The surface of wallcoverings products usually commands the majority of attention paid to wallcoverings, but the backing material is just as important with regard to function and installation. The various types of backings are:
Paper backings: Used on paper backed vinyls, vinyl coated papers and specialty products.
Woven fabric backings: Common materials used as this backing are scrim, osnaburg, or drill cloth. Scrim is used mostly in light construction. Osnaburg is installed in medium to heavy usage areas. Drill cloth is used in the heaviest wallcoverings.
Non woven fabric backings: Non woven wallcovering substrates are produced on a paper machine from a mixture of long fiber cellulose pulps and textile fibers combined with binders. The web is reinforced with acrylates and pigments are added to provide opacity. Special additives are used provide wet strength and absorbency. Non wovens provide a substrate that is dimensionally stable when wet thus allowing a paste the wall technique to be used for hanging.
Latex acrylic backings: Used on fabric wallcoverings to allow for stability and improved hanging qualities.
Damask, once restricted to formal rooms, has today come into much more general use than ever before in its long history. In this adaptation to our 20th century life, two extremes of patterns have evolved. One is characterized by new colour effects, the other simulates a fabric dulled and worn by age. And under good decorators or discriminating householders, damask-covered furni- ture and window and other draperies are successfully associated with fine furnishings of many periods, including our own.
Fashion, is by definition the style characteristic of the social elite. Wallpaper can bring the world of fashion into your home. Stripes, Damask, Anaglypta, Victorian Antiques and Vintage Floral Patterns are all available at Shelby Paint & Decorating in Shelby Township, Rochester Hills & Grosse Pointe Woods. Our on staff designers can help you pick out the right fashions to accent the decor of your home.
Check out some of the latest Antonina Vella patterns below….
Choosing a color for your home doesn’t have to be difficult. Shelby Paint & Decorating has many tools that can eliminate costly mistakes and help you visualize colors before you buy the paint. We also have pints available in any color for the really difficult color situations. See how Benjamin Moore’s Personal Color View works below.
