ABOUT
Since our founding in 2009, we have distinguished ourselves as a discerning, award-winning interior design + luxury professional organizing firm known for creating beautiful homes with everything you need + nothing more®.
Based in Seattle + Bellevue, Washington, we serve clients nationwide. We approach our work as curators, entrusted by our clients to realize a refined dream home that honors and celebrates their families and life stories in deeply meaningful ways. Collaboration is at the heart of our work and we partner with trusted teams of architects, contractors + builders, landscape architects, and gifted artisans to actualize + bring to life clients’ visions for their home.
Our Philosophy
In today's fast-paced world, the allure of slowing down has never been more necessary + we understand the profound impact our surroundings have on our well-being.
We aim to transform the very essence of what "home" means by encouraging one to look introspectively. Making conscious choices in our home, ensuring that every element in our living space aligns with our core values.
Behind the creativity of our craft is a heartfelt approach to ensuring home is not merely a physical structure, but rather a place that intentionally emphasizes positive principles + good values.
Our Style
The ethos of Elegant Simplicity’s style is rooted in bringing to the forefront the extraordinary beauty of our clients lives while introducing neutral palettes and natural landscapes that ground and inspire us as individuals.
The healing properties of nature, embodied in the lush forests, deep blue oceans, and majestic mountain peaks, serve as the cornerstone of inspiration for clients who share our aesthetic + desire for a nature-inspired home with Elegant Simplicity®.
Our Mission
Our mission is to change the world by changing the world's perspective of home.
Our Vision
Be the world’s authority in creating home around what matters most.
Our Core Values
Connection
Nothing else matters if we aren’t first connecting with one another.
Clarity
Everything is done with purpose.
Accountability
Accomplish what we said we’d do, giving our very best every time.
Community
We are better together.
Loyalty
Maintaining a faithful commitment.
Impact
Everyone deserves to have a home they’re proud of.
Confidence
Be relentless, embrace all challenges as opportunities.
Knowledge
As lifelong learners, we will always know more tomorrow.
Celebration
Pause to praise the wins.
SHERRI MONTE
Principal Interior Designer + Co-Founder
I’m a proud working mama of one amazing little dude + that handsome fella you see around here is my ultra-hunky husband, John.
I use Pinterest like it might not be there tomorrow, I worship quiet time like a deity, and think smoothies with fresh fruit are one of the greatest inventions of all time.
When it comes to being mom, wife, interior designer, organizer + entrepreneur there always seems to be a question about how a woman can do it all. Babe, I do my best + live with the rest!
Having a toddler + working from home means there is almost always something to keep my eye on. Whether it’s Brooklyn, trying to grab a knife from off the counter, the seemingly endless piles of laundry, my Todoist tasks at work, all-hands meetings + birthday parties to plan (not to mention football) ...or the zillion other things that might come my way during the week, day, hour or second to try and overwhelm me? I’ve got this!
Instead of spiraling out of control, I find comfort in the uncertainty. Comfort in this life. I embrace my chaos. I stick to my routines like my life depends on it. And I strive to feel centered amidst the frenzy.
Because all of these things… are simply my blessings.
-xo sherri
JOHN MONTE
CEO + Co-Founder
Heyyyya!
I’m John Monte, the second half of the aforementioned duo and former collegiate football coach with a few too many acronyms attached at the end of my LinkedIn profile (B.A., M.F.A, M.A.).
I worship a warm cup of coffee to start my morning, I read a lot about serving others because the lives you impact are more important than what you accumulate. I’m a believer in manifesting the things you desire most in life by dreaming them up + working hard to achieve them.
I realized, the first time my son said, “Da-da” that your heart beats outside your body. Brooklyn has inspired me to love my wife, Sherri, more than I thought I ever could + to model the man I hope, Brooklyn, will grow up to be.
I don’t know if there’s a blueprint for this amazing thing we call life (psst… if you’ve got one, holla at ya boy!) but, I know I’m doing my best.
And that’s enough for me.
-john
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