PROFILE
“Our process is one of excavation
rather than insertion. We believe
that each individual space emits
a singular resonance and through
the conscientious mining of
inspirations, traditions, precedents
and perspectives, it can be tuned
to reveal the finest
parts of itself.”
- Marc Houston
“Each of Marc Houston’s residential
interiors across the Northeast and
beyond is highly personalized to its
context. The designer is skilled in
discovering the nuances of a building
and its spaces and using these as
points of inspiration to highlight
and celebrate.”
- Architectural DigestOUR STUDIO
Marc Houston Lifestyle & Interiors [MHLI] is an award-winning, high-touch, full-service design concierge. Drawing on nearly 20 years of interior, lighting and furniture design and management experience, we provide luxury, turnkey interior design including conceptual development, construction administration and both furnishing and finishing services in residential, commercial and hospitality sectors. We are committed to upholding exacting standards of quality and authenticity and equally to delivering wholly transformative outcomes and ensuring a positive, professional experience.
Our clients indulge creative risks, reject convention, value artistry and innovation and seek a unique and dynamic point of view. Our national roster of projects includes homes in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Boston, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Houston and Los Angeles and corporate offices for Sir Kensington’s and Helix Sleep, including work featured in AD, New York Magazine, Introspective, Apartment Therapy, Rue, Boston Home, and Cottages & Gardens which, in 2019, bestowed the honor of Rising Star. In 2023, MHLI was named to Luxury Lifestyle Awards Top 100 Architects & Designers of the World.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We are propelled toward immersive, evocative environments that filter our clients’ desires, personality and style through our lens of inspiration, expertise and intuition. We are storytellers with a programmatic and holistic approach. We originate every project with exploration of the sensations, emotions, associations and intangible factors that comprise the feel of a space while concurrently examining the practical necessities of optimal modern living. We conceive, research and refine unique narratives to address both the sweeping complexities and subtle nuances of each client’s space, then devise functional and aesthetic solutions that creatively balance utility with fantasy and romance with rigor to transform all pain points into moments of ease and joy.
From our extensive archive of distinguished global resources, we craft eclectic landscapes full of poetry and wit, curating iconic classics, edition collectibles, sought-after antiques, cutting-edge contemporary offerings and custom pieces of our own imprint, all bearing the hallmarks of quality, luxury and comfort.
We coordinate all implementation details of our designs in order to ensure adherence to intent and to champion our vision amongst contractors, craftsmen and technicians. The result is the alchemy of imagination and expertise to shape the intangible and bring it beautifully to life.
ABOUT MARC
Marc Houston is the Founder and Creative Director of MHLI. After working with a number of acclaimed London and NYC firms, including Fredrikson Stallard, Frank DeBiasi and Workshop/APD, he launched his studio in 2011 to champion more radical design endeavors and to foster meaningful, synergistic relationships with his clients.
Marc’s early fascination of the constructed world, his innate proportional awareness and his enamoration of beauty inform his practice today, driving him to forge tangible and transcendental connections between user and space. Gleaning from a wide range of cultural, artistic, literary and historical references and energized by the hunt for the rare and distinctive, he seeks to articulate a bespoke and inventive vision of each client’s individual identities, curiosities and aspirations.
Marc is a native Bostonian, a graduate of the University of Maryland and Chelsea College of Art and Design, an avid distance biker, weight trainer and Italophile with entrenched wanderlust. While passionate about his work, he also enjoys all things air travel, avant-garde fashion, film scores, Brutalist architecture, historical documentaries and epicurean pursuits, primarily hosting intimate dinner parties where he can flaunt his culinary and mixology skills. He remains a vocal advocate for social justice, human rights and Black and LGBTQ causes.
