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  Search "damask wallpaper" and the results show gold fleur-de-lis prints, blue florals, and ornate medallions, all labeled the same way, even though only some of them are technically damask. Here's the actual rule: damask is a wallpaper pattern made in a single color. The design shows up through a change in sheen or texture, not a second color. That is the whole definition. Once you know this one rule, you can tell real damask apart from patterns that only look similar, and pick a color, a style, and a finish that fits your room. Our damask wallpaper collection has the full range once you know what you're looking for. The One Technical Detail That Separates Real Damask From a Floral Print Damask is traditionally a single-color pattern, with the design showing up through contrast in texture or sheen, a matte background with a satin-woven or embossed design, rather than a second color doing the work. A gold-on-gold fleur-de-lis print is a classic example of this. Mod...

  Basket weave means two different things, and most people don't realize it until they click the wrong link. Some want a wall covering. Others want a woven-look fabric for a chair or a pillow. And both get confused with grasscloth, since they look similar. That mix-up gets expensive fast, since returning a full order of the wrong wallpaper or fabric usually costs time and shipping either way. None of this is hard once you know the difference, though. Here's how to buy the right one the first time. Wallpaper or Fabric, Which One You're Actually Looking For "Basket weave" is really two products with the same name. If you're covering a wall, look at textured wallpaper , where the woven look is printed or embossed onto the surface. If you're covering a cushion, a chair, or curtains, you want fabric instead, a woven cotton or cotton-blend material made for upholstery. The two aren't interchangeable. A wallpaper-weight product won't work like fabric, an...

  Most people have seen toile without knowing its name, the print with small pastoral scenes, shepherds, garden pavilions, courting couples, repeated across the surface in a single color on a plain background. Once you go looking through toile wallpaper , though, that recognition doesn't help much. You run into dozens of colors, scenes, and price points, with no obvious way to tell a well-made print from a cheap one until it's already on the wall or cut into a cushion. Most of that confusion comes down to not knowing what actually makes something toile in the first place, and what separates the good versions from the rest. Here's what toile actually is, what to look for when you're buying either the wallpaper or the fabric, how to pick a color for your room, and where it works best in a home. What Toile Actually Is Toile started as toile de Jouy, a French cotton print from the 1700s depicting pastoral and mythological scenes in a single ink color on a light background....