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State Farm Giveaway!

This giveaway is now over. The winners are Heather H., shawn, and clarissa. Congrats!

What does your garage look like? Mine is so cluttered that I am way to embarrassed to even take a picture to show you! Yes, it’s that bad. We park the van in one half and the other, well, it looks like a tornado may have hit it. We have stacks upon stacks of miscellaneous stuff. I even think we have a mattress out there! If you are in Chicago (like I am), make sure you check out the Chicago Auto Show from February 11 – February 20, 2011, and explore the State Farm Garage! This will inspire car owners everywhere to transform their ordinary, cluttered garage into something that represents who they are and can call their own. At the State Farm Garage, you will also have the opportunity to enter the Garage Makeover Sweepstakes for a chance to win a brand new garage valued at $35,000. (Anybody not need that? Anyone?)  The garage will have fun activities for parents and kids – can you say games and prizes?

Since I don’t have $35,000 to give away to my readers, I’ve arranged the next best thing:

· (1) $200 gas card

· (1) $300 Lowe’s gift card

· (1) Eco Car Care Kit (valued at $49.99)

Since I like to spread the wealth around, I will pick 3 winners. (Each winner will win one of these items:  for example, one winner gets the Lowe’s card; another winner the gas card; and so on and so forth.). Here’s what you need to do:

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Tell me what you would like to change in your garage.

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1. Twitter about this contest. I’ve made it super easy by adding a tweet button up by the title of this post!  You can do this daily — just leave  me a comment letting me know.

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This contest will end on February 22nd at 11:59 pm CST! Good Luck!

1,370 thoughts on “State Farm Giveaway!”

  1. I would really love to organize it and have cabinets and baskets for my kids toys that have taken the garage over.

    Thanks so much.

    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  2. cathy miller / rewca

    I would like to arrange my garage to get more use out of the space that is in there, put up racks and shelving, and space savers

  3. I don't have a garage so maybe I would want to have one? But the next time I do have a garage I will want lots of shelving and storage!

  4. Oh goodness, what DON'T I need to change about my garage? I need to take a picture and show you some time.. the north east corner of the garage has grown into this abysmal black hole. we kept piling things one on top of the other and now its just a mass of who knows what from floor to ceiling and i'm not exaggerating. it's chaotic, I once tried to organize it and get it under control, but without the help of some lazy men in my house i didnt get far as a lot of the things got way too heavy to lift, so I guess the first thing, is to figure out how to get that part of the garage under control and organized!

    My garage needs a major overhaul, thanks for the heads up on the sweepstakes, going to enter and wish on my luckystars hehe.

  5. My garage looks like junk yard. I need cabinets to put my gardening sprays, bug strays etc in so I don't have to worry about my 4 cats getting into or a neighbors dog or cat to explore. Also need a tool box for tools that belonged to my son, mechanics, and just all over reorganization. I am retired and need help to accomplishe a clean up.

    Thanks for the opportunity to enter giveaway.

  6. My garage needs a total makeover…floors need work since we have a flooding issue…there are hardly any storage shelves so things just get piled in the corners. I would love to add some shelves in there and get the flooding situation resolved

  7. we need more storage that goes up to use the height of the garage better for off-season items instead of everything pretty much being at floor level because it is very crowded in there. between 2 minivans, shelves of toys etc, a lawn tractor, sleds, ride-ons, bikes, etc sometimes it's hard to get around without bumping into something.

  8. Right now my husband just has a little shed that he is housing all his tools in and until I get enough money to buy a garage, I would love to get him some organizing shelves and pegboards and things like that to help make a small space seem bigger.

    youwannaknowwhat@yahoo.com

  9. Love this Giveaway! Shared with my friends via Facebook and about to tweet as well.

    It would be awesome to get my garage organized so I could park in there! My truck has been broken into twice already! Chronic pain from broken back and neck makes it impossible to do alone!

    Fingers crossed!

    Always user id: novabynature

  10. oh dear – everything – so overcrowded – needs organization in a huge way!

    tvollowitz at aol dot com

  11. What I would like to change is my garage is….just the fact of actually having one! I would feel so blessed not to have to dig my car out from the mounds of snow we've gotten.

  12. I would like to make our garage usable again. Since the fire, that pretty much means taking the entire structure down and rebuilding, We had plans to do that this Spring before we ran out of money.

