Fabric as Wallpaper: The Essential Guide to Acrylic and Paper Backing

For us, fabric covered walls bring a depth to a space that is nearly impossible to achieve with paper itself.
Particularly in a bedroom, the texture and warmth of the paperbacked fabric surrounds you, letting you feel enveloped in the space. It's one of our favorite jumping off points to create a cozy, layered cocoon of a guest room, or a fresh, inviting primary bedroom tucked away from the world.

- Neely and Chloe

Branca Ticking Nero

Backing fabrics to create wallcoverings brings unmatched texture and warmth that traditional wallpaper cannot replicate. Acrylic backing applies a flexible coating for wallcoverings or upholstery reinforcement, while paper backing adds a strippable layer. Both prevent adhesive bleed-through, reduce stretching and fraying, and enhance stability for easier installation. Paper backing also conceals wall blemishes, insulates, and dampens sound. We offer professional backing services to bring your vision to life.

Srinagar Leaf & Nero

Papavero White & Celery

Branca Ticking Branca Red

✤ New Palampore Colorway ✤

We collaborated with interior design duo Neely & Chloe—celebrated for their creative, timeless interiors—to create a new colorway, Sky & Mushroom, of our Palampore all-over, Stripe, and Petal fabric trio. Here's a sneak peek of their bedroom design for close friend Caroline Gilroy, featuring the fabric paper-backed to create an immersive wall treatment.

Stay tuned for the full story of our collaboration. Pre-order your memo samples by emailing ciao@casabranca.com

✤ Mix & Match Fabrics ✤

Alessandra acrylic backed both the Srinagar pattern and its coordinating Srinagar Stripe—using the stripe as elegant framing for the walls. Mix and match any fabrics to craft wallcovering combinations that are entirely your own.

✤ Connect with Us ✤

If you are interested in exploring this service for a Casa Branca fabric, please do not hesitate to email us at ciao@casabranca.com. We look forward to connecting with you and adding a fun layer to your next project.