Learn more about Home WallPaper

Wallpaper is now the in thing for decorating your wall, as new styles and materials emerge. With its ability to capture any style or color scheme, wallpaper helps you express your personality and style - from contemporary to romantic to country or eclectic! In addition, wallpaper featuring certain patterns such as stripes and overall prints to perform optical illusions that make rooms that ordinarily look too long, too boxy or have low ceilings appear more proportionate.

BASIC WALLPAPER CATEGORIES

Below is a listing of the most important or common characteristics and definitions for wallpaper:

• Scrubbable means that the wallpaper can withstand scrubbing with a brush and a prescribed detergent solution. (An attribute that would be useful for wallpaper used in a kitchen, bath or laundry room, for example.) Washable means that the wallpaper can withstand occasional sponging with a prescribed detergent solution. (Great for living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms.)
  
• Stain Resistance is the ability to show no appreciable change after the removal of different types of stains such as grease, butter, coffee, etc. (Ideal for kitchens and baths. Abrasion Resistance is the ability to withstand rubbing, scraping or scrubbing. (A good attribute for wallpaper in a foyer or hallway.)
  
• Colorfastness is the ability to resist change or loss of color caused by exposure to light. (Most of today's wallpapers easily provide this attribute.)
  
• Peelable means that the decorative surface and ground may be dry peeled from the wall, leaving a continuous layer of the substrate on the wall. This remaining substrate can be used as a liner for hanging new wallpaper. Peelable paper is great if you love the look of wallpaper and plan on redecorating with it again and again.
  
• Strippable means that the wallpaper can be dry stripped from the wall leaving a minimum of paste or adhesive residue and without damage to the wall's surface. This is the type to use of your are renting or leasing, as the paper can be easily removed when you leave. Pre pasted means that the substrate of the wallpaper has already been treated with an adhesive that is activated by water.