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Articles by Lizzie Nguyen

Nugget of the Week: Dinner, Cupcakes, and Pimm’s Cups!

The lovely Keegan hosted a Sprucette dinner at her house Tuesday evening!  We pooled our resources and had delicious chicken tacos for dinner, dessert from Hey Cupcake (BTW, the new Sweetberry flavor is total yums!), and Pimm’s Cups throughout the evening.  Should you want a refreshing, great-for-billion-degree-heat drink, the Pimm’s Cup could be for you! [...]
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Before and Afters: Recent and from the Vault

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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Inspiration of the Week: It’s Summer time!!

First off, happy Memorial Day!  A great big “thank you” from Spruce goes out to all the soldiers and their families!  I hope everyone has had a relaxing weekend, hanging with friends and family, eating BBQ, and kicking it in the shade to beat the 90-plus degree heat! Memorial Day, for many people,  marks the [...]
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Nugget of the Week: On-site in Dripping Springs

This week we packed up our shop and headed west to work on an on-site project in Dripping Springs. We’ve been waking up before dawn and getting our day started early so we can avoid the afternoon traffic. While I am not a morning person, it’s actually been really nice to see the sunrise out [...]
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Spruce featured in Etsy Video

What seems like many moons ago (mainly because we’ve been eager to see the final outcome), we had a visit from a Brooklyn-based fellow from Etsy who came to film our process.  Eric visits with Etsians everywhere and tells their story through video on the Etsy blog, “The Storque.”  We had a great day talking [...]
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Monday News & Inspiration

If you’re looking for a bargain and have Spruce in mind, tomorrow (Tuesday,  May 4th) is your big day!  The gals about town from Austin Tidbits and Spruce have teamed up and offer you a Tidbits Treat!  This works much like the popular “Groupon” where you’ll get a great product at a substantial discount.  Since [...]
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Spruce Debuts Custom Lampshades!

We’ve been giddy all week about debuting our custom lampshades!  After a bit of research and then scouring the earth for supplies, we now have our first batch available for sale!  These can be found at our shop in Austin and in our online Etsy store. If you’ve been wanting a certain kind of lampshade, [...]
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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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Strangest Requests: Don’t worry. It’s probably not yours…

…Unless you came to us from a funeral home.  In my last post, I mentioned some of the services Spruce offers and told you to feel free to bring us your request!  People come to us all the time and preface their request with, “This may seem weird but…”  Really, feel free.  We have dealt [...]
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Inspiration of the Week: Up!

I finally watched Pixar’s Up this past weekend and, of course, fell in love with it. Carl and Ellie are the cutest couple ever and they have great chairs.  I love how they get them when they set up their house together as newly-weds and they have them until the end. It reminds me of [...]
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