***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.
Emma says
Furnish me!!
I have my great great uncles wooden bed from 1856 complete with a horse hair mattress!
Erin says
Furnish me! Our brand new, super long, three cushion (no chaise) couch! So great for naps!
Lissa says
Furnish Me PLEASE!!!
My favorite piece is a 1930s French school desk that my parents had refinished for my birthday. It’s so beautiful and special to me because I’m a teacher :)
Abby says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece of furniture is an antique chest that I found at an estate sale. I use it as my coffee table – it is the perfect statement piece, and was a steal at $80!
Cortney says
FURNISH ME!
I love the pieces that I have refinished myself. They may not be the most expensive, but they are perfect for my space :)
Angela says
FURNISH ME! The greatest piece I currently own is my desk which I found for FREE but it’s made of solid oak and has since been sanded and painted :)
Kirsten says
Furnish me!
We’re still in hand-me-down mode, so I don’t really have a piece that I love, so it would be kind of awesome to win this… :-)
Bronwyn Rapp says
Please FURNISH ME! I love our master bed.
Emily says
FURNISH ME!!!
I love, love, love the leather sleigh bed in our master bedroom.
jeanne says
Furnish me. I love my mother’s old coffee table.
Meredith M. says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece(s) are my master bedroom set that I bought for myself as a college graduation gift!
Grier says
FURNISH ME!!! My favorite piece is my grandmother’s china cabinet! It is beautiful and reminds me of her!
Fi says
FURNISH ME!
I have a beautiful table that I bought in college that has wonderful chairs that match but are each different. I love it.
Sarah Jane says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece of furniture is definitely my couch. Comfy and cleans well :)
Shane Elizabeth says
FURNISH ME!
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!!! A hope chest inherited from my grandparents.
Annie says
Furnish Me!
I’m rather fond of two velvet chairs my husband’s former roommate found on the street in NYC. Somehow they ended up with us, and they make me smile.
Angie says
FURNISH ME!
I bought a low teak dresser with really narrow drawers at an antique store. Didn’t know what I was going to put in it, just liked it. It turned out to be the perfect place to keep office supplies like paper, envelopes, binders, etc.
They’re all accessible, but the dresser sits in the living room topped with plants, looking merely decorative. It’s my storage ninja. :P
Devin says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is my grandmother’s dresser which is a chipped paint yellow.
Christine says
FURNISH ME!
My bed. It’s the only thing I’ve picked out myself.
Tracie W says
FURNISH ME!
I love our new TV stand- we had to wait 3 months for it and it’s beautiful! One of the reasons I love it so much is that we’ve never purchased anything “nice”, it’s always just been “affordable” and cheap. We saved our pennies and for something so great!
Joseph says
FURNISH ME!
My greatest piece would be the white metal cabinet I have in my dining room I use to store everything out of sight and its clean, modern, and doesn’t take up that much room.
Emily M says
Furnish me!
I have a fabulous china cabinet from my grandmother.
Carolyn says
FURNISH ME!
A great dresser we found second hand that we’re re-finishing and will use as a changing table
Shawna says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece of furniture is a knock off Pottery Barn table that my husband built a couple months ago. We bought our first house and he had a short unheard of vacation (he is in the Army) so he got bored and built a table :)
Jesse says
FURNISH ME!!!
Everything we own is from craigslist or family. Definitely need to be furnished!!!!
Tatiana says
Furnish Me!
Our house is mostly Ikea at this point, but I have a hand-made mirror with the outline of a tree that I just love. It’s small, but it adds some warmth to the Ikea-ness.
Lucy says
FURNISH ME! I love the table my dad made me with an old schoolhouse chalkboard!
Janet in Dallas says
FURNISH ME!
Two favorites…
One is a bee-yoo-tee-full Stickley desk that my parents bought my husband and I as a wedding gift 3 years ago. The other is an adorable red & white metal kitchen stool from the 1930s that I found very cheaply priced at a secondhand store. Love mixing old with new, fancy-schmancy with down-home.
Jen@The Decor Scene says
FURNISH ME!!! I have a great dresser that I love.
Meg says
Furnish me!! We have a great (big) hutch with glass shelves in our dining room. My husband picked it out by himself and we don’t always agree on furniture but this one we both love!
Jennifer says
FURNISH ME!
my mocha-colored sofa. the store had custom-ordered the wrong color for another customer. fortunately, it was perfect for me!
Emily says
FURNISH ME!
My nicest piece is an Ethan Allen Buffet we inherited from my husband’s lovely great-aunt. It is a beautiful piece and it also reminds me of the wonderful woman we got it from.
Jen says
Furnish me! I love the dining set I have that was my grandparents…and some day I’ll get up the nerve to refinish it.
Ginny A. says
Furnish me!
I have an old fashioned looking vanity my dad got me for my 13th birthday. Now that I am older and really appreciate it, I’ve been dying to refinish it!
Laura says
FURNISH ME!!
My favorite piece of furniture in my house is the cherry hope chest my dad made for me when I was a little girl. It’s beautiful and meaningful!
Alison says
Furnish Me!!!!!
I actually have 3 pieces which I love and have big plans for in the future. I have a dresser I inherited from my aunt which was hers when she was young and I have two old wood chairs that I got off craigslist and had been looking for those types of chairs for the longest time. The chairs will most likely become a fun color but I’m not quite sure what to do with the dresser.
jamie cafarella says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is our country hutch I inherited from my grandmother!
Hannah Richman says
Furnish me!!
My favorite piece is a trunk that I picked up at a yard sale– I was ready to pay over 100 and they offered it for free!
Hannah
MR says
FURNISH ME!
I love our floral rug that covers our family room.
Amanda says
FURNISH ME! I love the mid century bedroom set we bought for a bargain at a moving sale.
Kelly H says
FURNISH ME! One of our best pieces is a yard sale coffee table. Super cheap and lots of character!
Lisbeth says
FURNISH ME! The best piece we currently have in our house has to be the bedroom set we bought a few month ago. Our bed has built in drawers which means we have plenty of storage without cluttering our room up with too much furniture.
Marnie says
Furnish Me! My best piece would have to be an antique oak bed I purchased years ago that will be used by my daughter when she’s older.
Ruth says
Furnish me!
I love the furniture pieces we bought when we first got married – a bed and rowe couch. Still going strong!
Katy says
furnish me!
i have a red armchair that i LOVE – and it’s from IKEA so it was right in my budget!
ATLKristen says
Furnish me! Love my dark brown coffee table. Have had it for four years in three different homes and see myself having it for awhile.
Suzanne says
Furnish me! Vintage wooden chairs in the kitchen.
Ginger says
FURNISH ME!
My current favorite piece is a Martha Stewart Bernhardt sofa. It is so comfortable. Currently it is sitting in my basement as it is 7 years old and has been well loved and used by my young family, but I plan to get it recovered soon!
Samantha says
FURNISH ME!!
My greatest piece is the chair that my grandmother owned when she was younger and I was able to get refurnished recently. It’s full of memories! :)