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Articles by Keegan Gourlie

331 Square Feet of Potential!

This week I am moving from a spacious two bedroom house into a 331 sq. ft. closet.  Granted, my new “apartment” 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 have [...]
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Inspiration of the Week: Sculptural Chairs

Given my dual loves of furniture and all things wacky, it was just a matter of time before I stumbled onto the DigsDigs discussion of The 15 Most Unusual Lounge Chairs in the World. Here is my favorite, the bathtub chair: And here is my second favorite, the Teddy Bear Chair (points for the creepy factor): Ok, but: [...]
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Nugget of the Week: Spruce TV and More!

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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Celebrate the Fourth with Willie!

As subscribers already know, Austin Tidbits is currently featuring our Willie Nelson pillows! For those of you readers who, like myself, do not hail from Texas, let me just tell you that Willie is a Big Deal down here.  No, wait, he is a HUGE deal.  Not that he isn’t an icon throughout the world, but [...]
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Inspiration of the Week: Pool Furniture

I spent this weekend at my neighborhood pool, soaking up the sun, catching up on my reading, and splashin’ around with my friends. Shipe park and pool is an amazing little getaway right in my neighborhood.  For the price of ZERO dollars (thanks, Parks and Recreation Department!), you’ve got yourself a little piece of heaven. The only [...]
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Nugget of the Week: New Press!

We’ve been lucky enough to receive some great press here at Spruce, which we are truly grateful for.  It is so exciting and humbling to be reminded that others are interested in our work, and we are proud to show it off on our (recently revamped) press wall: We are going to have to make some [...]
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Before and Afters: This week so far!

We are back from our long weekend!  Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day.  Here’s a few before and afters to help get you through to the next weekend:
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Before and Afters: May BYOC Class

As Amanda mentioned last week, we taught our last BYOC class of the season earlier this month; don’t worry, we’ll have classes up and running again this fall, just as soon as the heat subsides!  In the meantime, check out the work of our latest group of weekend workshoppers; everyone did an awesome job! We will [...]
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Nugget of the Week: Sweet Leaf!

Summer is in full swing here at Spruce, and things are heating up (literally).  Our work space is not air-conditioned, and our front shop faces West; throw in a little midday Texas sun and it can get pretty toasty! That is why, this summer, the Sprucettes decided to beat the heat with Sweet Leaf Tea! For [...]
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Nugget of the Week: Keegan

Our nugget of the week is not something that happened, but SOMEONE that happened to us. It’s the girly Ms. Gourlie. This week was Keegan’s one year anniversary here at Spruce! Keegan was the first apprentice that Spruce decided to take on as the business grew. Amanda and Lizzie knew that when someone came on [...]
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