  13. I know what my husband would like to change – he'd like to actually be able to park in it again! We can get one car in there now, but the other side is a complete and total mess. I'd love to get it cleaned out and organized!

  14. Snowflake07 (Audra)

    There's a building in our backyard that we've been wanting to convert into a garage. Our first step would be installing a garage door and replacing a side window.

  15. What would I change about my garage? Hmmm…. Perhaps the fact that it ISN'T A GARAGE! It's a carport. It has no walls save for the one that keeps you from going out the other side.

  16. If I could change one thing, I would make it bigger. Right now it is not larger enough for all our stuff and a vehicle.

  17. It needs to be organized big time, too much junk cluttering up all the space, we should be able to put 2 cars in there no problem but instead we have left over junk from 2 prior garage sales that I keep thinking I might do again and unload the rest of the junk, but its been 2 years since the last one and I doubt if I will have another one anytime soon, so my problem is lack of useable space/or organization that would allow us to put the cars in especially the winter time

    thanks for the great giveaway

  18. I would like to make my garage and little more user friendly. Right now it's stuffed with lawn mowers that don't work and other tools that we never use. I'd like clean it up and organize the things we use.

  19. Storage! We have stuff sitting all over the floor so I would like to get shelving and hooks to hang our tools on.

  20. I would love cabinets and shelves so that I can start storing mass amounts of food, water and other items.

  21. Easy question! I am a minimalist and live with nothing (happily!) and my husband is a packrat (hoarder?) who saves everything. So to revamp our garage, I'd like to get rid of the eight trillion boxes that are in there (the dump?) and then put up organizing shelves for the three items that are left:)

  22. I would like to have more shelves so we could get some stuff up off the floor and be more organized.

    kimkmc at yahoo.com

  23. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GARAGE TO CHANGE…BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE..IF I DID…I WOULD MAKE ROOM FOR MY CHRISTMAS ITEMS

  24. I would love to add shelves for gardening pots, fertilizers, seeds, as well as hangers for gardening tools and a bin for potting soil for my hanging baskets.

    (I subscribe to your email 🙂

  25. I would LOVE to change my garage door. The previous owners picked a cheap, semi-transparent one that always looks strangely dirty. Ugh.

  26. Organization- thats what the garge needs- seriously it is a jumbled up mess, and it is all hubby's junk err treasures!

  27. I would love to have a complete shelving organization system put in! Everything's just a jumbled mess out in it right now!

  28. I'd like to have real floors and walls instead of loose wood planks – then it could be a more usable space!

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  30. Well, we don't have a garage, but we need one so bad! we do have a tiny space under the house we're renting, and some shelving would make it so much better that I can already imagine enjoying looking for items rather than avoiding it like the plague. 🙂

  31. This one was easy,TAKE ALL THE LAWN MOWERS OUT OF THE GARAGE,(3 riding mowers,2 of them do not work)He has a shed just for the mowers but for some strange reason,they ended up in the garage.Now our car and truck sits in the snow.I forgot the other things that are taking up space in the garage,2 chairs that need repairs and have been broken for over a year.Maybe we just need a new garage.

    opalbaker@yahoo.com

  32. First I'd make the garage bigger- It's barely big enough to fit both of our cars! Then I'd add more storage and shelving to help us organize it more.

  33. My garage is so cluttered with the junk from the house. I would first clean it out, then put in an organization system.

  34. It definitely needs some good storage space built into the walls. It's hard to organize a giant pile of STUFF with no shelves to put it all on!

  35. My husband is in the process of renovating our garage (from the 1910s), and though the siding and automatic door is on, he still needs to put up pegboard and drywall in the upstairs. It's going to be a play space for our kids.

  36. I subscribed to your blog. You would not believe what I all have in my garage. Everything is put right into its place so everything just fits in.

  37. We need so much for our garage. We need new

    windows, we need for it to be heated and

    we need storage space. Thanks for the contest

  38. After I found the inside of it (full of stuff now) I would like to build in storage, install better lighting and a new garage door with opener!

