Dove Inn, a Golden, CO Bed & Breakfast

A picturesque bed and breakfast situated on the hill overlooking the best of Golden, CO, the Dove Inn is perfect in every way.

For our recent anniversary, my husband and I chose a staycation in beautiful Golden, CO. Given current travel restrictions and the state of the world, we felt being close to home and the kids would be ideal. Dove Inn offered us the perfect retreat from reality. As an industry professional, I’ve been to many special places and stayed in some truly one-of-a-kind spaces. I can say that this was my favorite bed and breakfast experience to date.

Immediately when you walk in, the hotel greets you with the COOLEST lobby. Filled with warm woods, original tile work, velvet covered furnishings, a gorgeous staircase up to the rooms, a unique coffee/kombucha bar, a shared kitchen and easily my favorite thing, a pulley system which runs the overhead fans. My mind always goes to how this could be utilized in the wedding industry. I would highly suggest as a honeymoon stay, anniversary stay or you could rent the Inn out completely for family or your wedding party for a unique, luxurious experience. The kombucha and coffee are all locally sourced and the bar itself boasts an iPad with tutorials from area baristas on how to make the perfect pour. The hotel offers an aeropress, pour over and nitro. Yes, please!

Each of the guest rooms is different. We had the pleasure of staying in the Aspen room. The perfectly appointed bathroom was private off of the entrance and then the main space boasts an incredibly comfortable queen bed, a cozy living space with romantic velvet, and a soaking tub as well. The decor was minimal but perfectly placed. As a Montana native the Charles M Russell book really spoke to me. The tub had a quaint wooden chair with bath bomb and terrycloth robes hanging nearby. I am a huge sucker for robes, so they got me.

Once we looked around the Inn we went exploring just steps outside of the front door. It was a perfect night, so after an hour walking about we landed on the Thai restaurant across the street, with some sake to go. We ate on the front patio while overlooking the beauty of surrounding mountains and downtown Golden.

Golden itself has so much to offer from kayaking, to hiking to biking and beyond. The Dove Inn was the perfect place to enjoy Colorado as both a local and a tourist. I would recommend to anyone who can make their way there.

Set the Soiree

There's always an excuse for a dinner party, especially this time of year. Family gatherings, Friendsgiving, holiday parties. It's all about friends and family coming together to eat, drink and connect. 

We set out to design three different table settings with connection in mind. Whether it comes to planning a wedding, throwing a dinner party, or styling an event we strive to showcase love and connection. Nothing hits home more than supporting local businesses and connecting with other likeminded individuals in our community. 

The three concepts we designed were A Global Setting, Minimalist Minded and Local is The New Black.

• A Global Setting was inspired by African and Peruvian textiles from Jamie Lauren Designs. We wanted to showcase a bright, laid back table setting that would look great in a friend's back yard.
• Minimalist Minded was inspired by the beautiful clay pieces from Two Hands Full. We wanted to showcase a grey and ivory pallet with pops of color and texture from different food items.
• Lastly, our favorite table Local is The New Black was created with a local, foraged, dark and moody pallet. We wanted to show that using dark rich colors with wild florals can be insanely beautiful. 

At the end of the day, we hope to inspire you all at home to invite your friends and family over for some delicious local food and to remember that love is the most important thing. Let's also not forget about food, because let's face it, food is the bomb. 

Thank you to all of the incredible vendors involved!

Design, Planning, Coordination, Styling: Last Best Weddings 

Photography: Poppies and Paisley Photography

Florals: Fiori Flowers

Farm Table + Chairs: Harvest Table Company 

Rentals: House of Yonder

Pottery Items: Two Hands Full

Calligraphy: Avo Ink

Pillows + Table Runner: Jamie Lauren Designs

Napkin Textiles: Two Fold Textiles

Rocky Mountain Family Shoot

I'm having one of those "how can it possibly be January" years where time seems to simply disappear. Our little #babymeyers sweetheart is now a year old and we've yet to have a professional picture taken since he was a newborn. Where do we find the time to get this done? Answer: multi-task. We are headed to Denver for work and decide on a whim to try one of our favorite wedding vendors, Jess Purple Photography. YES! She has time while we are in town. This is GREAT. Not only do we get to further our relationship professionally but we also get to take some bomb pictures personally. (If you remember the Christian + Cody engagement party, her husband was the genius behind those pictures).  Jess suggests we meet at Mount Falcon Park, which is the perfect spot to capture the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. The best part is that with our traveling and moving between Montana and Wyoming, it is the one place that always feels like home. 

Problem. Just SECONDS before our arrival our little man falls asleep. No amount of goofy faces, dancing, singing or joking can keep his eyes open. This is no good. We have to wake him up and our perfect shoot is going to be a big bummer. But wait, it is not so!!! Jess is amazing. We do a quick session while the lighting is right and we are on our way. We kept thinking poor Jess, there is no way we got a good picture, all of this for nothing.

Let me tell you how wrong we were. Jess got the pictures back to us almost instantly, provided us with WAY more quality shots than we thought was possible with a grumpy #babymeyers AND went over and above just by meeting us so last minute. 

Denver friends, you have to check her out. She and her husband Matt are the coolest cats around. We loved them and we know that you'll love them too.