New Cottage Style: Book Giveaway

by hookedonhouses on April 20, 2008

Better Homes and Gardens’ book New Cottage Style ($19.95) seems like just the thing to read for Spring, so I’m giving a copy away this week as a part of the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival (read about the giveaway here).

Today also happens to be my 3-month “Blogiversary,” so this is a great way to celebrate all of the fun we’ve had since January. I’ve been amazed by the warm response my site has received from the blogosphere! Clearly, I’m not the only one who’s hooked on houses. Thanks to all of my readers, both new and old. I appreciate every single one of you!

New Cottage Living is perfect if you’re looking for:

Decorating ideas to achieve a look that’s clean, simple, and light.
Photos of new and remodeled homes that add style with architectural features.
Secrets to creating harmony with paint, furniture, fabrics, and accessories.
Examples for decorating in the country, suburbia, and oceanfront locations.
Practical ideas to create the comfortable getaway look of your dreams.
Effective color schemes that achieve a clear, serene palette.

If you’d like to win a copy of New Cottage Style, simply leave a comment on this post between now and Friday, April 25 at midnight (EST), and I’ll draw a name at random on Saturday. Check back then to see if you’re the winner! (Giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.) If you have a blog, be sure to leave your URL so I can visit you in return!

BONUS: click the button at the bottom right-hand corner of this page that says ”ADD TO MY TECHNORATI FAVORITES,” and I’ll add your name to the drawing twice. If you don’t already have a Technorati account, you’ll have to fill out some basic information about yourself to get one. So for non-Technorati’s who don’t want to join, you can mention in the comments why this site is one of your faves and get entered twice that way.

Welcome to everyone who stopped by Hooked on Houses as a part of the Bloggy Giveaway! My name is Julia, and I’m a real-estate junkie (to read more about me, click here). I created Hooked on Houses for people like me who love to:

Decorate, redecorate, and renovate their homes.
Look inside the homes of the rich and famous.
Get inspired by fabulous before and afters.
Learn what’s new for the home and keep up with decorating trends.

If you love any of those things, too, then you’ll fit right in here. I hope you’ll bookmark Hooked on Houses and stop back again soon. To see what we’re talking about today, click here.

If you’re new to Hooked on Houses, check out some of our most popular posts and take a look around while you’re here (click on whichever topics interest you):

Jennifer Lopez’s Nursery ~ How to Pick Paint Colors ~ Before & After: Lily’s Little Bathroom ~ Reese Witherspoon’s Country House ~ Stephanie Dee Wins the HGTV Dream Home Instead of Me and Doesn’t Seem All That Excited ~ Building Character in Your Home ~ Michael J. Fox’s Home in the Hamptons ~ In Praise of Porches ~ A House as Big as Utah ~ Decorating with Black & White ~ Retro Kitchens ~ Dolly Parton’s Childhood Home ~ Rooms That Need Rehab

Tagged as: bloggy giveaway, books, carnival, cottage, Decorating, giveaway

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{ 138 comments }

1 Beth April 20, 2008 at 8:23 pm: I would love a chance to win this book! Thank you for having such a neat giveaway.
2 Shawna April 20, 2008 at 9:07 pm: I would LOVE a copy of this book…currently working on my own cottage here.
3 Karin April 20, 2008 at 9:20 pm: Please enter me–thanks.
4 Nikki April 20, 2008 at 10:43 pm: What a cute blog… I’ll be checking back often.
Nikki
5 JLB April 20, 2008 at 10:45 pm: OMG!!! Free stuff!!!! I am there! I love your blog anyway.The book looks to cute.
6 Jana April 21, 2008 at 2:17 am: I would like a free book please!
7 Lesha April 21, 2008 at 6:27 am: You have been faved on Technorati.
8 Marie April 21, 2008 at 7:48 am: I get to read your blog AND potentially win a PRIZE??? Sign me up! )
9 Linda@restyledhome April 21, 2008 at 8:07 am: Ooooh..count me in! I always love a good design book!
10 maya April 21, 2008 at 8:35 am: Me me! I waaaaaaaaant it!

This blog is one of my faves b/c you’re soooooooo sweeeeeeeet!
11 M.A. April 21, 2008 at 8:52 am: I’d love to win!
12 Melissa @ The Inspired Room April 21, 2008 at 9:41 am: Of course, I’d like to win!

Happy day!

