***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.
Erin Roldan says
Furnish Me!!! I would have to say a vintage side table that was my grandpa’s! I LOVE it:)
Megan says
FURNISH ME…
My grandparents dresser that now belongs to my 2 year old daughter.
Jessica says
FURNISH ME! The best piece we have is our dining table- it was a gift from my parents for our wedding, because they wanted to give us something that would be used and the center of our family for years to come.
Jessica says
FURNISH ME! my favorite piece isn’t really furniture but a light fixture. it’s this wonderfully disco-tastic, 3 feet long cascading chandelier that hangs over the night table in my bedroom. it casts the loveliest light on my deep turquoise walls!
Jen says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece is my kitchen table. It was my grandma’s table that she used to grind meat on. My parents stripped it and refinished it for me for my kitchen after college.
Beth says
Furnish me! I love the mirrors I found on Craigslist for about $30 apiece. They add a little sparkle and light to my rooms!
Katherine Hendricks says
FURNISH ME… I LOVE my bedroom set:) but, would love the above furniture even more:)
Nora b says
FURNISH ME!!!!! My best piece of furniture was the loft bed my dad built me when I was six…used it until I was 14 and then it has since been passed on to two more little girls…the desk and mini dress up areas underneath nearly doubled the size of my room…
It would be so incredible to win this giveaway…my roommates and I are moving into our first unfurnished apartment this fall, and we are having a bit of trouble finding furniture….these pieces would be incredibly awesome in our apartment!!!
Kitty says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is the bar I build from random Ikea pieces.
Miriam says
FURNISH ME!
I have an antique, hand carved chair that I re-upholstered and I love it. I feel like I appreciate it even more after fixing it up myself!
Jill says
FURNISH ME. I am proud of an old cabinet I refinished with my father yrs ago.
Courtney says
Furnish me! I love our big square coffee table :)
Susan says
Furnish me!
My favorite piece is the table that I won at my son’s preschool auction!!!
kelsey says
FURNISH ME! I need so much new stuff, time to freshen up!!
And…my favorite piece is our dining room table that we found in an abonded house in Savannah, GA!
Jen D says
Furnish me! I most love the dry sink I inherited from my grandmother.
Michelle says
FURNISH ME!
I love our dining room table–it’s huge, solid and although it we bought it new a few years ago, it has the quality and style to become a family heirloom.
Kathryn says
Furnish me ! Please. White paint on furniture= beach theme
Tara says
Furnish me! I found a killer mid century chest of drawers at a vintage shop. My aunt and i cleaned it up, and it is gorgeous now. Would look great with that blue dresser!
Amy G says
Furnish ME! My favorite piece is a school bus yellow antique buffet that I finished for my son’s nursery!
Kate says
Furnish Me!
I recently went to an antique store and found a free chair! I wanted to pick it up, but I went home and thought about it. The very next day, I went back to get it and it was gone!
Moral of the story: Pick up the free awesome arm chairs.
Maggie says
Furnish me, please!!! My house is a conglomerate mass of unmatched hand-me-downs and it could really use some pieces with style. :)
Sara W says
FURNISH ME!
I love, love, love the kitchen table my grandpa built for us!
Becca says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is our west elm bench
Mis says
Furnish me! I love the chenille quilt I just made
caroline says
Furnish me!!! I bought an antique table on craigslist for 50 bux and stained the top and painted the bottom white.. It looks soo great!!
Emily says
Super cool giveaway!
FURNISH ME!
I love an old dresser I thrifted and painted. It was cheap, and I didn’t do a perfect job, but I love it anyway.
Samantha says
Furnish me!
I love the antique pool table we got each other for valentines day
Meg says
furnish me!
we have a little side table built to look like a tree stump. it was built for the production of As You Like It we did in college (I was a theatre major) and I won it in the strike raffle. it’s definitely my favorite – I wish I could’ve scored two of them!
Alicia says
Furnish Me!
Totally in love with a cabinet that I bought at Pier 1 for a huge discount because it had a finicky latch!
annamarie says
furnish me!
my grandmother’s hope chest
Kathleen T. says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite right now is an amazing rug that we got from West Elm. It’s not technically a piece of furniture, but it just ties the Family Room together so nicely :)
Lauren Davison says
Furnish Me! We don’t really have any large pieces that I’m super proud of yet. I spray painted our bar stools bright yellow, though, and they look pretty fabulous in our almost-finished kitchen! :)
Kirsten says
Furnish me!
I love my chaise lounge – it is the most comfortable thing, and even guests say it’s hard not to fall asleep on it.
Angie says
furnish me!
My greatest piece is a hope chest I got from my Grandma. It’s lived in every room in my house over the last few years.
Maggie says
Furnish me!
The nicest thing I own is a beautiful grey upholstered bed I scored on a Joss & Main sale!
Christine says
Furnish Me!
I invested in a beautiful grey velvet couch last year. I hope it lasts forever!
Erin says
Furnish me!
I found an enormous, vintage, hand-carved wooden frame at an antique store and turned it into a mirror for less than 100 bucks.
Megan says
FURNISH ME!
I have an old bookshelf with a mantel top that my husband and I stained a dark walnut. It is currently in our living room, housing photos on the shelves and our big screen tv on top.
Rebecca says
Furnish me!
Nichole says
Furnish me!
The greatest piece I own is a sentimental one…my dresser used to be my grandfather’s and then my dad’s. I’ve painted it twice since it’s been mine.
Mlynda says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece in my house is a small writing desk my father built for my grandmother when he was in highschool. I have great memories playing “office” at the desk when it was in her house.
Allison P-Z says
Furnish me!
We just bought a new oversized sectional and that slipper chair would look perfect in that same room!
Jenna says
FURNISH ME!!!
My favorite is the solid oak dresser my grandfather built for me in his wood shop.
Megan says
Furnish me! As a soon to be be college graduate, I don’t have really nice furniture, so this would be great!
MichelleO says
FURNISH ME!
I am extremely proud of the antique dresser I refinished 15 years ago. it belonged to my great aunt. My dad was going to throw it in the dumpster and I begged him to let me keep it. It is in our entry now in all its antique glory.
Kellee Hatch says
Furnish me because I have no great pieces!
Kiersten Garner says
FURNISH ME!!
My husband and I got a rockin bed set for our wedding that came with a dresser and cute side tables. I love them!
Hillary says
FURNISH ME! Sadly, I don’t have any great pieces. I’ve been in school a long time and have never had money to spend on furniture. My house is filled with yucky old hand-me-downs and cheap stuff. All the more reason I need to win this giveaway!
Alicia says
Furnish Me! We are still newlyweds and don’t really have any great pieces yet!
Laura says
FURNISH ME!
When I was furnishing my first apartment a few years back as a broke college student, I scored a classic pedestal table at a Pottery Barn outlet for only $100 (down from $800 or so retail).. It needed a little TLC but looks great now and I’m sure I’ll be using it for years.