Paper samples easy to use

One snag with choosing a wallpaper has been testing it out in the room; signing out the huge sample book and holding it up to the wall is awkward at best, and even sample swatches need to be taped up and tend to curl.

York Wallcoverings is offering another method: free pre-pasted sample squares that peel off easily.

“The pre-pasted squares are wallpaper’s answer to paint chips,” says spokeswoman Barbara Carpenter. “In the past, customers have had to buy an entire roll of wallpaper to try it out in their space. Now they can decide which designs work best before purchasing anything. They just take home as many sample squares as they like, dip them in water, apply them to the wall, choose the one they like and peel off the rest.”

And it’s not just the samples that come off easily. The company’s Extreme Room Makeovers Wallpaper Collection uses an adhesive technology called SureStrip, designed to make wallpaper application and removal easier than ever.