Wallpapers that WOW at The Old Bell Hotel

Another of our co-owner Kim Hanks’ design crushes, Lewis & Wood was established in 1993 as a creative collaboration between textile printer Stephen Lewis and interior designer Joanna Wood. Based in Woodchester Mill, a magnificent building in the Stroud Valleys just 14 miles from The Old Bell Hotel, Lewis and Wood is known for the individual character of its wallpapers. They have a wealth of designs all printed locally, including quirky florals, charming pictorials of the English countryside and folksy styles.

“We do put a lot of effort into being different.” Stephen Lewis

With over 30 years experience in the design world, Anna French is renowned for her innovative yet classic design. Anna’s business is driven by her determination to remain both bold and original. From her courageous use of colour in the vibrant prints she produced in art school in the 1960’s to her latest wallpaper and fabric collections, she embodies the movement, form and patterns of the environments which surround her.

Melissa White designs and hand paints incredible surface patterns at her studio in Hastings on the Sussex Coast of England. Coming to the world of decorative interiors in a rather unconventional way, Melissa has a background of reproducing Elizabethan wall paintings and painted cloths in the tradition of craftsmens known as 'painter stainers'. Her signature paintwork is often finished with ageing and distressing to distance it from the new and the mass produced. We were delighted to welcome Melissa as a guest to The Old Bell Hotel over the summer!