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 that truly reflect his clients’ 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-negotiable for Frank and his team.

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, consistently named among the best resort hotels in the country by Travel + Leisure, 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 the Kravet family to design a line of upholstery for Lee Jofa, 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.

Represented in more than 100 countries by some of the world’s finest showrooms, including 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 summers with his wife Becky and daughter Isabella, visiting family and friends while sourcing unique art, furnishings, and textiles for clients’ homes.