Just started playing around with bootstrap 3 and I can\'t get gutters between columns to work.
I created the most basic code to test with:
Bootstrap 3 switched to using padding for the gutters rather than margins. So, the content is parted, but the boxes aren't. And a background-color will fill the padding as well.
Though, you should be able to get the desired effect by setting the background on inner boxes:
Test
Test2
http://jsfiddle.net/PFxUk/
Though, the goal is just to apply the http://jsfiddle.net/G2gbG/background to a single, wrapping child. So, if the headers definitely won't have any siblings, then you can possibly forgo the additional Test
Test2