What Suzanne Lovell does

Suzanne Lovell Inc. is a Chicago-based, privately held luxury interior architecture and design firm founded in 1985 by its namesake principal, Suzanne Lovell, a licensed architect trained at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The firm delivers integrated interior architecture, interior design, and fine-art advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth private residential clients across the United States (Illinois, New York, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, New Jersey, California) and selectively internationally (Dominican Republic). Engagements are quote-based, project-specific, and typically multi-year and multi-residence, with the principal leading each project from schematic design through installation. The core technology is a craft-based, design-led methodology that conceals mechanical, HVAC, lighting, and audio systems behind custom plasterwork, millwork, and grillwork; produces in-house custom sculptural furniture and architectural installations; and integrates fine-art placement decisions into architectural planning from day one rather than as an afterthought.

The firm operates an in-house fine-art advisory service (Lovell Art Advisory) directed by Kristin Murphy Romanski, which sources, curates, logs, and appraises art, accompanies clients to Art Basel, FOG, TEFAF, and Frieze Masters, and facilitates museum bequests. Adjacent revenue streams include book royalties from Suzanne Lovell's authored publication "Artistic Interiors: Designing with Fine Art Collections" and limited-edition furniture commissions co-designed with artisan partners (Frank Pollaro, Nature Squared, Christian Astuguevieille, Ingrid Donat) and distributed via partner galleries. The go-to-market is reputation-led and principal-driven: high-touch project engagements, earned media in shelter publications (Architectural Digest, LUXE, Forbes Life, Architectural Digest AD 100, Andrew Martin International Interior Design Review, Antiques & Fine Art, Florida Design, Ocean Home, House Beautiful, Veranda, Interior Design Homes), active social channels (Instagram, Pinterest), a newsletter, blog, and Suzanne Lovell's public lectures. Customers are ultra-high-net-worth collectors commissioning full-residence work — the firm is documented to have completed projects for Forbes-list billionaire Shahid Khan and a small set of repeat families commissioning three to six residences each. The firm has 11–50 employees, operates from a single Chicago headquarters with no additional corporate offices, and has no disclosed outside capital, parent company, or acquisition activity in the source data.

Name

Suzanne Lovell

Legal name

Suzanne Lovell Inc.

Website

https://suzannelovellinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Suzanne Lovell Inc. is a Chicago-based luxury interior architecture and design firm founded in 1985, delivering integrated architecture, interior design, and in-house fine-art advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth private residential clients across the U.S. and selectively internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Residential Interior Architecture & Design

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury Whole-Home Renovation (High-End Finishes & Custom Build) (HSAPAEAI), Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

Keywords

• Luxury interior design
• Residential architecture
• Fine art advisory
• Custom furniture design
• Historic home renovation

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Custom interior architecture & design fees: Project-based fees for high-end residential interior architecture, interior design, and renovation projects. Engagements are typically multi-year, full-scope, and include schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and installation. Quote-based; not publicly disclosed.
2. Fine-art advisory fees: Fees from the in-house Lovell Art Advisory service, including collection curation, art sourcing, appraisals coordination, gallery/fair accompaniment, and museum bequest facilitation.
3. Book royalties: Royalties from Suzanne Lovell's authored book "Artistic Interiors: Designing with Fine Art Collections" (distributed via Amazon and book retailers).
4. Custom furniture and limited-edition design commissions: Revenue from design and sale of limited-edition furniture pieces created in collaboration with artisans and galleries (e.g., custom rope-wrapped consoles by Christian Astuguevieille, limited-edition pairs of chairs with Nature Squared, custom furniture with Frank Pollaro, Ingrid Donat pieces through Carpenter's Workshop Gallery, David Wiseman pieces through R & Company).
5. Superyacht and cross-typology design: Bespoke interior design services extended to non-residential luxury assets such as a superyacht (the Eternity), expanding the design practice into marine interiors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Suzanne Lovell Inc. provides bespoke luxury interior architecture, interior design, and integrated fine-art advisory services for ultra-high-net-worth private residential clients, delivered as multi-year, full-scope project engagements spanning penthouses, estates, country homes, historic residences, and select superyacht interiors. The firm embeds an in-house fine-art advisory capability (Lovell Art Advisory) and designs custom sculptural furniture and millwork, with every engagement personally led by principal Suzanne Lovell and supported by deep relationships with premier galleries, dealers, and artisans.

