoy it in book form. If it’s not in my hands, Design*Sponge at Home will be found on the “bedside table of honour” with my other favourite books. (In this season, there are a couple gardening books in this spot). I’m sure D*S would find itself at the top of the pile.
Hello Grace, I would be proud of being an owner of your lovely book! That’s place in my garden, my best place to read. Not in a barrow but still there :) You are wonderful originator :)
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ps. don’t you want to come with your tour to Poland? ok, I know it’s ridiculous…. ;)
I’ve been reading design sponge everyday for the past few years. When I found out a design sponge book was coming out, I could not have been more excited. Ribbons are one of my biggest obsessions, so I may have somehow been even more excited to hear that there was a ribbon theme throughout the book. Here’s a picture of my dorm room at Syracuse University! I have part of a ribbon installation I made for a show last spring hanging by my desk that looks like it will match perfectly with the colors of the cover of the book! I would put it right in that spot on my bookshelf, right next to my copy of “Gardner’s Art Through The Ages” and my “Writing for Visual Art” book. (As a side note, I think some of those ribbon flowers would looks absolutely fabulous hanging on the walls of my dorm room!) Thanks so much- this is an awesome giveaway contest!!
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i’d love to win the design*sponge book! i recently purchased a cabinet at an estate sale and placed it in my “reading nook” section of my den. i think the book would love fabulous next to my bright chair!
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Hi Grace! This is my work in progress… I bought it at a barn sale 2 doors up for $25, and just have to buy some stuffing… it’s hard to see, but the lower fabric is a small stripe with the teal in it, and the legs will be painted Benny Moore’s Cable Knit. I think it wil make a fabulous place to lounge & flip through your book!
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Number 2…. these are my sexy chairs (used to pink with ugly light wood)… I had this vision from the start & found the right fabric as soon as I went in to the upholsterer’s! One rocks, I think that is the one I would love to read your book in… the picture above is a portrait of my first horse… it’s a wonderful corner to sit & de-compress!
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I love to spend my free time baking, cooking, designing and decorating. Today I spent the afternoon baking cookies and flipping through my NEW Design Sponge at Home book – what a great day. The book is gorgeous! See you in San Francisco –
I already have my copy, but I would love to win a spare to send to my mother because my tutorial is featured in the book. It just so happens that I wrote a post about the d*s book on Friday that includes a photo of myself with my spread in the book. How perfect!
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This is my girlfriend’s copy so I really need my own.
i would read my copy of design sponge at home on the beach with a glass of champagne, while the moon rises! or, if it was a cloudy night, i would curl up with a copy and all my favorite pillows.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE DESIGN SPONGE!!! I would love to win a book and a newspaper the closest place I could get one was 6 hrs away from where I live.. I would display them on my latest Design Sponge Inspired Victim.. this vintage desk that I’ve redone. I HOPE I WIN!!! Thanks for the opportunity! https://picasaweb.google.com/110970439322963950687/DESIGNSPONGE#5650696263346680290
I’m a big fan of DS, the book looks fantastic, I haven’t got a copy yet, but I saw a preview on amazon and I’m in love with every single page, I’ve printed the cover to make my photo as realistic as possible, the best part is that your book cover goes with every outfit, whether it’s a geisha from Kyoto, a sailor on the seven seas or a matador from Madrid! Cheers! Alfredo
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oh my goodness.. you used my photo :) eeek… so awesome to see it in this post. Those are my legs and black flats. I’ve been so busy with school and work I haven’t been able to look through it all yet. Gonna have to take my time to take it all in fully.
Not particularly fancy, but…I’ve only had my book a few days, and my cat has already gnawed on the edges! Makes it look well loved! I haven’t been reading it in a particular place, per se, but I have been reading it with a particular companion. :)
Here’s a picture of her and the book. If I were to get another copy, I’d send it to my design loving besite (who got me into photography and design when we were teenagers!). Might have to give her the kitty chewed up version though, lol. :)
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I absolutely LOVE design sponge and would love to win a copy! I love flowers and this has become my new favorite shelf in the house, and I would house Design Sponge at Home here, whenever it wasn’t in my hands!!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work to make all of this happen, it is absolutely inspiring and creative! Thanks!!!
