***This giveaways has reached it’s cap of 10,000 and is now closed – see who won below!***
Wow, you guys really have an appetite for great pieces! After less than 24 hours of giveaway madness, we have crowned our random winner as… joyfulcanary (whose favorite piece is a tie between her $30 thrift store China cabinet and her great grandmother’s Hoosier Cabinet). Congrats on your big win!
You don’t typically think of chemistry students writing home design books, but then we learned one of Sherry’s brother’s old classmates at Columbia wrote “Good Bones, Great Pieces” with her mother. It’s a beautiful book about how to combine seven essential elements, er, pieces of furniture in any room for a stunning result – and they’ve got a blog with even more eye candy too.
So not only are Suzanne and Lauren McGrath giving away a copy of their book this week, they’re also hooking up one of you with over $3,000 worth of furniture and bedding (!!!) so that you’ll be right on your way to achieving some of the looks shown above. Here are some of the “great pieces” you’ll be scoring:
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The Hazel Settee from Jayson Home & Garden ($1,995)
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The Navy Shop Chest from CB2 ($399)
- A rectangular Atoll Mirror from Ballard Designs ($199)
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The Cadman Chair from Pier 1 Imports ($199)
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A Queen-sized Light Indigo coverlet from John Robshaw ($420)
- The Hydrangea Dec Pillow also from John Robshaw ($155)
- PRIZE: A copy of Good Bones, Great Pieces plus over $3,300 worth of furniture as described above.
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FURNISH ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … what you consider to be the “greatest piece” you currently own. Did you splurge on a killer dresser once upon a time? Or maybe you inherited a vintage demilune table? Perhaps you happened upon the perfect bench at a yard sale one weekend?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 18th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Good Bones, Great Pieces.
Brie says
My best piece is probably the bar we made to fit in the dining room. It was really simple, but really adds flair to making drinks when we have parties.
Anne says
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I love the dining room set that I inherited from my grandmother. Unfortunately, my husband hates it.
Annie says
FURNISH ME! My fave piece is my husbands’s this end up dresser he has had for 30 years. I loathed it until we painted it turquoise and used it in our son’s room.
Ashley Carey says
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Th best piece I have, is my childhood iron bed. I plan to use it as my daughter’s bed once she is out of the crib.
taryn says
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Laura says
Furnish me! I need furniture!
Emily says
FURNISH ME! I built a dining room table out of a vintage barn door that is one of the coolest things I have in my house.
Anu says
Furnish me!!!
This is a tough one but I love the bookshelf on our landing that we had customize and then painted white with a green background. It’s styled with so many pretties and is the only place in our house that is consistently lovely!
Jaime says
Furnish me! Although we are a young couple with not a great number of cool pieces, I think our new sofa and love seat set is pretty nice. We got it on sale and it’s very versatile and comfy!
Jess Collins says
FURNISH ME! We have an old antique sewing machine table, that i love very much. We haven’t touched it other than some cleaning of the cast iron legs/bottom and sealing the top so it didn’t get messed up with a toddler
Jennifer says
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My best, favorite piece of furniture is an antique English hutch that we use to hold our barware.
Kristin says
FURNISH ME! And my greatest piece? My Meemaw’s Singer Sewing Machine table. Hands down. Mamaw’s secretary is second, and our mini Karl is 3rd :)
Libby says
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We typically don’t spend too much on nice furniture since we’re a Navy family on the move every 2 years. Not much use spending lots of dough on something that’s going to get banged around a lot. BUT last year we splurged (with a coupon of course!) on the Napa table from World Market (based on reviews that its indestructible) and I L-O-V-E it!!!
Kate says
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If you’d ask my husband, it would be our mid-eighties contemproary style glass top table and multi-colored chairs (not my style), but I guess for now it’s our entryway console table from Ikea, one with different sized cubes, with drawers, wine rack, etc. that seems to be our catch-all, but would be great in a dining room as a banquette, or bookcase in an office, so versatile!
Callie says
Furnish me! I love our pier 1 dining table. It was the last one and we scored a deal!
stephanie says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece is an old burgundy chair that I inherited from my mom, who inherited it from her grandmother. It needs to be resprung, and isn’t very comfortable, but I love it!
