When you walk in­to DH Mai­son in Mar­aval, it’s hard not to pause. Soft mu­sic floats through the air, the scent of cap­puc­ci­no and cin­na­mon fills the room, and Christ­mas lights twin­kle against a back­drop of cu­rat­ed beau­ty. Every cor­ner tells a sto­ry—a col­lec­tion of tex­tures, tones, and de­sign mo­ments that feel like home, on­ly el­e­vat­ed.

This is the world of Di­anne Hunt: de­sign­er, en­tre­pre­neur, and cre­ative vi­sion­ary. Her eye for style and de­tail has shaped lo­cal de­sign cul­ture for decades, span­ning fash­ion, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and in­te­ri­ors.

Di­anne’s jour­ney be­gan not in in­te­ri­ors, but in fash­ion. Af­ter study­ing Fash­ion De­sign and Pro­duc­tion in Mon­tre­al, she re­turned to T&T and made her mark on the Caribbean’s emerg­ing fash­ion land­scape, known for clean tai­lor­ing, re­fined sil­hou­ettes, and a stead­fast com­mit­ment to crafts­man­ship.

“Fash­ion taught me every­thing about pro­por­tion, tex­ture, and bal­ance,” Di­anne re­flects. “Those same prin­ci­ples live in every space I de­sign to­day.”

Her abil­i­ty to merge aes­thet­ics with emo­tion quick­ly be­came her sig­na­ture—whether she was de­sign­ing a gar­ment or a ta­blescape.

Her en­tre­pre­neur­ial spir­it first man­i­fest­ed in Rad­i­cal De­signs. Her sec­ond ven­ture, DH Gift, a pop­u­lar home and gift store, com­bined Di­anne’s eye for beau­ti­ful ob­jects with her tal­ent for cu­ra­tion. Long be­fore lifestyle stores be­came the norm, DH Gift of­fered a taste of de­sign-for­ward liv­ing: can­dles, linens, small lux­u­ries, and hand­craft­ed trea­sures that re­flect­ed her fash­ion sen­si­bil­i­ty.

“Even back then, I want­ed peo­ple to ex­pe­ri­ence the joy of hap­py liv­ing,” she says. “It was nev­er just about the prod­uct. It was about how it made you feel.”

This phi­los­o­phy lat­er shaped her next ven­ture, Di­anne Tea Shop, a space beloved for its cozy, trendy at­mos­phere and wel­com­ing vibe.

Af­ter sell­ing the Tea Shop, Di­anne launched DH Mai­son—a cul­mi­na­tion of her cre­ative jour­ney. The store blends her ex­pe­ri­ence in fash­ion, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and de­sign in­to a sin­gle, co­he­sive vi­sion.

DH Mai­son feels like step­ping in­to an el­e­gant Caribbean ver­sion of Pot­tery Barn or Williams-Sono­ma, yet with the in­ti­ma­cy of a bou­tique and the per­son­al­i­ty of its founder in every de­tail. This sea­son, Di­anne is ex­cit­ed to un­veil her ex­pand­ed sec­ond-lev­el shop­ping space.

From hol­i­day dé­cor to ac­cent fur­ni­ture and ar­ti­sanal can­dles, every item is cho­sen with an ed­i­tor’s eye—a re­flec­tion of Di­anne’s life­long be­lief that beau­ty be­longs in every­day life.

“Lux­u­ry doesn’t have to be out of reach,” she says. “It’s about sur­round­ing your­self with things that make you feel good, whether it’s your favourite scent­ed can­dle, a cof­fee mug, or a space that feels in­ten­tion­al­ly de­signed.”

A café, a con­cept, a lifestyle

In­side DH Mai­son, a styl­ish café of­fers a sen­so­ry pause. Cus­tomers can en­joy a rich cap­puc­ci­no, a choco­late crois­sant, or a qui­et mo­ment sur­round­ed by de­sign. It’s the per­fect fu­sion of form and func­tion, prov­ing that hos­pi­tal­i­ty and aes­thet­ics can live in har­mo­ny.

The DH Mai­son Café, where cof­fee meets cre­ativ­i­ty and de­sign be­comes an ex­pe­ri­ence, is lo­cat­ed on Long Cir­cu­lar Road, Port-of-Spain, just past As­sump­tion Church in Mar­aval.

For Di­anne, DH Mai­son is still un­fold­ing. Her next phase brings her sto­ry full cir­cle—back to the world where it all be­gan.

“Fash­ion is com­ing,” she smiles. “It’s al­ways been part of who I am. Now, I want to bring that sen­si­bil­i­ty in­to the DH Mai­son world, to let peo­ple ex­pe­ri­ence style across every part of life.”

This next chap­ter will see DH Mai­son ex­pand in­to in­te­ri­ors, fash­ion, and wear­able de­sign, cre­at­ing a true lifestyle brand.

From DH Gift to Rad­i­cal De­signs and the beloved Di­anne Tea Shop, Di­anne Hunt has al­ways cham­pi­oned one idea: we should all love how we live.

“Home is where life hap­pens, and it should al­ways be beau­ti­ful.”