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I have three bookcases in my apartment, but this is my favorite. I work at a library so normally I follow Dewey, but since this one is in my living room I wanted it to stand out so I organized it by color. I live in West Seattle and have an east facing window that overlooks downtown Seattle and the Cascade Mountain Range…I’ve worked so hard for that view. I can sit comfortably knowing how far I’ve come, how books through my life and career have made it better, and remember a time when reading was my only escape.Â
I would LOVE a personalized copy (as a gift)! Thanks for hosting!
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Yes, your book is pictured on my laptop sideways.
Yes, that is a hotel phone in the laptop screen reflection.
Yes, your book currently lives next to an Ethicon knot tying board.
I take pictures of everything and for some reason did not photograph your book. I’m living away from home for a month. So my fiance took a picture of the book sitting on the shelf under our coffee table. He texted me the picture, I emailed it to myself from my phone, then took a picture of my email (Instagram filter X-ProII). The book is waiting right where I’ll read it when I get home next month!
I wish I had Design*Sponge at Home at my home. In this chaise. With this Sake kitty. Drinking wine on this Sunday night clinging onto the last minutes of my weekend by gathering creative seeds from its pages. All the while trying not to think about my work week. Dreaming about future projects to try. Losing myself in this moment…This would be the best. The only thing missing is this book!
I have been a daily reader of Design*Sponge for years and think that all this recent success of my favorite blog could not be more deserved. Congratulations and good luck to all involved in whatever the future holds. Thanks for the inspiration.
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I oh sooooooooo love my book! I had the perfect space reserved on my bookshelf at home for it. This book is my creative bible and I would love to win another one so I can “grace” my bookshelf at work with one!
Thanks for inspiring me!
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I had my beloved stand on a ladder, all the while holding a 30lbs picture frame above his head in order to frame the two DIY lanterns I made with leftover giftwrap tissue paper that was inspired by a post I saw on Design Sponge a while back! If I win a copy, I will read my copy while sitting on top of that very ladder… because reading on a ladder seems fun, and I kind of live on the wild side. Yippee! PS. Since I’m allergic to cats, Photoshopping them into photographs is next best thing.
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This isn’t funny “ha ha” but this is indeed my dining room space right now. I have 2 more identical red lawn chairs that sometimes hang out at this banquet table. Pathetic, I know. Anyway, this is where I would look over your book. I’m in desperate need of some inspiration!
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We’re drooling over here – the book looks FABULOUS. My Mom is bringing a copy in late October but we’d greedily love another copy to take to our farmhouse!
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Hope the book tour is a ball. Love from London.
I really hope I win your book. I absolutely love your blog and just to have an element of it in my home, in my reading nook would be so special!
The picture is of my reading nook in my room in my parents house. Its my favorite corner of the room. Its an old colonial house so designing can make it a little difficult. We converted the window into a book shelf which houses all my keepsake books and memories. Memories like old photos of my parents and me, the first comic book my dad gifted me, my own publications – a chapter each in 2 books on environmental law and the World Book Encyclopedia that we’ve had since I was 7. A portrait my parents had done on our first trip to Paris. My favorite vintage chair completely hand-crafted worth over $5000 but scavenged from a local furniture vendor for only $60. *sigh*. I love this corner :)
Here’s the link:
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i already have the book–came in the mail last week and i have never been so excited to get a book in the mail–love it and so glad you wrote it! congratulations
I couldn’t wait to receive my book! I love it! I’m already displaying it for all my guests to see-on the buffet in my foyer. Hope I win a 2nd one to give away!
What’s my idea of the perfect morning?….