  39. I need shelving and hooks to be able to utilize space on my garage walls. I am tweeting also. Thanks State Farm.

  40. The thing I hate the most about my garage is… the fact that it's not big enough.

    misteedawnw at aol dot com

  41. I'd like to get rid of a lot of unwanted items and install an organization system to have a place for everything.

  42. I would get rid of all the junk my husband buys at Garage Sales. His half of the garage looks like he should be on a hoarders show. My half is clean and neat!

    susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com

  43. I only do the internet and my garage, is a mess that my late sweet Donald made and I have not got the heart to change and thing yet, GOD BLESS YA'LL

  44. I actually do not have a garage! The previous owners of my house converted the garage into an extra family room. I have a driveway, but no garage! I am getting pretty tired of scraping the ice and snow off my car in the winter, having to run to or from my car when it's raining, and braving all the other weather elements. My family NEEDS a garage!

  45. I desperately need some kind of hanging solution to keep seasonal items safely out of the way until they are used again.

  46. LOL, Can I make my garage change getting my husbands motorcycle out? I am always bumping into it while trying to sneak into his tool box. We have so much useless junk in there that I can barley walk around my car (and it is a 2 car garage so there should be plenty of room)

  47. I would like to put the sealer on my garage floor, add more shelves and hooks for organizing the space to store tools, etc.

  48. I'd really like to change the clutter and filthiness of our garage. We get so much salt and ice/slush brought in on our cars and it's so gross.

  49. What would I change in my garage? That I would actually HAVE a garage!! Then maybe I could get rid of my storage unit and have a nice, snow free car in the wintertime!!

  50. I'd love it if it didn't have a broken organ in the middle of it. Wall racks to hold rakes and shovels would be great, too.

  51. I don't have a garage but I would love to get rid of the oil stains on my driveway. They look terrible. Thank you!

  52. I'd like to lower all the shelves and cabinets. Someone who lived here before us must have been 7' tall! lol! 😉

  53. I would like to have an organized garage. Right now everything is just piled in assorted boxes. I'd love to have cabinets and baskets, etc.

    ljatwood at gmail dot com

  54. Well before I could change anything in my garage, I'd have to have one. 🙂 We do have sheds though, and they are in major need of tidying and organizing! 🙂

    Thanks for the giveaway!!!

  55. I would like my husband to get rid of his junk to make room for more storage. Then I would put up shelves and cupboards to store extra food and camping equipment.

  56. What I would change about a garage is having one-unfortunately I have to park in front of my house and in the winter it is a challenge.

  57. My garage is a complete mess. I have things that are broken and things that should have been given away a long time ago. I really would like to just clean it up so I can sometimes put a car in it!

  58. Our garage has received some moderate water damage this winter, so we'd like to replaster and paint it.

  59. I would love to organize it. I just have no time and there is so much stuff that I can not even park my car in there anymore.

  60. We definitely need new shelves – ours are wood composite and are bowed badly from years of use and moisture.

    Thanks!

  61. I would like to HAVE a garage! It's too expensive on top of my rent to try and get one in the apartments I live in.

  62. I'd like to get rid of the creepy spiders living in our garage and find better storage solutions than what we have in place now.

  63. A toolbox to put all the tools in. Right now there home is the corner of the garage. Thanks for holding this contest.

  64. I would love to be able to get into my garage, it is so full of stuff that the car stays outside on the driveway.

  65. The main thing I want to change is have some of the same organization boxes and everything labeled. I have the shelving but everything is just crammed in. Christmas decor is on every shelf and I'm hunting each year.

    stormibays(at)hotmail(dot)com

  66. We could really use some storage shelves/organization in our garage – there is nothing on the walls, no benches to work on etc. Anything would be better than nothing.

  67. Lisa- So nice to find you! I have two giveaways going on right now – sterling silver and freshwater pearl earrings and Valentine's chocolate, and another for "vintage" clothing, please come over and enter!

    Best, Loretta

  68. I would love to change the whole thing it is an open carport that gets dirt and leaves and is wide open to the public hate it one day I will clsoe it in.:)

  69. I really need some metal shelves/cabinets to store my kids toys!

    Thanks so much,

    Karen

    lemontart5kb at gmail dot com

  70. I'd like to change that the roof is just tiles laid on slats… not at all air tight or dust proof – my garage is so dirty because of that! And, of course, I want more tools!

  71. I would like to change the fact that my garage has become a place to store everything that we don't have room for. Instead, I'd love to turn my garage into a recreation room for my boys.

  72. We have been desperately wanting to build shelves in our garage. We have hardly any storage in our house, so it would be great to have some in the garage!

