getaway... kauai

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtax66WHD4mTZg27sHxhswFSo2fJVHXgyVURWEDCZeMGmt1S5yX2aTyEhdUDTvmI5KpOyIXAoXJFJ0kzVU6hKo7rEBtOklA__PwIuNOKqouHsMfm4VtyPznSPZ7gCW-oSsMxrm6sElOE8/s1600/July+2013+kauai+061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtax66WHD4mTZg27sHxhswFSo2fJVHXgyVURWEDCZeMGmt1S5yX2aTyEhdUDTvmI5KpOyIXAoXJFJ0kzVU6hKo7rEBtOklA__PwIuNOKqouHsMfm4VtyPznSPZ7gCW-oSsMxrm6sElOE8/s640/July+2013+kauai+061.JPG" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am daydreaming of our trip this week.  As summer winds down all I can think of is the fun we have had and that the late nights and sleepy mornings are going to disappear so quickly.  Oh how I am going to miss them.  We visited Kauai in July just the four of us and it was so amazing.  We fell in love with the island all over again.  This is a little bit of our trip and the amazing beaches and sites...  (I am sparing you all of the food pictures that I took!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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getaway... kauai

  I am daydreaming of our trip this week.  As summer winds down all I can think of is the fun we have had and that the late nights and sleep...

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Heading out....

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVv3gamwWDWr410gSVoAmwybD1B3d8v_zKnCHaNfy6JDNImgNhXJ3SOwtUsjvFt7Sl8npzPbms1qpp90AT0-b0wYQpt89u8BVAMU0K7HT95EvA2E65ePx2F8LIsZJRyeTEsn4Ih0SSUQ/s1600/SEB+357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVv3gamwWDWr410gSVoAmwybD1B3d8v_zKnCHaNfy6JDNImgNhXJ3SOwtUsjvFt7Sl8npzPbms1qpp90AT0-b0wYQpt89u8BVAMU0K7HT95EvA2E65ePx2F8LIsZJRyeTEsn4Ih0SSUQ/s640/SEB+357.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading out on a jet plane today to soak up some sun in one of my favorite places on earth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was flipping through the pictures I found this little munchkin..  oh how I miss those days!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a wonderful Monday! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FvUrJP6gg1bItJXC5YQLy0h94IEmRx3JcCHLA3OyH03jU7Fytfmk6uy01lYMPYKX0kDvRr3dh-2w_HlegClRp5D8Euvop6r7rzr8SICZ41kWZ_gK9DEkG7aOt7dKahW86vzzPOlvomE/s1600/IMG_5796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FvUrJP6gg1bItJXC5YQLy0h94IEmRx3JcCHLA3OyH03jU7Fytfmk6uy01lYMPYKX0kDvRr3dh-2w_HlegClRp5D8Euvop6r7rzr8SICZ41kWZ_gK9DEkG7aOt7dKahW86vzzPOlvomE/s640/IMG_5796.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" /> <span style="font-size: small;">If you would like help creating inspirational spaces for yourself <a href="http://www.greigedesign.com/index2.php?v=v1#!/CONTACT" target="_blank">contact us</a>!</span>

Heading out....

  Heading out on a jet plane today to soak up some sun in one of my favorite places on earth! While I was flipping through the pictures I fo...

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Design Traveler: Trip planning

