***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.
Meg says
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My Ikea sectional (inspired by you guys!). I was totally anti-sectionals and my husband was totally anti-ikea, but it’s by far the most loved piece of furniture we own. :)
McCaulie says
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We have an antique eastlake organ that was by far our best steal! We got it for an amazing deal, it looks great in our living room AND it still works so we can get some awesome sounding music from it :)
Erin says
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My fiance and I have his mom’s old dining room set that we inherited when she passed away. I love the thought of eating family dinners one day where he did as a little kid :)
Jennifer says
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In the process of a divorce … letting the furniture go with the bad memories :(
DEB C says
FURNISH ME! Please!
Eva says
Furnish me! I love, love love an old white marble topped table I bought at the salvation army and painted. It was only $40.
Kate says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is our new bed given to us by my in-laws – its big and rustic from PB and we love it!
Alex says
FURNISH ME!!! I love all of my antique living room furniture, it’s rustic and mixes perfectly with my ultra modern couch and chairs!
Kym F. says
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My fav piece has to be the bed my brother-in-law built us as our wedding gift. It’s a brand new king size bed in a vintage finish that looks like it belong in Cape Code. Heart melting now just thinking of it. On top of that he even carved our initals into one of the posts in the shape of a pear for sentimental reasons. :-)
Lauren says
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My dad gave me his childhood desk, and with a new coat of paint, it’s definitely my favorite piece.
A. Jerm says
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I should say ‘furnish us,’ as my wife is a huge fan of your blog. Anyway, we each have wingback chairs given to us by our grandmothers — hers is no longer around. They face eachother by the fireplace, and we love to sit there and read when it’s chilly out… (which is rare, since we live in TX!)
Nina says
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Before moving to a different state last year my boyfriend bought two dressers from his elderly neighbor. I moved with him, painted the dressers and found delightful new (and on sale) hardware. They have absolutely become my favorite pieces of furniture and I seriously can’t believe I was able to make them look as good as they do. All thanks to internet tutorials, of course!
Alaina says
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A $50 king size wood headboard I found on clearance at the furniture store
Lauren L says
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Our best piece of furniture is our mattress we splurged on. We love our super comfy bed and even miss it when we’re away on vacation!
Kim says
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Wow, I could really use these pieces! My best find was a free dresser from my mother in laws friend. It is around 100 years old and has roll out drawers that hold tons of stuff.
Christina says
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My favorite is a dresser my mom bought for me when I was a kid, it’s still in great shape and still my style!
Melissa @ A Place to Nest says
Furnish me! I am in love with my West Elm Ottoman. Dresses up the room but is family friendly!
Meg says
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Probably the best piece we currently have is something we picked up at Brimfield fair this spring. A toolbox trunk from the 1800s. It makes a great coffee table since it has a ton of storage, and the story behind it is great too!
Andria says
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My husband and I made a computer desk. Metal bottom (he welded it, I used an angle grinder to create cool designs on the metal), wood top (he cut, I sanded and stained). It’s definitely a conversation piece!
Alyssa says
Furnish me! My favorite piece is our hutch that was passed down from my husband’s grandma :)
Stacy says
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Greatest piece we own is a matter of opinion around here but I say
our buffet because of its valuable storage space.
Kara says
FURNISH ME! My favorite thing is our sectional couch. My husband and I like to push the ottoman right up against it and lay on the whole thing. We call it the boat!;)
Marissa says
Furnish Me! My kitchen table that’s been with me for 12 years now – and worked in every space I have been in!
Kate says
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I’m pretty excited about a leather ottoman/coffee table we just got. We have an adventurous 11 month old so while it’s not the nicest piece of furniture we have, right now it’s an MVP!
gabrielle says
FURNISH ME! I need some new furniture sooo badley. My favorite piece is a beautiful round blue floral rug which would go wonderfully I might say with the things above!
Lizzi says
Finish me! I made a king size bed from an Ana White plan. Hands down, favorite piece.
Keaghan says
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The greatest piece of furniture in our house is the hope chest my dad built while I was in high school.
Katie says
FURNISH ME! My favorite pieces are those given to me by my Mom…an old teak dresser, my greatgrandmother’s hope chest, etc.
Lauren says
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My favorite piece I own is a couch from childhood that I re-covered with a really fun green floral print!
Sam says
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Tops goes to the old government desk we found for $10 and refinished. I’ll haul that sucker with me until the end of time.
InfoDiva says
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Stephanie says
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I’ll never let go of my solid wood antique cherry coffee table.
Angela says
Furnish me! My greatest piece of furniture is a headboard that a close friend made me from scratch! I love it!!
Megan Foard says
FURNISH ME! I have a beautiful round dining table that seats six but expands to seat ten. LOVE it! I bought it at used/refurbished furniture store.
Mary says
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I love the rocking chair my in-laws gave us when we had our daughter, it’s been in my husband’s family a long time.
Erin says
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I got a small desk from work for free that I sanded and repainted for my guest bedroom. I love the new look and you’d never know it used to have gum stuck all over it.
Margaret says
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My greatest piece is a beautiful chest that was my great-great-great (great?) grandmothers. I don’t have the vocabulary to describe it but it has wonderfully marbled texture to the wood.
Christine says
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I have an amazing built in vanity area. It’s the same size as most people’s double sink, and it is overflowing with my beauty blogging stuff.
Alicia says
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My most proud piece of furniture I own is a chair from around 1920 of which was my Grandmothers. It was found and being prepared for the burn pile. My Mother saved it for me and I painstakinly put in about $200 and weeks of work into it to make it beautiful and functinal again. Every time I walk by it, I think of my amazing and now late Mom and Grandma.
Leslie says
FURNISH ME! I love the $20 buffet that we repainted. It looks just like your new buffet, but I did mine even before I saw yours. That made me feel like I just might have done something right!
Danielle says
FURNISH ME! I love my free solid wood teacher’s desk…painted blue.
Colleen says
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We love collecting mid-century modern furniture as our budget allows, and my current favorite is our gorgeous walnut liquor cabinet. Not only is it really useful storage, but our family heirloom crystal decanters look awesome on top!
Rachael says
Furnish me! My favorite piece of furniture currently in our home is a set of industrial/garage storage shelves we got for $20 at Walmart. I have them in the kitchen with dishes and things on them. Everything else is hand-me-downs, and while some of them are great and very well made, they just aren’t what I would pick out.
Amanda says
FURNISH ME! I have a beautiful dining table that I love -first big house purchase my husband and I made together.
Meghan says
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Jennifer says
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I have a tiny little telephone table inherited from my grandparents!
Heather says
Furnish Me! I inherited a great buffet table from my late grandmother. It was always her “special” piece of furniture (no scratches!) so it’s super special to me.
Jenny says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece is my new couch! Yay for waiting a long time to get what you love.
Ashley S. says
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The greatest piece we have is a custom made leather sofa. We splurged on it when we bought our house 2.5 years ago. Boy do we love it!!
Amanda says
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My favorite pieces that we own are a pair of bookcases that my husband’s grandfather made for us as a Christmas gift. He custom-designed them to match an armoire we purchased and they are both beautiful and practical. Such an amazing gift!