Your guide to a better way to furnish
Welcome to a smarter, fully integrated approach to FF&E.
Sherpa is your trusted guide to the summit of value creation—uniting design, product development, procurement, logistics, and installation into one accountable flow from concept to completion.
For residential developers, luxury hotels, and premier private clubs, we align aesthetic vision with commercial performance to ensure flawless execution and measurable ROI.
Our strength lies in a comprehensive, end-to-end solution built around three pillars of excellence:
Interior Design & Custom Product Development: transforming vision into tangible, functional aesthetics.
Manufacturing, Engineering & Procurement: leveraging generations of expertise to deliver bespoke precision.
Logistics & Installation: orchestrating every delivery, schedule, and detail for a seamless finish.
From initial concept to final installation, Sherpa provides the unified clarity and accountability today’s owners expect—delivering not just beautiful spaces, but measurable value across every project.
What is Sherpa?
Sherpa FF&E is an end-to-end design + procurement + delivery solution in the premium sector of the furniture, fixtures, and equipment space. On a project-by-project basis, we deploy a myriad of exclusive supply partnerships and industry resources to uniquely merge our client’s desired design aesthetic with the required specification and durability the hospitality industry demands. Our background, connections and technology-driven systems remove inefficiency from the traditional model—providing clarity, accountability, and alignment under one coordinated process, ensuring projects stay on track, on budget, and on vision.
Higher value streams: Our background, experience and supply chain networks solve the industry’s traditional inefficiencies—elevating product quality, performance, and lifecycle value and directly impacting client ROI and capital expense.
Unified process: We connect design specifications, procurement, logistics and installation in a single coordinated system—removing manual cross-company gaps that cause errors, delays, misunderstandings and budget overages.
Clarity at scale: With modern process control and adaptive tooling, we evaluate and communicate supply chain performance in manufacturing, shipping and scheduling, and anticipate risks early—keeping projects on schedule, on budget, and fully transparent.
Outcome: Sherpa transforms FF&E management from reactive coordination into a proactive, data-driven process that delivers consistent results.
How We Work
A modern operating model deploying experienced, talented industry resources in coordinated partnership, not a patchwork of vendors.
Traditional FF&E relies on spreadsheets, phone calls, and siloed handoffs. Every transfer of information and product introduces risk. Sherpa flips that script:
One source of truth: Specifications, orders, milestones, and installations flow through a unified operating rhythm.
Foresight over firefighting: We surface lead-time shifts, freight issues, or installation conflicts early and adjust plans before they impact the critical path.
Accountable cadence: Stakeholders share the same timeline, budget view, and status metrics—from mockups and samples to punch-lists and handover.
For ownership, the differences are tangible: fewer surprises, tighter control, preserved margin, and faster time-to-revenue.
Flexible, Resourceful & Modern
Scaling by adding headcount is yesterday’s model. Sherpa blends people, process and technology so repetition, coordination and analysis are handled by defined workflows—freeing expert talent to focus on design intent, product specifications and on-site value.
People where judgment matters: design, engineering, value analysis, supplier selection, site coordination.
Process where consistency wins: submittals, change control, approvals, documentation, closeout.
Systems where speed is essential: tracking, scheduling, logistics visibility, and exception handling.
The result is greater precision without bloated overhead inflating client costs, and a consistent standard across projects.
“We operate a modern business model tailored for each client’s needs. Instead of “staffing” for resources, we leverage decades of trusted relationships with top industry talent to orchestrate the right team for your project, delivering maximum value by project.”
Capabilities
Interior Design & Custom Product
Concept → materiality → prototyping → construction documents. We integrate residential warmth with hospitality durability.
Manufacturing, Engineering & Procurement
From bespoke casegoods and seating to lighting, floor coverings and soft goods, we leverage deep category experience and a world-class supply base in the premium sector.
Logistics & Installation
Sequenced deliveries, site coordination, white-glove installation, and punch-list closeout, aligned to your construction schedule.
Program & Portfolio Support
Standards, alternates, value engineering, and repeatable packages for multi-property rollout.
