***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.
Coby says
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I like my Craigslist sofa, but I would LOVE to replace it with that beautiful settee. :)
Sarah says
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I love our dining table and chairs because it was the set I grew up with. :)
Missy says
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My favorite piece is an antique buffet that was the first piece of furniture that my husband’s paternal grandmother bought for her home. It is fantastic!
Kam says
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My husband’s grandmother gave us a vintage dresser that they no longer use and we re-painted it a bright color and it is a fabulous statement in the guestroom!
Barb says
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The living room couch is probably the best piece of furniture we own. We bought it hoping it will last a few decades and it certainly gets it fair share of use.
Colleen says
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I love our Estate Specialist stores and Craigslist. Making old things new.. giving them new life. It’s a blessing.
Dani M. says
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We inherited my great-great-grandparents’ upright piano and it’s a beautiful piece! It’s actually not my style at all (built in the 1890s!) but it has such amazing history and my husband and daughter both love playing it. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Julia says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is matching bedside tables we found on craigslist and repainted.
Kris says
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It’s a cross between a mid-century coffee table with distressed paint and a glass top that I’ve had since I was a teenager and the mid-century dresser we found CHEAP at the local Habitat ReStore that we repainted white and teal and now have in my daughter’s bedroom.
Lauren says
FURNISH ME! Right now my favorite find is a curvy antique wrought-iron table and chair set that is in my kitchen. Plus it was free! My mom scavenged it for me the day after a neighborhood yard sale.
Erin Rose says
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It’s a tie between my great great uncle’s handcarved trunk (inherited) and our 1970s victrola (paid $20 at thrift store and it works!) that I painted white and lime green……
Jules says
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I would have to say my leather couches are my favorite pieces of furniture. Easy to clean spills!
melissa p says
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I wish i were super proud of a furniture piece…mine are all a bunch of hand me downs for the most part! oh, and beds without headboards :(
Beth says
FURNISH ME! Oh my goodness, this is the best giveaway ever. Particularly since we’re moving and need some new furniture for our new space! Anyway… my favorite piece is probably the 1900 mint condition Singer sewing machine that my great aunt gave me. As someone who “dabbles” in sewing of all kinds, I love it!
Cherie Goyer says
FURNISH ME!! The greatest piece I own is my bedroom set. It is nothing super fancy but it is solid, sturdy, and hope it lasts through all the years of moving! I wish I had more awesome pieces. It is time to start turning my house into a home.
Tanyua says
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We splurged when we bought our house and finally upgraded to a KING bed! My husband is 6’6″ so it was kinda a necessity :) We got the mattress at a mattress store & our bed is from La Diff – LOVE IT!
Erin says
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I scored a now-discontinued armoire/bookshelf for my daughter’s room at Ikea a few years ago and it has been perfect for her closet-less, tiny room in our urban home.
Camille says
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Tough question… I ‘d have to say I love my black kitchen table more than any other pieces in my house. So many memories there, and it fits so perfectly in our home.
Thanks Suzanne and Lauren! (and John and Sherry :-)
jillianandgracie says
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My favorite piece of furniture is an iron bed that belonged to my great-grandparents- stunning and classic!
Laura says
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Wow! What an awesome giveaway! I think our best piece right now is our little dinette table and chairs. It’s so versatile and it fits perfectly in our breakfast nook area.
Renee says
FURNISH ME! I have an antique dresser that I love.
Renee says
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My favorite piece of furniture I own is a cedar chest. It was my grandmother’s and her dad made it for her. It’s stained a gorgeous dark brown and I just love it! :)
erin c. says
FURNISH ME!!!! I bought a huge dresser and to this day I still love it. As time goes on though, I dont feel like its that big anymore!
Amelia R. says
FURNISH ME! Yikes. Most of my furniture is hand-me-downs and Ikea stuff, but I have a couple of mid-century wood frame chairs I’ve reupholstered. Those are also hand-me-downs, but I love them.
Sara C says
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My favorite piece of furniture is currently the antique dresser my husband bought me as a wedding gift, that we used in our wedding and whose new job is to house our new baby girls belongings.
