***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.
Margaret says
Furnish me!
My best piece is the desk my mother broke down and bought me at the thrift store in middle school when I begged and begged for a desk for my room. It’s still full of middle school treasures.
kristen says
Furnish me!
I love our bed frame that we got as a wedding present
Reann says
FURNISH ME! I am still waiting for a great piece of furniture, so hopefully if I win I can answer that question!
Margaret says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is my mother’s mahogany lingerie chest, which I inherited as a wedding present. I love that it is my first “adult” piece–the perfect starting point for our new home!
Kyle I says
Our TV. That’s furniture, right?
Rachael R says
FURNISH ME! i love all of my garage sales furniture finds! they just need a little love! =)
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!! We are so in need of nice things – most of our stuff is hand-me-down or ikea!
Jill says
Furnish Me!
We inherited two dressers from my grandparents farm. One that we refinished and are using in our twins’ nursery and one that needed nothing but new knobs. They both have tons of character and bring warmth to our builder basic home. Plus everyone seems to comment on them and I love to tell where they came from.
Rachel says
Furnish Me! really can’t think of the greatest piece we own… hmm, but that Pier 1 chair might make the list soon :)
Smita says
FURNISH ME!
Julie B. says
Furnish Me! We love the mirror that hangs on our bedroom wall that we got on our 1 year wedding anniversary.
Madelaine says
FURNISH ME! My greatest piece has been my giant three-feet-off-the-floor queen size bed, which I bought with my own money when I had my first real job at 18. I went to bed every night feeling like I was in heaven.
Joe says
FURNISH ME!
I’d love to give this to my wife.
Erica in SF says
I have a chinese screen I scored off Craigslist!
Gretchen says
FURNISH ME! Someone left a old fashioned large radio at our house when they left on the mission field…it has made our home so much more eclectic and fun!
Natasha says
FURNISH ME please!
Cathy says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece is a teak mid century modern stereo cabinet that we bought two years ago when we bought our house…and yes, there is a record player and records in it :-)
Susan says
FURNISH ME!
It’s pretty simple, but I’m proud of my DIY’d upholstered headboard for our master bedroom. I was hugely pregnant and equally determined when I did it!
Amy says
FURNISH ME!!
I just got this sweet book shelf/cabinet with great leaded glass paned doors and old molding all around, can’t wait to get it installed.
Mary says
FURNISH ME! I don’t think I have a single “great piece” of furniture!
Erica in SF says
Furnish ME! I have a chinese screen I scored off Craigslist!
melissa says
Furnish me-ihave the prettiest light blue slipper chair with button tufting that i bought on craigslist!
Madeline says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is probably my bed. It’s the one item in our house we actually splurged on. It feels like a retreat every time I go in our room. :)
Mike says
Furnish ME!
Jules says
Furnish me! I like my old craigslist couch lots.
Dawn says
Furnish Me!! It’s a toss up between the sideboard we scored for $25 on CraigList and refurbished and a beautiful mission style bookcase we got from Costco.
Stephanie Hansen says
Furnish Me. Need new bedroom furniture for three bedrooms plus living room end tables.
Megan says
FURNISH ME!
I have a dresser that I’ve had since I was born!
Casey says
FURNISH ME! i don’t have any great pieces yet :(. not enough time spent at thrift stores/yard sales, i guess.
Sarah says
Furnish me please!!
Alicia Saint Ives says
Furnish Me! One time I was able to trade my totally lame, 80s style kitchen table and chairs for a wood table that was in pieces and needed to be refinished. I think the people I traded with believed they got the better deal, but they would be wrong! I stripped, stained black, distressed and sealed the table. With it’s four beautiful pedastal legs and old feel, it’s the most commented on piece of furniture in my home!
Amanda says
Furnish me!
I have my great grandmother’s chiar. I have so many memories of her sitting in this chair! I can’t look at it without thinking of her. I’ve been tempted to refurbish it but can never quiet bring myself to change something that has so much of her.
joyfulcanary says
HOLY CRAP! This is so stinking amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And to think I almost didn’t enter because of the large volume of entrances! Now to figure out where to put these…
YoungHouseLove says
Yay! Congrats!!
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