Bernau Designs provides professional wallpaper and wallcovering installation, along with wallpaper removal, throughout Metro Detroit. Based in Troy, we serve Detroit, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe, Rochester, Rochester Hills, West Bloomfield, Clarkston, Lake Orion, Northville, Plymouth, Ann Arbor, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Waterford, Metamora, Romeo, and surrounding Southeast Michigan communities.
I began learning the wallcovering trade at the age of 12, working summers with my dad, pasting wallpaper, learning to match patterns, and even covering light switch plates. Those early years gave me a foundation in the patience, precision, and craftsmanship that professional wallpaper installation requires.
In 1990, I founded Bernau Designs. Since then, my career has taken me from wallpaper installation and faux finishing to working as a scenic artist, including projects for Feld Entertainment’s Nuclear Cowboyz and Disney on Ice. My wallpaper installation work has appeared in interiors published by The Detroit News Homestyle and The Macomb Daily. I also created Wallcoverings, an iPhone app that calculates the number of wallpaper rolls needed for a project and was featured by The UK Telegraph in its 30 Best Property Apps. Today, I bring that same attention to detail and craftsmanship to every wallpaper and wallcovering installation.
Over the years, I have worked with many talented individuals—from designers to builders to those who are constantly perfecting their craft or trade.
Someone once asked me, “What does it take to do a great wallpaper job?” My response was, “Pride—pride and a love or passion for what you do.” Pride, because my name is attached to my work, and my work reflects who I am. Love, because it’s what drives you to stay late at night and rise early in the morning.
I believe there is a common thread among those who excel in their fields. What sets them apart is their pride in their work and a deep passion for what they do.
Thank you! I have learned something from each and every one of them along the way!
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Equally useful is this “simplified wallpaper estimator” by decorator Barry Bernau. It lets you calculate the wall space to be covered, then tells you how many rolls you need.
With over 35 years of experience, Barry specializes in high-end commercial and residential wallpaper projects. His expertise includes murals, de Gournay Chinoiserie, Phillip Jeffries, Graham & Brown, York, Serena and Lily wallpaper, vinyl, mylar, foil, grasscloth, hand prints, silk screen, and custom wall coverings. You can trust Barry to install your chosen materials with perfection
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Personalized wallpaper installation and removal estimates provided by the owner, as well as work performed by the owner.
(248) 924-8944
Before you hire a wallpaper installer — and especially before you order your wallpaper — you need to know how much material the job actually requires. Wallpaper is not measured like paint. Roll width, roll length, wall height, pattern repeat, and pattern match can all affect how much paper you need.
After decades of measuring and installing wallpaper, I created focalScan to make that first step easier.
focalScan turns iPhone LiDAR into a paint, tile, flooring, trim, and wallpaper calculator — scan a room and share the results.
I have been working with wallpaper and wallcoverings since I was 12 years old and founded Bernau Designs in 1990. One of the most common problems I see is homeowners ordering the wrong amount of wallpaper.
Order too little, and the job may be delayed — or the same dye lot may no longer be available. Order too much, and you have spent money on material you may never use.
That experience is what led me to create focalScan, a measuring tool designed with the realities of wallpaper installation in mind.
focalScan helps homeowners and professionals measure a room and estimate wallpaper quantities using the same information that matters when I measure a project:
If your project is in Troy, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester, Grosse Pointe, Northville, Plymouth, Detroit or elsewhere in Southeast Michigan, I can help determine how much wallpaper your project requires and provide a professional installation estimate.
Once the measurements and wallpaper are right, I’ll handle the installation.
(248) 924-8944 | Free Wallpaper Installation Estimates in Southeast Michigan
