***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.
Leslie @ Frugal Nashville says
FURNISH ME! I’m loving the Craiglist chairs we reupholstered for our dining room — byebye mauve moire, hello fun ikat!
Heather says
Furnish Me!!! I just moved into my first big girl apartment, that’s ummm… lacking pretty much everything. Right now, my greatest find was a pair of craptacularly painted campaign chests at a yard sale. I’ve stripped them, sanded them, and, now, in the midst of chalk painting them.
Allison says
FURNISH ME! We splurged on this restored 1910’s sideboard that is both beautiful and functional. It is definitely my favorite piece in the house.
Chelsea Strong says
FURNISH ME!
The greatest piece I have is an antique tallboy dresser I got at a consignment shop for $200, when I moved into my first apartment away from my parents. Its huge, the drawers don’t slide easy, my fiancé hates it – but I LOVE the wood tone, and the curved accents on the front. It’s a forever piece!
Amber says
Furnish me!
Amy Walker says
Furnish Me!
My bedroom set that I inherited from my grandma! Love it!
Carrie says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is my dining room table. I found it at a weird junk store called Big Al’s. It is made of reclaimed barn wood and I love every inch of it, old nail holes and all!
Sylvia says
FURNISH ME!
We have a giant slightly curved leather couch that is absolutely perfect! I’ve dubbed it the “cuddle couch” because I invites you to lean back and cuddle up in a corner of the couch, all nestled up.
Mike says
Furnish me!!
My favorite piece of furniture is my sofa. It took me about six months to decide on the right one, so I’m sure it’s the one!
Kristen says
Furnish me…we are going to be moving in the next 6 months and I really LOVE LOVE LOVE these pieces! I love my 2 Crate and Barrel couches that I found on craigslist for $125 and $150!!
Angie says
FURNISH ME
My favorite piece is our the headboard my hubby made out of an antique door.
Anna says
FURNISH ME! A year in our first apartment, and we still have very little furniture I could say that I like, much would consider “great”. I suppose the furniture I like the most is the two little bookcases I made to fit in a little nook with shelves perfectly placed to hold our bottles of home-brewed beer…time to go make more furniture!
molly says
FURNISH ME!
My husband and I refinished his parents bedroom set they were given for their wedding. We love it, but they love it so much they asked for it back! =)
Melanie A. says
FURNISH ME! My piano is my favorite piece of furniture- it’s lovely, plays like a dream, and is one of the few items in our house that isn’t straight from IKEA. :)
Tashia D says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece right now is a midcentury modern dresser that we bought off craigslist for $80. I think it’s actually worth around $1,400!
Ashley Kelly says
“FURNISH ME!”
I am most proud of my corner china cabinet that was made by my great uncle. I love that it’s a family heirloom, was handmade, and beautifully displays our wedding china!
Liz says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a beautiful wardrobe that I inherited from my grandmother. It is a great piece that looks fabulous from the outside and has some pretty ingenious storage capacity on the inside.
Carissa says
Furnish me!
I just reuphosltered two mid-century chairs that WERE in ’90s puke green velvet damask…now they’re in sleek white and grey Greek key cotton. Lovesit.
Olivia says
Furnish me!
II love a dresser that I refurbished to be white and orange- it is a great pop of color in my room!
Sarah K. says
Furnish me! We are in love with our leather Karlstad!
Ono says
FURNISH ME!!! I inherited my grandmother’s art deco vanity that I loved sitting in front of as a little girl and rummaging through her lipsticks. It’s awesome.
kady says
FURNISH ME! My fave piece is our mirrored buffet (zgallerie) craigslist score!
Katie Waddell says
Furnish me! A vintage Thomasville armiore that was given to us is definitely my fav!!
sarah r. says
FURNISH ME!
what i consider to be my greatest piece is my grandmother’s china hutch. i just love it (albeit, i really do want/need to replace some of the hardware!!)
Krista says
FURNISH ME!!! In a house full of hand-me-downs it’s hard to pick a favorite, they all hold so many memories.
Kim says
furnish me! i’m totally in love with my thrifty front porch chairs. black iron with a criss-cross design…totally modern and scored them both for under 30!