Alicia says
FURNISH ME! My only treasured furniture is my dining room set that my grandparents bought for me. My grandfather passed away soon after and never got to see the set in my home.
mjohnson says
FURNIS ME~!
I love my beat up red dresser – classic ;)
Christina says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece of furniture is the dresser my dad originally bought for his first house and passed on to me for my first house.
Laura says
FURNISH ME! I have a old wooden church bench salvaged from the church I grew up in- it’s currently on display in my bedroom!
Leah Neiman says
Furnish me! I just inherited two antique lamps from my great grandmother that I love !
steve says
Furnish me. I like my man cave with my animal antlers hanging on the wall.
Cynthia says
furnish me. farmhouse table I found at the design w/in reach outlet.
Tiffany says
FURNISH ME!!!!! PLEASE!! We just purchased this great old dresser off of Craigslist that we have yet to refurbish, so I’m sure that will soon be my new favorite! BUT currently my favorite piece is our dining room table! It’s not the norm but It fits in our house so well and just pulls everything together oh-so perfectly! =]
Adam says
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Kasey says
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I bought a bright blue console table that was really old but with a few nails it made the perfect foyer table.
Best part it was $2 at a yard sale
Crystal says
FURNISH ME! My husband and I just finished building an amazing dining table out of reclaimed barn wood. I love it!
Nikki says
FURNISH ME! My favorite pieces are the ones that my family has helped me with…a painted table, a reupholstered chair…things that are sentimental!
Angie says
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steve says
Furnish me. An old dresser.
Missy says
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Melissa says
FURNISH ME! I love our vibrant old area rug. We got it from a great consignment shop before we moved in.
Samantha says
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I love the Good Bones, Great Pieces blog, so happy to see that their book is out.
My fiancé bought me an amazing entry table off of craigslist and stained it. By far my favorite piece that we own together.
Bridget says
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Lindsey D says
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Meagan says
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Our best piece is…. well, none of them. Almost everything we have currently are hand me downs, the rest the things we could afford at 21 when we bought our first place. So we could _really_ use some nice, new stuff!
Amanda says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is a large, but simple mirror we put in our cozy little living room. It’s true what they say, mirrors really do open up a space!
Justin says
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Our basic sectional was the best purchase. Comfortable and goes with the ever changing decor my wife does
Molly says
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I inherited a couch from my grandma. It’s from 1963, & georgous! It’s 7ft long, Danish couch uphoulstered in brown tweed. :)
Lindsey says
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My favorite thing in my house is a plant stand I spray painted gold and added a hexagon mirror. It’s not perfect but it is better than how it started!
brandi w says
Furnish me! A dresser was left behind in the house we bought. I painted it bright red w white pulls and not only is it yummy looking, it also reminds me what a little paint and effort can do!
Amy says
Furnish me (please)!
I love the antique dresser my parents bought as a newly-married couple. And of course my Ikea bookshelf.
Kathleen says
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My favorite item is my desk that my husband and father-in-law built!
Susan G. says
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I bought a wooden dresser after I graduated from college that I refinished and is now in my daughter’s room. I still love it. Now, I’m thinking of sanding it down and painting it a fun color.
Jen says
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My favorite piece of furniture I own is my couch/love seat. It’s a cheap thing that as seen better days and is way too big for my current living room but it was the first post college purchase I made after saving up for what seemed like forever. I just love it.
faith says
FURNISH ME! My fave pieces are my pair of Barcelona chairs — they look great and are comfortable to boot!
neah says
Furnish me! I like my mother’s old coffee table.
Lorilyn says
FURNISH ME! This is going to sound sad but I’m not sure I would consider anything I own right now a “great bones” piece. The un-sad part of that though is it is because we’ve been remodeling our house the past two years so our money has gone into that :)
Kristin says
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My favorite piece of decor is an ornate framed Monet canvas that my husband found on the side of the road!
Allison Tredinnick says
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My favorite piece of furniture is an antique dresser that was passed down from my Grandfather. The dresser is very special to me because I never met my Grandfather. In addition, I love the dresser because it has the most beautiful wood pattern, and I love the Anthropoligie knobs I added for a personal whimsy touch! Love.