Typically strippable wallpaper is on a non-woven substrate. Wallpaper that does not have any kind of adhesive applied to the back of the wallpaper. You will need to purchase the adhesive separately before you can install the wallpaper.
Wallpaper that has not been prepared for the application of a trim or border. The border edges are still on the roll when it is packaged. The people installing the wallpaper need to trim the edges before installing it. Washable wallpaper can be cleaned using a damp cloth or sponge without sustaining any damage.
It will not withstand scrubbing or pressure for darker or older stains. Wet strippable wallpaper can be dampened and then peeled from the wall. It should largely peel in a single strip. The most delicate wallpaper that will not withstand most types of cleaning. When you use the damp cloth, you cannot apply pressure as the wallpaper is fragile. Need Help? Shopping Cart 0. Toggle navigation Toggle navigation.
Wallpaper Glossary Accent Wall The wall in a room where additional work has been done to attract attention. Accordion Folding A technique used to gently deliver wallpaper from the work station to the wall. Aeration of Adhesives Small holes caused by air bubbles in the adhesive on a strip of wallpaper, often created during the mixing process.
All-over Design A room that has a consistent wallpaper pattern so that no one place is emphasized over the rest of the room.
Architrave The molding around doors, window, and other openings in the wall. Baseboard The molding located at the bottom of a wall. Blister A small bubble of air behind the wallpaper. Bolt Another name for a double roll.
Booking Once a strip of wallpaper is wetted prepasted or paste added unpasted , it will typically be set down to rest. Border A narrow strip of wallpaper that is installed horizontally over the primary wallpaper. Breathable The term refers to how well water can pass through the wallpaper. Cellulose Paste A type of paste made from cotton, plants, wood pulp, or other natural material.
Centering Using the most dominant part of a wallpaper pattern to draw the eye to a focal point, like the fireplace or piano. Chair Rail Originally added to walls to reduce the amount of scrapping and scratches from chairs against the wall, the chair rail is a molding installed at the average height of the tops of chairs.
Color Change When manufacturers change the colors used for a particular pattern; the pattern remains the same, but the colors will be slightly different from the previous run. Color Run The amount of a particular color and pattern a manufacture produces until the color runs out.
Color Wheel The traditional alignment of colors on a wheel to show their relationship to each other. Color Way The term describes the particular color used in a pattern. Cross Seaming When wallpaper is installed over walls with an existing seam, such as paneling, the wallpaper is usually installed horizontally instead of vertically.
Dado The area of the wall between the baseboard and chair rail. Dead Corner Another term for kill point. Double Cut Double cutting is when wallpaper is overlapped during installation, then cut through both layers. Double Roll In the US, wallpaper is typically priced in single rolls, but sold in double rolls. The double roll is one long strip of wallpaper so that the roll is double the width of a single roll Drop Match A wallpaper with a drop match pattern creates a diagonal sequence in the room.
Drop The length of the wallpaper made to fit a certain area. Dry Hanging Another term for pastes-the-wall application of wallpaper. Dry Strippable Wallpaper that can be removed without water or additional preparation. Dye-lot Number Each batch of wallpaper produced in manufacturing during a single run is given a dye-lot number.
Easy Match During the installation process, the wallpaper strips are matched using designated points. Embossed Wallpaper with a raised texture or the look of a raised texture.
Expanded Vinyl The primary benefit of expanded vinyl wallpaper is that special inks are used to create a textured look. Faux A term used to mean fake or imitation, such as faux brick, faux grasscloth, or faux stone. Fill The area of the wall between the chair rail and the ceiling. Free Match Free match refers to the wallpaper pattern, which is the easiest type to install.
Fabric-backed Vinyl Any wallpaper that has a fabric backing falls into this category. Grasscloth This particular type of wallpaper is popular because each pattern is unique. Half Drop A drop match pattern that requires dropping the pattern half way down the repeat and aligning it with the ceiling line to keep the pattern consistent. Header Strip Wallpaper that is made or cut specifically for the wall above doors and windows. Heavy-weight Vinyl To add an embossed pattern, heavy-weight vinyl is required.
Kill Point Kill point is a term to indicate when a four-room wallpaper project reaches the end. Linear Feet When working with wallpaper, measurements are done in linear feet. Liner Paper Liner paper is a type of thick vinyl wallcovering that is installed before installing decorative wallpaper. Match The term refers to where a pattern aligns, or matches, between strips. Memo Another name for a wallpaper sample. Motif A design or pattern that recurs.
Mural Murals usually refer to paintings, but there are a few examples of incredibly elegant wallpaper that makes a single picture with no repeats. Muted Colors Colors that have been softened or lessened, typically by using complementary colors. Neutral Colors Colors associated with the Earth, such as beige, browns, greys, and white. Advances in block-printing technology heralded the widespread use of wallpaper.
Images taken from tapestries and other expensive fabrics such as damasks and tooled leather, used by the wealthy to adorn their walls, were copied on to blocks of paper for poorer households. The first guild for dominotiers — makers of wallpaper — was created in France in The papers featured flowers, swans, birds and beasts, and were often hung as panels, framed with gilt edges. Cornucopia overflowing with fruits were a popular motif. At roughly the same time, the Chinese were exporting vast quantities of both furnishing fabrics and rice wallpapers, likewise decorated with oriental flowers, birds and landscapes.
