In 2021, designers Martin Horner and Shea Soucie bought an inn, and within six months had renovated and reopened it. Horner explains how the wild, wonderful journey has deepened the design duo’s practice—and how you can do it too.

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have always wanted an inn. When I was young, I used to treat our home like one and serve breakfast in bed. Even before I went to design school, my design mentor and I would talk about an imaginary inn with a green roof, black shutters and an old dog on the front porch.