GENERAL INQUIRIES studio@marchouston.com
PRESS/MEDIA INQUIRIES look@marchouston.com
Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM
245 8th Avenue, Suite 893, New York, NY 10011
by appointment only
STUDIO
Marc Houston Lifestyle & Interiors [MHLI] is an NYC-based, award-winning, high-touch, full-service design concierge committed to delivering
transcendent, transformative spaces and, equally, to well-executed, fully managed projects. Our aim is to creatively reshape all pain points and elevate daily routines into anticipated rituals of ease. Through rigorous research and perpetual refinement, we conceive and construct cinematic, fully-immersive sensory experiences that filter our clients' desires, personalities and style through our lens of intuition and expertise, artfully weaving materiality, light and emotion.
Our ethos...
We challenge convention.
We take pride in precision.
We won't compromise on quality.
We'll never play it safe.
And we welcome the risks required
to make the impossible a reality.
STUDIO
Marc Houston Lifestyle & Interiors [MHLI] is an NYC-based, award-winning, high-touch, full-service design concierge committed to delivering transcendent,transformative spaces and, equally, to well-executed projects. Our aim is to creatively reshape all pain points and elevate daily routines into anticipated rituals of ease and delight, filtering our clients' desires, personalities and style through our lens of intuition and expertise. We conduct rigorous research and perpetually refine our discoveries to conceive and construct cinematic, fully immersive sensory experiences that artfully weave superlative materials, calibrated
light and a sense of emotion.
Our ethos...
We challenge convention.
We take pride in precision.
We are devoted to detail.
We won't compromise on quality.
We'll never play it safe, and we welcome the risks required to make the impossible a reality.
“MY DESIGN PROCESS IS ONE OF EXCAVATION RATHER THAN INSERTION.
I 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, Creative Director
“MY DESIGN PROCESS IS ONE OF EXCAVATION RATHER THAN INSERTION. I 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. "
MEET MARC
Marc Houston is the Founder and Creative Director of MHLI. In 2011, he launched his studio to share his passion for visual storytelling through space, to champion more radical and innovative design endeavors and to foster meaningful, synergistic relationships with like-minded clientele. 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.
To date, MHLI has developed a national portfolio of residential and commercial projects
including homes in Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Boston, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Houston
and Los Angeles as well as corporate offices for Sir Kensington’s and Helix Sleep. Our work has
appeared in AD, New York Magazine,
Introspective, Apartment Therapy, Rue Daily,
and Boston Magazine. In 2019, Marc was honored as a 'Rising Star' by Cottages & Gardens and in 2023, MHLI was named to the ADPRO Directory and also to Luxury Lifestyle Awards
Top 100 Architects & Designers of the World.
"This profession isn't just about selecting furniture
and paint colors for me. I want every composition to be a revelation. I want to take my clients on a voyage to a home unlike any other and explore
together with them the farthest reaches of what the idea of sanctuary can be. I want to help them shatter the limitations of their minds, find inspiration beyond their wildest imaginations and grasp the intangible to bring it beautifully to life."
Marc Houston is the Founder and Creative Director of MHLI. In 2011, he launched his studio to share his passion for visual storytelling through space, to champion more radical and innovative design endeavors and to foster meaningful, synergistic relationships with like-minded clientele. 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.
To date, MHLI has developed a national portfolio of residential and commercial projects including homes in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Boston, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Houston
and Los Angeles as well as corporate offices for Sir
Kensington’s and Helix Sleep. Our work has appeared in AD,
New York Magazine, Introspective, Apartment Therapy, Rue
Daily and Boston Magazine. In 2019, Marc was honored as a 'Rising Star' by Cottages & Gardens and in 2023, MHLI was named to the ADPRO Directory and also to Luxury Lifestyle Awards Top 100 Architects & Designers of the World.
"This profession isn't just about selecting furniture and paint colors for me. I want every composition to be a revelation. I want to take my clients on a voyage to a home unlike any other and explore together with them the farthest reaches of what the idea of sanctuary can be. I want to help them shatter the limitations of their minds, find inspiration beyond their wildest imaginations and grasp the intangible to bring it beautifully to life."