A few weeks ago I was invited by friends at Apartment Guide to take part in a fun design challenge. They gave me a generous budget and asked me to shop online for furniture and decor for four different rooms. Who wouldn’t say yes to shopping on someone else’s dime? It was a virtual exercise, so I didn’t get to keep the pieces I picked, but the process was enjoyable and creative.
I had a specific budget for each room (more than I’ve typically spent on a single space), and I was asked to create rooms in particular styles. My first assignment was to design a modern living room, and you can see the selections I chose on Apartment Guide’s design board below.
My first design assignment was a “modern living room” and you can see the selections on the Apartment Guide’s design boards below!
Want to shop with $10,000 and keep what you buy?
Apartment Guide is running a sweepstakes that could award one winner a $10,000 shopping spree to makeover a room of their own — a pretty exciting opportunity for anyone looking to refresh a space.
Here’s how it works:
If your home could use an update, enter Apartment Guide’s Your Picks. Your Place. sweepstakes for a chance to win $10,000 to redesign a room in your personal style.
Between now and August 10, visit YourPicksYourPlace.com and vote for your favorite room design. The site showcases furniture and décor items chosen by featured bloggers.
Every two weeks the site will feature four new room designs. By voting you’ll be entered for a chance to win the $10,000 grand prize or one of eight weekly $250 prizes to put toward your own home selections.
Sound like fun?
To enter, simply go to Your Picks, Your Place and cast your vote — each vote automatically enters you into the $10,000 shopping sweepstakes.
I won’t hide that I’d love your vote for my modern living room board. Even if modern isn’t your style or you don’t love every selection I made, you can still vote for me — and I’d truly appreciate it. I also admire the other bloggers participating, so it’s all in good fun.
You can vote on Your Picks. Your Place every day through August 20th. I’ll be sharing reminders and showing off the other three design boards I created during the sweepstakes.
Thanks so much for voting!
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Apartment Guide is owned by Consumer Source, Inc. For this campaign, Apartment Guide partnered with bloggers to participate in the “Your Picks. Your Place.” sweepstakes. As part of that program I received compensation, but the company did not direct my design choices or the content of my post. Consumer Source’s policies align with recognized ethics and advertising guidelines, and bloggers were free to share honest opinions in their own words.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes ends at 9:00 PM on 8/10/11, subject to the Entry Periods outlined in the Official Rules. Must be a legal resident of the U.S. in the 50 states or Washington, D.C. and 18 years of age or older. Sweepstakes subject to full Official Rules available at www.yourpicksyourplace.com. Void where prohibited.