Heather KW Styles

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Heather KW Styles

Interior Designer & Ceramic artist based in Southern California

05/06/2026

Project Shipway came to me for a kitchen. They left with a beautiful new kitchen and also two new living rooms they’d been ignoring for years.

The downstairs space was massive, beautiful, and completely wasted — used mostly as a hallway to the pool. So I designed an 11-ft custom bar with chunky posts to act as a soft wall: defines the space, anchors a real seating arrangement, and still lets light pour through from the family room behind it. Now the front door opens to a clean sightline straight through to the backyard, not the back of a couch.

Clients love to entertain. House now agrees.

This is the work I’m proudest of — when a kitchen project turns into the answer to a question my clients didn’t even know they were asking.

04/28/2026

Renovations are simple, actually. Two steps, zero spreadsheets, no 2am Pinterest spirals. The secret? You hire a designer who’s done this 1,000 times so you don’t have to do it once badly. From space planning and finish selections to trade coordination and install day — full-service interior design means I handle the chaos so you get the calm (and the pretty). Ready to skip the overwhelm? Link in bio to book a discovery call.

04/25/2026

Small footprint, big personality. This Southern California bathroom renovation packs in glass block, ocean blue tile, classic penny round floors, and clever built-in storage tucked into every corner — because SoCal square footage doesn’t mess around. Proof that a thoughtful bathroom design can deliver style and function without sacrificing an inch of storage opportunities. ✨

04/20/2026

Pinch me 🤍 Our Los Alamos project was just invited to be considered for the San Clemente Home Tour and I’m honestly still floating. ✨

Even the invitation alone feels like such a full-circle moment. This open plan kitchen was a true labor of love — taking over the project mid flip - and designing a space that actually works for a real family! This means obsessing over every sightline, every finish, every inch of storage. And obviously, nothing like this happens without a village: our incredible build team, every one of our trades who showed up and did beautiful work, our clients who trusted us with their home, our photographer who makes it all look like a dream, and our stylist who swoops in on shoot day with all the little details that bring a space to life. It takes every single one of them. Open concept kitchens are equal parts beauty and function, and this one holds a special place in my heart.

04/11/2026

Just got back from traveling through Asia and I’m right back to… painting samples on the project wall.

This is the part people don’t always see.

Yes, I value moving around the world, experiencing new places, and finding inspiration everywhere I go—but I’m also fitting in work the whole time too. Observing, collecting ideas, thinking about how it all translates back into what I’m building is the fun part but it can come with equal measures of 6am laptop sessions at the early bird breakfast buffet.

Travel isn’t an escape from my business, it’s layered into it.

So yeah… I don’t work a 9–5.
I work long, sometimes chaotic hours on my own terms—on planes, in new cities, and now back home choosing between 12 shades of “not white.”

It’s a juggle. But it’s mine. And I love all of it. ✨

04/06/2026

Week 2 in vietnam 🇻🇳

deep squat ceramic negotiations, market wandering, and inspiration at every turn. So much color you can’t help but take in!

There’s something medicinal for a creative about slowing down and noticing the details in a foreign space — the textures, the craft, the stories behind how things are made and sold.

Sharing to the permanent feed a mix of moments that sparked something i’ll take home with me ✨🤍

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03/29/2026

One week down in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and my designer brain is fully lit up.

What I’m most obsessed with? The way space is thought about here. It’s not just four walls and a floor — it’s the fifth wall too: the sky. Lanterns, banners, string lights… everything reaches upward and turns open air into part of the design. It’s immersive in a way that feels effortless but incredibly intentional.

Even the simplest homes have the most beautiful cinderblock breeze walls — thoughtful patterns, texture, airflow, light. Nothing feels overlooked.

And then there’s the energy. The constant hum of life, but wrapped in this deeply familiar, family-first feeling. Everywhere you go, someone is ready to welcome you in — aunties, uncles, strangers who don’t stay strangers for long.

Also… salt coffee might actually be my downfall. I know it’s not “good” for me, but honestly? I could drink it all day and not regret a second.

Design, culture, community — Vietnam is doing it right. ✨

03/26/2026

One week later and I’m still mentally wandering Round Top 🤠✨

Equal parts inspiration and “should I buy this 200-year-old door??” energy.

Trips like this always push me a little out of my comfort zone—in the best way. Turns out, that’s exactly where the good design lives.

Swipe for a few favorites 🤍

Things heard often throughout the trip:
“You need that!”
“This would look good in the studio…right??”
“Adding it to the mental mood board”
“I wish I had a client for this”
“cuuuuuuutttteeee”

02/10/2026

A kids’ bathroom, but make it smart enough to grow up with them ✨

This space at Project MCMR was designed to feel playful now, while still holding its own long-term. We layered materials for interest and durability: a marble mosaic floor paired with handmade zellige-style wall tile, grounded by a terrazzo-look tile in the bath zone. The vanity keeps things calm and timeless with a simple, hardworking quartz countertop and a built-in product ledge for daily use.

But the real hero here is storage.
A full linen cupboard, generous vanity storage, and one of my favorite details—a niche carved into the pony wall between the bath/shower and toilet zone. Extra toilet paper, bath toys, or yes… books. Bathrooms should work harder than they look.

I design every space function-first, always thinking about how people actually live. Hidden storage, thoughtful layouts, and materials that can take a beating come before aesthetics—because when the bones are right, the beauty lasts.

Kids’ bath today. Future-proof bathroom forever.

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02/02/2026

Flashback to 2022 | Project BeckstaMesa ✨

This shared bathroom is one of my favorite examples of how awkward architecture can actually be an opportunity. Swipe through to see the after‘s - the befores and figuring out the game of inches during construction.

On the exterior, the stairwell made a hard turn — totally logical from a circulation standpoint. But inside the bathroom? That turn created a very obvious slanted wall. The original layout leaned into it, which meant the angle was front and center every time you walked in.

Instead of showcasing the slant, we chose to disguise it. By designing a full-height cabinet in front of the angled wall, we gained much-needed storage and visually squared up the room from the interior perspective. From inside the bathroom, the space now reads calm, balanced, and intentional — you’d have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes unless someone pointed it out.

We reworked the entire plan to make it happen, shifting the shower, tub, and plumbing to support a layout that actually made sense. The window placement had to stay (HOA rules), but once we topped the cabinet with a large, sculptural plant, everything clicked. Light still moves beautifully through the space, the architecture feels resolved, and the bathroom finally works with the house instead of fighting it.

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