Curling up on the couch at the lake home and relaxing with a cup of coffee in hand next to the fireplace and reading the new DS at Home book.
Mmm! Perfection!
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Phew… made it before 3pm!
We’ve been in the midst of repainting our living room… Having a copy of this book would be SUCH a wonderful inspiration!
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There’s a void in my life… http://t.co/mOnQJYi
I read the first few pages and then got so fired up to DO something around my house that I spent the rest of the weekend working on the house instead of reading the book! I SWEAR I will get back to the book very, very soon! It’s gorgeous. Congratulations.
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Patiently awaiting the Chicago book tour details! It will be the week of my birthday and I want to celebrate by doing a craft with Grace Bonney please! :)
Love, Jamie in Logan Square
I will definitely put it in my newly renovated office. I can put it on the shelf on display to add to my ever-growing collection of books or place it by the coffee table near the couch so I can read and get inspired during my downtime or give visitors a wonderful read while waiting. Either way, I know it will make a lovely addition to my new room!
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Oh dear! Is the time up?
nope, the post above says 3pm EST in bold :)
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Design Sponge inspired me to get the crew out of the house and tackle my 8 month olds room. Everyone in my house deserves to sleep in a beautiful room D.W.L (designed with love) Thank you design sponge! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hipsterhenry/sets/72157627529990235/
I was so excited to get my book in the mail on Friday (my corgi Lilu was not as thrilled, she realized this book would be taking away some scratching time from her) I would love to get one to give to my best friend and blogging partner in crime! thanks Grace, Love the book! http://twitpic.com/6jy5pr
Thank you! Its just that we don’t use EST where we live and figuring out this time is so confusing! Thank you again.
I would LOVE to win a copy of this book! My favorite place to read it would be in my newly-refurbished desk and desk chair. The colors are fresh and fun, and make “work” so much more fun…I’m always inspired in my new office:
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I love reworking old furniture into something new and fun – and I’m always inspired by Design*Sponge! :)
Well, this book can not be left about where little fingers can rip pages whilst whispering, “uh-oh…” So I read for a few precious minutes in the following places:
-at the sewing table, after baby bedtime, staple gun in hand
-at the breakfast table, nursing a babe, with toddler restrained by high chair
-on the back steps, thanks to a makeshift baby gate
-behind closed doors, however briefly they stay closed
-on road trips, with baby toes safely buckled in the backseat
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Congratulations Grace & Team.
A review of your book in the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/garden/design-sponge-at-home-by-grace-bonney.html?_r=1&ref=books
Hi Grace! I feel terrible that I haven’t gotten this book yet, I’ve been so excited to read it and get some inspiration for my tiny apartment. I would read it at the same place where I read this blog- my boyfriend and dachshund were kind enough to cooperate for a picture: http://flic.kr/p/amEqSw
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
ROFL over Alfredo Ortiz’ entry. I really hope you win one, Alfredo!
i’d love to have a copy of design*sponge at home on my drafting table – the sunlight pours thru the east facing windows in the morning and i find myself most inspired and at peace while sitting at this table, reading, writing and drawing on weekend mornings. i can’t imagine a better way to spend a few fall mornings than grabbing a cup of coffee and settling in with d*s@home!
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my pic: http://twitpic.com/6jzf4o
at our home that we are currently remodeling ourselves. couldn’t have gotten this book at a better time as it is stuffed with inspiration and projects for our new-to-us home. my only regret is not having near enough time to read it all since I am knee deep in sawdust, paint, adhesives, and flooring materials.
It’s not too late yet, is it? I’ll give it a go! I love D*S online and judging by this cut and paste picture (the oldfashioned way, with paper), my desk and this book are made for each other.
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Kelley, your drafting table is so pretty!
wow! i’ve been loving all these entries!
i have a copy of design*sponge at home on the ipad and it has been so inspiring! i would definitely love to gift someone a physical copy of this wonderful book!
my picture is of my bed/workspace currently in a big mess!
