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Winning Walls With Wall Coverings Where can ‘the best of the best’ professional paperhangers exhibit their superior craftsmanship and beautiful installations while receiving national recognition? The answer: The National Guild Of Professional Paperhangers’ annual Winning Walls With Wall Coverings contest. With double the submissions in 2005, this prestigious event continues to expand and gain popularity within the wall covering industry. An independent panel of judges assesses each entry by assigning point scores to 15 different project factors, including creativity, special challenges, materials, time constraints, and the quality of the entry presentation. This contest exhibits the creativity, professionalism and determination of everyone who enters. The 2005 participants faced numerous obstacles but, with Guild support and their many years of training and experience, they conquered every challenge and provided masterpieces to be enjoyed for many years to come. Residential Award The paper — untrimmed 100% gold foil from Japan — with no installation instructions. What made this job especially challenging was the height —12 feet from the chair rail, 16 feet off the ground. In addition, paper was hung on 4 walls below the chair rail 3 feet to the floor. At the end of a dye lot, the paper was delicate with a five-inch box pattern on it. The boxes go offline of one another after a few feet, so the tricky part was to keep it matched to eye level. The job required absolute precision. The installers, Doug Bera and Charles Grippo learned how to hang a material they had never encountered before, earning them this recognition in the Residential Category. Specialty Award The job involved removing all old materials, plastering, priming, and hanging on a very tight schedule in a 100-year-old mountain house with walls so old and water damaged they couldn’t be repaired. Part of the project was installing Type III vinyl — a material so thick the installer had to use a blowtorch to make it pliable enough to mold around the decorative molding. The Bradbury & Bradbury wall coverings had to be trimmed, laid out and installed with the greatest of care. As much carpentry as papering went into this challenging project, earning Doug Bera and Charles Grippo another award, this one in the Specialty Category.
"Residential" Category
"Specialty" Category
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