Melissa
13 Laura Graham April 21, 2008 at 9:43 am: Awesome! Please enter me!!
14 reagan April 21, 2008 at 10:01 am: I would love to be entered into your contest!

I love this site because I love houses/design/creative ideas and it caters to me perfectly!!
15 Amy April 21, 2008 at 10:11 am: Julia, you’ll be happy to know that my husband and I went to an open house yesterday for a home that we had no intention of purchasing

I love your blog because it’s let me know that I’m not the only one that spends countless hours daydreaming through other peoples houses, watches too much HGTV, and is a wanna be designer. Congrats on three months in blog-land!!!
16 Erica April 21, 2008 at 10:56 am: love this!
17 Jen April 21, 2008 at 10:59 am: Lovin’ your site….I have bookmarked it and would LOVE to win your giveaway!!!!! Thanks!
18 Stephanie April 21, 2008 at 10:59 am: I’d love this book, it would be great to lighten and brighten my house. Thank you so much.
19 Angela April 21, 2008 at 11:08 am: I am hosting my own bloggy carnival over at Seven Dogs right now!! Connor’s First Birthday Blog Bash is featuring over $530 in prizes. Come check it out!!
http://www.sevendogsandababy.com
20 Sara April 21, 2008 at 11:27 am: I am totally hooked on houses, so glad I came across your blog!
21 mamacita April 21, 2008 at 11:48 am: Oh, very glad to have discovered your blog! I am going to add you to my reader. Cottage style decorating is one of my faves. Thanks!
22 Shannon April 21, 2008 at 11:48 am: I would love to win this for my mom!
Thanks

palmersf(at)bellsouth(dot)net
23 Liz April 21, 2008 at 11:50 am: I NEEEED this book. I live in and love teeeny spaces (too many hours logged with a dollhouse in childhood) so “cottage” anything will enhance the quality of my life.

The blog is fabulous because it is entertaining and though the morsels are small, they are suprisingly filling!
24 Keara April 21, 2008 at 11:57 am: I love decorating! I have a new house and have TONS of decorating to do! I could use all the help I could get!
25 bunthorne April 21, 2008 at 12:13 pm: I would love this book.
26 Tracey April 21, 2008 at 12:57 pm: Hi Julia!

I would love to make our townhouse more cottage like, pick me, please!

I love your blog so much I tagged you for a meme. So come on over to Make Room For…and check it out!

Tracey
27 Tanya April 21, 2008 at 1:12 pm: Looks like a fantastic book. Thanks for sponsoring a giveaway.
28 Lydia April 21, 2008 at 1:17 pm: My mom’s b’day is coming up next week, and I’d love to win this for her!
29 Tara April 21, 2008 at 1:20 pm: Your blog is great loved reading some of the articles!
30 pineymama April 21, 2008 at 1:27 pm: Enter me, please!
31 Jenna April 21, 2008 at 1:40 pm: We just bought our first home and I’m always looking for decorating ideas. This looks like it is just our style.
32 Jane E. April 21, 2008 at 1:45 pm: Love this blog! I’m hooked on “Hooked”!
33 Summer April 21, 2008 at 2:21 pm: I need decorating help in a big way!

~Summer
http://summersnook.com
34 Marilyn April 21, 2008 at 2:34 pm: What a wonderful book ! It says everything about me as it is exactly my style and taste. Thank you for the great giveaway! If you get a chance please stop over and check out mine Yummy Things & Cupcake Dreams
Take care,
Marilyn
35 Nicol April 21, 2008 at 3:06 pm: I love cottage style. This is perfect!
36 Aja April 21, 2008 at 3:07 pm: If I don’t win it, Ill definitely be purchasing this one.
Thanks for the review Julia!
37 Courtney @ nestinginstincts April 21, 2008 at 3:18 pm: Julia, I am CLEARLY desperately behind on my HH reading. I can’t believe 36 people got here before me! Ah well, better late than never. I think I NEED this book.
38 irishsof April 21, 2008 at 3:34 pm: Count me in please!
39 Ali April 21, 2008 at 3:44 pm: Oh, oh! Pick me! Pick me!

