***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.
Lauren says
Furnish Me!
JennieM says
Furnish me! I just love a 1950s-ish coffee table I picked up at a garage sale…. right now it is in my son’s room being used as a night stand. He is begging to paint it red/black the school colors… I just might let him!
Kate says
Furnish Me! My most loved piece of furniture is my drafting desk. It’s not too fancy, but I love to spend time at it!
Jessica says
FURNISH ME!
Currently my favorite piece is an ottoman I made out of a fabric shower curtain, an old IKEA table, and some batting!
Laura says
“FURNISH ME!
I love my bedroom set I bought when I first graduated college and moved into my first apartment!
Anna says
FURNISH ME!
I love my new IKEA Tobias chair that I have in my newly re-done closet office!
Robyn Arthur says
Furnish Me!!! =)
Sadly (or not), our greatest “peice” is our mattress! It is the one thing we have splurged on recently. Yes, a mattress. With 2 kids, both working full time, we need a good nights sleep at the end of the day! It’s Eco-friendly & going to last a long long time because of its quality :) One day I would like to claim something other in our home as our greatest peice, but I guess that will have to wait!! :)
Lois says
FURNISH ME! We have a vintage nightstand that is very cute!
Andrea says
FURNISH ME!
I have an antique chest with clean lines that is the perfect color (not too light, not too dark), and is definitely a forever piece for me!
Stephany says
FURNISH ME!!
I Love, love, love a solid cherry dining room trestle table from Room and Board. It was a complete splurge and so worth it!
Tad says
FURNISH ME!
I really like my corner office desk.
Allyson says
FURNISH ME! I love the little picture frames that I put around the thermostats in our house-HOORAY for Pinterest!
Claire says
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Kellie says
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Jennifer says
Furnish me! I love my grandmother’s cedar hope chest that I refinished from many, many layers of 60s, 70s and 80s paint to natural wood.
Erin L. says
Furnish me!!!
My favorite pieces tend to be the small things I find when I am not really looking for anything specific. :)
Renee says
Furnish me! We’re hoping we’re going to love the new couch we just ordered for the blank space that is our living room. It’s neutral…ready for colorful pillows and throws!
Brenner says
Furnish Me!!!!! I have a beautiful old china cabinet that my grandmother (who was an antique dealer) gave my parents when they got married. I love it!
CohoesMom5 says
FURNISH ME!
Our best piece is our 5ft square cherry kitchen table. It is great to be able to fit all 8 of us at the same table.
jenn w says
Furnish me!
I love this mirrored side table I found on sale. I changed out the hardware with pretty blue glass knobs.
Sarah says
FURNISH ME….
I have 2 free child sized chairs that I have painted bright colors and use for entryway seating for putting on shoes.
Mary says
FURNISH ME!!! My favorite furniture find is my makeup table I refinshed (white outside with neon yellow inside the drawers). It is so much fun having a bright surprise inside of a mildmannered white table!
Gina says
Furnish me!! My favorite piece is a vintage dresser that my mother in-law gave me – she found it at a garage sale years ago.
Courtney says
Furnish Me! I wish I could tell you about a stunning piece… but, sadly, we have none. We just bought our first house, and are trying to save to replace our “dorm” furniture. This prize would be so wonderful for us!!
Sara says
Furnish me!!
Hmm, my favorite piece would have to be our leather couch.
Laura says
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My favorite piece is a a hutch I found in an antiques store that was originally baby-poop brown, but I had a vision! After painting it black, updating the knobs to nickel squares, and adding molding at the top, it is a beauty!
Beth H. says
Furnish Me! After months of hunting I finally found a slipper chair to match our bedroom colors. It was the finishing touch that the room needed.
aubrey adams says
FURNISH ME! I love my Grandmother’s 1950s sewing table (complete with a set-in cast-iron sewing machine).
Elizabeth says
Furnish me!!
I got a few incredible hand me downs from my mother when I got married, including a beautiful, intricate armor. It takes up a bit too much space in our modest bedroom, but I love it so much I can’t bear to move it!
Kristen says
Furnish Me! My best “find” was an antique vanity that I found at a flea market outside Charlotte, NC. 10 years later and I stil love it!
denise says
Furnish Me! My wooden screen that I’ve turned into a headboard is my favorite piece. A few coats of mottled spray paint transformed her!
Danielle says
Furnish me! I think my favorite piece right now is a dresser we received for free from a friend that we refinished for our nursery :)
debi says
Furnish me! We just moved into a much bigger house and don’t have any furniture in some of yhe rooms.
Amy B says
FURNISH ME!
Marci Peru says
Furnish me!!!
I love my new dining set and china cabinet we scored for $1,000 from a friend. It changed the whole look of our house
Crystal says
Furnish me!!!
Angel Graf says
Furnish Me!!!
The best thing that we own is a dresser that my MIL gave me for our bedroom when I admired it in her house before the wedding. It belonged to my husband’s great, great grandmother, and I love it!
Minette says
FURNISH ME! Family heirloom cedar chest that I use as a coffee table
Susan W says
Furnish Me
My father built me a rocking chair with sleigh rockers. When I am sitting in the rocking chair I can push back and I am laying parallel to the floor. The design came from my great grandfather’s rocking chair which he brought over from Finland over 100 years ago.
Betsy says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece of furniture that I have bought is an armoire from “The Real World” New Orleans. I got it on an eBay auction after the season was over. I love my reality TV – especially the classics!
Julia From Cary, NC says
FURNISH ME!!!!
I love that mirror. I have been lacking in my DIY but have worked up some some repurposeded end tables that i love even if they are a little wobbly
Jennifer says
FURNISH ME!!
The most precious piece of furniture I have is a hutch I inherited from my Great Grandparents which is well over 100 years old…and the best part is it’s completely in style.
pagerz says
FURNISH ME!…the greatest piece I have is my grandfathers reading chair I got when he passed away. It still needs to be reapolstered but I just can’t bring myself to replace the fabric he put on it himself.
Michele says
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We love our entryway table Target find. Couldn’t go a day without it!
Tasha B. says
FURNISH ME because I don’t have a “greatest piece” yet! I’m still hunting! My favorite piece is the Aiden coffee table from WorldMarket, but I am still waiting to find that $20 craigslist diamond in the ROUGH.
Nick Graf says
FURNISH ME!!
The best thing that we own (IMO) is the desk in my office. It’s an old wood desk from the post office in the town where I grew up. My grandfather rescued it and brought it home.
sarajane says
FURNISH ME! It was my 5 piece Art Deco bedroom set I bought right after graduating from college. It was a steal, even though I had to wait 5 years before I could unpack it from my parents’ garage.
Lara England says
FURNISH ME!!!!!!
Kyley says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite “piece” isn’t really furniture, but the cutest little painting ever! I had it commissioned of my dog, and even though it’s only 4″x4″ it is my favorite thing in the whole house (well aside from the actual dog).
I just love it!
http://www.ammothedachshund.com/2012/04/12/little-super-hero-on-the-wall/
fingers crossed I win some fun new furniture to go with my new art! :)
Amy B says
FURNISH ME!! Just this week we scored a FREE swivel base armchair from craigslist. It’s pretty ugly at the moment but I’ve been watching all of the reupholstering tutorials I can find and talking to a few friends who have taken on this sort of job and I’m pretty confident that the final product will be awesome.