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Ecosmartfire Summer Catalog

nomita — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:58:20 +0000

Yes we have all been in love with the smart and sexy ECOSMARTFIRE since we first launched it at Spruce. Now Ecosmartfire has stepped it up again with the launch of their Summer products. Design offerings for outdoor and smaller burner units. The perfect solution for our New Orleans courtyards and our shallow coal burning fireplaces. Scroll through below and prepare to be impressed! Most outdoor fireplaces featured are priced under $2500.

Call 504.265.0946/ email info@sprucenola.com for a full downloadable catalog and pricing details.

THE BOWL

STIX

LANTERN

GHOST

CYL

CITI

BULB

XS 340 BURNER shallow enough for to retrofit your non working coal fireplaces

SCOPE GRATE to house the XS340 if needed

AB Series Burner

AB Burner with surround

AB Burner in Water Feature

Summer: Blue Waters and Sea Life

nomita — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:02:02 +0000

Every year I spend one week at the beach with my family to get away from it all…..routine, everyday scenery, work and media. A week of nourishing the soul with the sea, sand and natural inspirations.

Heather Knight’s ceramic sculpture captures ocean life: tactical, textural with lots of movement. All this intrigue in a 5×5 or 9 x9 tile to grace your wall…hang one or as a set……reminding of you of those blue waters and life within

Tiles available for purchase at Spruce

5″x 5″ Tile $105 including Shipping

9″x 9″ Tile $370 including shipping

Lichen Tile Detail

Magnolia Tile Detail

Turf Tile Detail

SALVATIONS 2011

nomita — Sun, 08 May 2011 16:35:03 +0000

The Green Project held its annual fundraiser SALVATIONS at Canal Place on April 16, 2011, a furniture design competition utilizing reclaimed, repurposed & recycled materials.
SALVAGE + CREATIONS = SALVATIONS
All proceeds were to benefit New Orleans’ oldest local environmental non-profit, The Green Project.
The Green Project keeps over 1.8 million pounds of usable materials from the waste stream and over 40,000 gallons of paint out of the ground water supply and wetlands.

I had the honor of being one of the judges for this competition. Entries highlighted impressive use of common materials. The competition entries were displayed at Canal Place and the winners were auctioned off in a live auction. We have been lucky to represent two of the competition winners at Spruce.

William Roberts of NOMAD Studio and Paul Troyano.

The bone bench by William Roberts was the overall competition winner and is comprised of salvaged plywood fused together and cut to shape.

BONE BENCH Best in Show Salvations 2011

The Bench is a fine example of organic modern, impeccably conceived and crafted is on show at Spruce Eco-Studio

Paul Troyano’s Fir Branch Table was awarded Salvations 2011 Best Craftsmanship Award.

This table fashioned out of salvaged Fir evokes a gazelle like quality. Paul’s work is on display and sale at Spruce for the next few months. Here are couple of pieces:

Chess Table

Please call us at 504 265 0946 for price requests

ART IN BLOOM 2011

nomita — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:19:01 +0000

Participating again in this year’s ART IN BLOOM was a fantastic experience. We were given the opportunity to design a tablescape along with other talented designers from New Orleans. Its was an honor to be included with them. Visit the New Orleans Museum of Art until April 3, 2011 to view all of the Art in Bloom Presentations which include Ikebana, Interpretations of Art through Floral Arrangements, New Orleans Landmarks expressed in Flowers and art by area school art programs.

Here are pictures of the TABLESCAPES.

SPRUCE ECO STUDIO

BOCKMAN and FORBES

PIPPEN LANE

ECLECTIC HOME

SOURCE

OYSTERIA

PERCH

BEE'S FLOWER

TARA SHAW

MARCH DESIGN INSPRIRATION: Marcel Wolterinck

nomita — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:04:18 +0000

My inspiration this month is drawn from dutch designer Marcel Wolternick’s earthy,modern classic interiors. I am dying to use his pallette in our upcoming projects. The colors remind me of Amsterdam in late spring…deep greys and blues. I particularly love the large trees in planters and organic objects. His garden design is equally intriguing.

For more visit his site http://www.wolterinck.com/en/projects/all

COLOR of the YEAR Honeysuckle

nomita — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:38:27 +0000

2011 is here folks! We feel energetic, optimistic and happy…..all embodied in the color of the year Honeysuckle Pink

We have been too busy at Spruce, but this year, we promise to stay updated on our projects, our cool finds in New Orleans and beyond and all kinds of design tips and advice. Stay tuned and meanwhile get inspired by our inspirations

Honeysuckle Pink:

Kelly Wearstler for her exuberance:

and Peonies photographed superbly by talented artist Kari Herer

DESIGN IN A BOX- Bathroom Redo

nomita — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:08:07 +0000

A client of ours was tired of her outdated bathroom and desperately needed a makeover. She had outdated fixtures, color, poor lighting and out of scale vanity offering little storage.

She used our DESIGN IN A BOX service where we gave her a design plan, a shopping list and sources for where she could find all of the materials and furnishings all for a fixed fee. They wanted a fresh clean look using black and white. So here is what we suggested:

No VOC eggshell white paint on all the walls and window trim
No VOC black paint on beadboard and door trim
Curved shower curtain rod to give more space in the bath tub
Shower curtain made from organic Mod Green Pod Fabric in Atticus-Red
New pedestal sink to open up the space
New energy efficient lighting
New Storage Dresser
New mirror

She and her husband rolled up their sleeves and painted one weekend and installed the sink, lighting and curtain rod the next. Her mom sewed the shower curtain and lined it with a eco-friendly liner. She picked out some great art pieces and voila what a difference!

We are so excited that our client was able to use our super easy DESIGN IN A BOX service and save money by buying and installing all of the items herself.

Our Design in a Box Service gets you:

Floor plan and layout for one room
Furniture, furnishings, finishes and accessories selections
Shopping list for all your items
Source for all your items
Installer information (such as painters, wall paper, landscape, seamstress)
10 % discount on all items purchased from Spruce
cost $500.00

This is a great way to get a designer look for less and be in charge of your own budget and schedule without any markups. If you live away send us pictures and your room dimensions and we can put together a designer look for you. We have done rooms as far away as Chicago.

curved rod offers more space in shower

Mod Green Pod in Atticus for Curtain

WOOLYPOCKETS

nomita — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:02:33 +0000

Create an instant living wall with the Woollypockets ingenious flexible planters. You can achieve vertical gardens in your living room, backyard or office walls or create horizontal urban gardens in your patios, ledges or window sills. The product is made from recycled plastic water bottles (yes the ones that we all dutifully recycled after much guilt about using them) and the lining is waterproof all stitched together by hand.

The Wallypocket comes as a single triple or five units piece so you can plant away- exercise those green thumbs. Deck those French Quarter galleries and our fabulous porches to celebrate our outdoor time ahead with the Wallys. I am planning to plant herbs in mine on my back porch for my culinary needs.

Meadow and Islands are felt containers so that you can plant whatever you like in it especially when you thought you could not like on a terrace, rooftop, patio, warehouse district balcony or a ledge. It is an urban gardener’s dream come true. Best of all it does not leak all over the floor or your table so you can be rest assured.

Are you inspired…go get your woolly on!