***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.
Whitney says
FURNISH ME! Ours is a painting that my husband’s grandmother did of his favorite place in the world. It’s charming and has family significance, so we’ll always decorate our family room around it.
Pam says
FURNISH ME! I have a wonderful writing desk in my home office that I love – good function with GREAT style!
Kayla says
Furnish Me!
My favorite pieces are an old dining room set, complete with 2 huge buffet tables, and 5 chairs that I recently upholstered. My parents got the whole set at an auction about 15 years ago and I finally live in a place that is big enough to fit all of the furniture!
Jaime says
FURNISH ME! Please! I love 2 wingback chairs I found on the side of the road while running in the rain, nail heads and all.
Bonnie says
Furnish me!
My favorite pieces are two Danish Modern chairs my 87-year-old grandmother gave me. They were the first furniture she and my grandfather owned!
Stephanie says
“Furnish Me” Our new couch with a chaise lounge is my favorite. We totally splurged even though we couldn’t afford it but the old one was awful. Now that its paid off I can enjoy it even more.
Melissa says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece we have is a framed fingerprint tree from our wedding in October. Being newlyweds with pretty minimal furniture this is a really special piece to have hanging in our place!
Dana B. says
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I love the granite topped buffet we found at Costco of all places! And the old crib that we turned into a vintage-y headboard in our guest room.
Lindsey G. says
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My favorite piece of furniture I own is my grandmother’s old buffett and butcher block. My favorite part about it is that there is an old school pencil sharpener attached. Random, but it works!!
Jennifer says
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It’s not really a piece, really, but my favorite thing we’ve bought is my Sleep Number bed (on sale with interest-free financing, too!). It changed my life.
Birgit says
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My favorite is the first piece of furniture my husband and I bought together – its a china cabinet, picked up at a flea market days before our wedding.
Dj Download says
Furnish Me!
My one of my favorite piece of “furniture” is an beautiful, ornate, large frame that I picked out of my neighbors trash and took home to spray paint!
Natalia says
FURNISH ME!
Probably this wooden chest I love that I got at HomeGoods (that’s sitting in our entryway). It was more than I really wanted to spend, but I fell in love and couldn’t walk away.
Angela says
Furnish me! (please) I think my favorite piece in my home right now is my West Elm Henry sofa in “lagoon” velvet. A blue velvet sofa! It makes me happy every time I look at it, and it’s cozy for snuggling with the kiddo to read books, our bedtime tradition. And the dog loves it too, which maybe is the most important opinion of all.
Rachel says
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I love the crib we got my son.
Cathy D says
FURNISH ME! I am very proud of the bed frame I designed and my dad help me build. It is simple & chic, no headboard so it will be easy to incorporate into any home or design in the future!
Crystal J. says
FURNISH ME! Most treasured piece = antique punched tin pie safe made by my great grandfather. It lives in my bedroom and I wake up to it everyday. :-)
Cristina M. says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece of furniture is a coffee table that we inherited from my boyfriend’s mom. It was a mess when we got it, with crayon scribbles from his little brother. We sanded it, stained it and applied poly and now it is a fantastic centerpiece in our living room!
Marlene says
FURNISH ME! I love all the antique pieces I have from my grandparents!
Tara Layton says
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We only own Ikea furniture, but I bought a beautiful antique chair for $10. Sadly, the legs are rotting, so it’s unusable – but looks great.
Nancy says
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My J. Peterman campaign chest. I used to work at J. Peterman and there was a group of very expensive campaign chests that didn’t meet QC. So, Mr. Peterman raffled them off to employees for $100 even. It’s a beautiful piece in teak and it looks good no matter where I put it.
Carol says
FURNISH ME! I love a chair that came from my parents house. Not too comfortable but oh, the charm!
Kim says
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I love my make-shift daybed that I made. Painted 2 twin headboards that were my mom’s as a child.
Jennifer says
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Probably has to be an antique rug I received from my parents.
Rebekah says
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I have a great planters buffet that I bought 6 or 7 years ago from ZGallery. Have used it our living room and dining room and still love it.
Jen C. says
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My favorite piece is hard, but I’d have to say it is a black leather side chair from the 60’s scored for free!!
Karen says
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My house needs all the help it can get!
Leslie says
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Jenni says
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I’m still in love with our leather couch we bought a few years ago!
Liska says
FURNISH ME. I have an empire dresser in my bedroom that I adore — it was a splurge on ebay and had to get shipped to my house on a semi-truck, but it was totally worth it.
Kim says
FURNISH ME! Best is the vintage teak, Scandinavian style chair I found on the side of the road and had reupholstered. It’s gorgeous :)
Annie says
FURNISH ME! I have this beautiful nightstand my dad made for me in middle school. I tried to convince him to make furniture for my whole house, but he said the nightstand was hard enough :)
Jennifer L. says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece of furniture is my massive desk in my office!
becky says
Furnish me! my favorite piece is my husband’s grandmother’s china cabinet/secretary. it’s beautiful and fancy-looking – so unlike the rest of my toddler-filled house!
Amy Rode says
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Travis says
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The Italian leather-covered antique trunk in our living room that my mom got for a STEAL at an auction.
Bibiana says
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Hayley M. says
FURNISH ME!!!
I have a great octagonal end table that I painted last year. He sits proudly with my 15 year old TV on top of him.
Anna says
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I love the buffet I got at a thrift store and painted white. Looks similar to the one John & Sherry just got! Great details and good storage.
Alexandra says
Furnish me!
I bought two rusting, kind of gross patio chairs, refinished them and upholstered them and now use them at my kitchen table. Best $10 I’ve spent, possibly ever!
Jennifer Glynn says
Furnish Me! I have an antique sideboard that has moved with me through-out college and well into my adult life. I love it. It has acted as a dresser in a bedroom, TV stand, entry hallway catch all and finally now it’s a sideboard in a dining room. Love it.
Allison says
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I treasure a little wooden chair that was my made by my grandfather for my dad when he was little and now sits in my daughter’s room.
Alli from Humble, TX says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece is a beautiful cedar hope chest my grandparents gave my mother on her 16th birthday – 67 years ago! My 5 year old loves when I open it, says it smells soooooo good. (I remember feeling the same way whenever my mom opened it when I was little!)
Heather C says
“FURNISH ME!”
Currently my favorite piece of furniture I have now is my bed. (Well OUR bed, me and my boyfriend) It’s nothing fancy, but it was the first piece of furniture we bought together.
shokufeh says
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I think my favorite piece is a chest of drawers that held my clothes when I was a child and now, repainted teal and spring green, sits in our dining room, filled with dishtowels, napkins, and tablecloths.
Elaine B says
FURNISH ME!! I recently acquired two very old dressers from my MIL. They are totally shabby chic but very cool because of their age. Restoring them is going to be so much fun!
Karrie says
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Christine says
Furnish me! I love a swanky looking lamp that I got at Restoration Hardware outlet. Got a new shade for it and it looked like a million bucks!
missy says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a cupboard that I keep in my kitchen to hold all my moms teacups and other special pieces. It is by far the piece I get the most compliments on. Love it!
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!!! My greatest piece is yet to come!