***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.
Kiki says
Furnish me!
My fave piece is not so much my most amazing LOOKING piece, but my writing desk that I scored for $20 and is perfect. Just…perfect.
Kelly says
FURNISH ME!
I have a china cabinet from my great grandmother. It made it through generations of children and a flood so I hope it survives me!
Bekah M. says
FURNISH ME!!
I love our sleek white swig mini bar from CB2. Its the first piece we’ve bought together as newlyweds :)
mary says
FURNISH ME!!!
Maria says
“FURNISH ME!” I’m most proud of my entry table that I bought for $20 at a garage sale. I painted it and added some details around the edges and it’s perfect.
Micah says
Furnish me!
I inherited an armoire from my parents that they had for over 25 years. It was a yellowy pine that my husband and I refinished to a gorgeous dark cherry color and we finished it off with new hardware from Anthropologie. Love love love!
Deena says
Furnish Me! I have an antique dresser with a round mirror. It was the first piece of furniture bought after graduating from college. Still love it.
Emily says
Furnish me!
I love all my furniture I find on craiglist! I feel like it has a history and a story to tell… And usually I get a good deal! I love me a good deal!
LeeAnn says
FURNISH ME! My greatest piece of furniture is a table my dad made me to put under the tv. Its a beautiful piece, and we had the best time painting it a gorgeous shade of blue.
corinne a. says
FURNISH ME! Honestly, even though it’s from Wal-Mart, I love the dresser we bought for my 2nd baby. I can’t help it! It’s pretty!
Mimi says
Furnish Me! My biggest splurge was a sectional from C&B.
Kait says
FURNISH ME!
My prized possession is a sideboard that I inherited from my great-grandmother. It had great bones, but when I got it, it was covered in pealing lime green paint (her favorite color!) and looked terrible. No one wanted it. I spent hours and hours sanding it down, repairing the wood, and revarnishing it. When I showed my family the finished piece, they thought it was new!
Lisa says
Furnish me!
I love my Ethan Allen dresser I scored at a thrift store last year. I gave it a fresh coat of white paint and some fun Anthropologie knobs. It lives in my little girl’s room.
Erin says
Furnish me! I love love a set of antique silver serving trays with mirrors glued to the middle hanging on my dining room wall…even if I have to polish them.
Lucky Girl says
Furnish me!
I’m pretty attached to my couch, it was the first piece of furniture that wasn’t owned by someone else or that I didn’t have to build pieces from a box. ;)
Ella says
Furnish Me!
The best piece of furniture I own is a tv cabinet made of solid wood with tinted black glass and stainless steel legs from BDI. It’s absolutely gorgeous and cost a fortune.
Corrie says
FURNISH ME:) please
Andrea says
Furnish Me! I like our bedroom set that we bought about a year ago. My husband and I now actually have enough drawers for our clothes.
Tyler says
Furnish me!
I love a little side table that my father-in-law made. He always puts a penny from the year he made the piece of furniture on the bottom. So cool!
Jessie says
FURNISH ME! The greatest piece we have is actually a set of three framed photographs that a photographer did of three of our horses. They are huge and absolutely stunning. Everyone who sees them love them just as equine art, but they are extra special to us as the subjects are three of our own animals!
Michele says
Furnish Me!
i love the red Crate and Barrel media storage piece we got last year. i’d been lusting after it for a while and finally pulled out our wedding gift card to offset the price. (we had held onto that gift card for 3 years deciding what to do with it!)
Elizabeth says
Furnish Me!
I really love my little girls iron bed. It’s the only thing in our house that’s old.
Mark says
FURNISH ME! My biggest purchase was a dining room set from Pottery Barn. Chairs were $200 each and the table was $1300.
Katherine says
FURNISH ME!! I love going to our flea market during the summers. I always can find such fun, unique pieces. One of my favorite antique pieces actually was a wedding gift from family friends. They gave me a glass cabinet that had been in there family for generations and now it will be passed down through ours.
eric says
FURNISH ME!
i love our tempurpedic bed. it’s not super cute, but MAN is it comfortable!
