It was almost 10 years ago that my husband and I first moved out of home and into our very own place. I remember it like it was only a few years ago, I guess I’m really showing my age considering we have 3 kids and the eldest is 6 and a half. From memory we didn’t have anything new, we stocked our love nest with hand-me-downs and as grateful as we are/were for people so kindly donating their old stuff to us we would have loved some new things for our home. Unfortunately we were broke after paying rent and groceries so pretty things were out of the question. When my sister moved out and into her own place we took to Kmart to get some essentials and I found that things were so much more affordable now than what they were when I left home. Not only the essentials but they have now also got an extended Kmart Living range which consists of basically anything and everything you could want for your home at ridiculously low prices.
As you can see there are a great deal of items that are perfect to set you up or even just change the atmosphere of your home. There is everything you could want for your kitchen – dinner sets, pots/pans, tea towels, utensils, containers, small fridges, chopping boards, toasters, kettles, baking trays, etc. The Living range is so versatile and consists of everything from bathroom goods, storage, lamps, décor, cushions, rugs, towels, TV units, coffee tables, bed linen and the list just goes on. Check out your local Kmart or even online for the latest products for your home.
Oh I forgot to mention I have a $100 Kmart gift card to giveaway to one very lucky reader of Mad Mummas.
To enter all you have to do is follow the instructions on the rafflecopter below. Winner is decided based on skill and chance plays no part. Australian residents only! Sorry everyone else. **The mandatory instructions MUST be completed or your entry will be void!**
GOOD LUCK
I would love to win the $100 gift card so I can stock up on a few extra Christmas presents for my 4 kiddies
it would be such a help.
I would buy lots of cooking containers and microwave containers. For some reason my Husband keeps finding uses for all my microwave containers on the farm and I never see them again.
I would love to buy new bed sheets and quilt covers to give a new look to our bedroom & kid’s bedroom.
Some new cushions because ours are well and truly toddler battered!
I would love to buy my daughter a pretty little dolls house
I’d buy the Kmart 80 piece kitchen starter kit, it has absolutely everything I could possibly need for the kitchen, at $69, its a bargain, with the left over money, I’d buy towels….
Summer sheets and pillow sets for the warmer months to come
I’d spoil our Family of 7 with all new Tontine Sleep Tight firm and high profile pillows and with the $28 change, I’d be filling the teaspoon compartment back up, those things dissappear like socks in the wash. 😉
I`d purchase some new bedding my bedroom for sure,
no matter how much you have you can always use more
some new vibrant colours is what I`d adore.
I would buy some new workout clothes!
A camera so I can FOCUS on the important things. I’ll CAPTURE the family, SHOOT the kids, DEVELOP memories and FRAME the mother-in-law
I feel so blessed, we’ve just had our bathroom renovated and made wheelchair friendly. It is just so beautiful I keep wanting to pinch myself that this beautiful new bathroom is really mine. The K-Mart voucher would be used for some lovely new towels to match our new bathroom, lovely soft ones, in the bath sheet size, oooh yum
Kmart have some awesome buys these days. I’d just love to give my home a little extra love to be honest.
would probably have to say some new cushions and lamps for around the place. Also microwave/food storage containers (it feels like I’m always buying them). And maybe a DVD to enjoy after Redecorating :p
I have just joined a mixed netball team to get fit after having 3 kids! i have never played in my life, and i am so uncoordinated! i would use the gift voucher to buy a stack hat and elbow and knee pads as well as a mouth guard. i might look like the most ridiculous player out there, but lets not take any chances!! How hard can netball really be though?
If i won i would spend it on baby girl clothes for my nice who is expecting her little baby girl in dec she has been told bubs will have 2 club feet and will have op within days of birth so i am gathering as much as i can for a surprise baby birth gift to make things easier for them.
Thank you so much for the chance
A pillow for my head,
Sheets for the bed,
A Book I havent read,
Lollies or Chocolate instead,
Something for the one i Wed.
Agree new manchester as my sheets do not fit my bed after getting new mattress i need new bigger sheets and the pillows are old and had it
Pillows for my couch so I no longer have to slouch,
Glasses for my kitchen ,to stop everyone bitchin,
Some new clothes and shoes for myself,
and a photo frame for my empty shelf:)
I’d buy things to set up my son’s playroom/art studio – there’s beautiful baskets and bookcases which would be perfect to organise his toys and set up a perfect studio.
I’d buy a blender as my old one has packed up on me after blending so much baby food over the years and winter soups!
