House Proud {Giveaway}

This giveaway is now closed.  Congrats Sarah on the win!  For those that didn’t win, all is not lost!  Ron is giving away a second copy on his blog starting October 1!!

I love a good decorating book – both to relish the pages of over and over with a glass of wine or cup of coffee and to use as beautiful and functional pieces for adorning coffee tables, side tables and bedroom tables around my house.  House Proud: Unique Home Design, Louisiana by Valorie Hart is my new favorite – not just because of the gorgeous Southern interiors and homeowner must-dos, but also because my dear, dear friends Ron and Jeff of The Uptown Acorn blog are in chapter 7!!  Their Uptown New Orleans home is stately and gracious and jaw droppingly gorgeous and they did it all themselves.  Sister and I unfailingly await our annual visit with bated breath, and as soon as we pull up to the curb we immediately take a FULL tour of every inch of everything new.
 September 2013 198 copy

Amazon says: Experience the joy of decor and design, restoration and rebirth, color and comfort – all in the enchanting locale of Louisiana. A New Orleans-based interior designer, Valorie Hart expertly leads a private tour of the most fashionable homes in the state. Sara Essex Bradley’s photographs document the personality of Louisiana’s homes, from the formal Greek revival house to the warm Creole cottage, the pre-Civil war beauty to the kitschy 50s-style ranch, the grand Victorian to the modern urban loft. This is not simply a design inspiration book, but rather a thoughtful compilation of homeowners’ personal stories of restoring and redesigning their dream houses – the stories of the “house-proud.”In addition to Debra Shriver’s foreword, Hart gives her creative expertise on repurposing furniture, displaying art collections, creating extra rooms, and rethinking storage. Hart presents us with today’s Louisiana homes: the feel of southern hospitality married with a look of contemporary chic.

September 2013 200 copy

September 2013 201 copy

September 2013 202 copy

September 2013 204 copy  September 2013 205 copy

I am positively delighted to be able to give away a signed copy of House Proud compliments of bestie R!!  And I’m slightly green that my own copy has not yet been signed :-)

The giveaway is open to US mailing addresses only.  Post a separate comment for any/all of the following – if you don’t have a blog, leave your email address so that I can find you.  You will get one chance to win for each thing you do – leave a separate comment for each of the things below!!

1. Like the Uptown Acorn Facebook page and leave a comment letting me know.
2. Follow the Uptown Acorn blog and leave a comment letting me know.
3. Follow my blog and leave a comment letting me know.

The winner will be announced Wednesday September 25.
xoxo

Read more or order House Proud HERE and check out the House Proud Facebook Page HERE!

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236 thoughts on “House Proud {Giveaway}”

  1. Hey Amanda…I liked both the facebook page for Uptown Acorn and the House Proud book. Like you, I love a beautiful home decorating coffee table book!! And BTW, Love your Tech Flag and the cute football decor for your door!!

  45. I'm so glad for the opportunity to win this book. I was thrilled for Ron when I seen it on their blog. I liked The Uptown Acorn facebook.

  48. I follow your blog and I love Uptown Acorn. I love home decorating books and this one looks delightful!!

  67. I did everything you asked so now I'll kick back with my fingers crossed and hope to win a copy of House Proud! I would be thrilled! Thanks for the opportunity!

  69. I did all that you asked! Now I'm kicked back with fingers crossed hoping to win a copy of House Proud! I would be thrilled! Thanks for the opportunity!

  106. When I grow up I want to feather my nest as you've done yours… problem is – I'm 50 sumpin' sumpin'!

    Would love to win a copy so I can dream some more!

    Thanks so much for the opportunity!

  115. I will start with # 3 first…
    Follow you blog..always!
    Liked Uptown Acorn…yes, I do!
    Follow Uptown Acorn Blog…yes, I have for a while since I found it on your blog!
    I am a Louisiana girl that now lives in Texas and squeals with excitement with I see all you great finds from your best buds at Uptown Acorn. House Proud book is a treasure!
    Martha
    [email protected]

  116. I follow your blog faithfully and would LOVE to win the beautiful book! BTW- I purchased the "Happy Fall Y'all" Pumpkin after seeing your adorable football! It arrives next week! They are super fast! So excited!

    Dorie

  118. I follow your blog love it.. I am from Louisiana but have been transplanted to Texas .. I miss everything… family houses the trees and flowers.

