The way it works is that the designers go into the showrooms and buy wallpaper. Consumers don't, paperhangers don't. Yet the information designers need to make a proper choice is sometimes difficult to come by. It's more of a touchy product. Staining can be a problem, and the handprints can be quite thin, which is something contractors aren't used to.
Most wallpaper is quite durable and scrubbable.
Showroom wallpapers tend not to be. Kelly insisted that the commercial and showroom markets are still going strong in wallcoverings. The Showroom Handbook for Wallpaper Installations covers such subjects as wall preparation, blockprints, handprints and imported machine prints, estimating, problem solving, installation guidelines, and terminology. Several chapters have been excerpted in PWC since its publication in 1996. This book is intended to be a problem solver for those occasions.