***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.
Bonnie Sayers says
FURNISH ME! I still love the pie shelf my aunt gave me many years ago …
Jodi says
Furnish Me!
My favorite furniture is a large (6ft tall) mirror built into the frame of an old arched window (this description is doing it no justice whatsoever). My parents gave it to me when they moved and they couldn’t fit it it their new house. It is stunning in our foyer with a large console under it and dark grey walls.
jessica y says
FURNISH ME!!
I love this end table my husband surprised me with for my birthday from zgallerie.
Julie Cacioppo says
Furnish me, I’ve got a spot for every piece! Thanks
Angela says
FURNISH ME! My husband’s late grandmother gave us an upholstered rocking chair that she got for wedding…I recovered it and it’s so pretty.
Leah says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece is our dining room table. Having lots of space for board games and dinner with friends is really important to us, so we tested lots of table to find the perfect one. Since buying it we’ve made many wonderful memories with family and friends around that table!
jenn says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite piece is the china cabinet we commissioned to go in our dining room. While not an exact match to our dinette set, they compliment each other nicely, and having it custom built allowed us to not only support a local artisan, but actually saved us a ton of money! WIN/WIN!
jessica says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is a brown leather tufted chesterfield I got from Craigslist. I’d looked for over a year for a chesterfield and there was *nothing* within about 75 miles that wasn’t at least $1500. I’d actually given up the quest and deleted my Google search alerts when I searched on a whim and there it was.
Suzy mccann says
Furnish Me! I love my dining room chairs I found at a 2nd hand store.
Wendy says
FURNISH ME!
I love my dining room table.
Lorelle says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a large Moroccan-style mirror that I repainted the frame white and hung over my fireplace (stole the idea from Centsational Girl! It’s the same mirror she has above her mantel) I love it!!
Jessica M. says
Furnish Me!
I love our couch we splurged on last year. It’s a comfy sectional.
Elliott says
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My favorite piece in our house is our Kawai Grand Piano.
Claire says
Furnish Me!! My favorite piece is an orange campaign chest that I found for a great price at an estate sale.
Jenni says
Furnish me! My favorite piece currently is the french vintage bedside table that I scored for 5 bucks. I painted it a bright classic purple in high high gloss! Go-geous!
Christine says
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I inherited an old buffet that I have always used as a dresser from my mom when I got my first place. It is still my most favorite piece of furniture 14 years later!
Emily Laing says
Furnish me! I have a cute armless chair I found on Craigslist for $25. I recovered it in a bright turquoise and brown fabric. It turned out really well!
Kate R says
Furnish me please! I am already inspired by these items. Oh master bathroom makeover you are about to get out of control, in an oh so phenomenal way!
Stephanie says
Furnish me! All of those pieces are gorgeous! My favorite piece of furniture thatI own is a farmhouse table I scored on Craigslist for $50!
abvv says
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After being married for five years, I finally got my first real “grown-up” piece of furniture – a fabulous brass/steel industrial floor lamp – and every time I look at it I smile. It adds just the right amount of light to my reading nook. I stood in line for an hour at a local boutique sample sale to snap up this lamp (which otherwise was WAAAY out of my price range), and I still think it was worth every minute.
Jessica says
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I found my coffee table on craigslist. It is a lift top table which is perfect for all the times we end up eating in the living room.
Kat Diamond says
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I have a late 1960’s credenza that my Mom left me when she passed away. It’s in my garage waiting for me to decide whether to paint it, sand it down to the natural wood, or leave it in it’s original finish…decisions, decisions!
Kellie says
FURNISH ME!!
The barrel chairs I found on the side of the road and reupholstered a few years ago.
kristen says
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an old coat hanger from my grandmother
Jessica says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is an antique I found at Scott’s in Atlanta. I’d been trying to find one for over two years and when I saw it I knew it would be perfect for this little nook we have in our home. I use it for our linens. It is ah-mazing!
Maria says
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Chanda says
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One of my favorites is a vintage sideboard that I painted kelly green… I love it so:) But also my midcentury drexel dining room table and chairs are my best find at $400 and even better is when I went to recover the chairs under the ugly 70s fiberglass cloth I found original silk in the perfect orange red that matched my dining room perfect! Fate:)
Heather Ramsey says
“FURNISH ME!”
My favorites are a pair of vintage orange Eames armchairs with Eiffel Tower bases from Modernica.
Megan Thomas says
FURNISH ME!
The first piece my husband and I bought as a married couple was a desk from Pottery Barn. It was pricey, but perfect for the space. It is still one of my most favorite pieces!
Erin says
FURNISH ME!
Love my dining table!
Katie C. says
furnish me!
all my furniture is really cheap but once I figure out how to transport it 500 miles I am really looking forward to the 50’s TV cabinet my grandparents are giving me.. it’s already a nice rusty orange, which is one of my favorite furniture colors!
Jessica says
Furnish Me!
I love my bed! It’s not fancy,but it is the most comfortable thing I have ever slept on.
Elle says
FURNISH ME! (please?)
I am in love with our dining room table. My parent’s recently moved from a large house to a city apartment and didn’t have room for their table. It’s really unique and makes me always think of home.
Alexa says
FURNISH ME! Last year we splurged some really beautiful chairs that are going to last forever. They are so comfortable and I’m really glad we took a chance on the bolder fabric!
Susanne says
Furnish me!
I actually did find and refinish a beautiful bench from a yard sale!
kate says
Furnish me! I was just given the original gas lights from my great grandparents home. I can’t wait to rewire them and hand them in our 1910 bungalow.
michele says
FURNISH ME! I love our house full of hand me downs and re-worked pieces!
Jennifer says
Furnish Me! My parents bought a bedroom set for me when I was 10 or so, I have had it all these years and I now use it for my 3 year old daughter.
Caitlin says
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My favorite furniture is my bedroom set, because it the first big purchase my husband and I made together.
Christin says
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The piece I love the most is my vintage Bentwood rocker! It was the first piece of furniture we bought for our son’s nursery :) We bought it off of Craigslist and it was in perfect condition! Though the new sofa gliders are so cute and comfy, there is just something about this rocker that makes me feel warm and fuzzy :)
Chanie Appel says
Furnish me!! The greatest piece I own is a handmade, wrought iron table
Alexis says
FURNISH ME!!! PLEASE!!!
I guess our couch, custom made and has held up to a toddler :)
Barbara says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a secretary desk my grandfather made out of two pieces of furniture.
Jessica says
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My love my grandmother’s antique side table and coat rack. They remind me of her.
Britt says
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My favorite is definitely the load of mid-century furniture my grandma gave me. She had amazing taste!
Will H says
FURNISH ME! We’re slowly moving beyond second hand grad student furniture but the greatest piece(s) we have our a large trunk that came over from Norway when a relative immigrated here long ago and a pretty cool mirror that we got from our realtor when we had our house open for visitors.
Jamie says
“FURNISH ME”…I love our media unit. It is an open shelf tv stand with open shelving on each side…
Rebeca says
Furnish me!
I am always DYI and would love something that was beautiful without becoming a project!!
Meagan says
FURNISH ME, please!
It’s probably a tie between the dresser that I refinished when I got my first apartment out of college and the outdoor patio set that I just bought…
Gretchen Bradley says
Furnish Me!!!
I have an amazing antique spanish chest that my stepfather gave me. We sanded and waxed it together. It has four drawers across the top and cabinet doors on the bottom.