Product overview

Suzanne Lovell Inc. operates as a single integrated luxury residential design practice rather than a multi-product software platform. The core offering is the firm's Residential Interior Architecture & Design service, which delivers couture environments for private clients across the U.S. and internationally. Embedded within that practice is the Lovell Art Advisory sub-brand, a dedicated fine-art advisory service that sources, curates, and manages client art collections in coordination with interior design work. Alongside these primary services, the firm publishes and is featured in a portfolio of design books and review volumes, including its own "Artistic Interiors by Suzanne Lovell" book, its inclusions in the Andrew Martin International Interior Design Review (Volumes 21, 26, and 27), featured projects in Barbara Sallick's "The Perfect Bath," "The Perfect Kitchen," and "The Ultimate Bath," the "Private Tour: Extraordinary Homes by Visionary Designers" volume, and the Ingrid Donat monograph. These publications complement and document the firm's residential design work rather than functioning as standalone commercial products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lovell Art Advisory: Fine art advisory service offered by Suzanne Lovell Inc., directed by Kristin Murphy Romanski, helping clients source and curate fine art collections.
• Twill Textiles

Products and services

• Residential Interior Architecture & Design Bespoke luxury interior architecture and interior design for high-end private residential clients, delivered as multi-year, full-scope project engagements (schematic design through installation) covering urban penthouses, beachfront estates, country residences, historic home renovations, and selectively superyacht interiors. The practice integrates architecture, sophisticated materials, and fine art into couture environments for each individual residence.
• Lovell Art Advisory Integrated fine-art advisory service within Suzanne Lovell Inc., directed by Kristin Murphy Romanski, which sources, curates, logs, and coordinates appraisals of artworks for clients; collaborates with auction houses, premier galleries, and museums; accompanies clients to major art fairs (Art Basel, FOG, TEFAF, Frieze Masters); and supports clients in building, maintaining, and bequeathing art collections.
• Artistic Interiors: Designing with Fine Art Collections (Book) Published book by Suzanne Lovell featuring the firm's work across more than a dozen residences and showcasing the firm's design philosophy of integrating architecture, sophisticated materials, and fine art collections; distributed via Amazon and book retailers.
• Custom furniture and limited-edition design commissions Bespoke custom-designed and limited-edition furniture pieces conceived in-house and produced in collaboration with premier artisans and partner galleries (Christian Astuguevieille, Nature Squared, Frank Pollaro, Carpenter's Workshop Gallery, R & Company, Joseph Walsh Studio); pieces are specified for client residences and produced as one-off or limited-edition commissions.
• Superyacht interior design Bespoke interior design services extended to marine / superyacht assets, requiring extreme spatial precision, tight articulation of every element, and coordination with marine engineering constraints; documented on the yacht Eternity.