Whitney says
FURNISH ME……my favorite piece is an antique armoire that I refinished. It’s beautiful!
Katie M. says
Furnish Me!! The greatest piece I own would be my husbands childhood dresser that I turned into a tv console. People always think I purchased it from Pottery Barn!
Delia says
FURNISH ME! My grandmother had a hand carved ivory necklace that I inherited. It is super chunky plain large pearls with a hand carved clasp. I love it because ivory is now illegal to buy or sell and this piece is gorgeous and super unique and a part of my grandmother.
Carol H. says
FURNISH ME!
The greatest piece I now own is a quilt I sewed and quilted by hand. (Extra special to me since i can no longer hand quilt due to arthritis in my hands.)
Michelle S. says
FURNISH ME!!! I snagged two matching vintage armchairs at an estate sale… I will never let them go!!!
Dhivya says
FURNISH ME!
The best furniture I own is a sofa set I bought last year.
Brooke says
“FURNISH ME!!” My current favorite piece is a $40 craigslist dresser I bought on a whim to later re-finish with silver leaf and mis-matched knobs for my little girl’s room! LOVE LOVE LOVE.
Stephanie says
FURNISH ME!
My best piece is a chest my great grandfather made.
Melissa says
Furnish Me!
I live our beautiful, solid wood, round dining room table. It’s such a gathering spot and I love that no one is left on an end.
Janice says
Please furnish me! We are moving from a 1 bedroom to house with two babies under 3 and desperately need some new furniture!
Katie says
Furnish me! I love our blue bench from Urban Outfitters.
Audra says
Furnish Me! I love our kitchen table. It’s huge and really is the center of our home :)
Laura says
Furnish Me! I love my old dresser. It used to be my dad’s and I’m fixing it up currently
Kate M says
FURNISH ME! I love our vintage burnt-orange Danish modern armchairs–found on Craigslist for only $25 each :)
Emily S says
Furnish Me!!
My best piece of furniture is a massive bookcase (8′ wide, 6.5′ tall) that my father built. Since I’m constantly moving around, it is a bookcase that comes apart with incredible ease and makes moving it a breeze.
Actually, as I sit here in my unfurnished apartment, I can tell you that it is not only my best piece of furniture, but nearly my only one!!
Ronalea S says
FURNISH ME! This could help me funish my new home!
christy g. says
Furnish me!
Ashley says
FURNISH ME!
I think the greatest piece that my husband and I own is the bed frame and headboard that we purchased with some of our wedding money. It’s the first piece of furniture we bought together and we love it!
Jan says
FURNISH ME!
I love the dresser my mom used then I used in my childhood- happy to have a place in my home now.
Sara Vallerie says
Furnish me! It is a tie betweeen the 8 ft sofa we just inherited, but it needs to be recovered and the beautiful bookcase that was handmade in Canada. I
Jennie says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece is a midcentury dresser we found for a steal on Craiglist. We gave it a fresh coat of yellow paint and some fun knobs for our daughter’s nursery.
Mallory W says
FURNISH ME!
We pretty much only have hand-me-down furniture, which I constantly dream of updating, thanks to your inspiration! I guess my favorite piece is my grandparents kitchen table…but mostly just because it was theirs, not because it’s that nice. :)
Ramonita says
FURNISH ME!
The best piece of furniture I own is my bed!!!! It is so comfortable and worth every penny!
Shawna says
FURNISH ME!!!
The greatest piece of furniture that I own is the desk that I inherited from my Papa when he passed. Lots of great memories of him sitting for at it rolling coins for his church ( he was the church treasurer for over thirty years). It is currently in the garage getting a make over :)
Rebecca E says
Furnish Me!
My mom and I just re-did a cute entry way bench we bough for $5! It now looks stunning in our entry way.