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    <h1>About Wallpaper Contractor</h1>

    <p>Wallpaper Contractor is a free, curated directory of <em>commercial-scale</em> wallcovering installation contractors operating in the United States. The directory exists because procurement teams, general contractors, FF&amp;E purchasing groups, hotel ownership groups, and design firms routinely need to find an installation contractor capable of delivering a 30,000-square-foot, 100,000-square-foot, or larger commercial wallcovering scope &mdash; and the existing options online are mostly residential paperhanger directories that cannot serve that scale.</p>

    <h2>Commercial-scale, not residential</h2>
    <p>The contractors listed here are <strong>companies</strong>, not individual installers. Each carries general liability insurance (typically $2M&ndash;$10M aggregate), most carry surety bonding for performance-bonded public work, and each can field a peak crew of 8 to 30+ wallcovering installers. Many are union-affiliated through the IUPAT, which is required for many federal, state, and large-format commercial projects. For single-installer residential and small-commercial paperhangers, see our sister directory at <a href="https://nationalpaperhangers.com">NationalPaperHangers.com</a>.</p>

    <h2>What's in each listing</h2>
    <p>Each listing includes the company name, the principal's name, the metro the company is based in, the regions the company services, the project segments they actively work in (hospitality, luxury hotel, casino, resort, restaurant, multifamily, healthcare, education, corporate, retail, cruise, government), the wallcovering specialties they install (Type II commercial vinyl, Type III heavy-duty, antimicrobial, acoustic, grasscloth, silk, hand-painted murals, digital murals, leather wall panels, marine-grade, historic restoration), peak crew size, years in business, surety bonding status, general-liability insurance limits, union affiliation, and a direct contact path.</p>

    <h2>Verify coverage before contracting</h2>
    <p>Listings reflect contractor-supplied bonding and insurance information at the time of indexing. Coverage limits, named-insured parties, and policy currency change over time. <strong>Verify current coverage and limits with the contractor before contracting work.</strong> Most procurement teams will require an Acord 25 certificate of insurance and a current bond capacity letter before contract award; this directory is a starting point, not a substitute for those documents.</p>

    <h2>Who maintains the directory</h2>
    <p>The directory is operated by <a href="https://designerwallcoverings.com">Designer Wallcoverings</a> as a free industry resource. Designer Wallcoverings is a wallcovering distributor with an extended hospitality and commercial-FF&amp;E history, so we have a direct interest in keeping commercial-installer information accurate and accessible. Listings are not pay-to-play and there is no advertising on the site.</p>

    <h2>How to list your company</h2>
    <p>If you run a commercial wallcovering installation company and would like to be added &mdash; or if you are listed and need to update regions, segments, specialties, crew size, bonding, or insurance information &mdash; email <a href="mailto:<%= site.email %>"><%= site.email %></a> with the details. We typically update the directory weekly.</p>

    <h2>How to flag a correction</h2>
    <p>If a listing is wrong or out of date, email <a href="mailto:<%= site.email %>"><%= site.email %></a> with the company name and the correction. Bonding and insurance updates are processed on the same business day where possible.</p>
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