1 Year Blogger anniversary!

Dear beloved readers, followers and friends!
Today is my first year of blogging, wow, it´s been an amazing adventure!
I hope many more years will come!

And a nice anouncement, O´verlay is my fist sponsor!
Soon their add will appear on this blog.
I wrote about Danika´s business she makes super chic overlays to upgrade your DIY proyects, read about it here.
                              

              

             
They have 4 patterns, and 3 sizes and they are lightweight and are also paintable.


Danika is sponsering a 50$ O´verlay giveaway as a discount for her products, to one of my followers.
 To participate:
- be or become a follower of Beau Lifestyle blog
- visit the O´verlay website and tell us wich overlays you want to have and for wich DIY proyect you will   use them for.

The giveaway ends Monday the 17th of July.

Danika from O´verlay is also the writer of the blog, Gorgeous Shiny things.

I have a suprise visit from my family in Spain, they came over last friday (sorry for my absence that day and not posting) I am going to spend some quality time with them and will celebrate the 1 st year of blogging tonight!

Sheridan French

How pretty does this livingroom looks? I instantly fell in love with this it, and it´s owned by fellow blogger Sheridan French. I have discovered her blog today and I have been putting aside my work, just to be able to read her fabulous blog about, her mr right, married life with kids, nice colorful outfits, trips, receipes and man... she writes well with loads of humor in it.

She designs her own line of clothing that is as her name Sheridan French and is the daughter of a interior designer.

this fabric is magical

Quadrille fabric published her livingroom on their website, they have lovely fabrics!

More pictures of Sheridan French (how cool is her name?)

Sheridan with her husband and 2 little ones

Such a sweet nursery, look at those yellow stripes on the ceiling.

Oh what a inspirational day!

Things I loved this week

The week isn´t over yet, but I was so inspired by my fellow bloggers that I had to share.

All of the them are DIY proyects, that´s what amazes me how good they can make it look, by a layer of paint and imagination.

The next images are 2 bathrooms made by Alexandra from Things that sparkle

How cool is that chevron wall? Love the picked colors, they match well with the marble.

Recently I love black walls for a bathroom with gold touches and pops of colours.

That white mirror is yum too!

Next images are from Dwellings by de Vore, perfect when you need to fullfill your DIY addiction.

This pink detailing on the desk is super cute.

                                  Next images are from Nicole from Sketch 42

                  Can you believe she made those paintings? Just amazing and so talented

Paulina Arcklin - interior stylist and photographer

I have met Paulina a few months ago, coincidentally after my mom got her her new Amsterdam Apartment, after that we started emailing back and forward. 

Paulina is a great woman with a bunch of talent! Today she shares her story how she became a interior stylist.

I just moved to Amsterdam from Finland, and here I continue my passion - interior and decorationg editor's work by my name Paulina Arcklin.

My new agent for my work at the moment is Danish well known agency House of Pictures.  

I have my own blog called BLOG NOW by where I post about my photography, houses and everything I love.

My career as an decorating editor and stylist started at 2006 when I photographed products to one interior magazine.

My passion for decoration started at 10 years of age when I was reading my mothers decorating magazines.

At the same time I've got a possibility to do my two first product pages for this same magazine.

Some issues later I visited a kitchen shooting just to learn how to make them,

but suddenly it turned out to be my very first kitchen story.

This magazine made also a cover of that kitchen into the issue where the story was

published. Well, next issue had also a cover that I had made. It was my very

first home story. Decorating editor's work became my real passion and made

me even more intensive and creative decorator and a person who can say that

truly loves her job.

As a matter of fact I already had some history in home renovating and

decorating. Some years earlier I had pulled down and rebuilt an own house in

the countryside. I have had also several other flat apartments both in the

city and countryside. And of course as a visual person I have read tons of

interior magazines! All these factors influence my work by giving me

perspective.

Since autumn 2009 I also started making some outdoor stories. My job

included photo editor's work too, and I must admit that I'm a super to find

different producers and photo banks with best images for product pages.

Photo styling is important part of my job and absolutely one of my strongest

points.

Every now and then my editorial stories have achieved the cover page

positions on Finnish interior magazines Divaani, Terassi, Plaza Koti and Oma

Koti Kullan Kallis. In addition of those above mentioned Finnish magazines

my stories have been published in Deco and Koti ja Keittiö. I've also done

many Housing Fair home stories and gardens. Internationally published home

stories have be seen in Swedish magazines 25 Underbara Hem and Plaza

Interiör."

Oh and by the way I love Amsterdam!

High gloss magazine

I know the new High gloss magazine was released a some time ago, but I safed it for a special occasion like today, a free day and time to relax and enjoy the wonderful photographs and interviews.

Two of my most favorite blogs and friends were featured in this issue:

Erika from Smallshop studio

 Bri from you me and a wiener

Chapeau to the two of you and a well deserved applause.

Happy 4th of july

Happy 4th of July!

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Living room - Jennifer from Rambling Renovators

My latest discovery is Rambling Renovators, how on earth have I missed that before. It´s such a nice blog and full of DIY proyects.
Jennifer, her husband and daughter live in Toronto where they renovate their 1950´s house.
I was totally in love by what she had done to her livingroom.

Blog design LCY graphics

Have you noticed the new blog design? It´s made by Alaina from LCY graphics and she is the author of the lovely blog Live Creating Yourself
It was such a blast working with Alaina, she knew exactly what I wanted, and she is so profesional and talented.

Alaina´s house is so beautifull, have a look to the next images, you´ll love it!

Thanks Alaina, you have made me so happy with my new blog design, and your house is fantastic!