Browns Borders In Stock

Cleveland Browns Border

It's Back!!  Cleveland Browns Wallpaper Border is impossible to find.  It is a border that is not currently being produced and yet there is a large demand for this product.  We quickly sold out of our last supply and just now have received a new shipment.  At a time when basketball is winding down, baseball is heating up (Cleveland Indians Home Opening Day is one day away) and football remains in the news, this is a good time to stock up on a Border that will soon become a collector's item.

Go Indians
Go Browns
Go Cavs 

Wallpaper Creative

In the last blog posting, we interviewed Gary Levine, a lifelong student of the ways of wallpaper and the current President of U.S. Wallcovering.  Over the past 60 years ( I know, he doesn't look THAT old),

Gary Levine, President, USW

Gary has studied new wallpaper hanging techniques and has become proficient in many aspects of the wallcovering industry.  Along the way, he has led seminars and workshops for thousands of people on the 'Best Way to Achieve a Perfect Wallpaper Installation'. 
There are 5 Super Technique Pointers that Gary would like to share with all readers:
1.  Don't use a seam roller
2.  Use activator, even for pre-pasted product
3.  'Book' wallpaper for 7-10 minutes
4.  Start hanging opposite the entrance to a room
5.  Use water boxes for borders, not for wallpaper
If you would like to have an explanation on any of these points, just drop us a line at uswallcovering@yahoo.com and we'll provide further details.

Creative Uses of Wallpaper

Wallpaper is not just for hanging on walls. Below is a listing of some of the more creative ways to apply wallpaper.

• Cover a refrigerator using adhesive-backed magnets
• Cover the back of a curio cabinet
• Cover the back of bookcases
• Cover a closet door (see photo below)
• Cover a portion of a cupboard door and surround with molding
• Use as a back-drop for a photograph--large or small
• Cover glass mirrors or place decals on windows
• Use as an accent wall 
• Use in lieu of a painting
• Apply to a ceiling

Example of sliding closet door covered with the same pattern as on the adjacent wall

  

Wallpaper Creative

You have a chance to make a change

In many ways and a very broad range

From closets to bookcases and even a frig

The use of wallpaper can be a bridge

From the simple to the simply spectacular

No matter what the plan or the vernacular

Whether stripes or clouds or checkered plaid

Wallpaper lifts your spirits and reduces the bad

It also can change the look or feel of a space

For this, one could make a very good case

Wallpaper Installation

Go With the Flow

Well, Spring still hasn't arrived at the shores of Lake Erie so, as promised, here are some more photos from Lapland.  The first photo is of the room sign outside an ice room at the Ice Hotel in Sweden.  Featured are the designers who created the room which is one of a select number of specially designed spaces. FLOW--How appropriate because it is the name of U.S. Wallcovering's new e-commerce website, For the Love of Wallcovering (FLOW for short).   The second photo shows the ice bed covered in reindeer skins and an expedition-grade sleeping bag.  You stay surprisingly warm.

Sleep Anyone

Wallpaper Installation

And, what you may ask, do photos of a Lapland Ice Hotel have to do with Wallpaper Installation.  Not much, except an ice hotel is probably one of the few places where wallpaper cannot be applied.  Otherwise, wallpaper is the perfect complement for any room or to cover just about any surface for that matter, except one of snow and ice.

In this week's blog we will start a series of tutorials on:
Advanced Techniques for Hanging Today's Wallcovering.

Our resident expert is Gary Levine, Owner of U.S. Wallcovering, a business devoted to all things wallcovering, wallpaper and borders. U.S. Wallcovering has been a leader in the wallcovering industry for over 105 years.  Gary grew up in the family business and has over 50 years experience working with wallpaper.  He has led seminars for thousands of people on 'The Advanced Techniques for Hanging Today's Wallpaper.'  In a recent interview, Gary revealed some techniques which are contrary to usual practices.  Let us start with Wallpaper Preparation.  At the start of a project, the roll of paper should be reverse rolled to take the tension out of the paper. And now,  it is time to 'book' the paper.
Booking Time.  Booking time refers to the time between when you apply activator or paste and the time you actually hang the paper.  Most instruction sheets suggest a 2-3 minute booking time but to quote Gary, "why manufacturers recommend 2 minutes is beyond us".  The appropriate amount of time for booking is 7-8 minutes in order to allow the paper to properly absorb the adhesive.

Stay tuned for additional Wallpaper Installation Tips in next week's blog.

Wallpaper Installation

Hanging wallpaper is a breeze

Honest, this is not some marketing tease

Just paste it up and smooth it down

You can do it all without a frown

Just pitch the roller and the tray

And be prepared to smile when visitors say

You did that perfect job without any help

Nary a scream, a shout or a yelp

And the resulting wall is a perfect '10'

Whether in a kitchen, dining room or den

Lapland Revisited and Ohio State Basketball

Dear reader, You are probably wondering what Lapland has to do with Ohio State Basketball.  Actually, there is a connection. Lapland is a #1 destination for winter beauty and Ohio State is a #1 pick for an NCAA championship.

We actually had some readers from Sweden checking out our last Lapland posting.  Kind of fun to see the blog activity map with green all over the USA and then a green entry in Sweden.  And, with wallpaper so popular in Lapland, especially in the Jokkmokk region there may be a real business opportunity in the making.  In the meantime, Disney comes to Lapland--I have sent off Hannah Montana, Peace sign, train and solar system borders and decals for the rooms of some young Laplanders.  Once the products are installed we'll try to get photos to post for all to see.

So, feast your eyes on some more Lapland photos and on some Ohio State decals just in time for March Madness.

Reindeer Race on Frozen Lake

Top of the Line Lapland Dress Code

Until Spring comes to Ohio I think I will continue to show photos from Lapland--puts our snow days and freezing temperatures into perspective.

And, now on to Ohio State.  One can imagine that the two gentleman in the Lapland photo above are cheering for Ohio State and encouraging the Buckeyes to maintain their #1 ranking.

 

There is a large assortment of Ohio State related decals available in time for OSU's certain appearance in the NCAA March Madness playoffs.  We can only hope they have a long run all the way to the Finals and beyond.  Go Buckeyes!

Lapland--Ohio State

Can't get it out of my head

Even when all is done and said

Lapland as a destination is much fun

Just as Ohio State basketball is # 1

Though world's apart, there is a bond

One that reaches across the Atlantic pond

In Lapland they mine for tin

And in Ohio they seek a win

So here's hoping reindeer will find food

And the Buckeyes will be in a champion mood