West Elm

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Real Simple West Elm Sweep

Prize(s)- $1500 West Elm GC

End Date - July 26, 2011

Entry Frequency - daily per person

Simone's Thoughts - I love West Elm. Their catalogs belong in the scene in Fight Club (haha). When they opened a store in my town, I was so excited. This amount won't take me far with their prices, but it is more than I have now!

You do have to be a member to enter, but its free and BHG family has tons of great sweeps.

A new living room

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Urban Daddy TV Sweep

Prize(s)- $5,000 Design Within Reach GC & LCD TV

End Date - June 3, 2011

Entry Frequency - daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - It sure would be nice to not only win the TV, but also to win a new couch or coffee table.

Outdoor Entertaining

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Frontgate Backyard Sweep

Prize(s)- $10,000 Frontgate GC, Viking grill, and catered party

End Date - June 30, 2011

Entry Frequency - daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - I learned a new word the other day - canape. I learned it via my normal method of reading books. My mother was shocked that I did not know this word, although I am unsure as to why I would. I didn't grow up in high society, I've never catered parties where I would use this term, and I definitely don't have an everyday situation where I would use it. Perhaps if I won all this furniture and outdoor fun stuff, I would be able to find a use for it.

Some assembly required

Sweepstakes Title/Link - TV Guide Ikea Sweep

Prize(s)- 42 inch TV and $2,000 Ikea GC

End Date - December 31, 2010

Entry Frequency -daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - Hopefully the TV comes assembled, because Ikea requires quite a bit of alcohol to assemble while keeping your sanity.

Furniture Set

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Thomasville Shopping Spree Sweep

Prize(s)- $10,000 Thomasville shopping spree

End Date - September 30, 2010

Entry Frequency - 1x per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - As I have mentioned before, our living room is a mish-mash of styles since we haven't ever invested in furniture. Honestly with a 2 yr old boy and a 3 yr old lab, I haven't thought of it as a good investment. If its free though, I'll take it!

Dining Room Makeover

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Kirkland's Dining Room Sweepstakes

Prize(s)- Dining Room makeover including table, chairs, serving ware, etc. (worth about $9000)

End Date - July 31, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person

Simone's Thoughts - I have a confession, in addition still using my futon from college, I have the same dining room table and chairs as well. This would be fine if I was just graduated, but its been a while and it would be nice to have a grown up dining room table.

New stuff

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Pottery Barn 10K

Prize(s) - $10,000 GC to Pottery Barn

End Date - May 31, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - My husband and I are in our mid 30s and we have never owned a full size couch. Honestly, I wouldn't buy one now either unless it was free. 3 yr old lab and 20 month old boy child = ruined couch. However, if it was free, I could live with that. I really prefer more of a Crate & Barrel/ West Elm style, but free is free!

IKEA

Sweepstakes Title/Link - HGTV IKEA 10G

Prize(s)- $10,000 IKEA GC

End Date - April 23, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/ email

Simone's Thoughts - I'm a sucker for IKEA. This would be so awesome to win! Just don't eat there, its not worth it. And the ice cream tastes strange too, also not worth it.

New Bedroom

Sweepstakes Title/Link - LaQuinta Makeover Sweep

Prize(s) - Bedroom makeover by designer; weekly prizes of Simmons queen-size Bright Morning pillowtop bed

End Date - April 17, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - Sounds like this prize is actually fairly well priced for an ARV which is pretty rare in "makeover" sweeps. I still think it is overpriced, but not exorbitantly so. The weekly prize is pretty awesome too.

PB without the J

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Pottery Barn GC Sweep

Prize(s) - $5,000 Pottery Barn GC

End Date - February 15, 2010

Entry Frequency - daily per person/email

Simone's Thoughts - Texas lost today and I had to put our oldest kitty down, so nothing witty to really say. This is a good one though.

A really nice room

Sweepstakes Title/Link - Cost Plus Room Sweep

Prize(s) - $10,000 Cost Plus GC & interior design consult

End Date - October 31, 2009

Entry Frequency - daily per household

Simone's Thoughts - So DH & I have been married for 7 years and have never bought a couch. We still have my futon from when I was in college. The thought of 10K to spend on one room seems really excessive for me, but hey I'll take it.