***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
After a massive response—18,018 total entries across two posts (the first one reached capacity at 10,680 comments and had to be closed)—we finally have a winner for our biggest giveaway yet. To pick a winner we used random.org to generate a number between 1 and 18,018 and matched it to the corresponding comment across both posts. Although the first post no longer accepts new comments, all entries remain visible to us in our WordPress dashboard, where we also confirmed the winner had no duplicate entries.
Winner: The $500 West Elm gift card goes to CATHERINE. Congratulations, Catherine—happy shopping!
We ran into an unexpected limit when our original giveaway post filled up. The original post is still counting the entries already submitted, but it will not accept additional comments. Please do not try to re-enter on that closed post; duplicate entries across posts would be invalidated. To allow more people to enter, we opened this follow-up post so anyone who missed the first chance could participate.
- PRIZE: One $500 gift card to West Elm, courtesy of West Elm’s Front & Main blog.
- HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post that contains the words “WEST ME.”
- BONUS QUESTION: We launched our blog four years ago—tell us how your life is different since 2007. Do you live somewhere new, have a different job, a new relationship, or maybe a fresh haircut or tattoo?
- DEADLINE: The giveaway closed on Wednesday, September 21st at 8pm EST.
- WINNERS: One winner will be chosen.
- ELIGIBILITY: The prize ships to the 50 United States. We try to offer international giveaways when possible, but this one is limited to the U.S.
- RULES: One entry per email address. The winner is selected at random using random.org and announced here as an update to this post.
Note: We were not paid or given perks to run this giveaway; we host giveaways to thank readers for their support. Giveaway images provided by West Elm. For more details, please see our giveaway FAQ on the site.