Scott Sangalli of Morrison Group
When making a blueprint for anything — whether it be the operations of a supply company or the plans of a luxury home — Scott Sangalli has a knack for finding the most pragmatic and efficient design.
Initially an accountant by trade, Sangalli moved to Texas from his homebase in Illinois after taking over Morrison Supply Co., a plumbing, HVAC, and utility products retailer. According to Sangalli, he “made some dramatic changes really quick and turned a $17 million business into a $1 billion business in a few years.” Thanks to the implementation of a self-made computer system — one that has since become an industry standard — Sangalli was able to increase Morrison Supply Co.’s productivity to 30% above the industry average.
It’s a gift, really: the ability to look at a project with a discerning eye and detect precisely what it needs to be successful. And Sangalli applies this same eye to every home he designs.
Despite the successes of Morrison Supply Co., in the early 1980s, Sangalli simultaneously financed a homebuilding project with a friend, which included a whole neighborhood of low-square-footage homes with rear-entry garages that Sangalli himself would design. The homes would have steep-pitched roofs and deed restrictions on parking within 25 feet of the curb. The result was a handsome row of affordable houses that sold like hotcakes.
“We never finished a home that wasn’t sold,” Sangalli says. “We did 40 houses when nobody else was selling anything. Then, we went and did another neighborhood. So that’s how it all started.”
Sangalli’s foray into luxury homes with Morrison Group would happen a decade later when Sangalli designed and built a custom home for the 1992 Street of Dreams in southwest Fort Worth’s Mira Vista neighborhood.
“Well, we won all the architectural awards, both public and private,” Sangalli says of the competition. “Won the landscape award, won the decorating award, won the customer’s favorite home, and all that. And I got, like, 15 build jobs off that thing. Next thing I know, we’re in business.”
According to Sangalli, he continues to design 99% of the homes Morrison Group builds, which includes the 2025 Fort Worth Magazine Dream Home. The project partners some of the industry’s top professionals to build a one-of-a-kind home that will highlight the latest trends in homebuilding, design, and technology. Concerning design, the home, a single-story ode to Napa Valley luxe, comes stocked with the Morrison Group stamp of flow, pragmatism, and livability.
“An architect or a home designer will tell you, if they do it right, that everything’s there for a reason,” Sangalli says. “Our designs are a very personal thing. Every wall is there for a reason; everything is in a certain spot for a reason. Not 3 inches this way or 3 inches that way. It’s like a Jenga thing. You can’t just pull out something and the rest of it works.”
Perched atop a hill in the exclusive Montrachet development, the nearly 7,000-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths and comes with a view of downtown Fort Worth. Susan Semmelmann of Susan Semmelmann Interiors has partnered with Fort Worth Magazine for her seventh Dream Home project and will provide the interior design.
The 2025 Dream Home at Montrachet will be open for touring from May 31 to June 22. You can purchase tickets for the tour at dream.fwtx.com. All proceeds from the tour benefit a Wish with Wings, Fort Worth Magazine’s flagship charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening conditions.
Home Details
Square Feet: 6,931
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 4 ½
Style: Napa Valley
