***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.
Melissa says
FURNISH ME!!! My favorite piece of furniture is the wooden media console that my dad custom made for my husband and I. It has a modern/mid century/asian inspired style with lots of storage and breathing room for all the media components. I’m incredibly blessed to have a woodworking craftsman Dad.
dana says
FURNISH ME, please!
I’m really happy with the storage bed I recently purchased, as it enabled me to get rid of the unsightly dresser I had previously kept in my room. I’m currently hunting for an industrial bookcase for the kitchen.
Veronica says
FURNISH ME! I just happen to love my bed. :)
Kelsie says
FURNISH ME! I love the desk from my grandmother. I love family history :)
Shauna Newlun says
FURNISH ME!
I love my Crate & Barrel Colette bed, unfortunately the rest of my bedroom is pretty sad. ….slowly but surly I will furnish my home.
LNelle says
Furnish me!
I have a great dining room table. It was my grandparents’ first piece of furniture.They passed it down to my parents and it was their first piece of furniture. Now it’s mine! I love it!
Misty says
Furnish me…
I sanded, stained, and sealed my dining room table in a rich mahogany color that is pretty sweet.
Dianna says
Furnish Me!
We picked up a 7 ft armoire at a thrift store for $90 right after we got married. It’s enormous, but has worked so well in various contexts that we keep holding on to it.
Shanna says
FURNISH ME!
Kristin says
Furnish me! We have been moving around for years and never invested in a piece that we loved. I think this could change that!
Sarah says
FURNISH ME! Beautiful photos from around the world. Having a photojournalist as a friend is really nice.
Katie Yeargin says
FURNISH ME!
We have several old pieces that we have re-finished, those are usually the faves.
Claire says
FURNISH ME! My favorite is an antique rocking chair that my mom stripped and refinished. It was pretty much unusable before, but now it’s gorgeous!
Tess says
FURNISH ME!
My all-time favorite piece is a $2.50 chair I got from a Goodwill in Iowa. It is the sturdiest, most classic and comfy wooden desk-chair a girl could ask for. It just took a bright turquoise paint job and a DIY fabric seatcover upgrade to become one of my most treasured possessions. Thank you for hosting these giveaways!!
Cherie says
FURNISH ME! A grown-up futon that I bought for my first apt is probably my best piece.
Connie says
Furnish Me!
It’s a tie between an antique dresser and nightstand set that my best friend’s mom gifted to me (I added some decoupaged decorative paper to the sides and drawer fronts, and am changing out the drawer pulls for mis-matched knobs for a really rustic/antiqued look) and a great antique teal jewelry chest that I scored from TJMaxx a few months ago. And all 3 pieces go GREAT together! Love it!
Brianna says
FURNISH ME!
I think the best furniture I own is probably one of several pieces I inherited from my parents when they downsized their house recently. Greatest upgrade= fairly new leather couch (great replacement from the old one I had been given from my great-aunt post-college). Best sentimental value+ beauty= my great-grandmother’s desk that used to be in the small-town general store my great-grandparents owned when they immigrated from Norway. Most beautiful=the antique monk’s desk my parent’s bought at an auction and gave to my husband for his birthday after realizing they didn’t have room for it in the new place (and he had been asking for it for years!).
Jackie says
Furnish Me!
My husband and I just scored a Room and Board Parsons 8 person dining table for $200! It was insanely heavy but worth it.
Catherine says
FURNISH ME! Are you kidding me with this amazing giveaway? Whoever wins is one lucky duck :) I think my favorite piece of furniture I own is the very first “grown up” piece I ever bought- my lovely tufted couch from Macy’s. It’s feminine, streamlined, and it goes with everything.
Justin says
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Niki Rice says
FURNISH ME!! I love my 8 foot long gorgeous reclaimed wood dining table. My husband and I have eaten off our laps in front of the tv since before we got married. Now that we have a baby and all our family visits we had to get a table for us all to eat at. It will be around until we grow old :)
Jessica says
FURNISH ME! i love my coffee table made of big chunky pieces of wood. it’s so rustic-y and it’s wear and tear shows how much it’s been loved over the years. even better, i got it for $15 at a yard sale!
Lisa in Seattle says
FURNISH ME!
So far my favorite piece is our (reproduction of an antique) Japanese mizuya cabinet. These were used in Japanese kitchens and are about the size of a tall credenza or sideboard. It’s the priciest thing I own after the house and car.