Chinoiserie became all the rage, and in no time the designs were copied by Europeans. Flocked wallpaper — usually hung on batons and long seen as the epitome of tastelessness — dates back to The first examples were a cheap substitute for cut velvet. The coloured paper was coated with patterns of glue on to which was sprinkled the shearings of wool left from cloth making.
Historic examples are surprisingly attractive. The mid 18th Century saw a massive expansion of Chinese workshops making woodblock prints in a wallpaper format to cater to the Western love of everything Eastern. These bird-and-flower export wallpapers had brightly coloured backgrounds. Aimed squarely at the European market, they became a defining feature of the English country house frequently mentioned in letters and diaries. Since this is a strong look, be cautious about what other colors and patterns you put in the room.
All the patterns should complement rather than fight with each other. A wallpapered feature wall is a great way to either create or enhance an already existing focal point. It draws the eye in and creates a striking feature. When it comes to this use of wallpaper, you can go bold or you can go subtle, just make sure you're not competing with any other focal point in the room.
When there's more than one focal point, the eye gets confused and it creates a sense of chaos. Try installing wallpaper on the wall behind the TV or fireplace, or any other spot the eye is naturally drawn to. So often people forget to look up. But the ceiling, or fifth wall as some call it, provides a great opportunity to have some fun with wallpaper and create a unique look. If you're going this route, you may as well go all the way and choose something highly decorative or bold.
Don't waste the effort on something subtle. This is not a recommended DIY project, as the installation is awkward and you should ensure it doesn't bubble or peel.
Get it done right the first time and hire a professional installer. If you want to upcycle an old piece or add a little flair to something plain, consider applying wallpaper to a piece of furniture. This works particularly well on pieces that have clean lines and simple silhouettes not too many curves , such as chests of drawers or console tables. Keep in mind that the paper doesn't have to have a pattern; sometimes a textured wallpaper such as seagrass adds just the right amount of interest.
An open bookcase is a great place to add a little decorative flair with wallpaper. In a process that can take up to 4 weeks, using 30 different blocks and 15 separate colours, this video recreates the painstaking process in block-printing a William Morris wallpaper design from Technical improvements in the block-printing process meant that by the middle of the 18th century patterns could be printed in many colours and styles and the wallpaper industry in Britain flourished.
As a result, it attracted the attention of the Excise Office who saw in wallpaper a potentially rich new source of revenue. These taxes inevitably led to increased prices and encouraged manufacturers to focus on more expensive wallpapers. Despite this, demand remained high and elegantly coloured patterns were sold by fashionable upholsterers like Thomas Chippendale.
The period was also particularly rich and inventive in terms of design. Floral patterns containing finely-coloured roses and carnations were most popular but architectural and landscape scenes were also admired. A paper from Doddington Hall contains framed figures and landscapes interspersed with flowers and insects, and the bright blues and pinks remind us that 18th-century interiors were often decorated in vivid colours.
The idea of a wallpaper incorporating pictures within frames was inspired by the fashion for rooms decorated with prints cut out and pasted directly on to the wall, known as Print Rooms, that were pioneered by collectors such as Horace Walpole.
Most flock patterns were copied from textiles and imitated the appearance of cut velvets and silk damasks. Flock wallpapers were made with powdered wool, a waste product of the woollen industry, which was shaken over a fabric prepared with a design printed in varnish or size a substance similar to glue.
The powdered wool formed a rich pile that stuck to those areas covered by the design. At first, flock was applied to canvas or linen, but in Jerome Lanier, a Huguenot refugee working in London, patented a method by which the coloured wools could be applied to painted paper, and by the end of the 17th century flock wallpapers, as we know them, had appeared.
They quickly became extremely fashionable. Their ability to accurately imitate textiles, at a time when it was customary to cover walls with fabric, was greatly admired, as was their cheaper price. Flock papers also had the added advantage of repelling moths due to turpentine used in the adhesive. A particularly magnificent example, featuring a large damask design of crimson flock on a deep pink background, was hung in the Privy Council offices, Whitehall, around , and in the Queen's Drawing Room in Hampton Court Palace.
By the third quarter of the 18th century there was hardly a country house in England that did not have at least one room decorated in a similar fashion. An even more expensive decoration were the wallpapers made in China that first appeared in London in the late 17th century as part of a larger trade in Chinese lacquer, porcelain and silks. They rapidly came to dominate the market for luxury wall coverings for the next hundred years. Unlike European wallpapers, Chinese papers were painted, not printed, and featured large-scale, non-repeating pictorial scenes.
Every set of papers was individually composed but the designs tended to fall into two groups. The first depicted the occupations and activities of Chinese life, while the second represented an assortment of exotic plants and birds, elegantly balanced in a landscape of shrubs and trees, that covered the walls of an entire room.
Ironically, the Chinese did not use wallpapers themselves and their products were made exclusively for export. The accuracy and sophistication of their colours, and the naturalism and detail of their designs set new standards of excellence in wallpaper manufacture and established it as a luxury decoration much sought after. However, such was their reputation that before long European manufacturers were producing printed and hand-coloured imitations.
Read more about Chinese wallpapers and the chinoiserie style. Up until all wallpapers were produced by hand using the block-printing process that, as we have seen, was labour-intensive and slow.
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