Up for the Challenge: We Won!
I wanted to thank you all earlier, but I was waiting until I heard from Better Homes & Gardens…
We WON! Making it Lovely received the most votes in the 48-Hour Challenge at BHG.com and we’ll be the recipient of a $5000 bonus! We’re so excited, and we’re eager to get started on a few new projects around the house that will now be possible. And obviously, we couldn’t have won without your tremendous support. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Yay!!!
congrats!!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations!!! You really do deserve it. I thought yours was the most creative and colourful, you’ve inspired me. :-)
YAY! Your design was the best by far! Can’t wait to see you completed projects… so inspirational!
I completely understand waiting until they contacted you, but congratulations! I am definitely keeping that hanging divider tutorial in my “ideas” book for when I get my house. Great idea!
Congratulations! Your painted floor was and is definently a show stopper! :) So happy for you!
yay!! congratulations. I love your porch and I am happy that you won!!! now I can’t wait to see what you do:)
Congratulations!!! You both deserved it =)
Yaaaay! Congratulations!!!!!!
Yea! You, Brandon and Eleanor totally deserved this. You went above and beyond the other contestants. Your porch is classy, sassy and a reflection of your style. Congratulations!! :)
congrats!!!
Woohoo!!!
Congrats! Glad you won – it was well deserved!
Congrats. I have been voting daily. To do all that work while pregnant you deserve WAY more. All I could do while I was pregnant was make cheesecake and twinkies disappear. I LOVE what you did to your porch….and on a budget that we could all work with.
Congrats! I really love the painted rug – it’s truly inspired and lovely. Can’t wait to see the new projects as you update us with their progress.
You certain deserve the win and therefore, I committed to voting for you daily. Can’t wait to see what you will do with it!
AWESOME! Congrats! It was very interesting to see how everyone used their money. You did a great job with the painted prorch, that really did it for me.
Congratulations. So happy you won. You get double points for painting that porch at 9 months pregnant. I couldn’t even do up my shoes.
WOOT!! A huge congratulations, Nicole – your design was fabulous :)
YAY Congrats!!!
Woooooooo! Congratulations! I voted for you.
Congratulations!!! I’m so excited to see the money put to creative use. Well done!
Now all you have to do is dance around singing “We got five thousand dollars. We got five thousand dollars.” Like Wayne and Garth.
Congratulations! You did a great job on the porch.
Well-deserved! Congratulations!!! :D
I hope to see pics of your 5000 dollar-projects! :D
Congratultions! You really are the deserving winners.
Congratulations!!! I really love the painted rug… I committed to voting for you daily. So happy you won.
Congrats on winning! You did a wonderful job with it so it’s very well deserved!
Woo hoo! Congrats :) I guess I can delete the voting page from my favorites now. :P
YAY! I voted daily and sent my friends and family emails and twitters to make sure that they voted for you too! That way you’d have some good old fashioned midwestern support! xoxo!
YAY! congrats! you most definitely deserved it!
Yayy!! Congratulations Nicole and Brandon!! Look forward for the upcoming project!
Yeah Congrats! $5000 is a wonderful prize…that I am sure you will put to good use.
Yahoo! You did a beautiful job on your porch! I’m so glad you won!
Congratulations! I was hoping you would get it! You deserve it and I can’t wait to see what project is next.
Congrats! They should give you an extra $1K for doing it while you were pregnant!
Woohoo! Congratulations! And I agree with Jayme on the extra moolah! :)
Yay, congratulations! I voted for you almost every day and am so happy you won!
Goodness Gracious GREAT BALLS OF FIRE – COURSE YOU DID – NOW will you be doing everything that you blogged about before?
Nicole~
Congrats, Nicole! The win is well deserved and we couldn’t think of a better project or family to lose to. Can’t wait to see how you enjoy your dinero!
-John
Congrats Nicole. Im so happy you won! Well deserved. Cant wait to see more projects!
Congratulations… I can’t wait to get started on my front porch!
That’s awesome that you guys won! I love the painted rug. It pops and looks lovely. Hope to see the start of projects soon.
you totally deserve it! your project had pizzazz…especially compared to some of those snoozers… :)
So happy for you. You deserved to win. It blew the others away. Congrats:)
Congrats! Now we can look forward to see more projects!
Congratulations, you deserve it!
Take care,
Lisa
Wow, congratulations! That is truly amazing and well deserved! I can’t wait to see what you do!
Congratulations on a well-deserved win! Hopefully you’ll spend a little bit of that money on yourself. You certainly deserve a break. Looking forward to seeing any projects you may move forward on with the rest of it, though. Hooray for all four of you.
yay! it was a nail biter!
Hooray! You truly had the best design. Congrats!
yay! congratulations! I can’t wait to see what you do with the money. All you projects turn out so wonderfully.
That’s wonderful! And well-deserved. :)
AWESOME!! you soo deserved, your design was the best.
Congrats,Nicole! I voted for you several times (although we were out of the country the last few weeks where internet connections were awfully sloooooow, so I missed a few chances.) In any event, I thought your design was the most creative and most difficult to execute. Can’t wait to see your next project!
