Lamps.com GIVEAWAY!

Today I'm thrilled to offer a lucky Vivid Hue Home reader a chance to win a fabulous lamp from  Lamps.com!

Lamps.com is a Philadelphia-based company that carries some of the most popular lighting brands worldwide while also providing unique and smaller boutique brands.  They've been in business for over one hundred years. 

When they contacted me to see if I'd be interested in collaborating with them for a giveaway, I jumped at the opportunity...

Here are the deets!

 

 

1.  Pablo Designs Tube Top Table Lamp (14” version, any color)
2. Pablo Designs Piccola Accent Lamp (any color)
3. Dimond HGTV Clear Table Lamp
4. Adesso Spot Light Table Lamp
5. Dimond HGTV Chrome Lamp
6. Pablo Designs Pixo Desk Lamp w/ USB charger (any color)

One winner can choose any lamp from Lamps.com valued at up to $125 - it's your choice!

 

 

TO ENTER:

 1. LIKE Vivid Hue Home on Facebook

2. FOLLOW Vivid Hue Home on Pinterest

3. FOLLOW Lamps.com on Pinterest

4. FOLLOW Vivid Hue Home on Google Connect (on left nav of blog)

5. BONUS ENTRY: Tweet, Instagram, Pin, Blog or Share about this giveaway with your own readers in any way (and let me know in the comments below) and you'll get an extra entry!

You MUST leave a comment on this post for each way you entered.  If you already follow Vivid Hue Home or Lamps.com by that method, then leave a comment stating so. 

 PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL IN THE COMMENT if your email is not attached to your profile so that you can be selected if you win. 

This giveaway is only available to U.S. residents only (sorry to all of my International readers)!  Giveaway will end on September 12, 2013 at midnight EST.  Winner will be selected by random.org.
Winner will be able to select any lamp from Lamps.com up to $125.  Lamps.com will ship product directly to winner. 

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I love the Lamp.com Currey & Company Roundabout Pendant lamp so much that I put it in my own powder room when we built our house. 

Vivid Hue Home Powder Room

And I wanted something unique in our upstairs hallway other than recessed lighting.  I selected the Feiss Flush mounts to add something a bit unexpected. 

Visit more Vivid Hue Home lighting under the house tour. 
Good luck in the giveaway!

Waylande Gregory Giveaway Winner

 

 

Vivid Hue Home is proud to announce the winner of our

Waylande Gregory Turquoise Bowl...

 

 

We used random.org to randomly generate our winning number out of all of our give away entries.   (Note, multiple entries were granted for "liking" multiple Vivid Hue locations on facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc). 

 

 

 

...And the winner is,

Charmaine, who also happens to be the talented author of the blog My Best Friend Craig

Charmaine, your turquoise bowl of Waylande fabulousness is on it's way to you!   Thank you to each and every one of you that entered our first ever give-away! 

xoxo  Heather

DIY: Painting Interior Kitchen Cabinets

 
I have been on a DIY kick lately.  This Saturday, I had the morning free before the kids' soccer games kicked in.  My husband was at a day conference so I knew I had a very tiny window of time to get the project underway before he got home to put the kibosh on it.  (He's very tolerant of anything I want to do around the house, but my recent project of painting my mudroom interior door has turned into "50 Shades of Turquoise."  Every time he walks through the door, it's literally a different color.  What better way to deal with that never ending process, than to start another project!!!)
 
The mission...paint my interior kitchen cabinets.

 
We pseudo use this cabinet in our kitchen.  We regularly access our wine glasses from here.  And I recently scored the coffee mugs on the left from Home Goods with well intentions of really using them.   But this space is not styled.  And nothing pops! 

 

 
My idea to paint the cabinet came from Emily Clark's blog.  Not that this is a new concept.  But I loved her post about turning her cabinet into open shelving.   And I also loved that she painted the back of her cabinetry a dark charcoal color so the items on her shelves popped  with flair!  So, I decided to use the exact same color as Emily, Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze.
 

 
While the kids were busy doing crafts projects and having a silly morning dance party in their pj's...

 
I took every last item out of that cupboard.   Whew, by the time that was done, I was ready for a glass of wine.  Only it was 9am so I thought I should probably hold off a bit. 
 

 
I was a bit nervous about how the Urbane Bronze would adhere to the bead board...I'm sort of a half a$$ DIY'er.  I'm not one for prepping and priming.  I'm sort of a jump-right-in-there  doer.  So if this thing needed to be sanded down to loose some of it's finish, I was NOT the person that was going to be doing it!  Instead, I dabbed on one coat.  Two coats.  Three coats....well, by about 2-3 dabblings, the paint started drying and then I was able to properly brush the coats of paint onto the board. 

 

 

 
I think this is coat fifty or sixty...teasing. 
 

