NEW Prop!

This quirky little antique cage could be great for wedding gift envelopes on you special day! Or paired with our other one for an outdoor photo shoot. We imagine kids running around with butterfly nets pretenting to collect butterflies! LindO can make some (fake) butterflies appear by the way. We even have an old net!

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Look for Less! [interior Design]

Meet the Moooi Random Pendant. It retails for roughly 6-hundo.

but if that is not in the budget here is the knock-off which retails for roughly $280

and if size doesn't matter (it's a little smaller ;) try this from West Elm:

Ooooorrrrrrrrrrrrr if you have some time on your hands and would like to add another list to your project MadeByGirl has the best DIY here:

Options are good to have!

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NEW-Old PROP

Coming to LindO Designs PROPS is a new - old tricyle!! It's an antique and we're visualizing a baby boy sitting in front of it. Or how about a little girl dressed in a vintage oufit with flowers in her hand as she rides into the sunset on an old farm road? Ahhhh.....

What are you ideas for this one?

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Rest. [interior Design]

In a craigslist hunt we came across this Detroit Metro area:

and it reminded us of something like this:

 OR

add some upholstery to the craislist find and KEEP the blue for a hip regal look

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How fun is this? [interior Design]

This is work of Bertjan Pot from the Netherlands. He designs "interior projects". We love his creativity and use of an everyday object. Just thought we would share some of the fun!

Do you think you could do this at home DIYers?? Oooooooohhh! What about a wedding?!?! THAT would make your event stand out!!

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More fun in the PROPS department!

New prop to add to the collection! This has a nice silvery blue trim on the face and a silver bucket to hold a little angel.

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LOVE

This is LindO's couch! Not only do we love that couch but we love that train station in that city of Detroit we love! Love, love. We even love how handsome that couple is on our lovely couch! The master mind of this shot is a photographer based in Bloomfield, MI and her name is Daphne Doerr. What. An. Eye!! This isn't the last you'll hear me rave about Daphne either. She has a classy style about her work that fits that classy name. More to come soon but for now here's a taste of her work:

http://daphnedoerr.com/



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Old friends

I always wondered what one of my best childhood friends was up to after about 15 plus years. I think we only crossed paths once. All I recalled was that she drove a motorcycle. Here we are when feathered hair was ok to have (aka a long, long time ago):

So I looked Stacy up on a social media site. As I was looking through her pictures I noticed a beautiful photo of one of the most handsome little boys I had ever seen. Her son Jayden

and the talent wasn't just in front of the camera - Stacy was behind it. The seed was planted. I knew when I had a baby I needed Stacy to capture him or her.  So she did.



My son Trey was born in March of 2010 and only 10 days old in the photo above. Now as Stacy and I went back and forth with prints, annoucements, etc. of Trey we got to talking. Knowing I refinished furniture she asked "Have you ever thought of renting your furniture to photographers?". The thought never crossed my mind. She went on and mentioned how some photographers don't have enough space to store props, or that some photographers get bored with the ones they have, or how some props are too expensive to keep investing in. I listened. I listened so hard that one of my bedrooms, part of my family room, the back of my car, my garage, and basement are now filled with props. I expanded my furniture company LindO Designs to incorporate LindO Designs PROPS.

I've found that the PROPS have encompassed most of what I love doing. I love the hunt of thrifting and antiquing. I love projects and to give furniture new life. I love to paint (backdrops are in the near future). I love other people's art and it's like Christmas everytime I see a new photo with one of my props! The way another artist takes an object and puts their twist on it is exciting.

Stacy and I have had some FUN hitting up some of my favorite places to shop. We make a very good team. We bounce ideas off eachother all the time and she lets me pick her photography brain. I bought these car doors with a foggy idea in my head Stacy went another direction and drove the idea out of the park

This is Trey and Jayden now. Hopefully they find friendships as fun as my old new one. Stacy and I have more shopping and projects planned. Stay tuned.

All photography (less the childhood shot) is by Stacy Melton.

Photographybystacymelton.com

http://www.photographybystacymelton.com/blog/

http://www.facebook.com/#!/PhotographybyStacyMelton



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Look For Less

These bad boys are by Tom Dixon

$450 each

These bad boys are at Menards

for $20, $30, and $30 respectively

http://www.menards.com/main/lighting-fans/indoor-lights/pendants/metal-shade-14-pendant/p-1374717-c-6357.htm

http://www.menards.com/main/lighting-fans/indoor-lights/pendants/metal-shade-8-pendant/p-1374723-c-7245.htm

http://www.menards.com/main/lighting-fans/indoor-lights/pendants/metal-shade-7-pendant/p-1374724-c-6357.htm

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Blogging about a blog.

We love how chic this piece turned out. We also love this blog: www.betterafter.blogspot.com. Blogger after my own heart! LOVE how she created a vessel for us upcyclers (is that a word??) to share the craft of upcycling.

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