***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.
Rosemary says
Furnish me! My most cherished piece of furniture is a plain wooden trunk that my dad built in the 70’s. It’s very simple – no special details or hardware other than hinges, just very solidly constructed by my own dad. I put a glass top on it to make it into a coffee table. Needless to say, my furniture collection could use an upgrade.
Meghan Lindsay says
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My prized piece is my Z Gallerie Stella sofa.. that thing is like a cloud.
JILL says
FURNISH ME!!! My vintage settee I just reupholstered for my kitchen is my favesies at the moment. But I’d love any of these items as well!
Lindsey R says
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My favorite piece would have to be my bedroom set b/c its the only real furniture I have in my house. Everything else is hand me downs right now
Allison says
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I love our white washed vintage french console table from a local consignment store, its our first unique pice in our new house!
Sarah says
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Any piece my parents will relinquish from our time living in Brazil.
Jill Robbins says
Oh my! Furnish me!!!!! I got a Henredon sofa from my Mom and Dad. I recovered it, and it is fab. A couple of slipper charis from my Grandmother that I recovered and they are great. And then I have a coffee table that was originally a sofa table that was my great great grandmother’s. I love all the history these pieces give my home.
Allison says
FURNISH ME! I have lots of yard sale and thrift store pieces that I just love to death. They’re nothing special, but they make up an eclectic collection.
Nicole T says
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I have no great pieces! So seriously…furnish me!! Haha.
Sarah says
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My favorite piece of furniture is a blue overstuffed chair in our bedroom – it was my grandmother’s, so I love having a piece of history in our home!
Sara says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite piece(s) are a set of leather bound office chairs. My grandfather was going to throw them away! They are slightly worn, but my husband claims they need to be in a room full of leather bound books and rich mahogany. (Anchorman, anyone?) currently they sit next to a telescope. It will do.
Burb Happy says
Furnish me! It’s a toss up between my living room sofa and my yellow sideboard.
G says
Furnish me! A lovely wood dining room table that I found on super sale.
Alice C. says
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Candy says
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My greatest piece is my dining table; it’s large, rustic and fits so many friends and family!
Tamsen says
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My favorite piece of furniture is my Metal day bed I grew up with and currently use as a guest bed :)
Brandy says
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We have a vintage coffee table with a marble top and gold gilded legs. We bought it at an antique shop and it formerly belonged to a well-loved weatherman in small town Texas.
Sara M says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is a trunk that my Grandmother left me when she died. It is scratched and worn and wonderful. :)
Bradley Gibb says
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Jenny says
FURNISH ME! Wow, great giveaway. My fave piece is an old chest of drawers. They’re so versatile — this one adds a great pop of blue in our living room, but there are similar storage pieces in almost every room of our old, storage-light home.
Heather says
FURNISH ME! I’d say our couch. Its perfect and cozy and where we like to snuggle!
Jackie says
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I love my dining room table, chairs, and bench from World Market! It was decor love at first sight!
David Amann says
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Kim in MD says
FURNISH ME! I’m loving my kids rooms – furniture both given and bought – but it all fits together and is just “them”
Jenn says
FURNISH ME!! My grandmother’s corner china cabinet, hands down. It’s gorgeous.
Jacqueline R says
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Right now, mine is a 1960s dresser we refinished to a dark chocolately stain. It was such a tough project, but I LOVE the end result!
Sarah R. says
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My favorite pieces are the ones my husband built himself.
jackie says
Furnish Me! I found a big old desk for $15 that gives me plenty of space to stay organized and display fun things in the office. Such a great deal.
Krissy says
FURNISH ME! The greatest piece I own is a glass topped sqaure coffee table my grandfather made. I cherish anything homemade and passed down through the generations!
Audra says
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My favorite piece would have to be the round pedestal dining table that belonged to my grandma and great grandparents before her. The pedestal opens up so that the table can be as much as 10 feet long and fit a ton of people around it. I also have the six chairs that she had with it and have reupholstered three of them (I haven’t gotten around to the other three yet).
Heather says
Furnish me! Our greatest find was a freebie curb find of a coffee table we are in the process of refinishing. It was originally surpluses from a closed school, picked up by friends, used, loved and painted red with a crackle finish — and now being restored to in an oil-rubbed walnut finish.
Tanja says
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I love my living room set – I saved up a lot of months for it!
Cory says
My wife loves old stuff, so we always look for unique pieces when we are garage sale shopping or at antique shops. Her favorite I think is an old wash board we got for about $5.
Echo says
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Carolyn says
FURNISH ME! We recently purchased a piano. Aside from its musical capabilities, I love the dark wood and sleek lines.
Elise C says
Furnish me! I just scored a gorgeous art deco vanity chair from a flea market for $12 and recovered it in $4 worth of fabric. It looks beautiful in our living room.
Laura says
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My favorite piece in our house is an old wardrobe that my grandmother refinished before I was born. It used to house my stuffed animals, etc in my bedroom while I was growing up. Now it holds a million of my husband’s books in our master bedroom. I still love it!
Jen says
FURNISH ME!!! Our greatest piece is a leather sectional in our living room.
Samantha Frank says
FURNISH ME! I currently have pretty standard ‘dorm’ furniture (functional but pretty plain, but I have one nice piece of shelving that has ORB metal poles and bamboo slat shelves, where I keep my toiletries that I really like. I can’t wait to have my own house someday, so I can find it a more appropriate place of honor!
brianna m says
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My favorite piece is an antique dresser my husband has from his parents. It has beautifully dovetailed drawers and is solid wood. It has a few scratches on it and I have thought about refinishing it to fix it up a bit, but besides that, it is perfect!
Mimi says
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My dad made me a wooden chest out of wood from trees grown on the property where I grew up. It is my fav piece for sure!
Erin says
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I love my dining room set that my husband picked out.
Kara says
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I love a table that we have that has baseball bat legs…my hubby is a baseball player!
Cory says
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Beth says
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We got a fabulous bench that is weathered- chipped paint and all- that we put in the kitchen. Love that piece!!!
Kylie "Furnish Me" Swanson says
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Our vintage farm table…really good bones, really great piece!
ethel says
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I would say that right now I’m loving my new craigslist find:2 rattan chairs that are the focal point of my living room.
emily says
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My favorite is my red coffee table — handmade by my father-in-law.
Jen G. says
FURNISH ME! My dad refinished his late business partner’s massive typewriter desk for me when I went to grad school. The desk has a ton of character and is stunning even without knowing the history, but his late partner was like a grandfather to me, so it has additional sentimental value.
Alli says
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