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrRgCMoqEhQl2p0CZeCq9HIBcjVCtX-oK1b5R1YG3PJZSwK7zlACfNKnsr5x8n4saHoVH5QwcDyGMIAdKKfR7UyuXATlYRcEAWDwFI9ivOS63kpuZMairZoXplbDZrNF5fDe8JnILbkg/s1600/paris+tulleries+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrRgCMoqEhQl2p0CZeCq9HIBcjVCtX-oK1b5R1YG3PJZSwK7zlACfNKnsr5x8n4saHoVH5QwcDyGMIAdKKfR7UyuXATlYRcEAWDwFI9ivOS63kpuZMairZoXplbDZrNF5fDe8JnILbkg/s1600/paris+tulleries+garden.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />I don't know about you but I am a total trip planner..  I like to have an itinerary that notes just about everything (there is always a section for free time-but it is noted!)  I was at dinner with my Mom and Sister last week and my Sister said to me- "I don't like to travel with anyone else, you always have everything planned.  I don't have to worry about anything, I know our next move and what I am supposed to be doing when I get there."  Some people love this and let's face it some do not love it.  I am a planner, I have to have all of this in one place or I will never find it when I need it most, because on top of being a planner I am always a little bit late and a little bit frazzled!  This type of pre planning keeps the vacation moving for me and those with me or we would never make a decision. <br /><br />So I have been planning our trip for the past few weeks and I keep finding more things I would like to do.  I have been to Paris several times and there are so many wonderful parts, I want to see something new each and every time but I still want to visit my favorites for a second, third, fourth.. well you get the idea.  I have been stalking Paris blogs and I have fallen deeply for this one.. <a href="http://parisinfourmonths.com/" target="_blank">Paris in Four Months</a>, mostly because she is living a dream and because her images are beautiful, but also because she is posting about sweets around Paris a lot!!!  <br /><br />So now I have too many things on our list and I think we will be running from one musee to the next or I might have to eliminate something somewhere.. so sad! (But so exciting at the same time!)  <br /><br />I would love to hear how you plan for your trips?  Do you make a list and do what you feel like when you arrive?  Do you plan every outfit for every occassion including accessories, like one of my best friends?  Do you fly by the seat of your pants?<br /><br />image <a href="http://lingeredupon.blogspot.fr/2012/06/tuileries-at-golden-hour.html" target="_blank">via</a> (another group of beautiful paris pics)<br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">If you would like help creating in</span><span style="font-size: small;">spirational spaces for yourself <a href="http://www.greigedesign.com/index2.php?v=v1#%21/CONTACT" target="_blank">contact us</a>!</span><br />

Design Traveler: Trip planning

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Take me away... to France

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODgu20s5gdgCvI7uwprM4fDpSD4r5LeNdmJJihVHqOLZWXZHBo-INiBfY_zzoI2_HtgKc87Z0tr2uCc5bfWaA9Uex4_Y6LS5IT8ruAeLePAIfYbGCIU6WsFEAd3K09M8DABMKU4aTzkE/s1600/haven+in+paris+Bonnieux+france3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODgu20s5gdgCvI7uwprM4fDpSD4r5LeNdmJJihVHqOLZWXZHBo-INiBfY_zzoI2_HtgKc87Z0tr2uCc5bfWaA9Uex4_Y6LS5IT8ruAeLePAIfYbGCIU6WsFEAd3K09M8DABMKU4aTzkE/s1600/haven+in+paris+Bonnieux+france3.PNG" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's face it some days your inbox can be more foe than friend...   That has been my last couple of days, one icky email after another (with a few exceptions).  Well this morning when this little beauty landed in my in box I felt someone had thought of me and sent me this special getaway even if just for a few moments..  The really cool part is that you can actually go to this beautiful place and stay as long as you might like to.  This is a beautiful <a href="http://www.haveninparis.com/rental/Bonnieuxvilla.php?utm_source=Haven+in+Paris+March+Newsletter%3A+New+Provence+Properties&utm_campaign=Summer+2012+Newsletter&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Villa from Haven in Paris</a> and although it is out of my budget for travel this year it would be the perfect setting to make some beautiful memories with family and friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One gorgeous space after another to would invite you to relax and dream of a wonderful life in the French countryside.  Take a few minutes to go there... if even only in your dreams.. see isn't that better?  I feel better already!  (okay now back to work)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVmQDbjTM8tDni9LcK__MOCuiPfeydSfmMN5T5pWYDnHVP1V15KVWzfCmr90rIZPnGFM0eXkQtLNgT7-H5jJj83jZZC3obCP6AuSFYzWYNLG8r_TxJ3sVTK4NYFtu1xy8zv6x66gikDI/s1600/haven+in+paris+Bonnieux+france+2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVmQDbjTM8tDni9LcK__MOCuiPfeydSfmMN5T5pWYDnHVP1V15KVWzfCmr90rIZPnGFM0eXkQtLNgT7-H5jJj83jZZC3obCP6AuSFYzWYNLG8r_TxJ3sVTK4NYFtu1xy8zv6x66gikDI/s1600/haven+in+paris+Bonnieux+france+2.PNG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Take me away... to France