You’ve been technorati-favorited and all!
40 Emily April 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm: I have a decorating book addiction. I love them!!

princesslimey(at)gmail(dot)com
41 Sarah D. April 21, 2008 at 4:29 pm: I love cottage style and am in the process of redecorating. I would love this book!
42 abbreviated April 21, 2008 at 5:19 pm: Love books !
43 Charmed April 21, 2008 at 5:26 pm: I love Better Homes decorating books! Please enter me.
44 Janet P. April 21, 2008 at 5:40 pm: Please enter me in the contest! Thanks!
45 Tami April 21, 2008 at 5:42 pm: Thanks for the chance to win this great prize!
46 Kelsey April 21, 2008 at 6:48 pm: That looks lovely!
47 Cindi April 21, 2008 at 7:13 pm: Hello, Happy Blog Anniversary. Three years is quite an achievment! May you have many more bloggy anniversaries. Please enter me in your book drawing. I like to decorate and I do some cottage style with prim and shabby chic. Thanks,Cindi
48 Sharla April 21, 2008 at 7:22 pm: I need some serious decorating help. What a great giveaway!
49 Bonita April 21, 2008 at 7:38 pm: This would be a great book for me because I’m domestically challenged.
50 AF April 21, 2008 at 7:56 pm: I love to decorate! This looks great!
51 Ginny April 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm: Looks like a pretty book, count me in.
52 Heather April 21, 2008 at 8:49 pm: I love looking at decorating books and dreaming about what I would do if I had the money!
53 melissa lewis - off the wall April 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm: Who wouldn’t want to win this, I would love it! So glad I came to your blog today, what a great idea!
54 Geri April 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm: Great Blog!!!! Great Giveaway!!!!
gerjones64(at)hotmail(dot)com

Thanks!
55 Ebie April 21, 2008 at 9:42 pm: would love this – always looking for my “style” which changes frequently
56 Kyra April 21, 2008 at 10:13 pm: We are currently in the process of remodeling our home, this book would be wonderful!
57 KayJay April 21, 2008 at 10:22 pm: Love your blog!!! Thanks for giving me something to look forward to every day.

Since Cottage Style is my style, the book is very enticing. If I don’t win it, I’m going to buy it.
58 Melissa April 21, 2008 at 10:25 pm: Looks like a nice book! Please enter me in–thanks!
59 Rebecca April 21, 2008 at 10:37 pm: This would be a GREAT birthday gift for my sister!
60 Liz April 21, 2008 at 10:53 pm: What a great giveaway! Please sign me up! Thanks!
61 Erin Read April 22, 2008 at 12:32 am: I love BH&G, they always have very simple and stylish ideas. Thanks for the giveaway!
62 Suzanne April 22, 2008 at 7:04 am: Love your blog; you do all the dirty work for me and I can just sit back, read and enjoy… Thanks.
63 Julie April 22, 2008 at 9:11 am: I’ve added you to my favorite list! I’m a house decorating junkie myself!!!! And I would LOVE this book.
julie_ruhlman(at)hotmail(dot)com
64 momster April 22, 2008 at 9:46 am: I would love to win this book. We will soon be moving to a nice ‘cottage’ and we need all the help we can get to make it look like the home of our dreams.
65 Mandi April 22, 2008 at 9:51 am: Thanks for the giveaway! Sign me up! ( :

In Christ,
Mandi
66 Shauna April 22, 2008 at 10:30 am: I found your blog not too long after you started it and have loved it ever since–the variety of your topics never ceases to amaze me! It has definitely become one of my favorites, and it inspires me to look at my surroundings a little differently. Thanks so much!
67 Jamie April 22, 2008 at 10:37 am: I could use this!
68 Lindsie April 22, 2008 at 12:05 pm: I love BH&G books!
69 D'Rae April 22, 2008 at 12:39 pm: I love cottage style! Please sign me up!
70 Katie Martin April 22, 2008 at 12:44 pm: Great giveaway. I could really use this.
71 Tiffany Rosson April 22, 2008 at 1:35 pm: The only thing better than discovering this awesome blog would be winning this awesome giveaway.

Thank you for doing this giveaway.
Tiffany Rosson
tiffanyannrosson AT yahoo DOT com
72 Keryn April 22, 2008 at 2:40 pm: Oh, awesome book! I’d love to own it, my house is in serious need of some style.
73 kelley April 22, 2008 at 3:34 pm: I NEED the book….can you come and give me a house make-over too?
Thanks for joining the bloggie carnival!
74 The Downtown Boutique April 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm: I would love to win this book. I’d love to have my house look like this!