I’d be buying my boy some size 4 clothes for the warmer months – I had a few bags full of hand-me-down ones but my mum thought they were op shop donations and now they’re gone! I’d also be stocking up on K-Mart’s cheerful crockery – ours is all at least 3rd hand and I’m sick of 90s china patterns!
I’ve just begun looking at how I can utilize the shelving space in my wardrobe to avoid the urge to aimlessly throw pieces of clothing in.. and to prevent the need to quickly slam the doors closed before an avalanche of clothes lands on me!
I’m looking for functionality – I want to feel that in my tiny closet everything has a place. With the minimalist look in mind, I would love nothing more than to stack the over-sized shelves in my closet with the fantastic sea grass baskets sold at Kmart. The only problem is the price tag, and a $100 voucher would definitely ease my guilty, over-organizational conscience!
I would love to use the giftcard on buying some summer clothes for my boys… loving this warmer weather
<3
With twin toddlers destroying the place,
Everything within reach below my waist,
Either needs to be fixed or replaced.
Plastic containers I have no more,
The floor rug now has piddle stains galore!
Forks and spoons are all bent out of shape,
And the kitchen handles are being held on with tape!
So what would I buy if I actually won?
‘Bob The Builder’ so he could fix all that my twin girls have done!
when you have a bedroom wall, OH so bare,
How I’d love to have a massive print up there!
Brighten it up, something to see,
Then I can relax in my room quite happily!
Not possessing an ounce of interior decorating ability, I look at the shambles that decorate our house and shake my head. The only way I am going to bring it all together with some needed pizzazz is by finding pictures of rooms that I like in magazines and copying that decor.
Starting with one room and then working on the next I will go equipped with my ripped out magazine pages and start my search. From cushions to linen, vases to crockery; it may take a while before it all comes together but at least I won’t make decorating mistakes and waste money like I have in the past. The work and thinking has already been done for me, now I am just on a game of find and seek.
I’d donate my current dinner set to charity and replace it with the gorgeous mix and match range. I love these! http://www.kmart.com.au/product/cereal-bowl—blue-dot/124354
A shiny kettle that actually boils,
A new toaster for toast that doesnt spoil.
A rug, cushions , a new picture frame,
Lots of towels that actually look the same
Setting up house is very expenisive,
but KMART to the rescue, the range is extensive!!!
I would get a head start on the Christmas Shopping and be organised for once in my life!
i would buy something brand new for my grandkids who not only watched the stuff afloat at their mums but also at our place…love seeing the smile light up their faces…
New cushions for a splash of colour, bedding for a revamp room, storage for a tidy playroom and a bean bag for readin stories
I’d love to brighten up my space,
Add some colour to the place,
I’d love to have a new bedspread,
Some new pillows to rest my head,
Like the black dinner set too,
Such a great price for one that’s new!
I would buy my now 15 month old son some new summer clothes. He has outgrown all last years and has moved on from the baby section to the little boys
aww time goes too fast. I would also like to buy him a few pairs of sling back thongs and cute little boy sandals as we’re hoping he will be walking by Christmas. He will definitely need some shoes to protect his little feet from the hot bitumen that our Australian summers bring.
Roary the Racing Car DVDs are only $4! I’d buy every title on the shelf and be the best mum in the whole world…
…and a Kambrook 4 slice sandwich press. I like the flat toasting surface (as opposed to our old one that gets dried melted cheese stuck in the corners)…
…and a 12 cordless drill so I can stop nagging hubby to do a few quick repairs and get in and do them myself.
I badly need new linens, bed spread, comforter, etc. I can get a whole new look to my bedroom with new linens.
A New saucepan set because the daughters have left home and taken my pots and pans with them. A new one for me is warranted.
I’d purchase some moisturiser to offer my skin peace and solitude, lipstick to create many memories, a “foundation” of good intentions, chocolate for love and contentment and, perfume for a breath of fresh air!
We are moving again, our 11th home in 11 years, and a few pretty things would help dry my tears.
Some fresh curtains for the windows, a new rug for the floor, something sweet for my girls room and some photo frames near the door.
Kmart is affordable and the quality of its products is good, we can’t afford to buy lots ourselves but if I won this gift card we could!
I would buy a new 32Cm Tefal So Tasty Frypan, and some new storage containers, I have a draw full of lid’s but the containers seem to just disappear. love K-mart great products at affordable prices.
