Is there a good UK source for out-of-date (but not antique) wallpaper? Google only seems to throw up US (and hugely expensive) suppliers. Ideally, I'd like to match this pattern:
Many thanks,
Bert
I suspect it'll depend if it came from the wallpaper equivalent of Royal Doulton, or Poundland. I did some looking into 80s paper a while back and drew a blank.
Maybe there's some way to duplicate the pattern and get some replacement made up? It's only the texture you care about, after all.
Theo
Dunno, but eBay for anaglypta gets 182 patterns to search through, probably worth searching for embossed or patterned as well.
That looks like an anaglypta.
All wallpaper shops should stock them or at least have a book you can order them from
The same kind of textured paper is also sold under the Lincrusta brand.
You may be in luck as many patterns for heavily textured papers haven't changed since Victorian times - to look at them any way.
here's a link to Google images of anaglyptas
michael adams
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lining paper, polyfilla and a syringe. Find someone who's good at cake decorating.
Owain
But wallpaper shops seem to be extremely thin on the ground these days (or is it just in my area?). B&Q and Homebase stock wallpaper, and the former actually has a decent selection of textured whites (though not specifically labeled "Anaglypta") but nothing even close to what I'm after.
Thanks for the thought, though, and the Google link - I haven't found a match there either, sadly. But I'll keep searching.
Many thanks to everyone who replied.
Bert
It's not anaglypta, it's a blown vinyl and I'm fairly sure it's still made. A blown vinyl has polystyrene 'blown' onto it during manufacture - the raised 'fans' in your paper are polystyrene.
Look through your local directories and find paint and wallpaper supplies - stay away from the sheds as they are useless
Ah, that's encouraging, thanks, and the correct technical term is useful to know. I've now located an establishment which claims to be the best wallpaper shop in Kent ("50,00 rolls and over 300 pattern books to choose from") and I've emailed them my sample photo. I might be lucky...
Bert
I live in Kent, any chance of posting the link to the site?
I have some ceiling paper that I need one roll of, it's only a decade old but can't find a supplier and ceilings are a bastid to paper
It's Astra Décor in Sittingbourne:
Bert
Well, I emailed Astra Décor with a pic of the paper I'm trying to match, but over a week later I still haven't received an acknowledgement, let alone a reply.
So it seems that they're not "the best wallpaper shop in Kent" after all.
Bert
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