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This giveaway is just what I need!
I did pre-order a copy of Design*Sponge at Home, but unfortunately, parts of the lovely hardcover had somehow been torn off before it was mailed. Amazon sent me a replacement copy, but that was torn also (yes, I am duly surprised that a hardcover can be ripped so), and the bookstore in my area has sadly gone out of business, so that’s that.
I was also very much looking forward to attending the New York signings, but they were/are during my first day at a new job and a class I help teach so this is my one chance to receive a signed (and untorn :) copy.
The construction of the shelf where I am housing the book is chock-full of its own happy coincidences (elaborated upon at the site). All in all, it feels like Design*Sponge at Home is fated to live here! :)
I apologize if this is a double post; I saw that my later reply comment showed up immediately but my entry post seems to be hiding somewhere.
I HATE FLYING!! Totally irrational I know but I still do nonetheless.
I will be right here in seat #08D, 35,000+ feet above the earth, in a ridiculously small regional jet (ugh!) hopefully with my face BURIED in ‘Design*Sponge at Home’ because it will be ENTIRELY too early at 5:30am to start drinking! I will be visiting my daughter & meeting my new (& 1st!) granddaughter & would love to share it with her as she creates her new home with her new family!
Congrats on the new book & cheers to continued success!
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The imaginary copy of D*S at Home is good, however the real one would be so much more enjoyable!
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My photo submission is not so clever, but I am hoping to gain points through lovely appeal. I enjoy reading in my room each evening. When I finish a book, it goes into my barrister bookcase and continues to add color and style to my room.
I tried my best to skim through all the comments to find this answer before asking, but if I ordered the book from Barnes and Noble a long while back is it on it’s way yet? I’m anxiously waiting to see a copy, & so curious if my fireplace made it in!
That hole in our red section? Yeah that kinda mysteriously appeared after I saw this giveaway…
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4 minutes to go, Just thought I could sneak this one in of my kids reading our fake ‘Design Sponge at Home book. Oh to have the real thing.
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thanks, blue :) it was a labor of love refinishing that table, and my first major undertaking. followed the steps on a D*S DIY post for refreshing old wood…worked like a charm! i highly recommend that post if you come across any old wood!
Kelley, do you mean this one?
http://www.designsponge.com/2010/10/before-and-afater-basics-refreshing-wood.html
We had wooden drafting tables at school, but they were not nice looking at all! Seeing yours though, I’m wondering if those desks didn’t have some hidden potential! Where did you find such a lovely one? All the ones I’ve seen are laminate.
Thanks for the tip! :) I think your efforts were definitely worth it.
I just typed my picture’s url into the url part of the comment form, not realizing it wouldn’t show in my post like some of the other entries, so my entry’s link is in my name. I noticed some other people’s entries are like that too. Do ours still get counted? Sorry, I just want to make sure!
Thank you :)
I live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as a high school teacher, yet I still read DS religiously! This is the bookshelf in my Haiti apartment where I’ll keep your book (after devouring it, of course). Love, Katie
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It’s 2 am now, here, where I live. I’ve been trying to upload my pic for the past seven hours. But because the internet connection is really slow its impossible. :( All the same, good luck to the others!
I will read the book on the following couch, while drinking coffee and perhaps eating something yummy. It’s a vintage couch, with a wooden frame and a flowery design. It’s very comfortable and very pleasing to look at.
Sorry, here’s the link:
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Scout and I are a little late, but we just had to let you know how much we love your new book. We have been reading it every night together! Way to go!
blue – yes, that’s the one. mine was an extremely lucky craigslist find, and it looked horrific before the 6+ hrs of sanding i did. i probably could have kept going, but i kind of liked the rough/worn in look of it, and now love it 100%. i figure i can always sand more later if i so desire.
I’m a proud aunt, as I should be! Loved your book sweetie and can’t wait to visit you on west coast!
Reading design*sponge while sitting in a cardboard box in my living room.
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