***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.
Keri says
FURNISH ME!
The one piece of furniture I have that I cannot live without is an upholstered glider in my daughter’s room. I love it because we nurse there a million times a day and read stories together all snuggled up. I also sit in it when exhaustion hits me and she still has her energy burst right before her nap.
Jen Long says
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my favorite piece is a hutch my parents handed down to me.. i loved it for the memories, but it wasn’t my style, so i painted it bright green. now, it fit in perfectly!
Janna says
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I need something to be proud of!
eileen marie says
Furnish me!
By far, our greatest piece is my husband’s childhood dresser. My in-laws let us take in when he left the nest. It has great lines, holds so much meaning & history, and was free.99!
Betsy says
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My favorite piece is the library card catalog I purchased for $1 at my college library years ago. I couldn’t carry it, so I borrowed a skateboard and wheeled it to my dorm room. Now it serves as a unique coffee table!
Jenny says
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I love the outdoor chaise lounge that my husband just built out of pallets for our back deck.
Carrie says
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I love my new couch that I saved up for. It’s my first new piece of furniture.
Morgan Doyle says
Furnish me! It is definitely my headboard – found at a thrift store for practically nothing! Easily my best find! :)
Steve says
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My wife and I recently purchased a 1930s cottage style home and as young folks, we don’t have much furniture so our current favorite old thing is..Our house :)
Allison says
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I love an antique dresser and end tables (originally another dresser that my husband’s grandmother sawed in half). My husband’s mother milk painted it blue before she ever met my FIL. My husband drew on the side of one of the end tables when he was a kid but you have to look closely to see it.
Shanna says
FURNISH ME!
A hand-me-down dry sink. My parents gave it to us when my husband & I purchased our first home. Most recently, my dad refinished it for my daughter’s nursery as a changing table.
Kelley B says
Furnish me – My favorite piece is our antique barrel chair that was once in the sitting room of my great grandfather’s photography studio.
Stephanie says
FURNISH ME!!! GAH, I don’t have anything spectacular. :(
Natalie says
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The greatest piece that I currently own is an old hutch that was passed down in my family. It has so much meaning to us!!
Jennifer says
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I’m just really starting out so I dont really have any exquisite or unique pieces that I am super proud of yet! I’m saving for some tufted leather couches from west elm and i think i will be pretty proud of them
Elizabeth Crawley says
FURNISH ME! I think my favorite piece I have is a Victorian Sofa that I got from an estate sale a couple months ago. I’ll be re upholstering it soon and just looking at it gets me all excited!! Thanks for the giveaway!
karen says
Furnish me! I love my homemade fabric headboard. It makes the room.
Heather says
FURNISH ME! The “greatest piece” we currently own is an antique dresser that I found at the Habitat Resell store. It was refurbished and was exactly what I was looking for for my son’s new nursery. Every time I look at it, I’m happy we found it.
Marisa says
Furnish me!
I would say my favorite piece currently is our new sectional.
Amy says
Furnish me!! My favorite piece of furniture is a sleigh bed that my dad made for me when I was a little girl.
Corina P says
Furnish Me!!!! I scored a great little cabinet at an estate sale. Such a unique piece. They don’t make furniture like that anymore.
Jen says
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I love the armoire in my kids’ room. REally the best piece of furniture in the house!
andrea barry says
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My most beloved piece of furniture is the DIY headboard (made out of old pallet boards) that I just finished. I cannot wait to install it!!
Meg says
FURNISH ME!! I love all of my Goodwill finds….love seeing something change with a little spray paint! :)
kristin j says
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The greatest piece I own would be a dresser I inherited from my mom. I just cant wait to refinish it.
Heather says
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I most love our bed, which my dad and my husband built together when we were engaged. It’s similar to a dark cherry brown version of Ed! (before you took off his canopy and poles)
Clint says
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Haley says
Furnish me! We love our Armoir turned office from a Craigslist find and our chest tuned coffee table. Furniture becomes more meaningful when your own work went into it!
Sarah L says
FURNISH ME PLEASE!! This would be perfect as we are moving in a few weeks and will have a whole new space to work with!
Currently, the best pieces I own encompass our art wall collection; a mix of very old family photos, art photography and beloved prints. That wall is one of my favorite things to look at in our little apartment. :)
Fingers crossed!
Beth says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is my high top dining table.
sara v says
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My greatest piece of furniture is probably my mom’s vintage sewing table. It’s not currently being used as a sewing table though because I’m too afraid to even open the box to my sewing machine! haha
LC says
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2 beautiful cane chairs (with orange velvet fabric-eek) but they were a steal and I know they’ll be beautiful once I work up the courage to recover them.
Amy says
Furnish me!!!
Rachel says
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Still waiting to have that “killer” piece!
Scott says
Furnish me. My wife is making me enter this contest. My favorite piece is not really furniture, but an authentic cuckoo clock that belonged to my grandparents.
Jenny says
Furnish Me!!!! My favorite piece is an antique commode 3 drawer chest with mirror that I got at a junk store. I cut a hole in the top and dropped a sink in and it became my 1/2 bath centerpiece!!
tracee says
FURNISH ME! I have a dry sink that I bought at a flea market that is my most favorite piece! I got it for $350 and later that day a man had seen it online and was going to purchase it for $1800! Score for me!!!
Brittany says
FURNISH ME!! I found a beautiful dresser at a yard sale this spring. I’m deliberating on what color to paint it : )
Nikki V says
FURNISH ME! My inherited antique corner telephone chair- its an inherited piece from my husbands grandparents and I love it! Every time I look at it sitting in our den, I think back to many years past when communication sans telegraph was making its debut!
Karen L. says
Furnish Me! I love our farmhouse kitchen table which we bought from a Canada firm. It stores it’s leaves in the end and just pull out easily when we have our grands visit us!
Sarah says
FURNISH ME! I love the baby grand piano that my parents bought as a gift for my kids this past Christmas – I do consider it a piece of furniture, as it is the focal point of my new piano room!
Emily says
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We haven’t really bought new furniture in a long time and most of our furniture is IKEA. I did, however, find an adorable chair at a garage sale for $3 last summer and after painting it teal and putting a bold black and white fabric on the chair it’s currently my favorite thing in the house! And it was quite a bargain!
melanie dahlan says
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The best piece I snagged was at a shop in santa barbara. Two modern round glass and plated sliver mod style tables. They were mismarked at $150 and the sales woman said they were suppose to be $450. I still love them to this day, that was about 7 years ago.
Debbie says
FURNISH ME!! Please! Our new house is empty of furnishings. . Therefore I do not have a favorite piece. As first time home buyers, this would
be awesome!
Carina says
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I don’t have enough furnishings to have a favorite. But I am always in the market for a fantastic futon!
Christine says
FURNISH ME! I love our tv stand. Its got craftsman style accents that match our taBle and chairs(also favorites!).
Carol says
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My favorite piece would be my dining set. It’s big enough for the entire family!
Sarah says
FURNISH ME! :)
Beth says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is my chair and a half. It’s big enough to snuggle up with a pillow and a blanket and prop your feet up!
Amanda says
Furnish me!!
My mantel clock. It was a wedding gift from my husband’s grandparents before they passed away.