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pool side...

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B_V7oyMOszYUdSrW_5kewmAjASgakgLjftvGROaixqe8taStatPoMpLALuiUegvjCvCHOS7M6C6W6lAL1faSd2L80OS4QdrDKyKe8l-CLZUngJwkd8YcYApYKeCpkDLxU7JPc16wKzc/s1600/pool+side...jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B_V7oyMOszYUdSrW_5kewmAjASgakgLjftvGROaixqe8taStatPoMpLALuiUegvjCvCHOS7M6C6W6lAL1faSd2L80OS4QdrDKyKe8l-CLZUngJwkd8YcYApYKeCpkDLxU7JPc16wKzc/s1600/pool+side...jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I will be lounging poolside... I know it seems odd to me in the beginning of December too!   We are taking a little trip to celebrate my husband's birthday.  Don't worry I have so much set up here for while I am away.  I am looking forward to more giveaways and wonderful inspiration!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>image <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/141581982007291575/" target="_blank">via</a></i></span></div><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="img" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" />  <script src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

pool side...

  Today I will be lounging poolside... I know it seems odd to me in the beginning of December too!   We are taking a little trip to celebrat...

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Antlers on display..

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQBSGetRRqLzpU4RHi04uMtsHGv7yEFB1gzRCiQHdzkGMNUmeA-6yQnBXskGODO-CYt1UDl62nIjEdatow_aEIUPQJtTu2lqMDHsUZnhSlQhBZZ5Oke10u0BFdpeehz9LQphkmch7U20/s1600/06-hbx-library-table-vintage-antlers-wall-display-0911-Brown012-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQBSGetRRqLzpU4RHi04uMtsHGv7yEFB1gzRCiQHdzkGMNUmeA-6yQnBXskGODO-CYt1UDl62nIjEdatow_aEIUPQJtTu2lqMDHsUZnhSlQhBZZ5Oke10u0BFdpeehz9LQphkmch7U20/s640/06-hbx-library-table-vintage-antlers-wall-display-0911-Brown012-xln.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this look, although I am not sure it is safe to do in every home.  I can imagine my kids running by and getting snagged on them often.  It is such a contemporary take on the lake house or hunting lodge don't you think?  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I often wish we had a second home to relax in a simple place where the days of work would disappear and the quite family time would commence.  I am curious how many of you have vacation homes- do you love them?  Do you use them? Are they summer or winter getaways or both?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>image via house beautiful</i></span></div><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="img" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/littlebluedeers%20album%202/signature-8.png" />  <script src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Antlers on display..

  I love this look, although I am not sure it is safe to do in every home.  I can imagine my kids running by and getting snagged on them oft...

