Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions govern your use of spruceandshelter.com.
By accessing or using Spruce & Shelter, you agree to these Terms. Stop using the website if you do not agree with them.
1. Website Purpose
Spruce & Shelter is a home inspiration and informational website.
We may publish content concerning:
- Home improvement
- Decorating
- Outdoor living
- Gardening and landscaping
- Porches and curb appeal
- Mobile or manufactured homes
- Organisation
- DIY inspiration
- Products, materials and project ideas
Content is provided for general educational and inspirational purposes.
2. No Professional Advice
Content on Spruce & Shelter is not a substitute for personalised professional advice.
We do not provide professional construction, engineering, architectural, electrical, plumbing, financial, legal, medical, environmental or safety services.
Home projects may involve risks, permits, building codes, specialist tools and conditions that cannot be evaluated through a general article.
Before starting a project, you are responsible for:
- Checking local laws, permits and building codes
- Reviewing manufacturer instructions
- Inspecting the conditions of your property
- Using appropriate safety equipment
- Determining whether qualified professional assistance is required
Never rely solely on website content when a decision could affect personal safety, property, finances or legal rights.
3. No Guarantee of Results
We aim to provide helpful content, but we do not guarantee that:
- Every idea will be suitable for your home
- Information will always be complete or current
- Materials will be available in your location
- Stated or estimated costs will match your actual costs
- A project will produce a particular result
- Improvements will increase property value
- Content will remain available indefinitely
- The website will operate without interruption or error
Prices, product specifications, regulations, trends and availability can change.
4. Your Responsibility
You use the website and rely on its content at your own discretion and risk.
You are responsible for evaluating whether an idea is appropriate for your property, abilities, budget and circumstances.
Spruce & Shelter is not responsible for injuries, losses, property damage, code violations or other consequences resulting from a project attempted based on general website content, except where liability cannot legally be excluded.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the original text, branding, graphics, layouts and other original materials published on Spruce & Shelter are owned by or licensed to Spruce & Shelter and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may:
- View the website for personal, non-commercial use
- Share a standard link to a publicly available page
- Quote a brief excerpt when accompanied by clear attribution and a link to the original page
You may not, without prior written permission:
- Republish complete articles
- Copy substantial portions of our content
- Remove copyright or attribution notices
- Sell, licence or commercially exploit our materials
- Use automated systems to scrape or reproduce the website
- Present our content as your own
- Use our branding in a way that suggests an unauthorised relationship
Pinterest users may save images to Pinterest where a Pinterest sharing feature is provided and the Pin links back to the original Spruce & Shelter page.
6. Images
Images appearing on Spruce & Shelter may be original, licensed, commissioned, obtained from properly licensed libraries or created with digital and generative tools.
Images used for inspiration may be conceptual and may not depict a completed real-world project. Do not treat a visual concept as proof that a particular design is structurally safe, code-compliant or practical for every property.
You may not download and republish website images unless permission or a licence expressly allows it.
7. Advertising
Spruce & Shelter may display third-party advertisements.
Advertisers and advertising networks are responsible for their own products, claims, websites and privacy practices. The appearance of an advertisement does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by Spruce & Shelter.
Any transaction between you and an advertiser is solely between you and that advertiser.
8. External Links
Spruce & Shelter may link to third-party websites for additional information, inspiration or convenience.
We do not control and are not responsible for external websites, including their:
- Accuracy
- Availability
- Products
- Services
- Security
- Privacy practices
- Terms
- Business conduct
Review the policies and information provided by a third party before interacting with it or making a purchase.
9. Prohibited Use
You agree not to:
- Use the website for unlawful purposes
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or server
- Introduce malicious code
- Interfere with website operation or security
- Scrape or harvest content at scale without permission
- Impersonate Spruce & Shelter
- Send fraudulent legal or copyright notices
- Use the website to violate another person’s rights
- Reproduce content in a misleading or deceptive context
We may restrict access or take other appropriate action when misuse is detected.
10. Copyright Concerns
A person who believes material on the website infringes their copyright may contact:
The notice should identify the protected work, the allegedly infringing material, the relevant webpage and the reporting person’s authority to act.
We may remove or restrict access to disputed material while reviewing a credible complaint.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Spruce & Shelter and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
We make no express or implied warranty regarding the website’s accuracy, completeness, reliability, suitability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or consumer right that cannot legally be excluded.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Spruce & Shelter and its owner, contributors and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive losses arising from:
- Your use of or inability to use the website
- Reliance on website content
- Projects attempted using general inspiration
- Third-party advertisements or websites
- Loss of data, revenue, opportunity or property
- Website interruptions, errors or security incidents
This limitation does not apply where liability cannot legally be limited or excluded.
13. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for losses, claims or reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful misuse of the website, infringement of another person’s rights or material violation of these Terms.
14. Changes to the Website and Terms
We may modify, remove or discontinue website content or functionality without prior notice.
We may also update these Terms. Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
Your continued use of the website after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.
16. No Waiver
A failure to enforce a provision of these Terms does not waive the right to enforce it later.
17. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of [INSERT THE COUNTRY, STATE OR PROVINCE WHERE THE WEBSITE OWNER OR BUSINESS IS LEGALLY BASED], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any mandatory rights available to consumers under the laws of their own location remain unaffected.
18. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
Spruce & Shelter
Email: hello@spruceandshelter.com
Website: spruceandshelter.com