In a 110-year-old factory in Peru, Kyle Barrett sits beside an elder craftsman and watches as a decorative tray comes together over two days of shaping, edging and refining. “These items are future heirlooms, and we’ve touched every single one with our hands,” he says.
The piece was a prototype for Barrett Bergmann Home (BBH), the to-the-trade lifestyle brand Kyle launched with his partner, celebrated Southwest Florida interior designer Dwayne Bergmann, this year. After years of working around the same sourcing limitations, the pair decided to move from curators to creators. While the market is saturated with luxury, there isn’t much accessible, sophisticated utility. Most design-seekers are forced to compromise: either go fully custom (expensive, slow) or settle for prefab styles that lack character.
With a clarity of purpose, the two men set out to democratize design with the level of craft and intention usually reserved for the ultra-luxury tier. Unlike private label collections, where brands put their names on pre-existing styles, every piece in the BBH line was designed by the Fort Myers-based duo. “This has been three-and-a-half years of our lives,” Dwayne says. “None of this has happened overnight.”
In the 3,300-square-foot workshop, fittingly situated next door to Dwayne’s interior design showroom, the two ideate and sketch new concepts, while a team of four works around long communal tables, crafting floral arrangements and pouring candles into glass vessels. Patterned pillows, alpaca throws and sinuous vases fill rows of shelves, ready to be packaged and shipped off the moment they’re ordered.
Photography by Dan Cutrona
Photography by Dan Cutrona
Photography by Dan Cutrona
Photography by Dan Cutrona
Driven by the belief that our surroundings shape how we feel and live, Kyle and Dwayne tapped into their extensive network and taught themselves every part of the supply chain, from the engineering of a vanity to the weave of a sheet. By eliminating intermediaries and working directly with mills and fabricators, they’ve created a line that looks custom, feels luxurious and ships within days or weeks, not months. “You can usually hit two out of three: price, quality or speed,” Dwayne says, citing the age-old project-management maxim. “We’re pushing the level of creativity to hit all three pillars.”
Their vision—material integrity, studio-level design and intentional craft—comes into focus with the botanical collection. “I had a floral design business in Texas for many years, and I never liked faux flowers—they were all just too artificial,” Kyle says. Dwayne, for his part, was captivated by ikebana, the Japanese floral art. He had long wanted to capture the artform’s architectural elegance in permanent installations that wouldn’t wilt or require constant maintenance. But achieving ikebana’s signature fluid curves required flexible blades of grass that simply didn’t exist in the market. “I’d been all over the world looking,” Dwayne notes.
After three years of experimenting with alternatives, they found a Chinese maker willing to co-develop a structured, pliable material. The real-touch grass is engineered with a proprietary blend of components, mimicking the movement and rebound of natural stems. In one arrangement, a single blade winds into an open spiral, guiding the eye through a circular glass vase as a cascade of orchids spills from the top. Other arrangements flaunt feistier orange foxtails, proteas and succulents, or traditional tulips reimagined in off-center compositions.
Vases—some of which are 3D printed using a clay-plaster material to recreate the weight and texture of ceramic—make a statement without overwhelming the florals. “They’re simple and look so real,” Dwayne says. “It looks like something you’d actually get from a florist. So many faux arrangements are very layered, heavy and traditional-looking. I’m drawn to a more modern, architectural form.”
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Working out of a 3,300-square-foot workshop, the team prototypes each piece, refining forms and materials before partnering with artisans in the U.S., Peru and Italy to bring designs to life.
The often-overlooked bathroom was another focal point. BBH started with vanities—a category that tends to be marked by two extremes: overly ornate or sterile minimalism. Few designs feel artful and livable. Working with Ohio manufacturer Abner Henry, Dwayne designed a suite of vanities with streamlined silhouettes in solid wood and considered details. Art Deco inflections (fluting, sculptural hardware, curved profiles) nod to the grand hotels each piece is named after, including the Savoy, Delano and Aman.
Some of the most technically complex pieces come from the most seemingly basic of items: bath decor. BBH’s soap dispensers and toothbrush holders swap brushed metal or ceramic for leather wrapping, walnut finishes or horsehair textures.. The modular sets are elevated and problem-solving: This fall, the duo debuts wastebaskets with built-in toilet paper storage and discreet nooks for phones (modern life, after all) and a wall-mounted soap-and-towel combo for clean counters.
For the bedroom, the team tested more than 150 sheets and duvets, including myriad Egyptian cotton varieties, before choosing a cotton sateen made from U.S.-grown long-staple cotton and woven in Italy. Pillows range from memory foam to alpaca, sourced from a Peruvian mill where the animals roam free. “When you use alpaca as a duvet insert, it stays put,” Kyle says. “It’s like sleeping on a fur coat that breathes.” Fragrance rounds out the brand, with 12 scents drawing from the pair’s memories, including Kyle’s Texas upbringing and Dwayne’s equestrian background. More soaps, whole-home scenting systems and a ranch-themed design series are coming this fall.
Despite its breadth, BBH isn’t just about products—it’s about authorship. Kyle and Dwayne are driven by the desire to honor the creative process and offer value rooted in expertise. There’s a sense of pride in knowing they can personally speak to how a vanity is made, how a sheet is woven and how a candle is poured. “Any designer can place something beautiful in a client’s home,” Kyle says. “But everyone wants something that’s meaningful. If you can tell them where an item comes from and how it was made, it makes it extra special.”
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BBH spans the full home experience—from fragrance and linens to vanities and bath accents. This fall, Dwayne and Kyle debut a ranch-inspired capsule, with future collections tailored to distinct design styles, including modern, coastal and transitional.
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