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working towards the dream...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUrPSHYEGXlig6HH7OJ2xHyvqMq3xHY3bVdhyphenhyphenCaDTF3BhrK1esb6TTIUg_1o-F3wuE1avvMSuTVq4d4xqT5FWRt7UvnvjbdlNfeVxcRwtaUBRzn2xAZRyAzb60bworEwp20JF36kvvlw/s1600/louvre+museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUrPSHYEGXlig6HH7OJ2xHyvqMq3xHY3bVdhyphenhyphenCaDTF3BhrK1esb6TTIUg_1o-F3wuE1avvMSuTVq4d4xqT5FWRt7UvnvjbdlNfeVxcRwtaUBRzn2xAZRyAzb60bworEwp20JF36kvvlw/s1600/louvre+museum.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBeu4kmalEw_Vfj58_V4UnUJ8-clIZvIG1Lu-eM6DhXjuKD_b2ZBmjmkcxzYK1tAgnI8UmeZdwBXuI3URtTmuieN5TfC0PgZy6S3u2CvqzniITZz98fKyN6iw9NgCiVzqRZyZ3SAZgW0/s1600/notre+dam+paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBeu4kmalEw_Vfj58_V4UnUJ8-clIZvIG1Lu-eM6DhXjuKD_b2ZBmjmkcxzYK1tAgnI8UmeZdwBXuI3URtTmuieN5TfC0PgZy6S3u2CvqzniITZz98fKyN6iw9NgCiVzqRZyZ3SAZgW0/s1600/notre+dam+paris.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love all of the intricate details of Paris, I love that she stays there being beautiful just waiting for us to visit once again.  I have missed her this year!  We are planning a trip for Spring and I cannot wait to see how little she has changed!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you have a dreamy weekend!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will be here working hard to be able to visit next Spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>images <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidrombaut/3085549674/" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38037974@N00/2898975198/" target="_blank">2 </a></i></span></div><br /><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="img" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/signature-6.png" />  <script src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

working towards the dream...

  I love all of the intricate details of Paris, I love that she stays there being beautiful just waiting for us to visit once again.  I have...

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Twins...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8sllQXppHMtLJJyNELXxh3cDuz8cnyOZuzzTDUwv8_aVd8gRARr-aMipeFC8lb28y05VLWHtNuTuH38CEsI5B8oS8Y3VJGVuVWi8os6kDweD3p9yOfIO0X_JFfLrwIydZfM4D9hnbU0/s1600/twins..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8sllQXppHMtLJJyNELXxh3cDuz8cnyOZuzzTDUwv8_aVd8gRARr-aMipeFC8lb28y05VLWHtNuTuH38CEsI5B8oS8Y3VJGVuVWi8os6kDweD3p9yOfIO0X_JFfLrwIydZfM4D9hnbU0/s1600/twins..jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just love this look and the headboards are pretty much amazing!  I love the idea of a room big enough to hold a pair of twin beds with a single table between.  Our next home will have one of these for visitors, can't you just see sweet little grand children sleeping in a pair.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>image <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/decorate/bedrooms" target="_blank">via </a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbcj9h3uY7g-Jh4lFuhH-uBxGwLHANdD5AgPWQ1EG_gnYCT-GTMZxP8284Lt7XDnZddb-8KjCH4PmWAFW4l7E_wzsnqxEMS_eC8rYFpkEHVD_ioEzm5WmfhueCg754phdNTYPZnVT4do/s1600/with-flying-colors-colorful-entry-way-1111-allX16-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbcj9h3uY7g-Jh4lFuhH-uBxGwLHANdD5AgPWQ1EG_gnYCT-GTMZxP8284Lt7XDnZddb-8KjCH4PmWAFW4l7E_wzsnqxEMS_eC8rYFpkEHVD_ioEzm5WmfhueCg754phdNTYPZnVT4do/s320/with-flying-colors-colorful-entry-way-1111-allX16-xln.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>  </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also a big Thank You to <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/homes/decor-ideas/decorating-rules#slide-5">CountryLiving.com</a> for asking me what I think about breaking the color rules!  </div><img align="right" alt="Photobucket" border="0" img="img" src="http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/littlebluedeer/signature-6.png" />  <script src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Twins...

  I just love this look and the headboards are pretty much amazing!  I love the idea of a room big enough to hold a pair of twin beds with a...

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Design Traveler: W Hotel Vieques

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Design Traveler: W Hotel Vieques

As you know a few weeks back we had a chance to visit Puerto Rico, it was amazing.  Amazing in a few different ways, it was the first tropic...

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