    This is a book I must get.
    Thanks for the chance to get it here
    Pat
    [email protected]

  135. following your blog sweet friend!! Fabulahous as Always!! hoping over to facebook and their blog and following your blog… this book looks DIVINE!!!

    ps… excited about my "whit" gear!!

  138. Oh- Don't you just love Ron and J? I think I was his 3 or 4th follower. He is so much fun. How wonderful that he is in the magazine.
    I follow him and I follow you, too. Throw my name in the mix if you will.
    I'm sure Ron & J are celebrating over a cocktail…or two…or three! xo Diana

  151. Ron is a former student of mine, and I read the Uptown Acorn and Dixie Delights daily. Love them both and would love to win the copy of House Proud!

  156. I have been following your blog as well as Uptown Acorn for the last year or two. Love them both. I also "liked" Uptown Acorn on FB several months ago. Would love a copy of this book.

  157. Have been following your blog for a couple of years now. Found Uptown Acorn through your blog and have been following them for quite awhile. Also "Like" them on FB. Would love a copy of the book.

  161. Amanda, Not being real computer savy, I have just liked The Uptown Acorn on Facebook, and am following both Dixie Delights and Uptown Acorn. Hopefully I did it right!?? Thank you! ~ Sherri [email protected]

  167. Hi! I love your blog and started following Uptown Acorn and liked her Facebook page. I also checked out the book on Amazon and would proudly display it after reading it cover to cover. I am a St. Louis mother of three girls who feels displaced – I was meant to live in the South! Teri – [email protected]

  168. Hi! I love your blog and started following Uptown Acorn and liked her Facebook page. I also checked out the book on Amazon and would proudly display it after reading it cover to cover. I am a St. Louis mother of three girls who feels displaced – I was meant to live in the South! Teri – [email protected]

  170. I also follow Uptown Acorn on Facebook. I just love both R's and yours style! Especially all your oyster decor! I cannot wait for my next trip to NOLA to get my hands on some Oysteria!

    Still got 'em crossed,
    Natalie
    oystersandpearls.net

  182. Thanks for the great write up! It is you and all your energy that inspires me. Thanks for being a huge supporter of House Proud. I cannot wait to have yours signed. xo

  183. I enjoy your blog Amanda and I just started following Uptown Acorn although I first heard of them in posts of your last visit. I absoluetly loved your posts on Oysteria and love their platters and plates. Oysters are my thing too!

  188. I"ve long been a follower of Dixie Delights. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of this book. I'd very much like to have this one!

  192. I just "liked" Uptown Acorn on FB. I have been following the Dixie Delights and Uptown Acorn blogs for a while now. I absolutely love Ron's home and have told him so in my comments. I love following your lovely trips to visit your parents in my home town, updates on your adorable boys, as well as updates on your lovely home. I would love to have my very own copy of House Proud.

  196. Although I have visited the Uptown Acorn blog many times and have it saved in my favorites, I have never followed officially! So glad I can now follow by email and I am a follower!

  197. Longtime follower of your blog and love it more with every post! Thank you again for the opportunity with another fabulous giveaway!

    BTW,Congrats to Georgia Tech today!

  198. Just discovering and following your Blog thanks to Ron and Jeff, love, love Uptown Acorn Blog and FB, what style they have. Can't wait to see House Proud (hey, I'm optimistic!!)

  203. This ChiTown girl has been a DD junkie for many a day! I also started following Acorn after one of your cocktail hopping visits. I followed all the rules and hope the book heads north to me!

  204. Love Dixie Delights!!
    I am a New Yorker, but a Southern girl at heart.
    Visited New Orleans in the early 80's and have not
    been back. Would love to receive a copy of this
    beautiful book!
    Lauren

  206. Greetings, I have been reading your blog for several years. I found it when you uploaded your basement remodel on Savvy Southern Style. Your blog led me to Uptown Acorn, which I absolutely love.
    My Sunday routine consists of checking both your blog and Uptown Acorn. Cheers, Susan N. Kent, WA [email protected]

  215. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog and Love Ron's Uptown Acorn as well. Have followed you both for a while and have come to love all things coastal and oysters too!

    G, Lexington KY

  233. Love your blog – I live in upstate NY, but am a Southern girl at heart. Would love to win this new decorating book as I love New Orleans and haven't been there since the 1980's!
    Lauren

  234. Love your blog and would love to win House Proud, as I love New Orleans and haven't been there since the 80's!
    Lauren

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