Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
il y a souvent plusieurs vies dans une vie
English translation:
we can choose from many different paths throughout our lives
French term
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African, British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
il y a souvent plusieurs vies dans une vie
Sentence reads:
"Comme il y a souvent plusieurs vies dans une vie, j’ai choisi de consacrer mon temps à décorer votre intérieur en vous proposant de magnifiques tableaux photo modernesà des tarifs très attractifs. "
I cannot figure out what it means, I have considered "we live through various stages in our lives", or "we see many people's lives cross our own", but I don't think either of these is precisely what is meant.
So I would appreciate comments and ideas. I would like something concise and succinct to blend into the rest of the designer's content.
Thank you.
Sep 2, 2019 20:22: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Sep 4, 2019 09:50: Lara Barnett changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1213228">Lara Barnett's</a> old entry - "il y a souvent plusieurs vies dans une vie"" to ""we may take many different paths throughout our lives""
Non-PRO (3): Rachel Fell, Carol Gullidge, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
France
Quality, accuracy and flexibility
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
we may take many different paths throughout our lives
France
marketing & commercial texts specialist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English
As one life is often made up of many lives combined
Like I said, just throwing it out there!
You might need to go back to the client and ask for clarification!
| THe problem is I don't get the connection between many lives and how he spends his life decorating for people. |
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
There may be many lives within a lifetime
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Francois Boye
31 mins
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Thanks, Francois
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AllegroTrans
: Neat
3 hrs
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Thank you, AllegroTrans :)
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rokotas
: Although all 4 (till now) answers are good, I would rather prefer this one for that case
15 hrs
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Thank you, rokotas!
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
One life is often made up of a lot of different lives.
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-09-02 17:30:27 GMT)
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Or "many different lives".
Israel
Quality, Reliability, Experience.
Native in: English , Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
One life may often hold several lives
:)
| The problem is I think this sounds odd as an introduction to the rest of the sentence, as there is no connection anywhere else about his career etc. |
| This is why I am checking if this is a common expression or not? |
Nigeria
Smart, Fast, Accurate, Reliable
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Discussion
I actually altered the chosen answer to "we can choose from many different paths throughout our lives".
Plusieurs vies dans une vie
"15 ans dans la finance, puis la création de bijoux et la littérature"
http://www.irishellen.com/a-propos-diris/
There is a key phrase in your text, maybe they are referring to this: "Après des études commerciales à Grenoble, j'ai décidé de consacrer mon temps libre à ma passion : la photographie"
https://www.picsmyhome.com/tableau-moderne/
"Il y a plusieurs vies dans une vie, et c’est bien cela qui nous la rend attrayante. » Maryse Wolinski, Chambre à part."
https://chrispoeteofficiel.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/citation...
not really anyone's "thing" or some special expression, just one quote ... Most likely about this photographer's own life, not the life of potential clients.
Meaning "this is the thing I want to be doing now"?
Anyway, I have just sent message to client on this.