I would love a new 32Cm Tefal So Tasty Frypan , and some storage containers , I have a draw full of lid’s, but the containers just seems to disappear.
I would buy all new linen for spring/ summer and some cute new mugs!
I would deck out my pantry in new plastic stackable storage containers, then I’d have to leave the door open to show it off!
$100 goes a long way
From greying hair to colourful hey!
And then there’s all that beauty buys
Face wash, lipstick, blusher and some kajol would be nice!
OR
Need a new winter jacket
My old is worn and faded
And omg all those gorgeous shoes,
Heals, flats, boots – to give my confidence a standing boost!
OR
How about a nice soft scarf or some lingerie,
New clothes and hats, a sophisticated reflection I’d love to see!
OR
I once saw a necklace so divine
With some money to spare it could be mine!
I’m a stationary freak, love colours and glam
I’ll buy some gel pens and hide them from my fam!
OR
Almost forgot about my musky handbag
Need one that’s organised and not like an old shaggy rag!
A wallet to store my cards and cash
So that when it’s time for shopping to Kmart I can dash!
OR
Wait, maybe I’ll buy a good book or two
Been dying to read ‘50 Shades of Grey’,
Take that back I’ll buy an expensive perfume spray!
$100 goes a long way
For mummy’s who work night n day
No annual leave or salary pay
They deserve a spoiling n pampering in every possible way
Three cheers for these amazing ladies- hip hip hooray!!!
Would Love to Win so I could Spruce up the House with Some Beautiful Bold Colours. Bed Linen and Cushion is what I need to do so.
My Lounge room is bland and boring.
Would rekindle the love in this space by buying some bright, funky cushions, rug with the “wow factor” to add character, and some new accessories all from Kmart, would really breathe some new life into the place.
I would buy shelves to store his toys and books. We never knew how much storage space a child need so we assumed whatever we had was sufficient. How wrong were we!
I’d love to buy some new baking trays as they are looking the worse for wear (my darling husband has managed to scratch every single one of them despite me telling him not to cut up food on them!). Also would love some storage baskets/drawers to house all the ‘little’ pieces of toys (blocks, railway tracks, farm animals) that my son recently received for his 2nd birthday, instead of just shoving them all under his bed every night so I don’t end up standing on them. And finally, maybe a pretty rug or throw for my baby girl’s room, as it needs a ‘pink’ lift!
With 134 days till Christmas it’s never too early to start shopping for Santa presents
With only 8 weeks to go (maybe even less who knows ;)) till the arrival of lil munchkin number 2, I would like to use the gift card towards getting some necessities ie clothes, muslin, wraps for her and also some toys as well as accessories too!
A new dinner set and coffee mugs! Too many pieces of ours are missing because we’ve got butter fingers in the kitchen!
My son & I moved out of my parents house a month ago so this would really help with getting all the different bits & pieces. Some towels, a sauce pan set & some new pillows as ours are dead.
I would buy some new crockery, as I am super clumsy and keep breaking it all
I will buy Vantage Convertible Car Seat i need new one for my new baby
$100 to spend – Weeeeeeeeee!!!!
Not on kids five and three!.
Some new shoes for tired feet
A treat I do condone.
Please, just let me shop alone!
A new summer dress for mum.
Let these white legs see some sun!
I would a Kmart gift card to buy some decorative items for my kitchen.
Some containers that are actually airtight
so my cornflakes don’t turn to mush when I take a bite
Bedding…..which is much needed, new sheets for all of us!!
Some new plates for my family of 8 kidlets
who, can I just say seem to break a plate a day
I think we are in need of a new set (one that matches would be good!)
Think I would buy some underwear for my hubby and son for summer as you know boys and there clothes. There full of holes.
I’d add some baby gal’s outfits for my newborn, with $100 I can buy lots. I got most of my little boy’s outfits from Kmart and I love them.
I would buy bed sheets and start my collection as i am getting married next year!
1 would love some new linen and towels
Lots of containers, all the same, that can stack nicely into my cupboards.
When the day’s done- I’d give it to Mum, I don’t know what I’d do without her- the tears, laughter and the fun!
I REALLY want a slow-cooker! Preparing meals for Hubby and four kids is always such a chore, especially on these cold nights! Yummy, tender ‘Comfort foods’ that almost cook themselves and give me more quality time to spare with my kids, sounds good to me!
Undies & socks, and all for me!!! I’d indulge and lash out, really living on the edge by frivolously splurging on myself for once. Like in the good old days BC (before children!!).
