nicole hill gerulat is a commercial/advertising photographer who specializes in lifestyle and food photography. you’ve probably seen her work in some of your favorite magazine – just this month, she had a photograph in martha stewart living! it’s a job that she is uniquely qualified for. not only did she attend the brooks institute of photography, but she is also a graduate of the french culinary institute! when she’s not taking fantastic images, nicole is teaching others how to do the same via her art weekends in dc, nyc and in utah! (my photoshop skills could seriously use an art weekend!) {thanks, nicole!} -amya
[those are my own cowboy hats --i was raised with horses! the sofa bed is from ikea, pillows from cost plus world market, rug from pottery barn, chair and ottoman from down east, paint color: martha stewart valspar (lowe's) "surf" ]
frames and shelf from ikea, prints are my images (with the exception of the large horizontal on the top row), cushion from anthropologie, painted school chair was bought at the beehive bazaar 
the kitchen is julia child-inspired! my husband made the pan rack. the utensil holder is from ikea. rug from ikea. my goal – based on my mom’s and aunts fridges – is to have pictures covering every inch of space! i’m almost there!
CLICK HERE for the rest of Nicole’s sneak peek (including all the images on one page) after the jump!
A combination of my culinary school knives and current ones. The hello kitty tape was wrapped to identify my knifes from the other students at school. 
lamp from z-gallerie, jewelry chest from pottery barn via down east, mirror from target, knobs from anthropologie, jewelry stand from urban outfitters, chest of drawers from down east 
miniature photographs from our wedding, my grandpas leica that i shoot with, my dog molly’s bone that she accidentally dropped in paint, polaroid ceramic, penguin classics from coralie bickford-smith
