***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.
Meredith Weinhold says
furnish me!! I have a great hand-me down desk from my parents that’s kind of vintage-y that I love
Missy Vallino says
FURNISH ME!! My best piece is a dresser I bought myself for $40 and refurbished, removing drawers and adding shelves in their place.
Traci says
Furnish me!!! We have a vintage record player/furntiure piece that we inherited from my husband’s parents. We often plug our ipod into it to get the vintage speaker sound. :) It also sounds great with Christmas records!
Holly says
FURNISH ME …our vintage eames lounge….
Iomay says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece in the house is a lane chest that was used “back in the day” as an entertainment chest! It came with drinking glasses too :)
Araceli Torres says
FURNISH ME!
I love my new Overstock rug find! Very Mod but Classy, Great Price for a 8X10 rug! It would look awesome with the items on the pic above. :)
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is my reclaimed barnwood dining table. :)
Suganyarajan says
Furnish me! My favorite pieces change all the time but for right now, I’m in love with the mid century dresser I scored on Craigslist for our nursery
Audrey Burkholder says
Furnish Me!!!
I love my antique dressers from my aunt & uncle. We used what used to hold the wash basin as our changing table, it worked perfectly!
Chelsea says
FURNISH ME!!!
I bought this killer armoire at a super cute vintage re-sale place no longer in business. It is an antique piece with doors that open like a cupboard and pull out drawers inside. Beautiful detailing with little dragonflies carved in the doors. LOVE.
Linda says
FURNISH ME!
I am in the middle of a decorating crisis and could SO use some freebies right now!
Emily says
FURNISH ME! My fave piece of furniture is my sleek white console desk from west elm!
Camille says
FURNISH ME!
We splurged on a piano earlier this year. But I love it so much because it’s huge and beautiful, and it’s practically a piece of furniture in our front room. Really, it’s the first thing anyone sees when they walk in our front door. I love it!
Toni says
Furnish me! My most favorite piece of furniture is a green buffet I found at a antiques store a few years back. It reminds me of my grandmother’s kitchen, and I just love it.
Courtney@Crazy, Beautiful Life says
FURNISH ME!!! We are getting ready to start our new house and I all I really want to move over from the current house is my kitchen table (which I LOVE) and my bedroom suit (which I’m kind of emotionally attached to). New pieces would be awesome!
BoredAtWork says
FURNISH ME!
I rescued two bright orange chairs from the 70s and had them reupholstered in white. :)
Lisa says
just stumbled across your blog and i like it already!
furnish me please!
i have a vanity i scored from my MIL from an antique store that I absolutely still completely love. love. love.
thanks for the giveaway!
Leigh says
FURNISH ME! I love the hope chest my dad made for me
Christina says
FURNISH ME!!!!! What an unbelievable prize!!!! The best piece we own would have to be the solid wood bookcase my hubbie built me when we were just dating. It has a Pottery Barn-ish look and I love it!!!
Jen says
FURNISH ME!
What an awesome giveaway. I’ve never entered one before, but I can’t help myself.
My favorite piece in our house is a huge, heavy farm-style table and matching massive kitchen hutch that we scored off Craigslist the same month we were moving into our newly bought first home. It was February, and snowing in Upstate NY, and from the moment I’d seen the kitchen (before we owned it) I’d been envisioning a big ol’ 10+ foot table to fill the space with family and friends. And then I found that vision on Craigslist for $300 with the hutch included. Score!
Bring on the Settlers of Catan and potluck dinners.
Betsy says
FURNISH ME!
I took a chance and bought my couch on craigslist for a great price. It’s more modern than I ever thought I would want, but it’s housed many memories and is my dog’s favorite napping place.
Meagan says
Furnish me!
Totally splurged on a dressing table – it’s gorgeous- three mirrors funky knobs and I love it!
LuAnn says
Furnish Me Please, all of those prizes look so nice.I have my mothers mothers oak rocking chair I know its over one hundred years old my mother is 93 and still alive and i believe her mother had it before she was born.
