You want to wallpaper at home... and here you are in a supernatural, technical, strange, even incomprehensible world. Everything will be alright ! Here is a simple element and essential:non-woven paper ! ☺
Wallpaper is simple. It's unpainted paper. Ah… it starts well.
Small lesson on non-woven:(don't go away, it's great!)
Non-woven :composed of in and woven. Yes, it's amazing.
Definition of non-woven fabric :Made of cellulose and textile fibers or polyester, it has great dimensional stability and is wrinkle-resistant. This makes it particularly suitable for places that are difficult to wallpaper, especially since when its weight is high, it hides the surface irregularities of the wall. In addition, it is hardly flammable. Although permeable to air and water vapor, a layer of vinyl can make it waterproof. The glue can be applied either on the back of the wallpaper – in this case, without impregnation time – or on the wall, resulting in a significant time saving:only two hours are needed to wallpaper a room of 20 m² pasting the wall against more than double pasting the wallpaper. Finally, non-woven wallpaper is easy to dry remove . (Mélanie BAY and Alizée GLASSER)
The non-woven is not woven , it is a compression of fibers with a binder. This is how paper handkerchiefs are made, for example. So, I don't advise you to stick tissue paper on your living room wall as decoration. But if you do, please send us a photo!
The non-woven fabric is revolutionary in the sense that it allows you to hang your wallpaper without taking out your wallpapering table , without distemper time (what an ugly word). Indeed, we paste the wall, and not the wallpaper. It's much simpler, less messy!
In addition, this special paper makes it possible to hide the imperfections of a wall . The thicker it is, the more illusion it creates! Not to mention that the material is very pleasant to the touch!
The wallpaper is imported from China and was, indeed, hand-painted !
Wallpaper, as we know it today, appeared in the 18th century, and it is printed . At first, it was quite artisanal, but with the invention of printing machines, it became industrial.
There are all kinds of support :paper, vinyl, velvet, straw, etc
Printers multiply techniques and then appear effects very nice:embossing, gilding, foam, etc
Wallpaper is a star :we stick it everywhere, from the ugliest to the most colorful, from the most flowery to the most hideous, from floor to ceiling! And then one day, the overdose? too much is too much? one day...the wallpaper has lost its luster and the sales are dropping...
Non-woven fabric was invented a few years ago and has greatly facilitated the installation technique ! No more need for a board, time for distempering, which is considerable. Wallpaper finds a new lease of life and so does its sales. Since then, graphic designers and illustrators of all kinds have let their creativity explode and it's a flood of patterns, colors, images! The new idea is to put wallpaper only in decorative touches:a length in the entrance, a wall in the bedroom, allowing for a few eccentricities. And with the arrival of digital prints, there are no more limits when it comes to decorating wallpaper:you can print whatever you want!