 
One soccer game, two PB&J's, a few quick naps and one trip to Marshalls later, the paint was dry and the styling began. 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
I removed most of the wine glasses and stored them elsewhere.  There were so many in there previously and we just didn't need them in there.  We're healthy drinkers but, I mean, between my husband and myself we STILL only have four hands.   I added mostly white items so there would be a real contrast between the charcoal and the white.  I still tried to keep some of the functional items in here too.  I'd love to start using these coffee mugs as my every day mugs so I tried to make them easily accessible.  (I also used an organizer that's used for soup cans to give them some elevation).   The plates on the second shelf are cookware plates that my husband likes to use for our steaks.  He can heat them up to about 400 degrees in the oven (and he does) and then he plops the steaks on them and they continue to cook and sizzle.  That's all great and nifty but my main concern every single time is what that little cookware plate is doing to our table underneath!  We pile about 6 heat resistant place mats under each place setting to prevent damage to the tables.  Ah, I guess we each have our "things."  I paint cabinets charcoal black.  He just about turns our tables charcoal each time we eat a steak!
 
  

 

 

 
And I just love when one DIY project spawns another.  I've had these lanterns for about a year now.  I got them from Home Goods and love them. .  I usually use them for outdoor parties.   I just love them.  Only they've always been mismatched in color.  Until now...I dabbed a lil bit o Urbane Bronze on those baby's and now they match. 
 

 

 
I scored this chair on Joss & Main and I love the bit of red it gives. 

 So now, here's the moment of "true blue" as my kids say...that's where I'm sworn to be completely honest with ya'll...I just did all this work on these cabinets and I know they'd look so much better with the doors off, but I think that would be more than my husband, EG, could stomach right now.  The doors are on that 'soft close' mechanism and I'm not sure I even know how to just unscrew them from the hinges.  So for now, the doors will stay on there...but oh, you just wait until the next weekend day conference when the hubby's away (those suckers are goin down!) 

 Thanks so much for following.  And don't forget, the give-away is still going on until October 5th!  Please spread the word!   xoxoHeather  

Vivid Hue's Waylande Gregory Give-Away!

 

 

That's right ya'll!  I love Waylande Gregory so much that I want ya'll to have the chance to win one his ceramics for your very own collection! 

 

Vivid Hue Home is announcing a

Waylande Gregory Give-Away!

 

Starting September 26 until October 7th, 2012 at 5pm EST you can follow the steps below to be entered for a chance to be selected to win this

 

Waylande Gregory Asia Small Bullet Bowl

(4 1/2" diameter  x 1 1/2")   Product Value $105

 

 

 This beautiful bowl is part of the ceramic collection of authentic re-editions from prolific sculptor Waylande Gregory. Featuring an Asian-inspired design atop a turquoise base with gold detailing, this piece is destined to become an heirloom.

 

 

To enter:

 

1. Be a follower of Vivid Hue Home blog via Google Friend Connect and let me know in the comments section that you are a follower (leave a comment if you already follow). (Counts as one basic entry)

NOTE:  YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF THE BLOG VIA GOOGLE CONNECT TO QUALIFY TO WIN,  THE OTHER "FOLLOWs" and "LIKES" ARE BONUS ENTRIES.!!!!

For additional entries (an extra entry for each of the following):

2. 'Like' Vivid Hue Home on Facebook and leave a separate comment. (If you are already following, please leave a separate comment to let me know as well.)

 

 

3. 'Follow' Vivid Hue Home on Twitter and leave a separate comment. (If you are already following, please leave a separate comment to let me know as well.)

 

4. 'Follow' Vivid Hue Home on Pinterest and leave a separate comment. (If you are already following, please leave a separate comment as well).

 5. Mention this giveaway on your Facebook status (include a link back to this post) and leave a separate comment.

 

6.  Tweet about this giveaway (include a link back to this post) and leave a separate comment).  

7.  Bonus : Mention this giveaway on your own blog (linking to the giveaway page) and let me know that you have done this and you will receive 2 additional entries. 

The last day for entries is October 7, 2012 at 5pm EST. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012. Good luck!

 

United States residents and Non-United States residents are eligible to participate. However, Non-United States residents must agree to the International shipping terms listed below if they are selected as the winner of the Vivid Hue Home give-away.

 

Non-United States Resident Give Away Registrants click here for more details

 

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See Vivid Hue Home's first Waylande Gregory item in the collection here.   

 

We should mention that Waylande Gregory Studios did not provide this product to Vivid Hue Home for us to review or endorse for this give-away.  Vivid Hue just happens to really love the works by Waylande.  We have selected one of our favorite items for this give-away. 

 

Thank you and please spread the word! 

Cheers,

 

Heather

Vivid Hue Home