***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.
Kristin says
Furnish me for my new house!
Deidra H says
FURNISH ME!
When we were expecting our daughter we searched EVERYWHERE for the perfect dresser, but nothing really fit. One day we stopped (on a whim) into a roadside thrift store and found a $40 solid wood dresser that must be ages old. We stripped, sanded and refinished and painted a perfect shade of mustard yellow to go along with light grey (dolphin fin) walls. It’s our favorite part of her room and really of the whole house!
Erin says
“FURNISH ME!” My favorite piece is an antique dresser I bought from a local consignment shop for $50. It was a little rough, so I patched and painted it, and now it holds all of our office supplies.
Fox says
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Stephanie Trick says
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My favorite piece is by far our huge sectional. It’s big enough for two people to sprawl out in full and I love love love it so much that when we moved and found that the left side chaise didn’t work with the space in our new house we re-bought the same couch with a right side chaise.
T says
FURNISH ME!
I just graduated from college a year ago and live in a group house, so the pieces that are actually mine are few. I almost bought the most amazing piece a few months ago at an alley sale, though — it was an old bird cage on a stand (4ft tall?) that was painted the same bright blue as the trim on our house! Sadly, its price correlated with how fantastic it was…
jennifer a. says
FURNISH ME!!!
Theresa Browne says
FURNISH ME!!! I love our king bed…
Tara says
FURNISH ME! The best piece we own our grand desk in our office. So ornate and beautiful! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Wendy says
FURNISH ME! I don’t have any statement pieces, so this would be very helpful!
Angie says
Furnish me!
My first real furniture purchase was a walnut armoire. I still love it!
STephanie B. says
FURNISH ME!!!
The greatest piece I currently own is a beautiful bookcase I made all by myself!
kate says
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my husband’s old oak dresser — it was in his childhood room, he’s refurbished it a few times, and we recently added some updated knobs to revitalize it…again! it’s basic and timeless.
Liz says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is my tufted headboard – because I made it myself! :)
Renee D. says
FURNISH ME!
Sara says
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Derrick says
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I love my ergonomic leather couch in the man cave with cupholders. Great for watching Netflix with my missus or sports with the buddies.
Stephanie says
FURNISH ME!!! I’d say my best piece is a breakfront that was my grandma’s. She bought it when my dad was just 4 making it just over 60 years old. It has beveled glass and holds all of my inherited china and silver!
Nirja says
Furnish me, please! My favorite piece is a hand-me-down Potterybarn laerther, ottoman from my brother…it’s is the perfect height for my couch and makes it comfortable to sit back and relax with a book.
Beth says
FURNISH ME!
my (only) piece that i treasure is a wood chest from my mother. thanks for the chance!
Emily says
FURNISH ME!!
My favorite piece of furniture is the shelf I custom made to keep all my crafts and supplies organized. It’s nothing fancy, but it holds all of my favorite things!
Emma says
FURNISH ME!
I’m just getting started…but mixed in with all of the ikea is a great elephant side table that I got from Serena & Lilly!
Jennifer says
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I’d say our greatest piece is our vintage MCM bedroom set. My husband loves it just as much as I do.
Adam says
FURNISH ME! I stumbled across a vintage Morrise reclining chair at an antique shop one time and couldn’t pass it up! I now use it as my daily desk chair.
Erin S says
FURNISH ME!!!
My favorite piece is my antique kitchen table that my parents gave me because I grew up eating dinner on it and I will get to use it with my kids too one day!
Sara D says
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I bought a beautiful antique buffet at a yard sale. I love the smell of cedar when I open it.
Monica says
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A prized pair of vintage cork/chrome lamps. I spotted them in window of a local consignment shop – while we were driving past at 50+mph – and make my BF slam on the brakes so I could go claim. He’s still in awe that I detected their awesomeness at that speed and swears I have lamp ESP ;-)
Roya says
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We recently bought 4 transparent blue italian chairs for our kitchen and I love them. I think they’re exactly my style.
Kristen says
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The greatest piece I own is probably my dining room table. It is actually an all wood drafting table from the 1880s, complete with pin and cut marks from draftsmen working on it. I found it at a garage sale for about 20 bucks!
Sam says
Furnish ME!
a huge map of my hometown hangs in our dining room!
Jamie says
FURNISH ME! I totally scored a solid oak bar height dining table and chairs for $75 because of a scratch in the finish. I always have a table runner on it, so you cant event see the blemish!
Christy says
FURNISH ME ! My favorite piece is a chair I got from world market. They are colorful and add a nice vibe to the living room.
Mayank says
Furnish me!
Karen M says
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10 years ago I got a great deal on a solid wood double dresser and tall chest of drawers because it was on the higher end of what the store carried. I love to this day.
ashley z says
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a beautiful black corner cabinet that my great grandpa built
Sloan says
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In our second month of marriage, we splurged and bought a beautiful taupe linen couch for our living room…now only if our yard-sale arm chairs that are also in the room were recovered:)
Kelli says
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I scored a vintage MCM dresser on craigslist – for FREE. Yessir, and it makes me happy.
Jen T. says
Furnish me! My vintage crystal lamp!
Cody says
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Mandy says
FURNISH ME! My greatest piece is my farmhouse kitchen table that began its life in our house new but has seen so much ‘love’ through crafts, art, dinner throw downs, etc from my 3 year old daughter that it would be hard to give up because she has worn it in and given it a great deal of character.
Jaya Saigal says
FURNISH ME! The best piece I have is a beautiful hutch I scored on craigslist. It was in mint condition and looks amazing in our dining room!
AviLynn says
Furnish me!!!
I found a vintage nightstand for my older boys’ room & 2 matching Jenny Lind headboards for boys 3 & 4 when they start to share a room in about 2 years. They need to be painted & don’t have the rails or footboards but I still think they’ll be awesome:)
Those are my current favs.
Jeanette says
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My best piece is cheap victorian dresser that had seen better days, I bought it and painted it white – looks brand new and I love it!
Brody Selleck says
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We scored a free piano off of craigslist, and after a bit of research we discovered it was worth more than $1,000!
Katie D. says
FURNISH ME! I have my grandmother’s secretary desk…its exactly my style!
Stephanie says
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One of my fav pieces in our house is a custom changing table my husband built for our son. It can be used as a book/toyshelf when he is out of diapers. :)
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!!! The 6 drawer vanity I inherited from my great grandmother is by far our greatest piece of furniture, and the one with the most personality.
Mary says
FURNISH ME! My face piece is a desk my grandparents refinished for me. It is an old writing desk that belonged to my great greats. I used it throughout high school and can’t wait for my girls to do the same!
Beth says
Furnish me!! I love our sectional couch. It just fits my butt well. :-)
Steven says
FURNISH ME!!! I don’t know…but I’ll tell you I’m sure my wife probably thinks my old amp that I’m using as a nightstand qualifies as our best