Change your shower curtains whenever they start to detract from the look of your bathroom and you have not managed to revive them with a bit of loving care. If a good wash and clean up has not made them look better, nothing is going to work and it’s time t...
It depends what you have in mind for your bathroom and what price you want to pay. Normal shower curtains are made from waterproof synthetic material like polyester and vinyl. They are generally cheap and cheerful and not such a big expense that you won’t...
If your curtain has to stand up to daily use be sure to choose a quality product. How do you tell with a shower curtain? Look for high quality (sometimes double) stitching so that the curtain won’t fray at the seams good quality grommets (used to reinforce...
No one really knows exactly why this happens when you run a shower. Though there are a few theories knocking around no one has the exact answer (yet). Anyway to stop this you can buy shower curtains with magnets sewn into the hem of the curtain (or add you...
No, new shower curtains are not toxic, no matter what material the are made of. There is quite a trend in buying natural cotton and hemp shower curtains lately - and they look great - but there’s no need to buy them for safety reasons. Not sure where this ...
Avoid mildew by airing off your shower curtain every time you take a shower. This involves nothing more than opening out the shower curtain fully to let it dry rather than leaving it all gathered together at one side of the bath. If shower curtains start t...
If you want to encourage your baby's ability to recognize objects -I think that wallpaper in a larger scale pattern is the best choice. Obviously primary colors are best for young children - the pastels are best used for "sleeping" only. If you want to giv...
Think first about practical aspects of the room such as: Function: How is the room used? Warm colors work well for active rooms, cool colors for relaxation areas. People: Who will use the room? Consider their color preferences when selecting your color sch...
Yes, the key is to recognize your personality traits and complement them with the right color and pattern. If you find yourself feeling stressed out at the end of the day - then decorate your resting space, i.e. your reading room, bedroom, or den, in paler...
In general, light colors add a feeling of spaciousness. In particular, striped wallcoverings are a sure bet for adding height to a room. Stripes visually raise the height of the ceiling by drawing the eye upward. At the same time, pastel colors broaden the...
The most popular types of wallpaper you will find at your local wallpaper retailer or home improvement store are: Vinyl Coated Paper - this wallpaper has a paper substrate on which the decorative surface has been sprayed or coated with an acrylic type viny...
All wallpapers, except some textures and murals, have a pattern repeat. The repeat is the vertical distance between one point on the pattern to the identical point vertically. This pattern repeat is an integral part of the design. The repeat can range anyw...
Wallpaper comes in different lengths and widths and, although usually priced by the single roll, it is packaged either as double or triple rolls. People may find this packaging versus pricing situation hard to understand. However, wallpaper is packaged thi...
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...
A pattern number and dye-lot or "run number" is printed on each roll. A pattern number identifies a particular design and color way of a pattern. The dye-lot number represents a particular group of rolls that are printed on the same print run. Different dy...
Yes, it is still a very good way to make a focal point in a room. Using an interesting wallcovering can highlight an important area of a room such as around a fireplace, or create a positive first impression in an entrance hall, for example. You could pape...
Every year there are new colours and designs in every product area responding to global and local influences, cultural and lifestyle trends and changes. Wallcovering manufacturers regularly bring out new colours and designs too; sometimes subtle variations...
Absolutely yes, and to be honest, not completely! Wallpaper has had a bad rap in recent years—many thought it as just being the stuff your gran used to have in the lounge. It’s come a long way since then. Homeowners shown contemporary wallpaper collections...
Most wallpaper rolls are about half a metre wide and 10 metres long, so that will give you about 3 drops given the standard wall height of 2.4 metres—about 5 square metres per roll. A normal-sized living room would take around 7 rolls, generally speaking b...
Yes, in a way—your retailer will provide you with a good-sized sample piece of the wallpaper you like so you can try it at home. Just tape or pin the sample on the wall and see how it looks.
Yes you can and no, it isn’t. It’s much easier now, with pre-pasted papers and new technologies like non-woven backings. Retailers will advise you; they have instruction leaflets and videos/DVDs that show you how. A great place to start is our ...
It used to be, but that was then—now there are papers that can be easily stripped and replaced. We make a very effective wallpaper stripper (Metylan Special Wallpaper Remover) that will make the job simple and quick. And if you make sure that the walls are...