***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.
Brittney says
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My favorite piece of furniture is our mattress! (is that a piece of furniture?) It was our wedding gift from my parents, and it’s sooooo comfortable. I love our bed!
Rosemary C. says
FURNISH ME! I would say its a tie right now between an antique server I found at a consignment store and refinished and an antique tiger oak vitrine my parents just gave us as an anniversary present.
Sara C. says
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I have a dresser that has been in the family for years and is absolutely beautiful. I need to redo some of the insides so its more functional but you can’t beat the beauty!
Ashley Ramsey says
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Sadly, the best pice we own is a TV stand from IKEA. All our of furniture is Goodwill.
Amber W. says
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I bought a really large couch, chair, & ottoman from Rooms To Go in 2007 – they are really ugly but I have the MOST comfortable living room. Everyone that comes over loves them & usually ends up taking a nap. I’ll be really sad when the time comes to replace them.
Adam says
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I’m moving in two weeks and don’t have much furniture yet- the only really distinctive stuff I have is art collected from various travels.
Joanna says
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I love a secretary desk I have had since I was a child – it’s been everywhere!
Monica d says
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Current favorite piece of furniture – my blue velvet sofa. So comfy!
Laura Jordan says
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I love my homemade coffee table. My husband made it for me out of pallets. It industrial and unique. :)
Kim says
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I love the tea table I got at an antique store that was closing. I used some Anne Sloane Chalk Paint and love how it turned out!
Bridget says
FURNISH ME!!! I love all the pieces that I have transformed. They are all Craigslist purchases and I put in some labor to make them our own…
Natalie R. says
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I love my big comfy couch!!
Laura says
FURNISH ME!!! I scored a mid century dresser on Craigslist for $30, refinished it in white and use it as a buffet…it’s awesome :)
Amy says
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A 100 yr. old rocking chair my grandma gave me while I was pregnant.
val says
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Still madly in love with my tufted headboard
Margaret says
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I have a buffett/sideboard that I bought on Craigslist and refinished to use as a dresser-vanity table combo! It’s a beautiful piece and I’m really proud of the hard work that I put into it!
yadira batres says
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Those pieces would really help my house, since I’m a new house owner and I’m still trying to furnish it. They would do great on my currently empty master room or living room.
The one piece I just love is a great little desk I found for 20 dollars and restored to make it look almost like new.
Melaine says
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I inherited a few nice pieces from my dad, but my favorite is the wood and tile piece that HE inherited from his father.
Tricia says
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I inherited the most beautiful vanity from my grandmother.
Colleen says
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I don’t have any pieces with great bones yet haha…my husband and I are waiting until we stop renting and buy a forever(ish) house, so for now I am stuck with our college era stuff.
Amy says
Furnish Me! I loooove my hall tree that I inherited from my grandparents.
Miriam says
FURNISH ME! It’s not pretty, or meaningful, but my lounge sectional from C&B is the most comfy piece of furniture and lulls me to sleep far too often.
julie says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is definitely the buffet t
hat I just inherited from my grandparents’ dining set. But my new Danny Glover/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt tshirt is a close second. What? It lights up a room!
Pat T. says
Furnish Me! My greatest piece is my country kitchen table made from reclaimed barnwood!
Amie says
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My greatest piece is either the hope chest I made when I was 15, or the giant printed canvas of Machu PIcchu over our mantle.
(my IP reads as Canada, but I have a location in Chicago.)
Michelle says
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rachel says
furnish me! what an amazing giveaway- book looks awesome! i love finding pieces on the side of the road & giving them new life. favorite piece right now is a leaded glass cabinet- needs major TLC, but i think it will make a super cute mini bar!
Amanda K says
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My favorite piece is a black cabinet I bought at Ikea to use as a china cabinet in the dining room. It gave me more room to store lovely things from Crate and Barrel!
Leslie Genden says
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Our kitchen table and chairs are our best furniture. It is, kind of, holding up with two kids using it several times a day.
Teresa says
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My favorite piece is a large hand-me-down oriental rug. It’s amazing and fits our style perfectly.
Gretchen says
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Best piece I own is my lovely hand me down dresser that my husband painted yellow. Definitely brings brightness to our room.
Jessica says
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One of my favorite pieces is a high-top dining room table which was made out of the gym floor at my old high school!
Anne says
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Definitely my Grandmother’s china cabinet I inherited. It is a beautiful Clore piece of furniture (made in my hometown Madison County about an hour northwest of y’all). Her wedding gift became my best piece in 2002, and still is.
Erin McGee says
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We scored a great mirror made from reclaimed tin ceiling tiles that we got at Eastern Market in D.C.
Emily says
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I have so many wonderful pieces, but my current favorite is my DWR couch that I just had reupholstered.
Ali Miller says
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My best piece is a tie between my grandmother’s china cabinet, and our curvy couch! :)
Erin says
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I love the painted dining chairs from Anthropologie that I scored a few years ago on steep discount.
Jane says
Furnish me, please! My very best piece of furniture is a cherry desk my Great, great grandfather sent over from Germany as a baby gift when my father was born. I even have the note he write in German stating how he hoped my father would use the desk often and study hard. My father did study hard and became a chemist.
Shauna says
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I can’t help but smile at the little navy dresser in my son’s room. From dumperster dive to perfect anchor piece in a little boy’s room.
MamaG says
FURNISH ME! My Nana’s old dry sink in my kitchen. It reminds me of home:)
Allyn says
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I love the bar we bought from my husband’s boss. It’s just a killer piece that I can see us using in a variety of ways for the rest of our lives
Audra S. says
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I love the vintage brushed aluminum beverage cart that we found at a flea market for $12. It’s light and airy in our tiny bathroom, while holding baskets full of essentials.
Sunny says
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My favorite piece in my house is our sectional just because its where we spend so much of our family time. :)
Christen says
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My favorite piece I own is my kitchen table. Its a cute white round table with sweet matching chairs – I absolutely LOVE it!
Shannon says
Furnish me – our best piece of furniture is a 3 tier barrister bookcase we got at an antique store. It’s neat and functional.
Sharon says
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I LUV my sectional couch! It made the room and has deep seating for us tall folks. I could pet the microsuede fabric all day!
Bethany says
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My greatest piece is an old buffet that I bought from the previous owners of my house. It is definitely old but very unique.
Katie says
Furnish me! Well, we haven’t splurged on any nice pieces of furniture quite yet – but the one I am the most proud of is our counter height table that fits just perfectly into the tiny little sitting area in our kitchen.
Arlene says
Furnish me! I LOVE my Grandfathers antique chest that I have in my room. It’t not the most practical piece, but I love that it was his for years and now it is mine!
Sara says
Furnish me! My current prized possession is a wooden wine cabinet, hand-built by my beautiful husband.