Who We Are
We build relationships before transactions. Our clients typically meet us through hospitality, construction, and private-club networks; we align on value creation, then design the right path to the summit together.
Flexible team composition: Sherpa engages designers, product engineers, project managers, and installers on a contractual basis to match project scale and timing. This preserves agility in a cyclical industry and keeps the focus on outcomes—not overhead.
Advisors: Former FF&E and hospitality executives provide board-level guidance and are available to meet with clients.
Interior Designers: Contracted designers bring aesthetic design, architectural and structural coordination skill sets rarely provided by procurement firms—delivering complete solutions from concept boards to permit-ready construction documents.
Custom Product Designers: Specialists blend residential aesthetic with hospitality engineering (joinery, finishes, codes, safety, durability) to create products from scratch that are built to last.
Management & Support: Information systems, marketing, and client care tie every element of the value stream together—reducing friction and ensuring clear communication.
Product Development & Sourcing: Decades of costing, engineering, and global sourcing—supported by manufacturing relationships across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Supply Partners: Designers, packaging engineers, compliance and QC teams, logistics experts, and owned freight assets within our network—trusted relationships formed over decades of building together.
Leadership & Collaborators
Sherpa’s core team combines expertise in partnership & hospitality, interior design, and program operations. Extended collaborators include design studios, product engineers, and hospitality advisors who engage as needed to meet project scope.
Our Sectors
Luxury & Lifestyle Hotels
Premier Private Clubs & Resorts
Residential Developers & Mixed-Use
Selective Commercial & Hospitality Environments
References
The most important proof is what clients say about the experience we help create. Explore our testimonials and portfolio to see how Sherpa aligns capital investments with hospitality vision—and delivers on it.
Why owners choose Sherpa
Design intent, protected: Residential warmth with commercial rigor—without compromising either.
Budget integrity: Clarity through market-proven products and the manufacturing prowess behind them preserve value and reduce liabilities.
Schedule certainty: Coordinated logistics and installation workflows match construction realities.
Portfolio consistency: Standards and playbooks that scale across properties and markets.
One accountable guide: A single partner from idea to installation.
Locations
Charlotte / Richmond
National and international project delivery through our partner network.
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Our Projects
The relationships of trust we build as we guide client projects inspire us and create the enjoyment in our work.
Our clients understand that interior design & furnishings are not merely a finishing touch, but a critical component of the value proposition they offer their clients commensurate with their investment.
Glenn Prillaman
Multiple careers in both the furnishings and corporate hospitality industries uniquely positioned Glenn to combine his background, experience and connections to form Sherpa FF&E. Rooted in the development of valuable partnerships stemming from trusted relationships, Glenn and his team provides clients in the premium sector of the market insight into the inner workings of the FF&E space and expertise in a streamlined methodology for maximizing investment and value creation.
References
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It's a rare occasion when clubs have an opportunity to capitalize on a truly unique connection in another industry.
The intersection of golf hospitality and the FF&E space is where Glenn’s background and experience position club management to capitalize on a rare opportunity to alter traditional thinking and allow Sherpa to orchestrate a better value proposition.
— Tommy Joyce — PGA, Chief Operating Officer, CaddieMaster
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Aligning capital investments with a vision for hospitality creates the opportunity for exceptional club experiences.
Glenn’s work with Kinloch was an invaluable part of how the club became the success it remains today. Working closely with our architects and designers to furnish our guest cottage accommodations, his expertise helped our staff guide club investments and member experiences.
— Phil Owenby, former GM, Kinloch Golf Club, Richmond, VA
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When ownership made decisions to invest, we wanted to move quickly with the right resources to produce desired results.
Glenn’s connections in the industry helped us quickly develop and build Dormie Network infrastructure and amenity. From our first visit to showrooms in High Point, North Carolina, he knew how to align our plans with dedicated design, procurement and logistics resources. Years later, our members and their guests still rank the comfort and styling of our lodging and dining accommodations high on their list of the most favorite facets of their overnight experiences.
Chris Graham — Chief Hospitality Officer, Dormie Network
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