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Articles by Keegan Gourlie

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 [...]
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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! [...]
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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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Before and Afters: Headboards!

Last week, Amanda told you about our first round of custom headboards that were booked during our promotion a few weeks back, and today I am here with the finished products! We make our headboards from scratch, so the “before”  shots look something like this: All we needed was a little Sprucette magic (and the [...]
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Before and Afters: BYOC Class

Check out these beautiful transformations from our latest BYOC class: Everyone did an amazing job!  We are putting classes on hold for the hot summer months, but we will let you know as soon as we have more scheduled. In the meantime, check back next week for more before and afters from Spruce.
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Nugget of the Week

By far the best thing that happened this week was the unexpected arrival of this BEAUTIFUL flower arrangement from one of our clients, Jeff Garbs (of Uncommon Objects): Here is a closeup: Thank you Jeff!  You brightened up our week!  None of us can get over how absolutely beautiful they are, and I MUST give [...]
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Before and Afters: Recent Work

Check out some of our latest projects; from re-styling this great, big couch: To re-energizing these tiny kitchen stools: We have even been re-purposing!  This coffee table got a new life as an upholstered ottoman: How much do you love that Hable birds fabric?!  Beautious! We also did a new retail piece (available in our [...]
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Before and Afters: March BYOC Class

I am so excited to share four beautiful chair transformations from this weekend’s BYOC class! Everyone did an amazing job reinventing their chairs; great job ladies! Feeling inspired to recover a sidechair in your space?  Call Meredith to sign up for one of our next classes:  Apr. 20-21 (Tues.-Wed.) 9am-3pm or May 8-9 (Sat.-Sun.) 9am-3pm, [...]
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Before and Afters: March

Here is a little eye candy for your weekend: some of our favorite before and afters from March! First up, a pair of barrel chairs a client brought in.  Here is a photo of one, in its original orange silk: And here they are after being custom Spruce-ified: We also did a retail project this [...]
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