Meghan says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece in our house is my baby’s crib. There is just something so calming about a baby’s crib :)
Jennifer says
FURNISH ME!
I got a mid-century modern dresser, chest of drawers, nightstand & bed frame off Craigslist for $300. I was pretty stoked.
Ashley says
Furnish me! I love our white pottery barn bed with drawers underneath it. It’s so useful, and looks nice, and I saved all my pennies to get it on sale!
Alison says
FURNISH ME! I think that the best piece I currently own is my bookcase with opaque glass doors. It makes that wall look clean and chic at the same time.
[email protected] says
Furnish me!
I love our Room & Board console table.
Erin says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite pieces are all the paintings I have in my home painted by a dear friend.
Jenny says
FURNISH ME!!
You actually included my favorite piece in a recent post. It’s not actually a piece of furniture, but two lamps. They are the mercury glass trophy shaped lamps from pottery barn. They completely transformed our living room, where we had some sad lamps I tried to diy, into sophisticated and updated. I’ve always wanted nice lamps, but until recently just couldn’t justify buying them. The only thing I regret is that I didn’t get them from the outlet! You found them for $30 cheaper per lamp than I paid. At least I got them on sale from PB for $20 off their original price!
Marla Rafferty says
Furnish Me! We bought a sectional couch 3 years ago and love that it fits our entire family comfortably. We spend lots of quality time on that couch!
Jennifer says
FURNISH ME! My “greatest piece” is for sentimental reasons, the rocking chair my mom used to rock my sister and I to sleep is now used to rock my girls to sleep.
Jenna says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece of furniture is the dresser I inherited from my grandma. It’s beautiful AND sentimental!
Christie says
FURNISH ME!
It’s on loan from my landlord, but my favorite piece is this amazing, deep brown dining room table with long benches on both sides. You look at it and just know it has a story! Or was bought from World Market. Haven’t figured it out yet…
Doris Johnson says
FURNISH ME! I adore our gorgeous dining table from Macy’s, of all places! I’m really picky (I wanted it to be round/oval and be a lighter color– like cream or white) and had been looking forever for the perfect set when I finally found it– on sale. :) It was still a splurge, though…
Sarah R says
Furnish me! My favorite piece of furniture is our dining room table it is a giant table that seats ten comfortable, it has two beautiful, curvey pedestal legs and ten awesome chairs that I reappolstered.
Stephanie says
FURNISH ME…please!
My best piece is an antigue 4 drawer dresser my parents refinished and gifted to me a few years ago. It’s been used in nearly every room of my house. Its been a dresser, shoe holder, craft keeper, and office organizer!
Amber R says
FURNISH ME!
I just purchased a small secretary desk from a local antique store. I’ve been looking for a small table/something for my entryway for a year, b/c it’s such a small space. I found this, and it fit, and I am in love! I stare at it for a few minutes every day when I come home.
Jana J says
FURNISH ME!
I found a beautiful Spanish style hutch on Craigslist for $100 and I love it!
Laura says
Furnish Me!
A bench I just reupholstered.
Jessica K. says
FURNISH ME!
My couch ad 2 chairs were hand me downs and I just love them to pieces!
L says
FURNISH ME!
I love our unsealed teak dining table…it has been slowly acquiring the most lovely patina from fingerprints, small spills, and glass rings. Love it!
Brandi says
FURNISH ME!
The best pieces of furniture I have are a set of bookcases that my boyfriend’s father built.
Megan says
FURNISH ME!!! I have two dressers handed down from family. I love them, but I’m not above revamping them somehow down the road…
Lauren says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece in my house is the piano my parents bought me when I was a little girl.
elle says
“Furnish Me!”
We inherited some lovely old dressers from my husbands grandparents. I love that we get to think of them everyday as we get our clothing out!
Suzanne says
FURNISH ME!!!!! My best furniture piece was a 108inch long sofa that I found for a fraction of the cost, due to buying the floor sample, that is a perfect fit for my sunroom! It’s the most comfortable couch! Guest prefer to sleep on it than an actual bed when visiting!
Victoria says
FURNISH ME!
My most special piece of furniture to me is my vanity that my sister very kindly passed down to me. :)
Heather B. says
FURNISH ME!
I inherited a beautiful antique mahagony dining table and china cabinet from my Nanny!
Jessie D says
FURNISH ME! I love the reclaimed cypress wood console table we bought!