Today we’d like to introduce you to Dwayne Bergmann.
Dwayne, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
The process of discovery, getting lost in imagination, and creating fantastical environments in my head has been a part of my being from my earliest memories. I genuinely believed everyone walked around the world seeing things through the same lens. It took years to understand this ability is a unique ‘gift’ and I feel privileged I get to share this with the world.
My journey to becoming a design professional is beyond non-traditional. I didn’t go to design school, nor did I pursue a fine arts degree, and I never worked in a luxury design firm. Instead, I pursued a business degree, including an MBA from the University of Florida. While I “freelanced” in design my entire life, I simply didn’t fully understand my artistic gift until later in life. In my teens and early twenties, I thoroughly enjoyed life. I rode and showed horses allowing me to experience a unique cultural aspect of society. My tastes became more refined and my appreciation for luxury and creativity catapulted.
When I launched my firm in 2013, it was a euphoric feeling to realize I was following my true passion. This idea of getting to work with clients in their most intimate and personal spaces–their home, is beyond gratifying. I’m grateful and humbled every day by the opportunities I am given and relish every single chance to create something special and personal. For me, this is not just a business it is most definitely personal!
Has it been a smooth road?
Ha! Anyone who claims starting a new business has been a smooth road either has been given too much money for the venture or really isn’t passionate about what they are doing. Without challenges, there is no growth so I’m thankful I had challenges.
Of course, there are the normal challenges of cash flow, managing timelines and deadlines, and all the other rote tasks of running a business. One figures those out, hires the best specialists available and makes sound business decisions. However, the challenges I love facing are the design challenges of creating something new, not relying on “tried and true” or “easy”. We don’t have a “look” at my firm as we start from scratch for every single client. When we use a feature wallpaper or a fabric, it gets removed from our library never to be used on another custom client again. Everyone deserves personalized treatment and not someone else’s hand-me-down designs.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with Dwayne Bergmann Interiors – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
Dwayne Bergmann Interiors is a boutique interior design firm. We specialize in luxury residential, commercial and hospitality design. We design for the most elite residential clientele as well as highly creative commercial and hospitality projects. We work all throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and the Bahamas as well.
As a young firm, we are making a name for ourselves as one of the most creative, highly focused teams available for interior design. We not only listen to our clients but really “hear” them. We focus beyond their primary objectives and discover their secondary and tertiary needs and desires. So, when we deliver our product it is beyond their expectations.
Additionally, in 2020 I am launching a kitchen and bath cabinetry line. The line is based off our expertise in designing kitchens and baths and being frustrated with the options existing in the open market. The cabinet designs we are producing will change the way the kitchen is experienced.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
Miami is such a fun melting pot of diversity. The energy is stimulating, the food and entertainment rank within the best in the country, and there are beautiful people and fashion on display.
Traffic and transportation are my least favorites.
Contact Info:
- Address: 1391 3rd Street South
Naples, FL 34102
12195 Metro Parkway, Ste #1
Fort Myers, FL 33966 - Website: www.dwaynebergmann.com
- Phone: 239.344.7455
- Email: info@dwaynebergmann.com
- Instagram: dwayne_bergmann_interiors
- Facebook: Dwayne Bergmann Interiors
Image Credit:
The Shoot Group, Rick Bethem Photography, Zack Dobbins
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