My goal is to help our clients live exceptionally well

Since founding his namesake firm in 1994, Chicago- and Florida-based designer Frank Ponterio has been driven by a mission to create one-of-a-kind environments for his clients that truly reflect their lifestyles. Frank has an innate ability to read people and places, to walk into a space and know exactly what it needs. Each project is tailored to clients’ unique wants and needs as well as their desired lifestyle. The firm’s work possesses the highest standards of excellence and delicately balances elegance with ease, artistry with approachability; these characteristics are non-negotiables for Frank and his team. Everyone at Frank Ponterio has an unwavering determination to deliver the absolute best, ensuring expectations are not just met, but exceeded, and that the firm’s work stands the test of time.

In addition to historic preservation of heirloom homes and luxury residential interior design, Frank Ponterio’s work includes boutique hotels such as the Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, Illinois which has consistently been named among the best resort hotels in the country by Travel and Leisure magazine, numerous private country clubs as well as private client jets.

Frank has also partnered with several renowned firms to develop exclusive fabric, furnishing and accessory lines. First tapped by industry leader Lee Jofa to design a line of understated yet elegant upholstery pieces, Ponterio subsequently launched a collection of furniture, lighting and accessories for Arteriors Home. Most recently, he released his first fabric and trimmings collection for the legendary Clarence House, the first guest designer in the company’s history. Available in more than 100 countries and represented by some of the world’s finest designer showrooms such as Holly Hunt and Kneedler Fauchère, the Clarence House collection was inspired by Frank’s strong ties to Italy where his parents were born and where he spends summer months with his wife Becky and daughter Isabella visiting with family and friends while sourcing unique art, furnishings and textiles for clients’ homes.