FRIEND FRIDAY | LINDSEY & SUMMER

After a couple of weeks off this summer, I am back to deliver the last few Friend Friday's until school starts!

This week is so special to me because I love these two women dearly. They are great friends and business partners and they deserve to be recognized for not only the amazing work they do but also for their big hearts! I am so proud of the women of God that they are!

Enjoy as you read about my friends, Lindsey & Summer!

- Lindsey's Story -

As a child, I always had a love for color, decorating and anything that was creative.

It was a God given blessing for sure. I could not wait for the next party or event to help my mom decorate the house for. I always enjoyed the hustle and bustle of people and from an early age longed for a home filled with laughter, friends and gatherings.

As a young adult, I was very shy and lacked self-confidence. Even though I had knowledge that the Lord loved me, believed in me, and gave me talents I didn’t believe that they were of use to anyone other than myself. It was embarrassing to be noticed if I did something well and I was weary of others judging creative things I did.

Anything I do creative is an extension of myself and that it is scary to put yourself out there for others to judge. I loved decorating and design SO much but the idea of ever doing something with it other than decorating at my own house was too big of a mountain.

Fear is not of the Lord and yet it was something that always contained me in a box. Because I let fear win, I was missing out on the joy of letting the Lord use the gifts he gave me. Fear can often paralyze us in some indescribable ways.

Fast forward to me moving to McKinney, Texas where I was torn away from everything I loved (a city, church, the best friends and a constant comfort). I felt alone and fearful that I would not make friends close to my new home. I immersed myself in planning, decorating and making my new house into a beautiful home. Then in walks my new neighbor, Summer Bultler, into my life with a string of blessings that only the Lord could orchestrate. We shared our homes with each other and instantly knew that we had both found a friend who loves all things design. It was an instant match and one that seems to flow easily.

Using Summer, the Lord opened a door that I had been praying for the courage to open for a long time. Summer had the determination and confidence to get us started and I trusted that the Lord was telling me to “use this opportunity”. Summers light and belief that “we can do this” helped me to step out of my comfort zone and trust that the Lord had perfectly set these details in front of us and we need to run with it.

We not once have been “in need” of a client. The Lord continues to bless our faithfulness to him and to our business. We are thankful for each client and we are amazed at how much people open up about their lives as we are working on their homes.

It has been a wonderful way to pray for people and to let them know “Why” we do what we do.

- Summer's Story -

After the birth of my son, close to 4 years ago, life turned upside down and some of my darkest days approached. I was often home bound, too anxious to get out of the house, and overwhelmed by the thought of loading up and facing anything outside my four walls. As post pardum creeped in, I craved connection and people with no energy to pursue this hearts desire. Through the darkness, I found peace and fulfillment when people stopped over, stayed awhile, and made my house a home.

This was God planting a seed in my heart. God is love, others brought love, my house felt like a home with others in it. I started wondering, what if others don't feel at home in their houses? What if I could be and bring God's love into their houses creating a well decorated loved on home?

Wheels turned.

Months later, God brought Lindsey into my life and in many ways answered prayers I didn't even know I was praying. On the outside edge of my depression we joined forces and started decorating homes, a couple friend favors, and then a couple more starting to charge. It be work, y'all. It be work!

We quickly realized all our clients needed connection, first to God, then to themselves, and finally to others. We started to learn a lot about people and their families. We were intimately involved in the development of their homes.

Together we would pray for clients, bring love and decor into their homes, and create safe loving spaces for them to dwell in long after we were gone. What God planted as a seed in me, He watered through providing a steady client base. What was ours is His and that basis has been the foundation of our success.

We are vessels, He is the vine.

Approaching our second year in business we could not be more thankful for the opportunities, experiences, and lessons we've learned. We are, in every way, the perfect business partners. In my weak moments, Lindsey is strength and perseverance. We each have our roles within the company and have naturally settled into them while merging into a community that seeks and craves the love and peace of our Father.

And you know what y'all, He is the biggest creator and continues to plant big dreams in our minds and ideas in our hearts.

God is revealing ways we will use our design business in a larger capacity to reach more people within one location.

We are His vessels, He is the vine.

L + S Interiors

Visit their website: www.lsinteriors.org

Contact them at: lsinteriors@mail.com

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