***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.
Teale says
FURNISH ME!
I have some retro looking upholstered chairs from my grandparents house that I really love.
Janie says
FURNISH ME!
I don’t have any furniture that I really love but my favorite decorative item is an oil painting that my grandfather did.
Danielle says
FURNISH ME!!
I am quite proud of the huge piece of fish-scale artwork that my husband and I made!
Danielle
lauren says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite peice is an old mid century modern 3 drawer dresser… really nice solid wood with dovetail joints and working drawers, just needed to be refinished so of course I painted it white… and it looks great and i love it. oh and did i mention it was $12?
Michelle M. says
FURNISH ME!
The greatest piece I own is a fresh bouquet of flowers my in-laws sent as a house warming gift. Fresh flowers make everything better!
Nicole says
FURNISH ME!
We have a neat travel chest with some antique stickers on it. It sits at the foot of one of our beds.
Mrs Robinson says
FURNISH ME! We were married two weeks ago and JUST moved into OUR house on Friday. We are busy arranging 6 kids’ and 2 families worth of stuff, and trying to be brutal when it comes to what stays/goes. My favorite piece is the dresser I gave my husband. I bought it at an auction in high school, refinished it, and lugged it through my college years. It’s now his, and I think it’s finally “home” :)
Kindra says
Furnish me!
I have a very old twin Jenny Lind bed that goes back several generations. It has been such a neat experience having my daughter, three, sleep in it as well.
Francine M says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite piece of furniture is my bedroom chair in this amazing pink print. It’s girly and fun – just like me! Also it’s the first new piece I’ve purchased. I bought my home a couple years ago and have always been on a tight budget and all of my furniture is from family/friends/Craigslist; not that there’s anything wrong with that, but since I’ve been the only owner of my pink chair it makes it a little more special!
Kinga says
FURNISH ME!
I bought this antique china cabinet from Craigslist and it’s a little distressed but I love it just the way it is.
Val says
Furnish me! My favorite peice is a credenza Goodwill find.
lauren says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is an old mid century modern 3 drawer dresser… really nice solid wood with dovetail joints and working drawers, just needed to be refinished so of course I painted it white… and it looks great and i love it. oh and did i mention it was $12?
Kaitlin says
FURNISH ME!!!
I have this wonderful armoire from a friend’s grandma that is absolutely beautiful!
Kaitlin H. says
FURNISH ME!
I love my antique dresser that my parents bought when they were first married. I hated it growing up b/c it wasn’t cool, but now I see why my parents gave it to me.
Amberly says
FURNISH ME!
We love our dinning room table we got from my parents barn.
ashley b says
furnish me! my greatest piece would have to be a cabinet i got off of craigslist for $20 that i repaired and completely made over. i now use it to store all my vintage pyrex pieces. i love it!
Leah says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite piece of furniture is actually a coffee table my husband and I inherited from his Staff Srgt that I painted Sunny Yellow!
Ashleigh says
FURNISH ME!!! Our greatest piece of furniture would most definitely be our lovely linen West Elm sectional. We got it for a steal at an outlet – it makes such a great statement in our living room!
Jennifer says
FURNISH ME! So proud to own my grandmother’s solid oak pedestal table. It needs some refinishing, but it’s otherwise in great shape and I LOVE it!
Lacey says
FURNISH ME!
My father-in-law made my coffee table and it’s a really great, durable piece that I love!
Erica says
Furnish me! We don’t have a whole lot of nice furniture. But, my husband just made me a bed out of a tree he felled himself, and that is definitely our “greatest piece.”
Shelby says
FURNISH ME!
I have my great-grandparents’ dining table, which was in my grandmother’s home when I was growing up. It is a beautiful table besides being a family heirloom and I love it so much.
Lynette says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece of furniture is my mom’s buffet she purchased in the 1970’s. My mom passed away, and the buffet was passed on to me after I was married. I added wood and tile to the top, and painted it yellow. It sits right inside my front door and makes me smile every time I come home.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Crystal says
Furnish me!
I love our dining table, I am in the process of standing it down to paint it white.
Crystal says
*sanding haha, gotta love auto correct.
Cindy says
Furnish me! I love the items I have that were my mom’s like the big wingback floral chair in my bedroom.
Katie says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is the bed that is in my guest room, which was my first real “big girl” bed (i.e. not a twin!).
Bethany Soelberg says
FURNISH ME
I haven’t really bought much furniture but I bought an awesome huge picture frame from goodwill for $7 and my husband had my favorite print framed in it for christmas one year. It is carved wood with gold accents and it’s stunning …. It needs those pieces to make my living room really come together and that blue is perfect!
Kaysce says
Furnish me! My ten dollar writing desk I got from a boutique going out of business.
Daisy frisch says
FURNISH ME! wow! This is the best giveaway EVER! drool!! My most valued, cherished piece I own right now is a hutch in our living room that I painted yellow and then glazed. :-)
Denise says
Furnish Me! We have an Irish pine dresser that is very nice!
Nancy says
FURNISH ME!
Right now my favorite is the 10 ft long L-shaped desk that I built using the same method you guys used to make your desk :)
Lisa says
FURNISH ME! Hmmm…I truly love our bathroom sink, which is original to our older house. Is that weird?
Jamie H says
Furnish me! I love my bed. :)
Liz says
Furnish me!!
Michelle (aka mybelle101) says
FURNISH ME!
I would say my favorite piece is the entertainment center/console that my husband built about 6 years ago…he did a fantastic job, and it’s a timeless piece!
Heather says
Furnish Me…the baby crib we are refinishing getting ready for our first little one.
Linds says
FURNISH ME!
We splurged on a contemporary style couch in light grey from west elm and I love it. We have a lot of mismatched furniture from family, but this is the first piece we bought ourselves.
Brittany says
Furnish Me!
Most of our home is made up of modern hand-me-downs,, funky flea market finds and Ikea functional pieces, but our one really nice piece of furniture is the Noguchi coffee table. It was a splurge to say the least, but I’ll never regret it and I’ll never get tired of it.
Beth says
FURNISH ME!!! Well my husband and I now own a home and buddy is it not very interesting and neither am I. I don’t think I have a single piece of furniture that I’m like “WOW” when I see it. In other words I’m boring and need HELP. So Please pick me :)
Jenny says
FURNISH ME!!!
I’d say my current favorite piece is the new IKEA couch we just bought! I LOVED yours sooo MUCH, I went and bought one too! Tee Hee =)
annaO says
FURNISH ME!! I just redid a dresser that we are now using as a TV stand, and I LOVE IT!
Chelsea says
FURNISH ME! Wow what a great giveaway. I have had my eye on that blue chair from pier imports. My favorite furniture is my bed because it’s about the only piece I have actually bought and not been given.
Briana says
FURNISH ME!
Becca says
Furnish Me!
I love my nightstand. It was used by my grandparents on their farm. It has so much history (even the mark from a candle that got a little out of control) and I love that I am able to use it everyday.
Krystal says
Furnish Me!
I love my oak dining room table with glass inset and leather parsons chairs. Perfectly my style and easy clean-up!
Meghan says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a large chest coffee table :)
Sue says
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Sara says
Furnish me!!! I have a beautiful coffee table that my mom bought for me from pottery barn when I was in college… It was used as the floor model so we got it for an awesome deal!
Beth A says
FURNISH ME!!
My favorit piece is an antique oak library desk that my husband got for $10 at an auction years ago.
Connie Tacazon says
Furnish me
I’m loving my big l-shaped couch. Brown suede and comfy cozy.