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Having the freedom of time and space to do as you wish—that is the essence of what luxury means to Larry Lim, co-founder of Summerhaus D’zign. In fact, it was this very idea that inspired the former banker to launch the boutique firm with his interior designer wife, Jess Koh.
“We looked at it from the perspective that we’d have the flexibility of time for our children and being there for them [by running our own firm],” recalls Lim. “Jess had already been in the industry for a decade, and seeing the number of hours she put into her work, I convinced her into starting her own studio as something she could do to satisfy