Posted by The Plain Dealer, OH on July 23, 2008 at 12:58:10:
by Melissa Hebert
If the idea of a "staycation" doesn't thrill you and you instead dream of escaping to a beach house where the breezes always smell of salt water and the beverages are frosty, you have a chance to turn that dream into reality with My Home Ideas first Idea House Giveaway.
First prize is the Idea House, located in Port St. Joe, Fla., on the Panhandle between Panama City and Apalachicola. The prize package is worth more than $1 million.
My Home Ideas is a web site connected with the Southern Progress Corporation, publishers of magazines including Coastal Living, Cottage Living, Southern Accents, Sunset and Cooking Light, as well as Oxmoor House books.
The contest starts Aug. 1 and runs through Sept. 30.
MAKE IT OVER
Better Homes & Gardens is holding a $10,000 home makeover sweepstakes. The winner gets $5,000 in furniture and accessories from the Better Homes & Garden home furnishings line and $5,000 cash to transform their home. You can enter daily, and the contest ends Aug. 14.
KEEP COOL
Apartment Therapy is giving away a portable air conditioner worth $600. You only have until Thursday to enter.
FEELIN' HOT HOT HOT
Fine Living's It's Hot Inside sweepstakes, sponsored by Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams, is offering $27,000 in cash and prizes including $10,000 cash, home furnishings and kitchen appliances. The contest ends Aug. 4.
IT'S COMING
Hey, kids! We're going to use the "S-word!" That's right, we're going to say ... school! HGTV is holding a Back to School sweepstakes. You can enter daily for a chance to win $25,000 towards tuition, upgrading your dorm bedding, whatever. Contest ends Aug. 11.
SUMMER STYLE
CasaSugar's Summer Style Contest offers a chance to win one of two $500 Crate & Barrel gift cards. Send in pictures of your home and describe your summer style. Contest ends Aug. 8.
WHAT'S COOKING?
Hate your kitchen? House Beautiful's Kitchen of the Year makeover is a chance to win $250,000 towards a new kitchen. You just have to enter a free trial subscription to the magazine. No purchase is necessary. Contest ends Jan. 15, 2009.
GET AWAY
Thompson's Water Seal is holding its VIP (Very Important Places) Sweepstakes through Sept. 30 with a chance to win a trip to three American parks. If you win, you get to choose a trip (valued at about $5,000) to Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park or Niagara Falls. The trip includes airfare for four people, a four-night hotel stay, rental car, $1,000 spending money, and a VIP event.To enter, you just have to participate in a virtual deck makeover and answer some questions (you don't have to be right to enter the sweepstakes). No purchase is necessary.
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