Passionate and Client-Centric Interior Designer Gets the Job Done

When he was a kid, interior designer Scott Montgomery would draft floor plans on his notebook instead of doing his homework. “It was always my lifelong dream to be a designer,” said Montgomery.

Now he is the owner and lead designer of Scott Montgomery Design, a full-service design firm that works on everything from “small residences to large offices to yachts.”

“I’ve been designing for about 19 years.”

While some interior designers are hired due to their “signature style,” Montgomery is quick to say he doesn’t subscribe to one. This is because he is primarily concerned about the clients’ choices—not his—a fact appreciated by those who hire him.

“There’s no specific style. It’s more about my interpretation of what it is that the clients like and then how I’m able to give it to them,” Montgomery said. “[The spaces] are not mine. They belong to someone else. So my goal is to really give my client the place that they want. I don’t have a specific style. You would look at the work that I’ve done and you can tell that I’ve done it but it’s not going to scream at you.”

This LA-based interior designer has garnered the reputation of creating smart and sophisticated interior and exterior living spaces that speak to the clients’ vision and desires.

Montgomery’s repertoire of projects is also varied. In fact, one of his early projects was designing and installing the interior of an 84-foot yacht.

“It’s extremely challenging because when you’re dealing with something that’s as specific as a boat, you’ve got to worry about durability. You’ve got to worry about weight. You’ve got to worry about how things are going to be secured because you can’t just have loose furniture,” he said.

Montgomery gets the job done with the help of his designers, especially Michael Hernandez, his senior designer and right hand man. “I primarily serve to assist him. I mean, we draw ideas back and forth all the time,” Hernandez said.

So if you have a vision of your dream home that you would like to see realized, maybe Montgomery, Hernandez, and the rest of the designers at Scott Montgomery Design can make it come to life—and make it yours.

Scott Montgomery Design Inc. is located at 1341 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge. For more information, call (818) 864-6686 or visit www.scottmontgomerydesign.com/