  73. I would buy about a dozen tupperware containers to organize the larger stuff and get rid of my husbands total gym that he doesn't use!

    roseofash(at)aol(dot)com

  74. I'd like to install the automatic garage door closer that I've had for about a year now….

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    –Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

  75. We would first like to sheetrock our garage in fully. Then, we would like to add some nice cabinetry for storage.

  76. What would I change about my garage – it's existence! We've talked about building one, but other repairs keep coming up. We have a shed, so some storage is optional.

  77. oh this is an easy one – I'd get working automatic garage doors as ours have finally kicked the bucket this winter and no longer operate.

    clsch6 at gmail dot com

  78. The first thing I would love to change would be to actually put my car in the garage. Since we have 3 kids a ton of bikes and every outdoor ride on, my car has never even seen the inside of the garage. I would love to get organized and try though.

  79. i wish there was room for me in the garage, just because I am a girl doesn't mean I don't like to do projects

  80. We got our garage cleaned up and mouse free last fall but we really need to seal it off better. So many leaves had made their way in there. And we need more lights/electricity to actually use the space.

  81. Saw your funnies and checked out The Children’s Bible in a Nutshell. Was so funny I sent to my sister and sister-in-law and a few others. lol

    Thanks for the laugh.

  82. I would like more space in my garage. Since that is not possible I need to downsize the things in my garage that I keep.

  83. I would like to add some shelves to my garage because it is small and this way I could get more areas to store things. Thanks!

  84. I'd like it if my garage was about 5 feet longer. Unfortunately that is hard to fix, so I'd settle for some locking cabinets.

  85. I rent, so there's a lot of former landlord junk that's probably garbage – I would love to clean it out and really organize the space!

  86. I'd really like to have a garage to organize! But I am a State Farm customer, so I think I should get a chance to enter this contest…a $200 gas card would be especially awesome.

  87. What I would most like to change about my garage, is to be able to drive into it and have it connected to the house so on tohse frigid winter mornings I would not have to go out 30 minutes early to clean the snow off my cat and warm it up. Thanks!

    karmakaytlyn@yahoo.com

  88. I'd love to get some shelves and bins to organize everything. It would be really nice to actually be able to get one of our cars inside!

  89. The number one thing I would like to do/change is to expand our one car garage to a two car garage.

    hendymartin1 AT yahoo DOT com

  90. Gosh, what a great contest. My husband using part of our garage for a shop. I would love to have shelves separate his area from where I park my car. I always have to walk thru sawdust to get in my car! @sewingmema

  91. My garage needs a paint job. Badly. It still has the marks from construction. The house was built 19 years ago.

    fashuneesta[at]aol[dot]com

  92. My garage is in need of serious organization! And it'd be nice to be able to, ya know, PARK in there 🙂

    Thanks for the chance to win this!

  93. I no longer have a garage, changed it inot a living space for my sister, but there is still some things that I could do with this prize.

  94. I look forward to "cleaning up" our garage so as to park at least one vehicle in it. Too many family/friends asked us to "hold a few things for a short time – my opinion….time is up!

  95. I wish my house had a garage, but living in a small city, there is no room on our plot to build a garage, only our outdoor parking pad. Thank you for the chance to win.

  96. Raven In A Blue Room

    need my tools better organized, maybe invest in a closet

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  97. I don't have a garage, but I cans still find some use with the Lowe's card and definitely the gas card. Thanks.

  98. The best thing that would happen to our garage is that it would go away so we could start over! Needs a new door, new roof, it's too narrow and a paint job would help too.

  99. There are several things I would like to do in the garage, but the first is to put up some pegboard to hang various tools in an easy to access but neat way.

  100. I have a new garage that doesn't have plug-ins, or shelves, or storage. I just couldn't afford to finish it…this would be awesome!

  101. I would like to change the shelving. I just have black walls and could really use shelves and cabinets o help store some thing!

  102. Hell – I'd just like to have a garage. I have a car and a driveway so I guess I should be grateful.

    ky2here at msn dot com

  103. While not practical, I'd love to be able to move our attic door to a different place so that we could use that space for storage. It's a PITA where it is now.

    ashaldridge (at) gmail (dot) com

  104. I would love to have a better organized storage space with shelving and cabinets in my garage.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  105. I would like to change, really, GET RID of the clutter that is in the garage. Most of it needs to just be tossed and the rest organized and out of the way.

    dchrisg3 @ gmail . com

  106. I'd like more room. Currently we live in an apartment and a small closet on the porch acts as our 'garage'. All the tools, Christmas decorations and other misc. items are all stored out there.

