Hand painted panels transformed into timeless wallpapers, each Mia Reay design is uniquely inspired by the beauty of nature, contemporary art and historical works of aesthetic interest.
Bringing colour, texture and form together through brushstrokes and inks, every piece offers an uplifting style with a quintessentially eccentric Englishness – where each roll has been intentionally crafted to show the singular intricacies of the handmade artistry.
Inspiration
Lady Mia Reay was born in Finland and spent her youth immersed in diverse cultures, travelling the world and garnering her deep love and appreciation of all things beautiful and interesting. Taking up painting at an early age, she developed her own style and over the years, a passion for interiors.
Having spent her entire adult life in the UK, Mia seasonally resides between places of outstanding beauty and inspiration – such as the English countryside of Ruskin, historic Scotland (her husband has strong Scottish roots as the Chief of the Clan Mackay), the Finnish seaside and London. As such, she has curated a very British collection full of eccentric charm, which complements her passion for global art and natural beauty whilst retaining a touch of her Nordic roots. The result is a collection of authentic designs offering an unmistakable sense of style that permits timeless grandeur and spice to be woven into even the smallest of rooms.
The designs are focused on the essence of what makes something beautiful, offering an ageless sense of intrigue to the aesthete drawn from a plethora of inspirations including ancient remnants of antique textiles, botany, birds and animals, architecture, jewellery and other aesthetic markers of life and social history. Steeped in all this, each design has a story to tell. Many are also purposefully made so that that owner can also be creative in their judgement as to how the pieces are hung, offering the end user an opportunity to become part of the creative process.
In addition to Mia being an accomplished artist herself, the design studio engages the energy and insight of a talented British design team, including well known artists such as Graham Carr. Each wallpaper begins as a hand-painted fine art panel, which is then printed and produced locally in England using traditional British manufacturing skills.
Ethical production is at the heart of our philosophy. From the materials to digital, the company works with care and consideration for the environment, using local and ethical sourcing, manufacturing and shipping.
Showrooms
London
New York
JAMES Showroom
306 East 61st Street
Suite 403
New York, NY 10065
Justine Lynch – Showroom Manager
Atlanta
Travis and Company
351 Peachtree Hills Ave NE
Suite 128
Atlanta, GA 30305
Alan Hopkins – Showroom Manager
Tel: +1 (404) 237 5079
Chicago
Wells Abbott Showrooms
The Mart
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Suite 6-142
Chicago, IL 60654
Michael Flores – Vice President/COO
Tel: +1 (312) 809 5115
Dallas
Wells Abbott Showrooms
Dallas Design Center
1025 N. Stemmons Freeway
Suite 749
Dallas, TX 75207
Katrina Couch – Showroom Manager
Tel: +1 (214) 239 8722
Houston
Wells Abbott Showrooms
Decorative Center of Houston
5120 Woodway Drive
Suite 3010
Houston, TX 77056
Erica Smith – Showroom Manager
Tel: +1 (281) 783 8134
Los Angeles
Miami
Monica James & Company
131 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137
Tel: +1 (305) 576 6222
Email: sales@monicajames.com
Washington DC
Evans & Sheldon LLC
Cady’s Walk
1027 33rd Street NW
Suite 140
Washington DC 20007
Kate Evans
Tel: +1 (571) 213 8783
Montreal
Y&Co
4269 St. Catherine Street West
Suite 410
Westmount
Quebec H3Z 1P7
Eleonora Messa
Tel: +1 (515) 287 8998
Toronto
Adelaide
EC Collective
Elliott Clarke
C/o Abbode Interior Products
171 Magill Road
Maylands, SA 5069 Australia
Tel: +61 (08) 8362 9909
Brisbane
EC Collective
Elliott Clarke
Unit 2/269 Abbotsford Road
Bowen Hills, QLD 4006 Australia
Tel: +61 (07) 3852 1107
Melbourne
Perth
EC Collective
Elliott Clarke
C/o Decor Design Centre
185 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 Australia
Tel: +61 (08) 9328 1077
Sydney
EC Collective
Elliott Clarke
15-19 Boundary Street
Rushcutters Bay, NSW 2011 Australia
Tel: +61 (02) 9361 6199
Accreditations
All Mia Reay wallpapers and services follow the best sustainable and environmentally responsible approaches where possible. The website itself offers an ethical design catering for differently abled customers, and is hosted on green servers chosen for their reduced carbon footprints.
Wallpapers are manufactured from sustainable resources, using water-based non-toxic inks, environmentally safe and free from VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds). All wallpapers come with an A+ rating for Emissions dans l’air intérieur, the European accreditation for wall coverings and internal products used in homes and places of business.
All designs are printed on responsibly-sourced, non-woven bases, using wood pulp sourced from FSC certified forests. The polyester in the bases are mostly from recycled bottles, and a high percentage of the base is also biodegradable. Both the cardboard packaging and shrink film are recyclable.
In addition, all wallpapers come with a CE and more recently UKCA rating which mean that the manufacturer affirms conformity with European health, safety, and environmental protection standards.
The wallpapers also follow current European and US fire retardant guidelines. For Europe a classification of B – s1, d0 has been accredited, which fully complies in accordance with EN 13501-1:2007+A1: 2009. Also tested in the US, the results classed the wallpaper as Class 1 or A, following ASTM E84 guidelines.
Contact
Mia Reay Ltd
Whittington Hall
Whittington
Nr Kirkby Lonsdale
LA6 2NR
United Kingdom