***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.
kristi says
furnish me!
Brady says
Furnish me!
Just YESTERDAY I bought every crafters dream: the Expedit shelves/cubbies from Ikea. I love them already and stayed up later than I should have organizing my supplies!
Shannon says
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It’s a tie for me – we have a trunk that was made by my husband’s great grandpa. it is very simple in its design – like, just some boards nailed together. it’s the coolest shade of red now, from years of wear, and on the inside of the cover, my husband’s grandpa scribbled his name and the date, when he was like 5 years old. it’s so neat. then there the lamp that my Aunt had made for our wedding out of the old telephone from my grandpa’s house growing up, like one of those ones where you hold the piece up to your ear and talk into the ‘microphone’ my kids LOVE playing with it. i love stuff with a story…
Cassie says
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My favorite piece is a vintage card catalog that I stumbled across at a flea market several years ago.
VickyC says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is an antique sideboard from an old bed and breakfast that was scored on the last day of the foreclosure sale.
Anne says
FURNISH ME! We stumbled across a 1950’s dresser in mint condition at a consignment shop. Absolutely love it!
Heather says
Furnish Me!! Right now, my favorite piece of furniture is a card catalog that I scored from Craigslist – although it is begging to be refinished!
Aimee Clayton says
FURNISH ME! The greatest piece I own is my grandmother’s mirror from the 1940’s. Love!
Avigail Barel says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece is a 50’s stereo table that we use as a console.
Tricia says
FURNISH ME!!
My favorite it is a dresser that I got on super clearance from pier one. It currently resides in my living room as a place to showcase family photos!
Hannah says
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I recently acquired an antique cigar table from my parent’s house. It is such a unique little piece of furniture!
Mary says
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My apartment is filled with IKEA furniture & hand-me-downs- would LOVE to win this! :)
Vicki says
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My favorite piece of furniture was purchased on a trip to visit my parents Memorial Day weekend, but has yet to be “delivered” to my house. It is a red chair-and-a-half from the Crate and Barrel outlet in New Jersey and it was marked down from $999 to $99! Of course between the baby and two dogs, we knew we didn’t have room in the car to bring it all the way back to Pittsburgh. So it’s currently living in my parent’s house until the next time they come to visit with their minivan/delivery van. And the anticipation is killing me!
Stephanie B. says
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We just found an old vintage dresser that we refinished in white for our son’s nursery! It made the room!
Brianna says
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I love the lamp that I recently got from my grandmother’s house that’s a sea green bust of a woman. I got a fun purple lampshade to complete the look.
mk says
furnish me: I just inherited an antique bar from my Grandmother. It is my first piece of non-ikea furniture, and I love that it reminds of my grandparents’ time in Hong Kong.
Katie says
FURNISH ME!!!
I love the slipper chair that is in our bedroom. It is the perfect mix of functional and pretty to tie the room together.
Molly says
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My grandpa refinished an old drop leaf table for a wedding present for my husband and I. It’s old old old and has lots of character.
pri says
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I love our king bed.
sarah says
FURNISH ME! My husband and I bought a great Crate & Barrel slipcovered sofa and armchair with some of our wedding gift money. It’s a neutral color and 13 years later, I feel as if it was a smart buy – still comfortable, classic design, goes with every whim and change of style around here!
Lori says
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I actually love our old children’s school desks that we’ve found over the years at thrift stores and yard sales. We now have three of them.
Beth says
“FURNISH ME!” I love my son’s crib. We are borrowing it from my brother and his wife really knows how to buy great pieces!
Denise says
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It’s so hard to pick a favorite! I bought a $20 dresser during college at a garage sale, painted it white, and it’s been a dresser, a desk, and a buffet (removed the top two side-by-side drawers, and put wine racks inside to create a faux buffet).
Lauren says
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My greatest piece is a faux, porcelain animal head from ZGallerie! It was actually a gift from my closest girlfriends and I adore it!
bekah says
Furnish me! I love this HUGE owl painting that I recently scored at a yard sale for a whopping 50 cents!