Here’s my blog:
http://www.rioosodesigns.blogspot.com
75 Tara April 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm: I would love to win this! Please enter me.
taradawnrobertson[at]hotmail[dot]com
76 Maggie April 22, 2008 at 5:25 pm: Wow! I found a great blog and a great giveaway all at once. I have bookmarked your blog so I can return and enjoy at my leisure. Anything that says decorating or beautifying my home appeals to me. Great blog! Thanks for the giveaway.
77 Worlds Greatest Mommy April 22, 2008 at 5:33 pm: II’d love to win. The cover of the book is so beautiful.
78 The Chatty Housewife April 22, 2008 at 5:44 pm: Thank you for much for the giveaway. I would love to win this! nw_wife(at)hotmail(dot)com
79 Anastasia April 22, 2008 at 6:22 pm: I would love to check this out! Thanks for the contest
80 kristen April 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm: I will admit to being a HGTV addict! I love this kind of stuff
81 Christi April 22, 2008 at 7:36 pm: I love to redecorate my house, paint my walls and rearrange my furniture. This would be so great for me!
82 Melani April 22, 2008 at 7:38 pm: We’re in the middle of redoing our kitchen, my office and our bedroom and this book looks like it has some neat ideas.
83 Amanda Moore April 22, 2008 at 8:20 pm: I would love to win this book, my husband and I are moving and I need alot of help decorating our new home.
84 Leah April 22, 2008 at 8:45 pm: Great site! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
85 Ashley BB April 22, 2008 at 9:33 pm: Sounds like a great book.

I added you to my favorites. Thanks!
86 chanelireli April 22, 2008 at 10:14 pm: This looks like a great book! My house totally needs to be redone!
87 Rachel April 22, 2008 at 10:51 pm: GREAT giveaway!

Hey, if you have a chance, please stop by and visit my contest page too!
http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com/?p=41

my email is:
racoo.smith at gmail dot com

Thanks and have a lovely day!
88 Rebecca April 22, 2008 at 10:55 pm: Looks like a beautiful book. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
89 Jennifer B April 23, 2008 at 12:25 am: Neat blog and giveaway! I really like how you’ve made a passion of yours into such a focusd blog, great work! My url is linked to my name, and I’m having a giveaway too .

I’d really enjoy this book, as we do live in a small, ‘cottage’ type house .
90 Meg April 23, 2008 at 7:23 am: That looks like a neat book. Thanks for this great giveaway!
91 janet April 23, 2008 at 9:08 am: Well you know I have been here since the beginning, loving all your posts. Keep up the good work and I will be happy to give the book a wonderful ( if somewhat dusty ) home.

Janet
92 Momala April 23, 2008 at 9:24 am: Looks like a great book! Thanks!
93 Meghan April 23, 2008 at 9:50 am: That book looks so cute! Please count me in!
~Meghan
94 Heather Graves April 23, 2008 at 10:17 am: I Adore this book, Please enter me! Thanks
95 Tamara (AK) April 23, 2008 at 10:23 am: Great book! Thanks for offering it!
96 The Nester April 23, 2008 at 12:29 pm: I wanna win it!
97 Sarah A. April 23, 2008 at 1:39 pm: Perfect. I really need some decorating help.
98 Theresa Marie April 23, 2008 at 1:50 pm: This would be perfect! We are building a home and I need some decorating ideas!
Theresa Marie
http://theresamariegoon.blospot.com
99 Renee April 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm: Great Giveaway!! thanks for offering the chance to win! I have a past issue of cottage style . . .good reading and beautiful pictures!

Hugs
Renee
100 warillever April 23, 2008 at 5:10 pm: I would love to win this.
101 Adena April 23, 2008 at 8:02 pm: I love cottage style!!! I love your blog and will definitely bookmark you. I love to go to open houses just for decorating ideas!
102 Debby Moreau April 23, 2008 at 8:21 pm: I love anything cottage style. Your blog is really great. It’s good reading.
103 Sandy April 23, 2008 at 8:41 pm: Thanks for the great giveaway!
104 Tina April 23, 2008 at 9:19 pm: happy blogiversary! I’d love to be entered in the drawing. cottage style is right up my alley. thanks for the opportunity.
105 Beth April 23, 2008 at 9:35 pm: Oh my! That looks like an amazing book! Please sign me up for your giveaway, and thank you!
106 web obsessed April 23, 2008 at 10:03 pm: What a great book! Thanks for the fantastic giveaway.
107 Chrysa April 23, 2008 at 10:07 pm: I added you to my Technorati favorites. Hope you’ll add me too! Thanks for the giveaway!
108 Shay April 23, 2008 at 10:27 pm: I love to decorate!!! Just re-painted my bedroom now I can’t keep my husband out of it!!!! Sorry I do need “My Time” once a day at least for a hour or two.
109 Rita A. April 23, 2008 at 10:47 pm: I just redid my backyard and am now starting in the house. this would be a great help.
110 Miss Heidi April 24, 2008 at 12:06 am: Please enter me. I’m always changing my style around my place and like to get ideas. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
111 Linda April 24, 2008 at 1:21 am: This yummy book looks right up my alley!

