Heather KW Styles

Heather KW Styles Interior Designer & Ceramic artist based in Southern California

Every home deserves a real entrance ✨ This one had an identity crisis. Swipe to the befores and you’ll see where we star...
06/19/2026

Every home deserves a real entrance ✨

This one had an identity crisis. Swipe to the befores and you’ll see where we started.

You walked in to a split-level landing caught between two elevation changes — one ahead, one to the side — with the front living room acting as little more than overflow. It wasn’t a room. It wasn’t really an entry. It was just a landing you couldn’t decorate your way out of.

So we didn’t just decorate it. We designed it into its own moment that greets you when you walk in every day and offers a ton of storage for this busy family!

Closing that back wall gave us a full custom built-in entry — shoe storage, a landing zone, a real moment of arrival. Turn left into the new open-plan kitchen and we kept that same thinking: a shallow-depth cabinet tucked in to organize the transition and make use of every single inch.

No wasted space. No default solutions. Just a home that finally works the way it should.

Project Julian | Entry + Kitchen Reveal No. 2
Photography: Charlotte Lea Bailey
Interior Design: Heather KW Styles | Los Alamitos, CA
Photoshoot Styling: LE MO
Serving Long Beach, Orange County + surrounding Southern California

Project Julian — sneak peek 👀We’re so excited to finally start sharing this one.When we walked into this home for the fi...
06/11/2026

Project Julian — sneak peek 👀

We’re so excited to finally start sharing this one.

When we walked into this home for the first time, this fireplace had so much potential — it just needed a little help stepping into the spotlight. The living room floor plan wasn’t quite letting it shine, and once we reworked the layout, everything shifted. (Swipe to see the before — the transformation is wild.)

The reface was the game-changer. The client had her heart set on green marble, and the vision was clear from day one. Part of our job is honoring that vision while keeping the full renovation budget healthy, and we landed on a handmade-feel green tile that brings every bit of the drama and depth she was after.

There was a real debate about the mantle — this kitchen renovation leans beautifully feminine, and the clean modern surround brings just enough counterbalance to feel collected and grounded. A little something for everyone. 😏

Here’s the design note I’ll leave you with: when the floor plan allows for it, a fireplace almost always deserves to be its own moment - not a glorified tv stand. Not competing for attention, just quietly commanding the room.

This fireplace is now a full showstopper, and we are just getting started on sharing this home renovation. The kitchen is coming and it is a lot in the best way! ✨

📍 Long Beach, CA

No two weeks as an interior designer look quite the same — but most of them look a little like this.Project Monlaco, Pro...
06/01/2026

No two weeks as an interior designer look quite the same — but most of them look a little like this.

Project Monlaco, Project Ellis, Project Leri, and everything in between. Floor plans, finish pulls, a couple of site walks, and the behind-the-scenes that usually just lives in my stories for a day before it disappears.

So I’m starting to park these here on the feed instead. These are a slightly different set of the weekly recap photos but a real look at what a week of full-service design actually looks like — the drafting, the selections, the job sites, the swatches that didn’t make the cut.

Which slide’s your favorite? 👇

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

Small footprint, big personality. This Southern California bathroom renovation packs in glass block, ocean blue tile, cl...
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. ✨

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

Week 2 in vietnam 🇻🇳deep squat ceramic negotiations, market wandering, and inspiration at every turn. So much color you ...
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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One week down in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and my designer brain is fully lit up.What I’m most obsessed with? The way space is thought ...
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. ✨

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