Stranger Than Fiction

Hello Lovelies,   image source : http://www.nantes-shiatsu.fr/blog/shiatsu_et_medecine_traditionnelle_chinoise/conseils-pour-lautomne/   Today has been the very first day of autumn, where I finally felt some chill in the air. This month of September has been considered one of the hottest ever registered. But it is Fall at last. If you can read French (don't have the time/energy to translate for you dears right now), you can find wonderful traditional chinese advice on how to better transition into the new season right... [Lire la suite]

Hello Lovelies,     photo (c) Beautymist   Here's to wishing you all a happy weekend! Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.—Nathaniel Hawthorne -Beautymist  

Hello Lovelies! The week-end is approaching! Yay! what done you plan to do? Have some fun and relax? Go photograph some spring blooms? Me? I'm off to repaint a friend's house! Wish me luck! -Beautymist photo from goodhousekeeping.com

Hello Lovelies! image : photo by Beautymist - view of my kitchen. Grab some bulbs and enjoy your springtime coming... inside! It will make a lovely week-end activity... Enjoy, -Beautymist.

Hello Lovelies! Have a swell week-end everyone! I'm already feeling better! And don't miss this artistic house tour, house of artist René Norman. Enjoy! -Beautymist. photo from René Norman's house.

Hello Lovelies! Enjoy your upcoming week-end by giving handmade gifts... Enjoying the winter sun Reading Bruce Mau's sound, good advice about design (and life). credits: all images taken from my own Flickr photostream... Beautymist. PS: looking for a great blog to read? try "the new domestic", it's awesome!

Here a re a few links to faves of mine : laptop decoration by lewas designs. roll and tumble press : http://www.poppytalkhandmade.com/gallery24 lewas designs : http://www.poppytalkhandmade.com/gallery19 Wooden Bowl : http://www.mitaniryuji.com/ a year of favorite things diptychs : http://www.favoritethingsproject.blogspot.com/ Unbelievable Cat-friendly House Design from Japan enjoy!-Beautymist.

Hello Lovelies! I *did* intend and want to post every day this week but it has been more hectic than I thought. :-(I had to go back and forth by bus (I don't drive) to many places. At least this makes an occasion of taking fun blurry pictures of the countryside, through the bus window. Do you feel the urge and rush? So, that being said, I want, starting this coming Monday, to analyze in-depth 30 tricks for small spaces, courtesy of Marie-Claire Maison magazine. They have just published a booklet on the subject, and I want to... [Lire la suite]

This is "Skating in Central Park" by Shout, giclee print, 10.5"x14", $29.99 on Thumbtack Press. (lovely winter art spotted at Apartment Therapy) Have a nice week-end everyone, and I'll talk to you on Monday! my best,-Beautymist

Hello, I wish you all an excellent week-end, chock full of inspiration! image ffffound on the jjjjound blog   Enjoy! -Beautymist.