Design Services

Our team coordinates à la carte design services, and collaborates with interior designers around the world; and for smaller projects or self-led redesigns, we work directly with clients.

Our European presence is based in the small seaside village of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, and our American base is in San Francisco, California. Please email mail@upperroadwest.com for all inquires.

Old-world treasures for contemporary living

Family heirlooms and antiques don’t often fit modern-day lifestyles. This is particularly true in Western Europe where interior design trends more toward minimalism—especially for younger generations in the major metropolitan areas where they live and work. We save these exquisite pieces to give them renewed significance and new life in your home.

The road less traveled

All of the pieces we source come from private estates and chateaux in remote parts of Europe including historic towns and villages in France, Spain, and Switzerland. Avoiding big cities and established marketplaces allows us to acquire the finest and most compelling interiors never offered before (some have remained in the same families, preserved for centuries).

Not your average antiques

While our website and online boutiques always have an available inventory of antique furniture and objets, we offer several personalized sourcing and design services. Many designers and individuals don’t have time to travel around Europe sourcing unique pieces for their projects, so we do all the work for you—from travel and sourcing to purchasing and shipping. If you want, you can even join us on the journey!

Our team

Chris Goff, Founder + CEO

Valuing quality over quantity is something Chris Goff learned early. Growing up in an idyllic part of Northern California, he spent summers with his French grandmother and great-grandmother in their native Provence, traveling around France and Europe, exposing him to European culture, design, antiques, and the importance of preserving history. After graduating UC Berkeley, Chris spent 10-years working as a French translator for a variety of organizations before moving into technology, where he worked with and led user operations for Silicon Valley start-ups. Eventually, the backroads of Europe called and he founded Upper Road West as a way to combine his love for interior design, antiques, and travel.

Lindsay Upson, Co-Founder + Visual Design Director

Lindsay Upson has traveled the world—with her camera in hand—documenting different cultures interacting with their natural environments, and scenes of everyday life. A Marin County native, she studied at Northeastern University in Boston and the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, then embarked on a career in the visual arts which eventually led to styling and shooting for marketing campaigns and interior designers. Lindsay’s life experiences—from living on a sailboat for several years to setting up home in a Mongolian yurt in the woods—have informed her unique visual point of view. When she isn’t photographing, traveling for Upper Road West or styling interiors projects, Lindsay, her husband and two children live in Punta Mita, Mexico, travel the seas on their historic sailboat, and travel as often as they can.