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We’re all well-read on the formula, ‘natural fabrics = good,’ but is crafting with eco-friendly fabrics seriously worth it for your brand? In our London factory, we also supply synthetic fabrics and blends that are printed on-demand (and boast their fair share of benefits). Still, we’re singing the praises of our natural fabrics today to […]

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For Artists

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At Contrado, we empower creativity and innovation around the world not just for major businesses and designers but for up-and-coming artists, too. Contrado is lovingly operated by a team of avid art-lovers in London, all equally passionate about supporting emerging artists with selling their work and gaining exposure fast. So whether you’re interested in opening […]

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Betty Grove's Wallpaper

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We’ve been seeing more and more quirky animal motifs and color-popping wallpaper designs in our marketplace this season. Enter Betty Grove, a French-born illustrator and designer who lives and works in England. Betty has collaborated with us to create bold patterns and big-energy animal art wallpapers inspired largely by nature and Japanese woodblock prints. In […]

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Forget paint. When a room screams out for a makeover, nothing beats unique, artist-designed wallpaper. And so, we’ve collaborated with Irish artist Anna Deegan to bring you nature-themed wallpaper for walls that’ll propel any room into a home’s crown jewel. Long, dreamy walks and retro 70’s prints are among the many things that have inspired […]

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How To & Tutorials

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Ever wondered how to hang wallpaper by yourself? At Contrado, we’re all about giving your homes an instant floor-to-ceiling makeover with wallpaper that is super easy to hang and brings colour, comfort and painterly mastery to any room they grace. More than anything, you’ll fall in starry-eyed love with our premium and self-adhesive wallpapers that […]

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Cornish-Bajan artist Joanne Reed collaborates with us to bring you the House of Contrado Bohemian Wanderlust collection. She believes in transporting people with her designs in their studio to the rich flora, animals and tropical gardens of her Bajan home. Surrounding fellow art-lovers with the magical exotic orchids and wildlife printed fabrics that each tell […]

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In our House of Contrado series, we’re debuting our very own in-house artist designs in collections designed to breathe fresh life to your interiors. In the series, we’ll be introducing our Bohemian Wanderlust collection, where we’ve handpicked designer items that hold only the most vivid, emotional stories to inspire a fresh face for your art […]

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We’re partnering with mixed-media artist Mike Thebridge to bring you the Art for Ukraine collection – a moving response to the Russian invasion. We’re donating all profit from the Ukraine art collection to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund; a brilliant Ukraine charity that supports Ukrainian artists who have relocated abroad or remain in Ukraine and urgently […]

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We collaborated with Bloom Art Gallery designer Julie Coste to give you our latest House of Contrado collection, Sicilian Radiance. She got inspired in the heat of summer to create a collection that captures all that she’s so often admired during her travels. It’s all about inviting the vibrancy of nature into your space. A lighthearted space […]

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