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Warm Up Your Walls With Woven Wallcovering
Create a Rich Base of Texture With Grasscloth, Linen and More
I'm a home makeover TV show producer, interior designer and the creator of Decor Demon, lifestyle editorial with an edge. http://www.decordemon.com
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Lots of decorators have signature elements which appear again and again throughout their portfolios. For me, it's woven wallcovering. I find it surprising since just five years ago, I'd never use anything besides paint on walls. Now, I turn to wallcovering so much that I turn to pigment-by-the-gallon solely for furniture and trim.
Grasscloth is probably the most popular style of woven wallcovering. But with wallpaper making a huge comeback, there are lots of other options out there for wrapping your walls in natural materials, from paper weave to linen, from raffia to seagrass. While many are totally organic, others notsomuch ... but that can just be our little secret.
Grasscloth is probably the most popular style of woven wallcovering. But with wallpaper making a huge comeback, there are lots of other options out there for wrapping your walls in natural materials, from paper weave to linen, from raffia to seagrass. While many are totally organic, others notsomuch ... but that can just be our little secret.
by Amy Lau Design
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Anyone afraid of color but considering woven wallcovering for their home will surely fall in love with neutral seagrass. It's a great way to be somewhat beige without being boring. By the time you place furniture and accessories in front the newly covered wall, you'll find the texture helps almost every cherished item pop. PaperMyWalls is an affordable source I often use for neutral grasscloth.
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Yeah, this photo has already appeared in dozens of ideabooks. Why? Because the idea totally rocks. I've done this several times and it's always a hit. If you can't commit to full walls of woven wallcovering, consider installing it in panels framed with picture molding or chair rail. This gives you the touch of texture with a bit more graphic impact. It also saves a good chunk of change since you'll need a lot less material.
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The washed linen look! Here's a woven wallcovering with a more casual, relaxed aesthetic. There are a of choices out there, from color to scale and price. If you're not totally attached to being organic, many vinyl options are so similar in appearance, it's virtually impossible to tell the real from the fake.
by Craig Denis
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Tone-on-tone style can often be tricky to pull off, unless woven wallcovering is part of the master plan. With little-to-no contrast and the same hue floor-to-ceiling, it's gotta be all about a play on textures. Between the sisal carpet, zebra print upholstery, repurposed sack lampshades and grasscloth, every main element here is natural. And with the exception of the zebra, it's all slightly different shades of the same hue. A great way to finish off a tone-on-tone space with woven wallcovering walls is to paint the ceiling one of the shades found in the wall material.
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by Gast Architects
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| Grasscloth introduces a clean, architectural, floor-to-ceiling line. This is the result of several panels installed side-by-side, with contrasting tones of the weave lined up. |
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When woven wallcovering comes with a faint, elegant sheen, it's often delicate to the touch. You'll be better off hiring a professional paper hanger to install this. One of the biggest issues with trying to do it yourself is waste. All it takes is one wrong cut and an entire roll can become useless. Spending money on professional installation will most likely save you money.
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Grasscloth in a bathroom? Yes! While it's wise to keep it away from very wet spaces, woven wallcovering is an amazing way to spruce up a tiny powder room. The smaller size of most powder rooms make them the perfect place to experiment.
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| And then there's texture layering which can make even the largest bedroom cozy and warm. A woven wallcovering even on just one wall helps tie together layers of color and texture.
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Casart Coverings I've really been enjoying your posts! Thank you for using our Orange Faux Linen wallcovering in the third photo that Mary Douglas Drysdale used for this shot, which is vinyl by the way. It looks real because it is originally hand-painted and printed onto a removable and reusable wallcovering. It's wipeable, totally practical and with a DIY repositionable installation. Funny, the last picture you posted was my inspiration for painting this faux raw silk and adding to our Casart coverings "Organics" line. I'm so down for using wallcovering in unusual and unexpected ways like different directional panels or for an individual wall or even furniture...in fact we have faux panels too. To me the ideas for wallcoverings and their use are endless. 
2 years ago · Like
Shoshana Gosselin decordemon, this post rocks! as a decorator, i also adore wall coverings-can be dressed up or dressed down (like the prom vs picnic in the park).
2 years ago · Like
Nat Thank you for this ideabook as we are currently designing with layering of textures in our coastal home and grasscloth would be perfect!
2 years ago · Like
MFAMB aka Jenny my heart belongs to grasscloth covered walls.
2 years ago · Like
ksuze Beautiful! I have been thinking about adding grasscloth to a bathroom. The previous owners painted and textured (poorly) over wall paper. How smooth do you think the walls need to be to add the grassscloth?
2 years ago · Like
CJ Sebert Very nice! Here's a picture of a friends bath with grasscloth. 
2 years ago · Like
stable1pam i love the grasscloth wallpaper, i put some on my dining room wall last year and i like it, glad i am in style because no one i know has used it since the 70's.
2 years ago · Like
kbgnc This is so funny - I was just looking at a grasscloth book at a wallpaper store yesterday! I'm planning to install it in my hallway in the near future. Love the first picture. Has anyone ever tried installing it themselves? I'm wondering if it's hard (I've done regular wallpaper myself before).
2 years ago · Like
nitaiflick I find your style quite excellent, and will definitely be incorporating some ideas you've given me, in my house. Thanks!
2 years ago · Like
Designer Wallcoverings BY far our best category of product are our natural grasscloth wallpapers: We carry hundreds: http://designerwallcoverings.com/WallpaperStore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1604_67
5 months ago · Like
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