Tasha Ruck says
FURNISH ME! I love these pieces and would find the perfect place for each one! I love my vintage solid oak card catalogue I scored for a steal off craigslist!
Meryl says
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It’s a hard decision between our modern CB sofa or a vintage dresser that we refinished to store china in….
Julie says
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I would have to say that we splurged on a really cute dining room table and chairs set from Pier One and while it might be the most expensive thing we have, it is also my favorite thing in the house!
Hannah says
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I was just given an antique vanity that is currently in our garage being refinished!
Whitney says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece of furniture is my Grandmas old dressing table and mirror. I plan to refinish it when my Fiance and I move into our first home in one month!
Jos says
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i bought my first antique… a beautiful cedar chest.
Leanne says
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I have a lot of great pieces — an Indonesian dowry chest with glass doors is the first “adult” piece of furniture I bought more than 15 years ago, and it still functions as my coffee table. A round sofa, nicknamed the “human dog bed”, that I had custom-upholstered about a decade ago. Two swiveling armchairs that were the first pieces I purchased for myself, after my divorce 6 years ago, and which are the foundation for the favorite room in my house — the library.
Kristina says
FURNISH ME!! What an awesome giveaway!
Honestly, I love our bed. We have a king size plush (one of those S brands…) and I looooooove it. I’m always excited to come home after a trip because no bed feels as good as mine.
Alysson says
FURNISH ME! I have a house full of hand me downs, but I do really like a dresser we painted for my daughter’s room :)
anna says
FURNISH ME! Probably a mahogany table passed down from my parents. We are waiting until we purchase our first home to furnish. Can’t wait!
Lauren says
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My teak dining room table inherited from my grandparents
Cheryl says
Furnish Me! We recently purchased a beautiful old wooden dresser from an online seller. It’s being refinished for the new nursery.
Anita says
FURNISH ME! I adore the bed my parents gifted us as a housewarming gift!
Sally A says
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i love a Moroccan chest I inherited from my grandparents
Uma says
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After spending a whole day looking for a suitable bed for my then-2-year-old and coming home empty-handed, I sat down to browse our local classified and came across an ad for 2 matching and beautifully upholstered headboards (I have 2 girls) for $10!!! My friends are still talking my “greatest score” 2 years later.
Marie Burdine says
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I am most proud of the buffet table I scored at an antique store. It is my favorite piece and so functional!
DeckledEdges says
FURNISH ME! I love our living room sofa. We searched everywhere for it. It is large (room for lots of friends), comfy (perfect for napping) and the black and white tweed fabric is so unique (hides all sorts of stains AND goes with any color scheme we want – currently, red and purple).
KDWP says
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I love an antique mirror that I picked up at a local thrift store for $25.
Laine says
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I’d say my greatest piece of furniture is the built in shelves we just built out of wood and black iron pipe. I’m also pretty in love with the aluminum Emeco chairs I found on craigslist.
Regina Miller says
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Over the weekend we took the train into center city Philadelphia for dinner and saw this AMAZING bureau standing by a dumpster in a little alley way. We decided it was meant to be for us if it was still there the next morning … It was! And we LOVE it.
Nikki @ only25hoursinaday says
Furnish me!
Sad to say (because we don’t have many nice pieces), but my favorite piece is our IKEA Ektorp sofa – it’s so comfortable and sturdy!
Laura says
“FURNISH ME”!! The greatest piece we own is our couch only because it is comfy.
Brooke V says
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I think my greatest piece is my baby grand piano which is unfortunately still at my parents’ house!
Julie says
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My favorite piece of furniture is our dining room banquet that my husband made.
Erin Woods says
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My favorite piece is an old antique beat up cabinet that my mom gave me. We painted it, added a new top, and covered the door panels in a fun bright print from Ikea. It’s in our dining and it makes me smile whenever I see it!