***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.
Jennifer says
Furnish me! When we moved into our house, the previous owner left an amazing mid-century chest. It’s my favorite.
bhh says
FURNISH ME! . . .please!!!
Greatest piece = antique iron and brass bed – a little expensive for us at the time (and still would be!) but we have loved it for years!
Camilla Brown says
Furnish me!
Oh Lordy what a rad giveaway! My favorite piece is a vintage midcentury modern sewing table that my husband and I found at a thrift store. We refinished the wood top and painted the rest a happy golden yellow. We recently moved and now it’s sitting dismantled in our living room along with 20 million boxes waiting for its next home.
Caroline says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is a Crate and Barrel media hutch that I splurged on when I bought a condo five years ago.
Lindsay Sais says
Furnish Me Please!:)We have a baby changing dresser that we found and refurbished, to become a microwave holding hutch in our kitchen.
Frances Favela says
FURNISH ME!…Please
We have empty rooms in our new house we need to fill.
The best thing I own is georgeous, hand built cedar chest, made my amazing dad. I love it!
Deb says
FURNISH ME! My dining room set is an antique. When I look at it, I think of all of the generations of family that sat in those chairs and ate at that table.
Kathy says
Furnish Me!
Though we own other more valuable pieces, the one item I can imagine myself enjoying no matter where or how we live is our giant red leather couch, which, curled up on, always makes me feel like I’m in a fancy foreign car–so luxurious!
Kristin Hughes says
FURNISH ME!
I will always have an old dresser that my mother refinished for me when I was little.
MichelleR says
Furnish me!
I’d have to say my daughter’s bed that my husband and his dad built. Love it!
Cassandra says
Furnish me! We just got this tufted couch and I absolutely love it and is the best piece we currently own.
http://www.ckandnate.com/2012/07/tufted-loveliness-new-couch.html
tara says
furnish me
my favorite piece is a tiger-maple huntboard for the dining room. real “grown-up” furniture…
Lindy says
FURNISH ME! So far my favorite piece is a plant stand my father-in-law made for me!
Margaret W. says
Furnish Me!!!! My favorite piece is an antique oak bench that I found at a Thrift Store.
Emily G. says
Furnish me!! I got a fabulous antique sideboard for a steal on craigslist – it has gorgeous details and is the perfect anchor for my mostly new/cheap living room.
Colleen says
FURNISH ME!!
In my entryway I have a bench from world market that was supposed to be part of a dining room set. It fits the space perfectly!! We did not spend a lot on it but it looks custom for the space!
Brooks says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is a tie between my very own karl the sectional from ikea and my kitchen table that’s been in the family and is 100+ years old. I love how functional my sectional is (and comfy!) and I love how worn and full of memories my table is. I also love it’s cute claw feet :)
angela b says
Furnish me! The best peice we have now is an old buffet we scored for $10 at a Salvation Army 1/2 half sale. We use it as our entertainment center now after we refinished it. But it is the ONLY good piece we own so winning this would be WONDERFUL!
Cassie says
Furnish me!! My favorite furniture is a cute bistro set I found for a steal at a thrift store!!!!
Katie says
Furnish me! I love the bentwood chairs at our breakfast nook. They give it the perfect cafe look I was going for.
Sara says
FURNISH ME!
We’re still living like college students, but I do have a nice inherited sideboard (very similar to your recent craigslist find) that is nothing like what I would choose, but it works.
Maura Williams says
Furnish me!
My favorite thing is a piece of art that my brother-in-law made for my husband and I as a wedding gift (he’s a carpenter) that is very modern and incorporates natural wood and bright colors (plus it’s awesome that it was made by family).
mallory says
FURNISH ME!
I have a card catalogue table that I absolutely adore. It was a christmas present and a little beat up, but it is functional and quirky and fits in the apartment hallway perfectly!
deb says
FURNISH ME!!
The vintage pieces I’ve received from relatives are the best.
Carrie t says
furnish me!! my dresser. my husband and I refinished it together and I love it!
Marcia says
FURNISH ME!
I have a pair of chairs that were originally a wedding gift to my parents about 50 years go. I just recovered that in an amazing fun print and they just make the room now!
megan says
FURNISH ME!! I inherited a midcentury modern dining room table and chairs from my grandmother…it’s amazing!
Emily says
FURNISH ME!
