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Retailer Profile—Dabney McAvoy Home, Great Barrington, MA

There are some things that are just fate. Just before Christmas I was in the car on my way from Boston to Great Barrington for an appointment. I had a little extra time to kill so I drove through town. [...]


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Candelabras Make Cover of Chicago Magazine!

Your skin tingles, you involuntarily shiver, and the words of excitement all get jammed into the roof of your mouth because you can’t get them out fast enough. That’s how it feels when something you’ve made, something you’ve worked on [...]


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Designer Profile—Philip Gorrivan

One of the superstars of the design world, you’ll find Philip Gorrivan’s in the spreads of House Beautiful, Elle Decor and those treasured back issues of House & Garden. My Dunes had worked with the designer before (in his day [...]


Designer Profile—Jill Goldberg

There’s nothing more flattering than to have the cool girl like you. That’s the way we feel about interior designer and retailer Jill Goldberg. You see, Jill carries Dunes and Duchess in her retail store Hudson, in Boston’s South End, [...]


What to do with a Candelabra

I’ve been toying around on Houzz of late, trying to get a feel for what goes on there, what people are sharing. I think it’s a great way to share our candelabras, lamps and ideas with people, but would love [...]


Happy Thanksgiving—We Are Thankful

Just over a year ago Dunes and I created the idea of Dunes and Duchess. Starting with a candelabra—a piece we thought symbolized our own budding romance and one that we could share with one others—we boldly started a company [...]


Who’s using Dunes and Duchess?

When we pack up our lamps or candelabras we always imagine where our work is headed. We’ve recently started getting email photos from designers of our installed pieces and wanted to share these with you today. Designer Urit Chaimovitz found [...]


Perspective Magazine Loves Dunes and Duchess!

We loved flipping through the new Perspective New England magazine and seeing our International Lifesaving Orange candelabra and all the wonderful things the editors had to say about it! We actually blinked twice when we saw that it was more [...]


Luxe Magazine Madness!

When you hear you’re going to be in a magazine, the first reaction is always one of dizzying excitement. When you receive the magazine and your jaw actually hits the floor—well, that’s what happened when we saw our International Lifesaving [...]


An Update on the Island House

Our Dunes and Duchess friends are always asking about our little island house, so here’s a little island update. Unlike most of the houses that we get to photograph as StacyStyle and MP Productions, our little house is a bit [...]


Goodbye, Summer!

Dunes and I typically are running this way and that, barely able to touch down long enough to unpack, but we were treated with a rare evening last week that we used to say goodbye to our favorite season, Summer. [...]


The Rachel Sconce is a Style at Home Cover Girl!

It was late. I wasn’t sure if I’d read the email correctly. It said, “I would like to order two of the sconces that appear on the cover of Style at Home magazine.” That’s weird I thought as I read [...]


New Sconces!

We are so happy to show you some of our new sconces. They come ready for candles or light bulbs. We have more colors available soon. Thanks for all the love! Duchy and Dunes Share on Facebook Tweet This Post


Press Release!

Wait, we just started! I’ll let you know as soon as we have press! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post