Oh yay!!! Congrats!! I am so glad that my vote helped you win! :-)
YAY! Congratulations!
Congratulations! It’s well worth it because you made the space look amazing!
I’m thrilled for you! I can hardly wait to see what comes next.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! =)
Congratulations. I’ve been silently following the transformation and think that your porch is adorable.
Congrats! Your projects will make great improvements in your home. I must say, though, you really worked miricles in that bathroom!
Oh I am so happy for you!! I tried to vote as often as possible.
i can’t wait to hear your ideas for the next projects!
I knew you’d win! congratulations!!!
Hip Hip Hooray! Well done!
Congrats! I love reading the blog and look forward to lots of project updates after you spend some of that hard-earned cash!
Congrats! you deserved it for doing this 9 months pregnant! and I can’t wait to see the results!
Congratulations, officially now! You had the best design by far and I am so looking forward to seeing what you do with your winnings :D
It couldn’t have happened to a lovelier family!
It’s official! Awesome!
Congratulations!!!! You deserve it!
Yay! Yay! Yay!
Congratulations!! That is awesome, yet totally unsurprising news. Your porch is so adorable, I was sure it would win!
you’re welcome! i dutifully voted every day…
i’m so excited to see what you come up with now! :-D
Congratulations!! Can’t wait to see your new projects!
Congratulations! I can’t wait to see what you do with your winnings.
Congrats – that’s awesome!
Congrats to you and your family.
Congratulations!
yahoooooo!!! congrats :O)
You definitely deserved it! Congratulations!
Yippee! Congratulations!!! That is so AWESOME. You deserve this, big time :)
Yay congrats! You totally deserve it!
FELICIDADES! So happy my daily voting paid off!:) Well Deserved!!!!
Woot Woot!
Yay! I will give myself a little pat on the back for voting nearly every day!
Congratulations! I voted for you on the days I remembered :) Looking forward to seeing what’s next on the home project front!
Congratulations!
i voted as much as i clicked to here and saw a reminder! congrats! it’s well deserved!
Congratulations!! Well deserved. can’t wait to see what the new projects are!
I’ve been checking daily for the results – so happy for you! I voted every day so glad it was all worth it! Can’t wait to see what you do!
Congratulations!! Hope Eleanor gets that new window!:)
Yay!! I’m so glad all of that voting paid off. You really did have the best looking project.
Congrats! You deserve it! I hope you have a blast putting the $$$ to good use!
Congratulations1 Your porch is very cool.
You absolutely deserve this and I can’t wait to see what you do with the bonus money. Keep us posted!
So happy for you!
Congrats!!! How fabulous!
I’m so glad you won! Much deserved!
So excited that you won!! I love your porch – so gorgeous! You definitely had my votes. Congrats!
awesome awesome awesome:)
Congrats! I voted for you everyday. I’m not quite sure why I became so obsessed with you winning, but I’m the first to admit: I did. Congrats! Your porch (and your blog) is lovely.
Congratulations Nicole. You did such an amazing job with the porch. I can’t wait to see what you do with very well deserved prize.
Congratulations, yours clearly deserved the win.
YAY!!!! Congratulations – you really deserve it :)
Oh yay ^_^ I voted ALMOST every day ;)
Congratulations to you and your family…your blog is lovely and I am sure you will put the money to excellent use.
Congratulations, I can’t wait to read about all the ways you put that good money to use. I am so glad you won I just love the porch and the handpainting on the floor that you did.
CONGRATU-FREAKIN-LATIONS!
Congrats! Now get your daughter a new window!
Congratulations! So glad you won…would’ve been a massive injustice if you had not! Yours was the best project BY FAR!!! Can’t wait to see what you do next, will be beautiful I’m sure!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations! I voted for you a few times here in Iceland so I’m pleased. By the way, love your blog and ideas! Keep up the good work ;o)
Congrats – you were the clear and obvious winner. Glad everyone else agreed! Beautiful Job.
Yay! Congrats – you deserve it! Now, what’s next? :D Can’t wait to see your future projects!
Congrats!! Doing a little dance for you!
Congrats! It came out beautiful. Well deserved!
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Congrats! Can’t wait to see the future projects. Like most people with more ideas than cash I’m so glad you have the money to (and I know you have the motivation!) see them to fruition. Yeah!!
Congrats on winning! You did a wonderful job on your outdoor transformation.
Congratulations! You did such a great job. Loved it.
Congratulations!! I voted sincerely on your design! :-)
Congrats! It was definitely the best. I voted every day!
I am so excited for you!! You deserve it! Your project was by far the best. Happy spending. :)
I just saw this! Oh I’m so happy for you guys. We had a little vote push at the end there on FB for you. I’d like to think we helped ;) Anyways. When you’re done there, I could used some ideas over here. But first, enjoy your new little gem of a baby. She’s adorable x 100000000.
Woo hoooo!!! (doin’ my happy dance)
Hooray!! (Have been away on holiday, but it didn’t start until after the voting was done). So glad for you two!
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