***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.
Rebecca Reed says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece of furniture is an old dresser that belonged to my fiance’s uncle. I stripped it down and painted it bright blue. I love that dresser and looking at it makes me feel cheery!
Shay says
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Right now I’m crushing on an antique rocking chair that was passed down to me from my grandmother – the pink velvet upholstery is a fantastic shot of girly.
Bee says
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My favorite item is a soild wood framed mirror handcarved by my dad :)
Julie says
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6 dining chairs in perfect condition made in the 1920’s but with the most amazingly clean lines. A Craigslist score.
Emily says
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I bought a secondhand dresser for $40 at a flea market before moving into my first apartment. I sanded it, painted it electric blue, hunted for the perfect funky knobs, and will cherish it forever. I hope to pass it on to my own future kid when he/she heads off to college someday!
Jen says
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My greatest piece is a big medium-dark oak hutch. An 80’s hand-me-down from my boyfriend’s parents. The glass doors on top had roses and what looked like cracked glass all over, so we replaced with plain glass. It also had those white-eyeball knobs, and we replaced them with simple bronze knobs. Now it is a simple, classic, timeless piece!
Anna V says
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I have an antique buffet that was in our dining room growing up. My father helped me refinish it and a couple of years ago and it is one of the most beautiful/solid pieces of furniture I own.
liz says
FURNISH ME! My favorite piece I own is my Gus Modern “Jane” Sofa.
Ashley says
Furnish me, please! I love my glass and wood cabinet I bought from Crate and Barrel when we moved into our new house.
Terri says
Furnish me! My very favorite piece right now is a black desk my neighbor gave me when they were moving. My computer is sitting on it right now and it’s just beautiful
Tara says
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My favorite piece is a tall antique French cabinet with gray chippy paint and chicken wire in the doors. Even though I bought it 40% off it was still a big splurge. It is only 17 inches deep and can fit in any room with any decor!
Erin says
FURNISH ME! We recently bought a beautiful coffee table. It’s walnut with stainless steel legs and it gets me every time… : ).
Sarah says
FURNISH ME! I love my high top dining table. It keeps our food safe from our two BIG dogs
Mackenzie J says
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I found a beautiful solid wood coffee table for $15 for my first house off craigslist. A great “starter item” if you will
Michelle JC says
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Our bedroom set was the first real furniture we bought in our new home and it’s so us, I will cherish it always! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Jessica says
Furnish me! My kids’ old oak play table. It came from a Catholic preschool.
brianne says
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I love my built in that my husband made me. It makes the room look so much better.
Tovah says
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I have a gorgeous rocker that my parents gave me. Also love the fancy gold framed mirror I found at the thrift store for $10 bucks. As I was walking to the checkout line a lady saw it and wanted it but I got it first!:)
kathleen says
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Erika Rocio says
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My favorite piece is a bookshelf my sister was fixin’ to get rid of before I scooped it up, refinished it and turned it into a display for my shoes. :)
Love love this giveaway!
Erin says
FURNISH ME!! My favorite piece in my house right now is an old leather ottoman…I loved it so much I acquired everything else to work around it.
maryam says
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My grandfather’s dining table.
Catherine says
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My favorite piece of furniture in our house are 2 huge, quarter-round cabinets that my husband’s family pulled out of a old Victorian home and used as free standing cabinets. We have them now in our post & beam living room!!
Leslie says
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I have some great finds, but I love my DIY tufted headboard. I am not known for finishing projects, so I am pretty proud of this one.
jeff says
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Andrea says
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My brother-in-law recently started working for a local business that just moved into a new location downtown. The building they are in once housed a furniture store. The building had tons of furniture the previous owners left behind and the new owners are trying to sell it all quickly to make room. We scored a beautiful solid oak counter-height dining table with 8 chairs for an easy-on-the-pockets $200!! They were all still in the boxes. I’m still in awe when I look in the dining room!
Sara says
Furnish me! I love my craiglist Erktorp Ikea couch.
Missy says
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My husband and i found an old chicken crate in his gradparent’s barn and we turned it into a coffee table for our 100+ year old farmhouse!
Ginger says
Furnish me! The greatest piece I own is an antique chair with nail head trim. I would love to win any item in the giveaway!
erika says
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Our greatest piece is a vintage Danish buffet in teak that I scored for $75.00 at a thrift store. It has been valued at around $4,000.00. Yeah! Plus we just love it.
Davida says
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I just purchased my dream bedroom. 4-poster bed, dresser with mirror, chest of drawers, nightstand. Best part is it goes with my 2 antique family pieces, a side table and a vanity. Now I have a “grown-up” matching bedroom. I love it.
Fiona says
Furnish Me, please. I love the two vintage Eames chairs that came from my grandparents.
Lindsay Osborne says
Furnish Me! I just recently scored a great rocking chair with swan-head armrests on craigslist. I’m going to update the wood a bit and reupholster it with a colorful fabric!!
Mary c says
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I received a greenish table for free and painted it white! It’s shabby chic and so cute now!!
Jamsby says
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We inherited an old dnng room table that’s been in my husband’s family for 5 generations!
Cheri says
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My favorite is my beautiful tall off-white dresser that used to belong to my husband’s grandma. It has a lot of character and a lot of memories.
Kelly says
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I love the dresser in my son’s room. My mom redid it and I love the white finish.
BeckyB says
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A few years ago, I bought a new, shiny standing pot rack from Crate and Barrel, then stuck it in my father’s greenhouse over the sprinkler until it rusted. I now have some dishes of my grandmother’s displayed on it. So it wasn’t exactly scoring a great find, but taking an opportunity to create one on my own. My father finally got it, “Oh, you want it to look as if you found it standing in some old barn.”
linda (burlap+blue) says
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My fave pieces of furniture are the ones that my husband has built…he’s made our entertainment center and our desk!! They are both fabulous and well-built! xo
Jen says
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We splurged when we re-did the family room and now have a huge leather L-shaped sectional. It is virtually scratch resistant, has warm honey-colored highlights on the brown leather, and if soooo comfortable- plus my hubbie loves that he can lie down and watch TV :)
deann says
Furnish me! My favorite piece of furniture right now is the desk that my husband is building. It’s this cool mix of glass metal and wood.
CM says
FURNISH ME! While our house is a piece all it’s own (unique built-ins), my favorite furniture piece is probably the baker’s rack we’ve modded into a TV stand. :)
SJ says
FURNISH ME! I bought an entire bedroom set for $25 at a garage sale while I was in college. I still have it almost 20 years later and have refinished it and I still love the entire set!
Liz says
Furnish Me! My favorite piece that we own is a small table and two chairs from a thrift store that we refinished.
Kim says
Furnish me! I love our kitchen table scored from craigslist. It is a square pedestal table that can fold out to a larger round table. So cute and so functional!
Kaylan says
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My favorite piece is my new sectional. It has a matching ottoman and its so comfortable and inviting.
Melissa says
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My “greatest piece” is currently an antique sewing machine bottom that my dad came across – he had a piece of granite cut as a top and it’s a beautiful little table in our living room. LOVE!
Marion says
Furnish Me! Our prized possession is our dining room table (which I restained a while back) & bench which is more like a pew.
Amy says
Furnish me!! Best piece is my family’s kitchen table that my parents were actually going to send to the junk yard before I saved it! HUH? Crazy parents. A solid pine Ethan Allen table – just needs a good sanding and refinishing…so many memories, I could NEVER part with it, it means the world to me!
Carly says
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We’ve got 2 awesome vintage boxes that we’ve used as coffee tables for years. One was for coffee and the other was for fireworks.