Thanks for the great giveaway!
112 EG April 24, 2008 at 8:53 am: Thanks for the giveaway!
113 Aubrey April 24, 2008 at 9:42 am: Looks like my odds are slim, but this book looks fun–count me in.
114 julie April 24, 2008 at 10:47 am: love cottage style decorating…love to win
115 Mary_Freebies April 24, 2008 at 1:58 pm: I would love to win this book!
116 Michelle B April 24, 2008 at 3:29 pm: please enter me in your contest
117 Terri Wagner April 24, 2008 at 4:52 pm: My house could use some decorating makeovers and this book would be perfect.
118 Erica G April 24, 2008 at 5:49 pm: Great giveaway!
119 Ashley Henley April 24, 2008 at 7:17 pm: i am in desperate need of decorating ideas
120 Teri April 24, 2008 at 7:21 pm: Cool! We’re buying a new house and I could use some ideas! Thanks
121 Meg April 24, 2008 at 8:17 pm: I’d pore over this book and then share it with my mother-in-law, an interior decorator! Thanks! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
122 daisy April 24, 2008 at 9:01 pm: Wow! Way cool. Just like my favorite shows on HGTV. You have decorating on a dime, divine design, color whatever it’s called…oh, you’ve got it all, girl!

Hey, please enter me in your drawing for the fabulous book. I’m a junkie too!
123 Lindsey April 24, 2008 at 9:17 pm: llwoolard@hotmail.com
Cute stuff in the book, I can only imagine!
Would love to have it. thanks!
124 Renee April 24, 2008 at 9:28 pm: We are putting our townhouse on the market tomorrow and about to buy our first single family home! I think it’s meant to be that I came across your site tonight……
Great giveaway!
125 Shawnee April 24, 2008 at 10:34 pm: What a fun looking book. Thanks for the giveaway!
126 The Writer Mama April 24, 2008 at 11:57 pm: Hi!

Sounds great! I’d love to win.

I’ve written for a decorating magazine called Country Sampler.
127 katklaw777 April 25, 2008 at 12:59 am: I am new to your site but i just luv it. very easy to navigate and very creative!!!
thnx for the great giveaway
128 Terra Heck April 25, 2008 at 1:04 am: I’d love to win this for decorating tips.
129 Diane April 25, 2008 at 10:43 am: I visit your site often for inspiration for scrapbooking and decorating. I’d love to win this book. It looks wonderful.
130 reeva April 25, 2008 at 12:10 pm: Thanks for a great giveaway! I hope i’m the lucky winner
131 Jill April 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm: Just found your blog from Google. Love it.
132 Rhoda April 25, 2008 at 3:35 pm: Just found your blog through a link & it looks like so much fun! I’ll definitely be back, as I’m hooked on houses too. Esp. the decorating part! I’d love to win this book!

Rhoda
133 Alisia April 25, 2008 at 4:32 pm: This looks like a great book! Thanks for the giveaway!
134 MaryEllen April 25, 2008 at 5:18 pm: OH, I love reading decorating books! Would love to check this one out! Enter me, too!
135 Theresa N. April 25, 2008 at 9:08 pm: I’d love to look at this book.
136 diane February 8, 2009 at 8:57 pm: this would be PERFECT for my new house we’re hoping to buy next month! thx for the opportunity to receive it for free
137 Stephanie March 30, 2009 at 9:18 pm: I got hooked on your website through a family member who has a blogsite. I love the pictures you have of Nora’s house on “Brothers & Sisters”. I would enjoy the new book! Thank you and congratulations on your three month blogiversary.
138 Linda July 2, 2009 at 12:09 pm: I love ‘Hooked on Houses’! Please enter me. Thx.