Claire was in the nursery business and one of his clients was Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Design Studio, located near Spring Green, Wisconsin.

After three years there, he transferred to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles to study under noted landscape architect, Garrett Eckbo.

Homer and Lynn Sulis married at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House on June 28, 1958.

A partial list from this period includes: In the mid- to late-1950s, Homer befriended Alex Jordan, creator of the House on the Rock.

With the help of his son, Architect's Assistant/Presentation Model Craftsman Erik Fieldhouse, Homer was able to stay active in the profession through his final years.