Dani says
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My favorite piece of furniture that I own so far is my giant wall o’ bookshelves (full of books, of course!)
Lindsey S says
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A mid-century dresser I scored on craigslist for $40 and refinished. Its currently in our entry way and it makes me smile every time i walk in the door.
Claire P. says
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My favorite piece is a little side table that my husband’s grandfather restored a while back. It will always bring good memories and some vintage feel to our mostly modern design.
Sadie says
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The best peice we own was actually made by my husband as a wedding present for me. He’s a woodworker and he built our master bed from scrath. I love it! Now onto the rest of the pieces to complete the set :O)
Alie says
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I love our new entertainment center from IKEA. It’s not the super best quality…but it looks good for the huge wall area we have.
BreAnne Benzel says
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Just last weekend – a 9×18 wool Karastan rug for 50 bucks!
Kristin M says
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I don’t know that we have an “it” piece of furniture…but we do have the large IKEA Expedit shelf in our bathroom with fun baskets and decor and everyone always comments on that…but I’m definitely still looking for an “it” piece that isn’t in our bathroom :-)
ilikebeerandbabies.com says
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BONUS QUESTION: An old steamer trunk I found along side the road that we use as our living room coffee table.
Robert says
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My bed is my favorite piece of furniture in the house. It was a gift and is very comfortable.
Leslie C. says
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I love the vintage pieces that I’ve re-done to make them current and fit my style!
Amanda says
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my favorite piece of furniture is probably my dining room table. It was my great grandmothers and it holds a lot of sentimental meaning.
Myriam W. says
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My favorite piece is a small antique trunk that we recently purchased for our sunroom!
Sara says
FURNISH ME! I don’t really have any nice furniture that was a splurge, it’s all cheap/Ikea furniture. I’d love to have some nice splurge pieces. I’d say the piece I like the best is an old solid wood dresser I paid $20 for at a tractor show I went to with my Dad. It was $50 when we got there and when I was leaving it said $20, I parked myself in front of it until my Dad went and got the truck to load it up!
Emily F. says
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The best furniture in our house is a tie between the beautiful Ethan Allen china cabinet that we scored for a third of the original price at a store moving sale and our dressers and nightstands that we had custom built (for not as much as you would think!) by a carpenter.
Julianne says
FURNISH ME! I love the coffee table my grandmother gave me.
Erin H. says
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Its not old or unique or special, but a hand me down chair from my parents has become my dog’s favorite spot in the house. We can’t imagine not having it.
Heidi says
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My best score ever is a wood buffet (a lot like the one you just bought!) that we found for $20 at a yard sale, stripped the old paint off and stained a gorgeous, glossy dark walnut.
Heather says
FURNISH ME!!!! I guess if I had to pick a greatest piece I own it would be my dinning table. It’s a mix of cherry and black wood and I love it!! We are slowly working to replace our “just married” furniture so everything else could go. :)
Jamie says
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My favorite piece is a 1960s dining table we inherited from my husband’s grandparents. It has beautiful, clean mid century lines and I refinished and reupholstered the chairs myself so that gives it special ‘sweat equity’ as well:-)
Lauren says
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I have an Armoire that I bought years ago, to use as an entertainment center. We have our tv mounted on the wall now, so I plan on using it as a wardrobe in my daughter’s room. I love it!!
Karen says
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We have a vintage chair and settee that was passed through a friend’s family. He had no place/use for them, so he was happy to see them go to a good home. The chair is currently in the living room (but destined for the office) and the settee is awaiting re-upholstery to live in our guest room.
Sarah M. says
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The best piece of furniture we own is a beautiful antique sideboard that we found in an alley! We were out for a walk and I made my husband run home to get our truck.
Lindsay says
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Andrea B says
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My husband and I got a hand-me-down antique oak dresser from his parents. It sits in our entry/hallway, and I’m in love with it!
Audrey says
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I have an old buffet from my parents that sits in our foyer. I love that I remember having it in my house (as a TV stand) growing up!