Artist-Designed Wallpaper: A To-the-Trade Alternative to the Big Wallpaper Houses

If you specify wallpaper for clients, you already know the houses: Schumacher and Thibaut for heritage pattern, Phillip Jeffries for texture and grasscloth, Lee Jofa and Kravet for the deep archive, Eskayel and Zak+Fox for the artist-led, of-the-moment work, Kelly Wearstler when a room wants to be unforgettable. They're the names, for good reason.

I'm not trying to be them. I make something they don't: wallpaper that begins as an original painting.

Every pattern in my collection started on a canvas or a sheet of paper in my Nashville studio — the same hand, color sense, and gesture that put my work in the Conrad Nashville and in Architectural Digest. The pattern on the roll isn't a motif designed by committee to hit a trend. It's a painting, translated to the wall. For designers whose clients want art on every surface — not just over the sofa — that's a different conversation than a sample from a mill.

Where I sit next to the names you know

Like the artist-led houses — Eskayel, Zak+Fox — the work is authored. It comes from one painter with a real body of work and a real point of view. That's the lane I actually live in. The difference is that my patterns aren't inspired by art; they are my paintings.

Like the heritage houses — Schumacher, Thibaut, Lee Jofa — it's made for the trade. There's a 20% trade discount, samples for your library, and a studio that talks to you directly rather than through three layers of customer service.

Like Phillip Jeffries — the substrate is serious. Everything is Type II commercial-grade vinyl, durable enough for hospitality and high-traffic spaces, not just a powder room. Rolls come 24 inches wide, pre-trimmed and unpasted, with a 52-inch width available for commercial jobs.

What you can't get from a catalog house

This is the part the big names structurally can't offer: custom colorways and custom scale, to the trade. Because the patterns are my own paintings, I can re-ground a design in your project's palette, or shift the scale to fit a double-height wall or an intimate powder room. The painting bends to the room.

A few specifics designers ask about:

• Type II commercial-grade vinyl — residential and commercial/hospitality.
• 24-inch standard width, 52-inch available for commercial, pre-trimmed and unpasted.
• Custom colorways and scale available to the trade.
• 20% trade discount, with up to 5 free samples on request.
• Print-on-demand, about a two-week turnaround.

When I'm the right call

If a client loves the texture of Phillip Jeffries or the artist energy of Eskayel but wants something that's genuinely one artist's hand — and you want a studio that will custom-color a pattern to your scheme and ship it in two weeks — that's exactly what this line is for. Not a replacement for the houses you trust. A different kind of source, for the rooms that want a painting on the wall.

A few patterns to start with

If you're not sure where to begin, a few favorites: Flourish Greige, Lavish Deepest Green & Magenta, Flourish Storm Blue, Lavish Moss Grey & Deep Violet, Chic Stripe Ruby, and Atelier Golden Sky.

Browse the full collection of designer wallpaper, or reach out about trade pricing and custom colorways. I answer every project inquiry myself.