I really like our dining room set—well, actually, it’s not that great. But I love that my husband and I refinished and reupholstered it ourselves. It was a great project to work on together and the finished result was WAY better than what we started with, though you can tell the re-do was homemade when you look at all closely.
But I’m also in love with the chairs in our living room. We got them for 50% off thanks to a miscommunication with someone who was supposed to be reupholstering our (much cheaper, smaller, uglier) chairs. They kept the old ones and we got these beauties, which we could definitely not have afforded at their full price!
Johanna says
Furnish me!!!
I will be living in my first apartment this fall and my favorite piece of furniture would have to be my desk. I got it on Craig’s list awhile back for a steal and it has helped me succeed during the past four years of college.
Ryan says
“FURNISH ME!”
We built our dining table and some benches to go along with it. People always want to know where we bought it!
Heather says
Furnish Me!
My favorite piece is a china cabinet that matches the one that my grandparents bought in the 1940s.
Nicola Hill says
FURNISH ME! My greatest piece is the Metro Desk I bought at Target two Christmas’s ago with the mad money my FIL gifted me. Is that terrible? My husband is finishing up his PhD and we will be moving in the next year, so I haven’t really bothered to invest in any long-lasting pieces, since I know we probably won’t be able to move everything, but I really love this desk, and it will definitely be making it into the moving van. At the very least it will make a really nice console table.
Sarah says
“FURNISH ME!”
I am in love with a chair that I garbage picked (my husband was mortified). I refinished it, painted it, and made and recovered a cushion. LOVE it!!
Mary says
Furnish Me!!! I inherited a wonderful secretary from my Grandmom and we use it for our downstairs bill paying/mail organization center. Ok, really it has a bunch of papers on it that I need to file but the great thing about a secretary is you fold up the table, the mess disappears and it becomes a sweet focal point near the front door :)
Sonia says
FURNISH ME!
my father’s old office desk that I got from him when he downsized his office. great piece of real wood furniture that makes me smile
betsy says
FURNISH ME!
The wood furniture my 82 year old dad makes for me
Katie Maahs says
FURNISH ME! My favorite/best piece is our sleigh bed- our first grown up purchase!
Christina @ Little Victorian says
Furnish me! The greatest piece in our house is a Victorian sofa we scored off Craigslist for so cheap. I reupholstered it in a really bold black and cream oversized floral fabric. But the rest of the room is neutral, so it’s not too much.
CB says
FURNISH ME!!!! My Mom gave me this beautiful garden stool that I had to practically beg for…..but I LOVE IT!!!!!
Meghan says
Furniture me!
Honestly, I don’t love anything I own. We’re still living a-la-broke-college-students even though we’re many years down the road. I guess if I had to pick something though it would be my daughter’s dresser. It belonged to my brother when he was a baby 40 years ago and survived the other 3 children in my family to finally to passed on to my daughter.
Robin says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece right now is a bedroom suite I inherited from my grandmother. Repurposing the pieces to work in a multitude of rooms.
Jenna says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece of furniture is probably our huge Ethan Allen dining room table that used to be my great grandma’s.
Olivia S. says
Furnish me! My greatest piece is my beautiful mahogany bed.
Sylvia says
Furnish me!
I love our corner cabinet in our dining room! We bought it with money received as wedding gifts.
Emily says
FURNISH ME!!!
My favorite piece of furniture is a 1940’s crome lounge chair we found at an antique store on our honeymoon.
joy hester says
Furnish me. I have a oak dining room table that my husband bought me for Valentines Day about 25 years ago, it was not very expensive but I will always keep just because we were so young and didn’t have much money but he managed to buy it for me. I have painted the legs to try to update. I love it.
Sunny says
Furnish Me! while we have a home full of things we care for, we are still waiting to find our Greatest Piece!
Lori says
FURNISH ME! I made a factory cart coffee table after falling in love with a picture of one online. Of course, I named her Phoebe, and she is my favorite.
Kim says
FURNISH ME!!!! Our house is 30 years old and in dire need of some updating in the master bedroom as well as new furniture for the living room.
My favorite piece of furniture is the A-M-A-Z-I-N-G solid oak entertainment center that my talented builder husband made me one year for Christmas!
Jennie says
FURNISH ME!
My favorite piece is not furniture, but a woodblock print that I picked out from a gallery in Tokyo before I moved home after two years in Japan. A friend and I spent a wonderful afternoon flipping through all the various choices, and the print reminds me of a great two years every day.