A YORK-based wallpaper designer is hanging more than paper on her wall after winning a top title at the Northern Design Awards.

Deborah Bowness scooped the title of Best Wallpaper Collection after launching her collection WALLPAPER by deborah bowness in September this year.

Her Standards Collection beat four other wallpaper collections by northern wallpaper manufacturers to gain the accolade.

The award was presented at a ceremony in Manchester to Deborah and colleague Leigh Bowness by Wayne Hemingway, former fashion designer and owner of Red Or Dead.

Leigh Bowness said: “This award is recognition that Deborah’s designs really do stand apart.

“The award is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the small but exceptionally talented team of people we have working for us here in York.

“We are thrilled that after 14 years of designing and making wallpapers, Deborah’s work has been awarded this recognition.”