Kitchen styling is one of my favorite things to do. I really try to approach it from a place of function over form. The things you use may be purely decorative, but do they make sense styled in a place where function is so important? Could those wood bowls be pulled off the shelf and read more >>
Knox’s Nursery Scheme
Baby Butcher #2 has a name – Knox! It wasn’t that long ago that we were posting Nola’s nursery. If you can remember, we had every intention of our kids sharing their rooms. Oh how naive we were! When they’re older, yes – I would totally love to have them share a space. However, after read more >>
Nola’s Nursery
We’re a little behind the curve here, but we were excited to see Nola and her nursery featured on 100-Layer Cakelet and wanted to share! Hop on over to their blog (the newborn goodness on there daily might be good enough to curb your baby fever.. you’ve been warned) to see the full feature. read more >>
Mixing Metals
I think one of the biggest misconceptions about interior style is that all of your accented metallics should be consistent with one another. In fact, I think doing so will make a space feel more ‘forced’. That said, mixing metals should be done thoughtfully. Here are a few tips that might help you in your read more >>
How To: Floral Arrangements
Let me first start out by saying I am not trying to become the next Martha Stewart, nor am I starting a wedding floral business. I just really happen to enjoy arranging flowers. Seriously, to a totally nerdy level. Recently, I was tasked with table scape/decorations for a friend’s baby shower. So, I thought I read more >>
Guest House Inspiration
Part of our backyard make-over includes the renovation of our detached garage. The garage was so far down the driveway behind the house that we never parked cars in there. For the past two years, it’s been a dust filled, over-sized parking spot for our bikes. We could certainly use the additional guest space as read more >>
Concrete Countertops vs. Natural Stone
The Bungalow Backyard is currently getting a SERIOUS makeover (don’t worry, posts and updates with sources to come!). One of the things we’re working on is the outdoor kitchen, which will include a grill/rotisserie and elongated counter space for laying out food and beverages. Initially, we had planned on stacked stone sides or facade and read more >>
Welcome to Gilded Heights!
Gilded Heights has been a long time coming. My love of eclectic, vintage treasures and beautiful spaces goes back a long way. A part of me always knew I’d end up putting this passion into a business, but I’m glad I took the route that I did. After almost 10 years as an interior designer read more >>