2019-06-01 Homes and Gardens

Fromboldbotanicsandcolourfulfloralstostriking

cityscapesandmonochromegraphics,Graham&Brown’s

wallpapershavebeenmakinganimpactformorethan

70 years.FoundedinBlackburnin1946,byfriendsHarold

GrahamandHenryBrown,thefirmis stillownedbyits

twofoundingfamilies– CEOAndrewis Harold’sgrandson

andchairmanJohnCarteris Henry’s.Anarchiveofover

30,000piecescomprisesin-housedesignsandhistoric

works, some of which date back 200 years. ‘People can

dresstheirwallswithpaperstoexpressthemselvesinthe

samewaythatclothesmakea personalstatement,’says

Andrew.‘It’sourjobtoinspireandencourageconfidence.

Atthesametime,wearealwayslookingforwaystoinnovate.

I’veheardthephrase“fromragstoriches,richestoragsin

threegenerations”– toavoidthatwemixthird-generation

familyleadershipwithanexcellentteam.Weemploy

peoplewhoshareourvalues.Forus,creatingwallpaper

is an artisanal process with a human touch at its heart.’

Andrew GrAhAm mBe CeO, Graham & Brown

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