DreamHome Living room designed by luxury interior design icon,Soucie Horner Ltd.

Soucie Horner for DreamHome

We recently sat down with Martin to discuss the inspiration behind our DreamHome living room. Needless to say, we were transported back in time. “Shea and I were students studying in Paris, traveling and taking in the designs and architecture around us. We absorbed, embraced and were forever altered by her charms,” recalls Martin. Though it could have been as simple as walking in the rain along cobbled stoned streets or stopping along a tourist-laden bridge to take in the intoxicating beauty of the pink sky enveloping the Seine, to Martin and Shea, every corner of the City of Lights was imbued with Joie de Vivre. Quite appropriately, the room was entitled as such. From the furnishings to the objects, every aspect of the room was infused with this sentiment.

Soucie Horner Luxury Designers find inspiration in Garfield Park, Chicago - Soucie Horner, Ltd.

Garfield Park Conservatory

Chicago is home to some outstanding, internationally acclaimed landmarks and destinations. But one that may have fallen off the must see list (even for the local set), is the Garfield Park Conservatory. As one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States, it has quite a storied history.

"Steve Jobs once said 'Design isn’t just design – it’s the way things work.' We couldn’t agree more."

- Shea Soucie

Library Ladders

There is always that hard to reach place in your home where you have to lug out the very unattractive, yet necessary and functional ladder. It could be a storage space lofted above a room, a home library or built in bookcase showcasing antiquities and relics from your travels, a wine cellar or exposed kitchen shelving. The solution to that Home Depot ladder tucked away in the utility closet? Library ladders, of course.

Bangkok

Last spring, we journeyed to Bangkok; a metropolitan city that is brimming with tradition and history but still embraces the modern world. While our travel purposes were to visit tufting sites for some of SHIIR’s rug production, we made sure to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the offerings of such a wonderful city.

A Nod to the Oscars

With the Oscars just a few days away, we have quite a bit of movie watching to do so we can informatively wage in on our Oscar bets. “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” are serious contenders to receive an Oscar, with 12 nominations and 10, respectively.

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