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	<title>Spruce Stories &#187; Before and Afters</title>
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		<title>Nugget of the Week: VW Seats and New Retail!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope everyone has had a great week! We have been busy busy as always. This week, we have put out a few new treats as well as received some ourselves! First, we have two new items for sale here at the shop. This week, we completed an amazingly adorable love seat. We used a new [...]


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		<title>Before and After: Amanda&#8217;s Back Porch, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, Lizzie mentioned that Amanda&#8217;s back porch was getting a makeover, just in time to appear in the Austin American Statesman.  Well today is the big reveal! To refresh your memory, here is Amanda&#8217;s porch before: And after! You can pick up a copy of today&#8217;s Statesman to read the full article, [...]


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		<title>Inspiration of the Week: Hair Makeovers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for filming the opening segment for our pilot show with Chris Hatcher Productions, all the Sprucettes received beautiful makeovers this week from James Devery at Frenchy&#8217;s!  We could not possibly feel more grateful to our new friend James, who in addition to being incredibly accomplished in his field, is a total sweetheart.  Oh, [...]


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		<title>Before and After: Amanda&#8217;s Back Porch!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Before and After&#8221; feature is stepping out of the studio and taking a trip to Amanda&#8217;s house to see the late summer transformation happening under the eaves.  Amanda, as long as I have known her, has always had nice plants around the house and her husband, Keith, is a master arborist, so you can [...]


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		<title>331 Square Feet of Potential!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I am moving from a spacious two bedroom house into a 331 sq. ft. closet.  Granted, my new &#8220;apartment&#8221; has some luxuries, like a dishwasher (which I have never had; Lizzie had to come over and show me how to use it), but the space issue is, well, an issue. You see, I [...]


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		<title>Nugget of the Week: Spruce TV and More!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN! Spruce has teamed up with Chris Hatcher Pictures to film the pilot episode of what we hope becomes a hit new show!  Chris has been filming us all week, and hopes to have the pilot ready this fall; stay tuned and we will let you know how it develops.  It has been [...]


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		<title>Before and Afters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so much going on around the shop (like a new bus in the works, the 4th of July holiday, and general day-to-day busyness) it&#8217;s been a little while since we&#8217;ve posted some before and after photos of what we&#8217;ve been reinventing in the workshop.  Here are some before and after shots of some recent [...]


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		<title>Before and Afters: Recent and from the Vault</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lizzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite possibly, the most satisfying aspect of our job is the transformation we see happen to each different piece of furniture every week.  Sometimes we may lose sight of the scope of the transformation as we pass it through our assembly line.  First the piece is stripped down to the frame by one person, then [...]


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		<title>Before and Afters: This week so far!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are back from our long weekend!  Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day.  Here&#8217;s a few before and afters to help get you through to the next weekend: Add this to 100 bookmarks Share this on Bebo Submit this to Bitacoras Share this on Blinklist Engage with this article! Blog this on Blogger Mark [...]


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		<title>Nugget of the Week: Dripping Springs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, the Sprucettes have been on-site in Dripping Springs since last Wednesday working on a mega residential seating project. Click here to see last week&#8217;s post. Well, it&#8217;s complete and ready for its close-up. Here&#8217;s a recap of our six days of work. We&#8217;re worn out and ready for the weekend. [...]


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