Choosing the best way to cover the walls in your office complex has never been an easy task as you will find that you cannot please everyone, no matter how hard you try. You need to find a material or finish that can stand up to a fair amount of use and abuse without showing it. Painted wall have been the tradition for many years, but they are slowly giving way the new stretched fabric systems that have taken their cue from the portable cubicle walls that can be found in many large office areas. Most of the stretched fabric systems start with a tackable substrate such as Forbo cork which will be mounted on frame with the fabric stretched over in covering the Forbo and the framework. This provides a panel that can be ordered in a myriad of colors and patterns that can be easily mounted to your existing walls. In this manner you have created a wall that is beautiful and functional at the same time.

Stretched fabric systems like this allow those who work in the offices to use their walls in the same manner as they would a bulletin board , the big difference is that the whole wall can be used to hang pictures, posters or charts. When the time come to remove them the push pins can be removed leaving no holes or signs that anything was ever there. These panels are ideal for conference rooms as not only do they allow the presenters to hang a variety of materials on the walls, but they panels also provide a fair amount of acoustic protection to keep those outside the room hearing what is being said. Your lobby is the first impression of your company that all visitors are going to get. With an aging coat of paint, the impression is likely to be less than favorable. If your lobby walls are covered with the panels from stretch fabric systems, your clients will walk into a clean professional appearing lobby that is sure to leave them with a very good first impression. You can choose to use panels of the same color or use panels of complementary or coordinating colors to create an environment that is more representative of your company. The panels used in stretched fabric systems offer another major advantage when used in common areas such as lobbies and hallways.

The materials used to make them tend to absorb sounds including footsteps and voices that tend to echo and seem much louder than they really are when the walls are painted. Those who work in the offices connected to these hallways will certainly appreciate the extra peace and quiet. If redecorating your office building using one of these stretched fabric systems interests you, take a moment and visit the online showroom of Fabricmate. Here you will find a complete range of wall a ceiling covering systems for almost any application ready to ship directly to you. They also offer large format graphics and wall art that can be incorporated directly into your panels and add beauty to your facility.