Hello, hello! Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. We came back stuffed beyond belief with delicious food, and no thanks to Amanda’s mom, we will continue to overeat sweets. Not gonna complain about those treats making it up to the shop! It’s that time of year again where we take a look back and remember our most exciting projects of 2011. Whether it was your grandmother’s chair, an upholstered bathtub, or a candy shop, it has been a blast! Take a look at some of our favorite transformations of 2011.

More exciting news, we are having our annual 10% off when you come in and book your project between now and February 15th. Re-imagining your furniture is a great way to start off the New Year, and we would love to help!

Who knows, maybe your furniture will make 2012′s list of favorite transformations! The offer expires February 15th, so be sure to come by before then. Thanks to all our clients who let us take some fun risks with their furniture; it definitely paid off. Have a wonderful New Year; here’s hoping 2012 is fantastic!

 

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Happy Holidays one and all! We have not been holding out our spectacular makeovers from you on purpose, we’ve just been BIZ-ZAY! We know you have been too! It’s long overdue for us to share with you another round of successful makeovers – they happen daily! Check out some of our recent favorites below…

First in line in before-and-after heaven is a piece found down the block at Corner Collector’s Market. Needs some serious TLC. Just a dirty little thing.

For the makeover, this chair gets a black gloss lacquer and an equally rich black velvet to match (Duralee‘s solid velvet in onyx). This is a retail piece still available for sale in our showroom. Versatile, rich, a generous seat. Will work with any interior!

Another retail piece we’ve madeover is this number. An armchair old, full of dirt, and originally had a cane back. We found the caning underneath when we stripped it!

We reupholstered in a large scale houndstooth chenille and plain weave (Duralee‘s houndstooth pattern number is hyperlinked for your convenience.) Visually striking while keeping it neutral. Comes in a black and cream and red and cream as well!

This next job was for a client – possibly one of the most fun moms ever! She had this killer kids recliner upholstered in a graphic cut velvet that she picked up at the infamous Mood fabric retailer (I’ve hyperlinked to the fabric itself – comes in 5 colors!) Check it out!

Wow! Adorable, hilarious.

We reupholstered a trio of chairs that are now the epitome of opulence and glamour. See below the two wooden side chairs and arm chair using a hand-printed Galbraith and Paul fabric. (Again, hyperlink is to fabric page; “ovals” on pewter velvet, color berry. Plain pewter velvet used for the insides on  armchair.) Absolutely beautiful.

We worked out a fabulous large ottoman with a cool design. The customer supplied us with an amazing embroidered Madeline Weinrib suzani (called “Pink Sommers”), and we filled in with a white and black canvas. Drab to Fab!

Lastly, we created a custom headboard based on one our client saw out and about. No before – because we made it from scratch!

The client chose this romantic large-scale Quadrille printed cotton (print “Henriot”, color Lilacs on ecru.) Just beautiful.

As always, if you have a hankering for a makeover or a fabrication – give us a call. We can do it 99% of the time (we’ve even upholstered a bathtub!). If you’re lost for ideas, Spruce will be happy to help you with inspiration and direction.

Happy Holidays again! Be safe and well! We’ll see you after Christmas!

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As one would expect, we have been very busy little elves pumping out furniture just in time for your holiday parties but we haven’t been too busy to do a little celebrating ourselves.  Last Thursday Meredith played hostess for our annual Spruce Christmas party.  It was a delightful evening.  We had a delicious feast of bruschetta, honey ham, rolls with a homemade mustard, roasted potatoes and brussel sprouts, chesse grits (my favorite), and a cream cheese apple tart….oh and wine of course.  Earlier in the week we pulled secret Santa names and exchanged gifts around the fireplace.  Yes…it was as awesome as it sounds.

Dinner is ready!

Time for gifts!

Truly, I had a wonderful time.  I am so happy to be a part of this family.  Merry Christmas…and Happy Holidays!

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As the year winds down the work to get done by the Holidays always seems to wind up at Spruce! We have been busy little elves finishing our client projects, but have decided to take on a few side projects as well. Those of us in Central Texas are very familiar with the devastation the fires this year have caused for thousands of people. Well, the wonderful people at ExtremeMakeover Home Edition decided to help out and offered to rebuild the home of a family in need of a Christmas miracle. A few weeks ago we received a call and were asked to see if there was anything we can do. We took at look at what they needed and decided yes, we could help! So, in a matter of a few short days Amanda and Katherine spent extra hours and their weekends up at the shop creating one-0f-a-kind Spruce Originals for the new Smithville home. It was certainly a labor of love, and we couldn’t have been more pleased with how it all turned out. We are glad to have been able to help some deserving folks rebuild their future. Take a look at a few photos of the Spruce Originals for the home. We are so happy with how they turned out!

For awhile now we have wanted to get “Chair-iot”, the Spruce VW Bus, tricked out with decals and all our information. Finding the time to do it was harder than we thought ha! With all the excitement of EMHE furniture getting done, we decided to go ahead and take Chair-iot in for her own extreme makeover. With the help of Austin Budget Signs (Barbara you rock) in just one day Chair-iot’s cool factor bumped up big time. Take a look at our gal now, she’s a beaut!

Come by the shop this weekend and grab a few Christmas gifts for those you love, we hope to see you there!

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We have had such a busy few months so please forgive me for the late posting…but better late than never.  They came, they created, they conquered…and they had fun while doing so.  These classes are so much fun because the gratification is pretty much instant.  Goodwill worthy chairs become unique treasures in the matter of a day or two.  Take a look at our most recent transformations from our bench and chair classes.  If you get inspired you should take a look at our newly posted classes for January through March.

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