Tag Archives: furniture

Art Deco Furniture

By amanda | Published: July 14, 2010
As you may already know, I have a slight infatuation with Art Deco furniture.  I love the use of luxurious materials and bold, curvy lines combined with the finest decorative details. The Art Deco Movement (1919-1940) originated in France. After World War I, America, filled with a sense of liberation, favored the style’s use of luxury [...]
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Inspiration of the Week: Jewel Tones

By Meredith | Published: July 12, 2010
Color is one of the most talked about topics at Spruce. Deciding which colors look best on a certain piece of furniture, which combinations jive, which colors represent a certain style best, and the list goes on and on. When we make our own Spruce furniture, we are constantly trying to decide what colors we [...]
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Nugget of the Week: New Retail and Fourth-of-July Pixie!

By Meredith | Published: July 2, 2010
The first nugget of the week is a few exciting additions to our shop! We have just completed an AMAZING Mid Century sofa. We acquired this from a spry eighty-year-old woman who was kind enough to give me a lesson  in penmanship while she was here in the studio (apparently the way I hold my [...]
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Our Favorite Vintage Shopping in Austin

By amanda | Published: June 16, 2010
We often have customers who come in wanting to redo an antique or Mid Century piece, but have yet to find the right candidate. One of the most exhilarating parts of redoing antique and vintage furniture is searching for and finding it. In response to the question we are asked so often, “Where do you [...]
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Before and Afters: Recent and from the Vault

By lizzie | Published: June 8, 2010
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: Sex and the City 2

By amanda | Published: June 6, 2010
As you already know, the Sprucettes attended a viewing of Sex and the City 2 last week. Afterwards, we were gushing over the interiors, furniture and fabrics used. In the first movie, Carrie’s apartment underwent a major renovation. In the sequel, her apartment with Big was even more striking. So, since we all left eager [...]
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Nugget(s) of the Week!

By Meredith | Published: June 6, 2010
Coming out of a great holiday weekend can be tough. Luckily we had some fun nuggets this week to keep the weekend spirit going! First, Monday night we had a “Sprucette Bonding Night” seeing the new Sex and the City movie. We headed to Alamo Drafthouse, loaded up on fried pickles and some brewskies! We [...]
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The History of Thonet

By amanda | Published: April 4, 2010
I have always loved wooden armchairs with smooth, curvy details. There is something about bentwood furniture that  is classic, clean and sculptural. So this week I thought I would touch on the work of Thonet, one of the most recognized chair designers in history. In my mind, what makes Michael Thonet (1796-1871) one of the most [...]
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Things you didn’t know you could do at Spruce

By lizzie | Published: March 27, 2010
We have a lot going on at Spruce with our upholstery services, retail furniture, classes, fabric, and retail options.  Some people come into our shop a little confused and say, “What exactly do you do here?”  Well, we do a lot and there may be some things we do you didn’t know about. 1.  As you [...]
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Inspiration Blog: The 70’s

By Meredith | Published: March 23, 2010
I’m taking it back a few years. Back to the days of feathered hair, mustaches, and avocado colored wall phones with 300 feet of cord. Spruce has recently discovered a new claim to fame that we are totally stoked about. Whilst watching Dazed and Confused, only one of the greatest high school and 70’s movies, [...]
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