SarahCle says
My favorite piece is an olive green, Danish modern-style chair that my parents got for their wedding. They were slightly
horrified at my love for it, and graciously let me have it.
Now all my friends love my “Mad Men” chair (and so do I!)
Mayra says
Furnish me! :)
My favorite piece of furniture is my dining table. I bought from a guy on Craigslist for $50. I stripped about 5 layers of paint off of it and painted it black. It really played up the curves of the table. Best part about the table is its about 120 years old!
Jackie says
Furnish me! I love the dresser that my mother in law gave my husband and me when we got married.
Mary Mellor says
Furnish Me!
I have two awesome mid-century arm chairs that came from the same estate sale! One is yellow & one is aqua. They are so fun & look great together w/o being too matchy-matchy!
erica says
FURNISH ME!
My greatest piece of furniture is my sofa. It is the most comfortable, hugest thing in our house and we use it all the time. It’s big enough to double (or triple) as a guest bed and has a mound of pillows that make a great nest for tv watching, reading, sleeping or eating.
Melissa says
FURNISH ME! It’s a tie between our oversized grey feather down couch that the whole family can comfortably fit on, and the $85 entryway table that I refinished myself and painted a bright teal. Both make me happy and make my house feel like home.
Cara says
“FURNISH ME!”
I’d have to say my favorite piece is a vintage looking hutch that I scored in a trade off for doing some work for an amazing local business.
kim says
furnish me!
Love my antique garage sale dresser.
Leanne says
FURNISH ME! Hands down – black sideboard found on Ebay and had shipped, refinished and painted for my living room. A small fortune but it rocks!
Kelly B says
FURNISH ME!
I love my farmhouse table.
Amy says
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My favorite piece of furniture is the oriental style oval coffee table that my mother in law didn’t want.
She bought it years ago at a yard sale and despite the fact that I’m certain it’s reproduction, the paint is chipping off the chairs, one of the dogs chewed one of the legs (TOTALLY FIXABLE), and the glass top needs to be replaced, it’s definitely going to be one of the feature pieces in the lounge when I’m done renovating!
It’s something that I know I could not afford to purchase myself, and it means a lot to me that I am making the most of what beautiful things I can find.
My husband is out of work, and I was also, for a very long time; now that I’m employed again, every cent we have goes into our snowballing bills. I scrounge around at yard sales for tools and hardware to repair all of the major problems in our house because I desperately want to make it a home.
If you pick me, it would really help in progressing my renovation/decoration!
Laura Beth says
FURNISH ME!
I have a couple of family antiques that I wouldn’t part with for the world.
Ono says
FURNISH ME!!! A rocking chair that has been in the family for no one knows how long. It’s amazing.
Laura P says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is our headboard because my husband and I made it ourselves, plus it has a distressed look to it which I love!
Marsha D says
FURNISH ME!!
I’m not particularly proud of any one piece but I usually buy at thrift stores so I consider them all a score! And the Mister and I just bought a house and need help filling it!!
LaurieZ says
Furnish Me! I love the walnut furniture I inherited when my grandmother passed. It is beautiful and it makes me think of her when I use it.
dacia says
FURNISH ME!
We have a really cool vintage mailbox piece from an old hotel in Colorado. It even came with the codes to open each of the little doors.
April Cremer says
FURNISH ME! I am in love with my 2 tables I have built. One from scrap wood from my mom’s house, and the other out of crates from Michaels!
Jenny says
Furnish Me! I don’t think I have a favorite, everything is really mismatched from my roommates!
Rhee says
FURNISH ME!- Hmmm, its pretty bad when you cant think of one,aha..it would be a huge wood desk we have in our study, that was gifted from my father n law, it was just sitting in his garage, great solid wood piece in great condition!
AmyM says
FURNISH ME!
I inherited a sleek cedar chest from my grandmother, which is currently at the end of my bed. I also love the end table made out of books that my dad built me.
Val says
FURNISH ME!!!!! I TREASURE my grandmother’s two brown velour tufted chairs from the 50’s!
dana says
FURNISH ME!!! Our telephone seat! I don’t think that needs explaining.
Caitlyn says
Furnish Me!!
The green shelves in our bedroom :)