You Have Great TasteLet’s Finish Your Home
Your vision, checked against trade standards. No studio retainer. Just the last decisions, settled.
Your Room, Mapped in One Hour
You’ve done most of the work. Show me the room on video and we will settle the layout, the furniture and the last hard choices, so you leave knowing exactly what to do next.
The Big Picture
Show me what you have and where you want to take it. We talk through the room, the problem areas, and leave with a step-by-step plan.
The Sanity Check
For the decisions that cannot wait: a paint color for the contractor, or a second opinion before you spend $15,000 on a sofa. We settle it live, in session.
Est. 2010 · $41M+ Specified
I started in the trade in 1998, while still a student at Cornish College of the Arts. Since launching Mr Call Designs in 2010, I have specified and purchased over $41 million in furniture for high-end residential and commercial rooms.
After graduating in 2002 I moved to New York, and by 2004 I was working with Diamond Baratta, then Shawn Henderson, before being named a House Beautiful “Next Wave” designer. Over sixteen years in New York the work appeared on covers and in features for Elle Decor and The New York Times.
What the years taught me: expensive furniture is not always better, and a room rarely needs to start over. Usually it takes one or two intelligent changes.
Based in California since 2018, I bring that trade standard to homeowners through one-to-one video design sessions and furniture reviews scored in public.
My full storyHow to Shop for a Fabric Sofa
The shopping method I teach my teamFS05™ is how I train my design team: five trade standards for judging an 8-foot fabric sofa — frame, joinery, cushion, cloth, design — in seconds. Now it is yours.
To show that it holds, I am putting 100 popular sofas through it in public. Learn it once and it travels: the Marché aux Puces, Lulu & Georgia from the sofa, or a Goodwill in Poughkeepsie.
How FS05™ worksThe Sofa Index
Common Questions
Do you tell me what to buy, or just talk theory?
You leave with specific pieces, exact dimensions and links. I share my screen and we build the cart live. Nothing is left as homework.
What if my budget is small?
Better. Constraints make the room honest. Most of what I recommend is a rearrange or a swap of one or two pieces you already own. Many of the best sits well under $400.
What can we cover?
Paint and color, furniture layout, artwork, contractor plans, and materials before you commit. If you can show it on video, we can settle it.
Are the reviews sponsored?
Never. No affiliate links, no free product for coverage, no brand approval of the copy. I buy or sit on every piece I review, and I say when it is not worth the money.
What do you need before a session?
Photos of the room, rough dimensions, and links to anything already in the cart. Five minutes of prep is enough.