Congratulations to our winner Melissa, whose number came up when we spun the random. Thanks to everyone who entered — your comments were wonderful!!!! ENTRIES NOW CLOSED. And thanks to Christian Musselman for providing the giveaway prize!
Yesterday, Kate took you through the process of working with super-talented designer Christian Musselman to create a custom house portrait of her home. It turned out fabulously! Now, Christian is working with us to deliver a one-two punch by offering one lucky reader the chance to work with him to design a custom house portrait of their house. Continue reading to learn how to enter.
How to enter to win a custom house portrait from Christian Musselman:
- To win, you must be a subscriber to our newsletter (Yes, this is “what’s in it for the blog” — you can opt out at any time after the contest ends, or continue on for the stories and because we like to do giveaways every now and then!)
- Then, to enter, use the Comment field on this post below and tell us: What do you love about the exterior of your house — what features would you have Christian emphasize? Or, a happy whatever — we’re easy, the goal is joy.
- One entry per person. U.S. and Canada residents eligible.
- Entries close on Monday, May 23, 9 a.m.-ish Eastern — that is, we will close the Comments field at that time.
- Prize: There will be one winner. The winner will then work with Christian per his process to create a custom home portrait. The winner also will receive a printed copy of the portrait (about the same size as Kate’s) mailed to their home. (Reader is responsible for their own framing and matting, if they so desire.) The process to complete the portrait may take 4-6 weeks, depending on the completeness of the photos provided, the winner’s responsiveness, and Christian’s schedule. The winner also must abide by Christian’s rights and reproduction policies, which he will communicate to the winner.
- Pam will choose the winners via the Random Number Generator at random.org. She will email the winner. [Tip: Be sure you enter your email address correctly in the email field of the Comment form.] The winner will have five business days to respond. If we do not hear from them, we will choose the next person who commented. Lather, rinse, repeat. We will post the winner’s first name as soon as all is confirmed.
- Terms of use apply.
Many thanks to Christian Musselman for hosting this awesome giveaway!
And, congrats to the winner of our last giveaway, Lynne, who won a pair of Bella Pamella aprons.
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Cynthia Newport says
We would love to see our 50’s Southwest home illustrated by Christian Musselman.
Nikki says
Went to his site, he has lovely prints as well! He does all styles of homes too!
Cindy Friday Beeman says
One more way to Love the House You’re In!
Erin says
We would love a portrait of our huge 1978 postmodern steel gray multi level home. Our girls call it “the castle house” ☺️ Thank you!
Ben says
I love Mr. Musselman’s illustrations!
My favorite feature is the brick keystones over our windows. The original owner of the home was a bricklayer who worked on a number of buildings downtown, and he apparently “borrowed” some details from a project he worked on. So somewhere out there there’s some vintage brickwork that matches our house– and one of these days, I’m going to find it! 🙂
Jnkn3 says
This would be great. I really like my aluminum awnings.
Onawa Rock says
These are awesome! I would love to win!
I love the history (built for workers during WWII) of my house, the amazingly perfect size (great big upstairs master suite) good size bedrooms perfect for 1 kid and 1 home office, and its quirkiness (massive phone jack for people who haven’t had a landline since the early 2000s, old doors), made from solid unpretentious (and solid) concrete block, huge trees, fabulous swirly blue bathroom tile. Living room is not set up for a tv-and that’s fine because we do everything on our computers and don’t use one. Still has the nice moldings of an older home but is simple enough to be a canvas for whatever art/modernish furniture we have and not look out of place or compete. I love this house so much I made my own illustration of it (though not as good-and it totally deserves a better one). Plus researched and found every owner since the 1940s (the first residences rented as a perk for working at the airplane factory) and found photos and ads displayed in the living room. Features to emphasize? What to emphasize? Might just leave it up to the artist or shamefully share my own attempt at illustration…
Debra says
I love the clean architectural style of the drawings. His color palette really reflects the era of the house! Because this drawing reminds me of some of the old magazine home illustrations it would be fun to see the addition of people (homeowners) in the drawings.
Ruth S. says
My mid century winter home in Florida is an untouched image of everything hopeful about the 1950’s. I’m attempting to live in it very gently. The front not only showcases the architecture of the time, but features a centuries old live oak tree. It would make an interesting subject for a home portrait for sure.
Ray says
I adore mcm in so many ways. The clean lines. The stylish colors. And living in NYC in an apartment it keeps things in the right proportions. I may not have a stylish front of house to paint but my mcm home in NYC is worthy I hope. 🙂
Walter Eric Rau says
Our house was designed by Ray Krueger – my favorite feature of our 1960 burnt adobe Sonoran Modern home is the front wall of glass (our living room) with a vaulted apex.