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Kurtz Homes Naples (Randy Kurtz & David Gordon)flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRepeat general contractor for Suzanne Lovell's Naples, FL projects — built both the 8,500 sq ft Gulf Coast Penthouse (Randy Kurtz) and the more recent Naples Penthouse renovation (David Gordon). The builder relationship is multi-year and forms the construction backbone of the firm's Florida Gulf Coast practice.
• Bonilla Torregroza Architecture LLC (Carlos A. Bonilla)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitect of record for the Lost Tree Village (North Palm Beach) golf cottage project; collaborated with Lovell on a contemporary reinterpretation of a Bermuda-style cottage, contributing steel-framed window and door detailing.
• Hobgood Construction Inc.flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilder for the Lost Tree Village golf cottage project in North Palm Beach, FL; responsible for concealing structural details, designing the hidden kitchen behind cabinetry, and integrating hurricane shutters into slotted tracks.
• Vinci Hamp ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject architect for the Lakeview Residence in Chicago, a circa-1923 Howard van Doren Shaw apartment. Co-recipient with Suzanne Lovell Inc. of the 2016 ICAA Acanthus Award for Excellence in Interior Design.
• Centaur Construction Company, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the Lakeview Residence restoration project in Chicago.
• S/H Builders, LLC (Dan Schmidt)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the North Shore Tudor residence renovation (LUXE cover story, July 2024), collaborating with Lovell on the 1924 Ralph Varney-designed Tudor restoration.
• McKay Landscape Architects (Mimi McKay)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner for the North Shore Tudor project; collaborated with Prairie Blue Landscapes (plant install) and Krügel Cobbles, Inc. (hardscape) to restore the historic Gertrude Kuh-designed gardens.
• Waterworks (Barbara Sallick)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep ongoing partnership with luxury bath/kitchen fixture maker Waterworks. Suzanne Lovell Inc. is featured in multiple Barbara Sallick-authored design books including "The Perfect Bath," "The Perfect Kitchen," and "The Ultimate Bath." The firm's clients specify Waterworks hardware throughout custom residences (e.g., "Polished Statuary with 'Henry' in Nickel from Waterworks," "Polished greige onyx with 'R.W. Atlas' in burnished nickel from Waterworks").
• Carpenter's Workshop Gallery (Ingrid Donat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with Carpenters Workshop Gallery to source and place Ingrid Donat bronze limited-edition furniture in Suzanne Lovell projects (e.g., the circa-2007 bronze limited edition bench in the Lakeview Residence gallery hall). The firm anticipates continued major contemporary design installations with Donat via Carpenters Workshop.
• R & Company (David Wiseman)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign gallery partner for major contemporary design installations, including a concentrated collaboration with David Wiseman through R & Company on upcoming projects.
• Nature SquaredminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerCo-designed limited-edition pairs of chairs with Nature Squared, scheduled to become available in 2017 and featured in Boat International, the world's leading luxury yacht magazine.
• Frank PollarocoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerFrequent collaborator enlisted in the creation of museum-quality heirloom furniture. Frank Pollaro created the Museum Quality Reproduction Paul Iribe Chairs (circa 1913) for the Skyline Penthouse library, using python and hairy hide from Edelman Leather.
• de Giulio Kitchen Design (Kathy Manzella)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepeat kitchen design partner on multiple Lovell projects — designed the showpiece kitchen in the 1924 North Shore Tudor renovation (LUXE July 2024) and the custom kitchen for the Naples Gulf Coast Penthouse (Florida Design 2019). De Giulio Kitchen Design produces custom counters (quartzite), cabinetry (glass, stainless steel, wood) and integrated appliances.
• Bernd Goeckler AntiquescoreOthersTrusted dealer of antiques and design furniture that Suzanne Lovell consistently works with for iconic designs (Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Maison Jansen); one of the dealers conducting business in the world of Art Basel, FOG, TEFAF.
• Karl Kemp AntiquescoreOthersTrusted dealer of antiques and design furniture in the Suzanne Lovell Inc. sourcing network.
• Maison GerardcoreOthersTrusted dealer of antiques and design furniture in the Suzanne Lovell Inc. sourcing network.
• Andrew Martin InternationalflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerInclusion in the Andrew Martin International Interior Design Review (Volumes 21, 26, and 27) — described by The Times as "The Oscars for the interior design world." A primary marketing vehicle and credential for the firm's international positioning.
• Joseph Walsh Studio (Cork, Ireland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned Joseph Walsh (an Irish maker of bentwood furniture and sculpture) to create a cabinet for a Hilton Head client's dinnerware; Lovell and Kristin Murphy Romanski traveled to Walsh's Cork studio and continue to collaborate on integrating his bentwood into architecture.
• Brent Coble (general contractor, Miami Beach penthouse)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the Miami Beach Edition penthouse project that combined four units into one; oversaw extensive structural changes including removal of a cantilevered concrete slab above the kitchen.
• Imari Gallery (San Francisco)minorOthersSource for the antique Japanese screens installed in the Skyline Penthouse private hallway (two mid-18th century silver-leaf screens plus a 17th-century sumi and gold leaf paper screen).
• Edelman LeatherminorOthersSource of python and hairy hide leathers for the Frank Pollaro Paul Iribe reproduction chairs in the Skyline Penthouse library.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Suzanne Kasler Interiors: AD 100 designer with a published body of work and strong brand in luxury residential interiors, including a furniture line with Hickory Chair. Comparable brand tier, though with a more productized extension than Lovell.
• Marshall Erb Interior Design: High-end residential interior design firm serving ultra-wealthy clients with custom architecture and interiors. Comparable in scale, project budget, and bespoke residential focus.
• Kerry Joyce Associates: California-based AD 100 interior designer with parallel work in architecture, custom furniture, and textiles. Comparable in craft focus, art-integration, and elite residential clientele.
• Thomas Kligerman: AD 100- and Andrew Martin-featured practice combining architecture and interior design for luxury residential clients. Closely comparable to Suzanne Lovell in the integrated-architecture-plus-interiors model and elite client positioning.
• Madeline Stuart Associates: AD 100 luxury residential interior designer known for historically informed, art-forward residential projects. Comparable in collector-client focus and architectural integration approach.
• Studio Sofield: William Sofield's luxury residential and hospitality interiors practice, AD 100-featured, working at the intersection of architecture, interiors, and custom furnishings — a closely parallel positioning to Lovell.
• The Wiseman Group: San Francisco-based AD 100 luxury residential design practice known for integrated architecture, interiors, and custom furniture. Comparable in tier, integrated offering, and collector client base.
• Steven Gambrel: AD 100 interior designer with a New York-based practice serving ultra-wealthy residential clients. Comparable in project scale, brand positioning, and architectural sensibility.
• Tineke Triggs Design: San Francisco-based AD 100 designer with a holistic approach combining architecture, interiors, and custom furnishings for luxury residential clients. Comparable positioning and client profile.
• Victoria Hagan Interiors: AD 100-featured luxury residential interior designer serving elite private clients with full-scope, classically informed interiors. Highly comparable brand tier and project scope to Suzanne Lovell.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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