  107. I would like more storage space in my garage and also a way to provide draingage on the floor of the garage to keep pools of water from collecting on the ground.

  108. I would like our garage to be bigger! It just barely fits two cars, but since we live in Florida and have no basement, we have to use the garage for storage. So that means the cars go in the driveway, and we're always juggling them.

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  114. I'd like to get rid of 60% of the stuff that's in there! Simply too much clutter.

    marija.majerle at gmail dot com

  115. I want to insulate my garage. Presently, my office is right over the garage and I have to add an electric heater to help with the cold air rising from the garage.

  116. The garage needs a total makeover……my wife would love to see a well organized and orderly environment…..lol……so would I…

  117. I'd love to add an electric garage door opener and some wall storage in our garage. We have a "manual" door right now, and basically piles of stuff all over the place. Some day it'd be nice to be able to park a car in there… 🙂

  118. I'd love to change my garage from a storage area into a place where I could actually park my car–it needs to be organized.

  119. I would like to put insulation in the upstairs part of the garage.. we have a pool table and stuff up there but living in maine its to cold to go out there when its winter.

  120. The one thing I would change about my garage is its organization. Simply put, it's too cluttered…tools have gone missing for years!

  121. # 5 (Okay so I might have two #2s, so I skipped #4. It won't let me see my posts but I think that's five in all…sorry!)

    E-mail subscriber! chrisahollic @ aim dot com

  122. I would like to add/build new storage bins for all my work tools and the kids' sporting equipment!

    And a new automatic garage door opener would be great!

    Thanks for the great giveaway offering!

    Good Luck to All!

  123. I would love to go through and get rid of the old camping equipment that has been collecting dust for eons.

  124. I would really like to get rid of the bags and bags of clothes, furniture, accessories that I've accumulated for donation. Every time I've called to have it picked up, there's a huge snow storm. I'll get there soon, when our winter weather mellows out!

  125. I would like to install shelves in my garage so I can fit containers full of things on them and make a lot of space. I'd also like room for our car to fit for once…that'd be nice! Especially with baby on the way.

  126. I would love to add some extra shelves and cabinets for storage, is so un-organized right now, thanks!

  127. I would lov to paint the floor and organize it a little better with shelving and hooks to hang things from the ceilings and walls.

    harasym1 (at) optonline (dot) net

  128. I need some shelving, cabinets and hooks in my garage badly!!!! This would be great!

    msjem2001 at yahoo dot com

  129. my husband needs to arrange the garage to get more use out of the space that is in there, put up racks and shelving, and space savers, maybe even wall cabinets.

  130. So we just moved from San Diego to Florida with our newborn baby. Our garage looks like a hurricane hit it. I need some major organization. I need to have shelves put in and things to organize. I honestly do not even know where to BEGIN!! The funny this is I should be doing it right now instead of being online 😉 The floors need to be cleaned well and I need to make sure there are not any spiders and bugs hiding in there (eeek)) I would LOVE to win this as it would help us significantly in a time that we otherwise would not be able to afford to change it!!! Thanks! :)))

  131. I would like to clear out the clutter so that my kids can have a place to play when they go outside and it starts raining.

  132. I would like to have everything organized and labeled so that we could easily see what we have and the whole family would know where everything belongs.

    luckycat1818(at)yahoo(dot)com

  133. I'd like to keep my garage cleaner and more organized. Although it's not cluttered with too much junk, what's there is in a bit of disarray and there always seems to be leaf debris coming in from the outside. Shelves would help with the organization part of it, and racks for garden tools etc.

  134. I don't have a garage – I have a carport, and boy would it be nice to have it closed in so it WAS a garage!

  135. Thanks for the giveaway…our garage could use some extra storage i.e. cabinets, shelves, overhead hangers, etc.

    senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com

  136. I would like to change my garage by adding more shelving so we can put a lot of the "stuff" up and off the floor.

  137. I'd like to have a garage, first off. We have a workshop/shed in the back yard, and it needs a new floor, because tree roots broke up the old one. Also, it floods in heavy rains. Really, we just need a whole new shed.

  138. We need major organization help. We can currently only get one vehicle in our garage because the other half is just covered with junk. So some wall organizers and some shelves would be a great help! Thanks.

  139. The old guy & teenager that keep going IN the garage- should probably use some of those tools I put in there for silly things like maintenance and repairs! That's what I'd change grrr…

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