Jute wallpaper

Jute wallpaper shifts character over the course of a day: the coarse plant fiber catches raking morning light, then settles into a flat, matte warmth once the lamps come on. A screen flattens that out, which is why most projects start with a sample taped to the wall for a few evenings. The designs here come from European houses and ship to the US from the Netherlands, with duties and taxes included in the price shown.

How jute wallpaper reads on a wall

The palette stays in a quiet band: undyed natural, sand, oat, warm gray, and browns deep enough to read like leather at night. The weave does the rest. A tight, even weave keeps a room calm and lets the furniture lead. A looser, wider weave throws shadow across the surface and gives a plain wall something to say. Melange weaves mix yarns of slightly different shades, so they forgive a surface that is not quite flat.

Where jute wallpaper works in an American home

An entryway, a den, the wall behind a desk, a primary bedroom where the fiber takes some edge off the reverberation. Expect that effect to be subtle. Two places to avoid: a bathroom or anywhere with steam, since moisture is what woven fiber tolerates least, and a wall that takes hours of direct afternoon sun, which lifts the color over time. For those spots, printed imitations of woven grass and raffia hold up better.

Hanging jute on drywall: seams and care

Seams stay slightly visible on any textile wallcovering. That is the material, not a defect; a good paperhanger plans the drops so seams fall away from the main sightline. Drywall wants to be smooth and sealed first, because a weave shows a patched repair rather than hiding it. Cleaning is dry only: a soft brush, or a vacuum with the upholstery nozzle, worked along the direction of the weave.

European houses behind this jute collection

Casamance keeps its woven grounds tonal, which helps when one room is woven and the next is papered. Mark Alexander builds collection after collection around woven fiber, from grasscloth to paperweave. CMO Paris organizes whole collections by plant fiber, abaca and ramie and papyrus among them. Close relatives are worth comparing: grasscloth, sisal, raffia and paperweave, each with a different scale of weave.

Ordering jute samples and delivery to the United States

Order the full quantity for a room at once. Natural fiber is dyed in batches, and a later roll will not match exactly. Width and length are listed on every product page in inches and feet with the metric size in parentheses, so you can work out your drops without converting. Stuck between two shades? Mail us; our studio in Montfoort answers color questions.