Abaca wallpaper

Abaca wallpaper brings a genuine piece of nature to the wall: woven fibres from the abaca plant, a relative of the banana, stretched across the roll rather than printed to imitate it. You notice the difference straight away — a fine, fibrous texture with a soft sheen that catches the light differently as the day goes on. That makes abaca wallpaper feel just as at home in a quietly furnished city flat as in a country house full of daylight, giving a wall a living, tactile surface.

What makes abaca wallpaper special

The abaca fibre is strong and supple at once, and is worked by hand or on narrow looms into a fine weave. Because it comes from a natural crop, every length varies slightly in tone and thread direction — no two rolls are exactly alike. It is precisely these small irregularities that give abaca wallpaper its warmth and depth. The colour usually stays within a natural range of sand, hemp, ecru and smoked brown, sometimes refined with a thin metal thread or a coloured weft that makes the fibre glow. If you love texture without a wall becoming busy, this material is a calm but never dull choice.

Where abaca wallpaper looks its best

In a living room or bedroom, abaca wallpaper works as a warm, neutral backdrop that gives furniture and art room to breathe. The material softens hard architecture and dampens sound just slightly, so a room feels calmer. On a single wall behind the bed or in a reading corner it creates depth without adding colour. In a hallway or stairwell the fibre structure catches the raking light beautifully. Pair it with linen curtains, unlacquered wood and earthy tones, and the natural coherence falls into place on its own. For a similar natural effect with a coarser or shinier look, it is also worth exploring sisal wallpaper and raffia wallpaper.

Hanging and caring for abaca wallpaper

Natural fibre coverings ask for a little more care when hanging than non-woven wallpaper: the paste belongs on the wall and not on the fibre, and lengths are butted together with an eye on the run direction, so the seams disappear into the weave. Slight colour differences between rolls are part of the material and to be expected. For a clean result we recommend having this kind of wallpaper hung by an experienced professional — our professional wallpaper hanger service arranges that easily. If you would first like to know how many rolls you need, the wallpaper calculator works it out in a few steps. Anyone after a lower-maintenance surface with a similar sense of calm will find it among our textured wallpaper.

Our selection of abaca wallpaper

We carry abaca wallpaper from makers who truly put the fibre first. From CMO Paris come the finely woven Abaca Dense and Abaca Square, along with the versions enriched with a metal thread, while Elitis offers a more refined, more colourful reading in its Awa line. Nobilis, Casamance and Mark Alexander each bring their own take on this natural wallcovering as well. Every design is made from real plant fibre, woven and not printed, so what reaches your wall is always the authentic material. International shipping, duties & taxes included.