Lots of those square wicker/cane baskets that they have, to put on our bookcase & turn it into attractive drawer style shelves to hide all the junk one accumulates these days. A friend’s done it and it looks really good.
my crockery is odd ,old and unmatching,i’d love a new set something bright and eye catching,stripes or dots,sayings or plain anything new is my lucky gain.
It’s the Homemaker 80 piece kitchen starter set – a Christmas present for my daughter leaving home next year and for me? Woven basketware… such smart storage gear!
Hungry Hungry Hippos! I love that game!
I have had my eye on some gorgeous bowls, cups and plates in Kmart in a pretty blue/green which is also the inspiration for the colours I want to paint in my house!
I am about to buy my first home (so scary, but so exciting), and I currently have very little in the way of homewares. If I won this I would be shopping up a storm buying some home essentials – cups, plates, bowls, oven trays, tongs etc ….. so that I don’t end up moving into a pathetically empty home
Wow I agree with you, Kmart is so affordable! It’s a breath of fresh air.
With $100, I’m going to have a mini-makeover for my kitchen. We’re hosting Christmas lunch this year and I am not a very good cook so I need all the help I can get from plates and decors so guests won’t notice my average cooking. Hehe. There are a lot of nice things from their Homeware section that I want to get such as dinner set, wine glasses, placement mats, napkins, table cloth, tea towels and candles.
And if I have some money left, I might get Pink – Greatest Hits So Far CD as a treat for myself. Can’t remember the last time I bought a CD, must have been at least a decade ago.
we ll i would take my mother out for a day to Kmart, and we would have a girly day out of shopping through all the awesome sales Kmart always have.
Absolutely love Kmart…..I’d splurge on myself for a change, a new wardrobe as they “make low prices irresistable”!!!!
i would buy some household items as well as school supplies
I would buy some new pots and pans for my kitchen!
A slow-cooker. Somebody may or may not have broken our slow-cooker in the past week. I’m not pointing any fingers, because I’m fairly certain I did it. It’s such a shame too, because our slow-cooker was the most productive chef in the family.
A new microwave as ours is old and they start giving off radiation so is probably unsafe
I’m a newlywed with an empty nest!
Kmart homewares are simply the best!
For the price that you pay, the quality’s great!
I’d buy us our first set of dinner plates!
The kids and grand kids have all left home. At 60 I finally have a room that is my own space to decorate, just to suit me. Yep, my spend would be all about me!
Need a new camera mines broken as can be
Kids took it adventuring and dropped it from a tree
Screen was cracked so no photos for me
That’s reason enough to pick me
I’d buy small toys to fill my Samaritan’s Purse shoebox plus skincare for my daughters and the remainder would buy me a Mars Bar.
I’d spend $100 on Australia’s Choice Decadent cookies! K-mart is the ONLY place to get them over here and there the most delicious cookies in the world. I would love a huge supply so this Christmas i can make a Decadent cookie Christmas tree for my table centrepiece!
I would give $50 each to my kids and ask them to buy an outfit each so that they can understan how much things cost. Although Kmart is so cheap these days, I will have to tell them that they wouldn’t get as much for their money elsewhere!
I would buy some early Christmas present for my family I know it is going to be harder this year and this would really help
i would buy the awesome wood kitchen they have
husby says no, but wouldnt have a choice if it was ‘gifted’ to me lol
I browsed K-Mart’s online catalogue from beginning to end!
Here’s what I’d buy if I had a $100 gift card to spend –
1. At $25.00, the Queen Bed ‘Lily’ Quilt Cover Set,
to make over our bedroom, it’s the best you can get!
2. At $29.00, the ‘Children’s Mirror on Stand’
will make daughter’s bedroom the cutest in the land!
3. For $12.00, the Jacquard Satin Stripe Shower Curtain – Blue,
For an ocean-themed bathroom, only this one will do!
4. For the kitchen, the Mini Cake Ball Baking Kit,
It’s only $12.00 and is sure to be a hit!
5. Now to make the living room lovely and bright,
the $9.00 ‘Purple Stripe Dita Lamp’ brings colour and light!
6. For $12.00, to keep everything in its place,
the ‘Vacuum Seal Storage Bags’ will save lots of space!
7. Now just $1.00 to spend – can I find something sweet?
Ooh! The ‘Apple and Rhubarb Candle’ looks hard to beat!
I would take my 3 adopted grandkids to buy something nice for them to wear….they would love that…
Quality bed linen, for family so we have sweet dreams, sleep tight and not let the bed bugs bite.