Randa says
FURNISH ME!
In the sentimentality arena, we have a sweet glider from my husband’s grandmother that reminds him of her. Sadly, I never met her, but I do enjoy the gentle rocking of when I want to read or relax.
Heather says
FURNISH ME!
1960s couch and chair set that I inherited from my great aunt.
Casie says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece of furniture is a red vintage sofa I bought on CL for $200!
Missy says
FURNISH ME!!! I love my 1930’s dressers that I will likely paint soon to update the look.
Sally says
Furnish me! I love finding great pieces on Craigslist to rehab!
Amber says
FURNISH ME!
After 7 years of marriage, we finally finished school last spring! So we really haven’t purchased furniture – thank goodness for hand-me-downs! We did buy a new bed for our little boy. He has the nicest furniture in the house!
Vanessa says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece I found is a very old wrought iron bed frame that is about 100 years old, its in my daughters room, so cute. best part I asked how much, the lady said what ever you have in your pocket, i want it gone. So $5 later, it was mine :)
Cee says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece of furniture is a hutch from my m-i-l. She got it as a gift when they were married in 1946!
Katie says
FURNISH ME!
I love this tiny dresser that belonged to my mom in college. Its the perfect size for my tiny nyc apt.
taly says
Furnish me!!
Still have my nightstand from when I was two. Love that thing!
Jenna says
Furnish me!
My queen sleigh bed that my parents bought for my college graduation. I LOVE it! Best purchase ever! Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t fit so well since he’s a giant so we’re going to have to upgrade soon.
Joelle says
Furnish Me!!
Best piece is our front room couch, just the right depth and coushy-ness and now is a great couch to build forts with. On top of all that, I bought it pre-marriage & kids for a steal and it still looks new.
Sherry says
Furnish Me. My bed is a treasure to me. It’s a tempurpedic.
Big splurge and worth every penny.
Jessica says
FURNISH ME!
A kids play table that we got for $30 at PBK outlet
Nell says
Furnish me! I’m pretty proud of a very large secretary I stripped and painted off-white with a kelly green interior.
Nicholl says
Furnish me!
I have a heart shaped chair that was a hand me down from my great grandmother that I love!
Melissa Z says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece is my dining room table and chairs, which I purchased from the previous owner of my home. I fell in love with it when viewing the home and the elderly woman was happy to see it go to another loving owner (me!), as she had loved it for many years herself.
Cheri says
FURNISH ME! I love the student desk that we got off CL and refinished–it went from drab to fab for our daughter’s room!
Gwenalyn says
Furnish me!
Everything I own is a hand me down, so have a cradle and crib that used to be mine when I was a baby (don’t worry, they pass safety standards) which I adore. My uncle actually built the cradle for me. I’m lucky enough to be able to use them for my children. :)
Jessica Marini says
Furnish Me! I have two club chairs that I am just in love with!!
Keith says
Furnish me!
I love my mid century hutch, got it for $60 and converted it into a media cabinet with $60 worth of hardware.
Jessica says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece would have to be my round mosaic mirror from Pier 1. It’s not an antique but it is beautiful!
Alicia says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is our “new” dining room table- a $100 garage sale find that is versatile enough for the rest of our lives. I love its rounded edges so I can squeeze as many table settings as I need to plus it came with two massive leaves. I could fit fourteen around this baby! Currently it sits as a small round that seats four with generous elbow room.
Deb D. says
Furnish me! The first thing I ever refinished was an old coffee table which had be gashed by something that looked akin to a lion’s claws! After some serious sanding and new stain, the gash looked more like patina. We actually still use the old girl in our den!!
Stacy S. says
Furnish Me! I have a Craigslist dresser I am getting ready to paint soon!
Tara says
FURNISH ME!
I love my couch!
Cathy says
FURNISH ME!
I love a brass chandelier that we spray painted white and added a few crystal to when we moved into our house.