My oldest just got a new apt while he’s away from college, and of course has nothing…I’ve been scrambling to help, and this would be a fantastic thing to use as well.. 2 college kids, a highschooler and middle schooler…and I think my dollar is more like pennies when I have to spend it…lol
I have renovated recently and have a lovely new bathroom but am still using my tired dull old towels and bath mats. I would purchase a new set to brighten up the room.
Cookware is needed desperately ’round here
KMart’s is nice & not very dear
Microwave containers that are not made of plastic
Healthy for cooking, this would be fantastic
I’d love a chance to update my kitchen
A giftcard from Mad Mummas, now this would be b……eautiful… tehehehehe (was gonna rhyme it, just in time, remembered we are g rated 😀
I would love to buy a rug for my bedroom and maybe a painting for the bathroom!
I would love to buy new sheets.
Chocolate….. ok, not $100 worth of chocolate, maybe some useful things like clothes and new knickers for everyone! Yay for knickers! Also some wine glasses to drink the wine I would have to buy to celebrate the new knickers!
If I won the gift card, I would allocate $80 of it to my four little grandchildren toward their Christmas present, and the other $20 would go under the KMart Christmas Wish Tree for another child…..spread the love.
I’ve got my eye on an amazing quilt cover I saw in the Kmart catalogue the other day. It’s gorgeous – blue tones, with a dip dyed sort of look (I’d get the catalogue to get you the exact name, but I’m currently stuck under a finally sleeping sick bubba!)!!
But it is exactly what I’ve been looking for to replace our current comforter which is falling to bits – literally!
Will buy some kitchen utensils & crockery to give my kitchen a new look.
Just moved in a new home & will buy some new bedding or some cushions
We’re in the process of selling our house; my dad said to me the other day “Kaz, if you only buy one new thing to spruce up your house, make sure it’s a new toilet brush for your toilet, you don’t want prospective buyers looking at your old one and imaging all sorts of awful things you’ve cleaned with it”…..Yeah thanks dad. So, I’d buy a new toilet brush, all the while muttering to myself why on earth I was spending part of my precious $100 gift card on something that cleans my toilet!
We are having Christmas at our house for the very first time this year. I would love to deck out our table in a festive way without breaking the bank. The $100 voucher would certainly help that dream
Oh I dream of matching plates, bowls and mugs! I would definitely invest in some new dinnerware for my whole family to enjoy for years to come!
Oh I really want one of those craft drawers so much cause my sewing table is fast running out of room to store all my fabrics and other sewing items.
I’d be able to buy a lot of toys for Christmas. Their prices are so cheap these days!
a soda stream because I would love to have one to bring back childhood memories and share the experience with my children
I’d get $100 worth of kids clothes for my three children because their clothes are sooo cheap. I’d buy them a new wardrobe with $100!!
I would love to buy some baking materials and dishes
lets see some sneakers for my kids as they need new shoes
a board game for hubby will keep him amused
some new clothes for me as I have lost weight
so as you can see this kmart voucher is my fate
First of all you have to totally take pity on me. My ‘local’ Kmart is over 400kms away, that would give me approximately four hours drive to decide what I’d like.
Secondly, I share a 3 x 3m room with hubby which is a mix of boring man office and creative girl cave. His side of the room contains a 2 x 1.8m boring Government grey monstrosity of a desk. My side houses a beautiful pine desk with white chair. I think, for me to push him out and gain the whole room to myself I would have to spend most of the voucher on anything pretty and girlie.
i would definitely buy some new knives! im sooooo over trying to cut and peel with the blunt, dull knives i have!
I would buy a BLENDER! I’d love to be able to have a green smoothie every morning! Most days I skip brekkie and I could wazz it up before leaving, then drop my son at kindy and drive to work!
I would buy some kitchen stuff, dinner setting, glassware, saucepans etc. I am so in the need of them.
I’d buy some organisational bins, tupperware, racks etc for the kitchen. My mum is going on her first overseas trip in over 25 years in a month and while she’s away finally having the break she deserves, I plan to blitz the house so that she comes home to a paradise as calming and heavenly as the one she’s left!
I’d definitely purchase some homewares from Kmart. I need some new photo frames to hang some family photos we recently had taken. And I’d also love some insulated glasses to drink my coffee from. I’m sure I’d still have some money left after that so maybe I’d purchase something for myself too – new exercise clothes.