Guilford of Maine bleach-cleanable fabrics for upholstery and acoustic panels offer you a safer work environment while keeping its soft touch and beautiful color. 

Bleach is an effective disinfectant, which means it kills most bacteria, fungi and viruses. When fabrics need to be disinfected or sterilized,use a 1:10 household bleach-to-water solution. 

Reason | Style 9506 - 3051 | High-Performance 100,000 double rubs cotton duck 

Microbes, bacteria or microorganisms, exist in the workplace, like in any other environment. Earth contains hundreds of trillions of microorganisms, which makes them the most prolific type of living creature, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Some of the most common microorganisms include bacteria, viruses, fungi and certain kinds of algae. Health promotion or wellness programs have been shown to be effective at reducing absenteeism, health costs, workers' compensation claims and turnover but they often fail to address infectious diseases. 

Lexicon | Style 9534 | High-Performance 100,000 double rubs cotton duck 

You can rely on a wide range of high-performance, bleach-cleanable upholstery fabrics. Durable and easy to maintain, these fabrics are perfectly suited to even the most demanding installations.

Take advantage of our high-performance fabric, which achieved 100,000 double rubs in the Wyzenbeek abrasion resistance test for high traffic and public space installations . (Input, Synopsis, Cabana Stripe, Evoke,  Lisbon, Phrase, Reason, Excerpt, Lexicon , Portofino and Moment) 

Here is the complete list of our bleach cleanable fabrics

UPHOLSTERY

Adept, Aquatint, Beacon, Cabana Stripe, Evoke, Excerpt, Input, Jane, Lexicon, Limelight, Lisbon, Mainstream, Moment, Outline, Oxford, Phrase, Portofino, Reason, Snakeskin, Soundbyte, Synopsis, Tracery, Transport, Twilight, Whirl, Xceed.

PANEL & ACOUSTIC

Axiom, Bailey, Beacon, Hatchet, Intermix, Jane, Pursuit, Sprite, Steadfast, Theory, Vortex.

CUBICLE

Harvest, Pirouette.

To reduce surface contamination and ensure self-cleaning, ask for dfence(TM), our antimicrobial finish that inhibits the growth of microorganisms.

Input | Style 5598 | High-Performance 100,000 double rubs cotton duck 

Watch your interiors come alive with Guilford of Maine’s new introduction that provides the same extraordinary acoustic performance– but with stimulating new looks. Create contemporary accents and stunning environments that will not go unnoticed.

Need it fast? Meet our Quickship Collection!
Our Quickship Collection combines a selection of 25 tried-and-true panel fabrics such as Framework, Mingle, and Essence with brand new looks like Amaze and Chase. It offers you readily available inventory in pre-selected colors, with shorter lead times.

Time for new products! We've just launched Intuition, a brand new multi-purpose fabric as well as new colors to our popular BeeHave and Framework patterns. Read on to see them all, learn more about them and order a free sample.
 

We're excited to introduce 3 new patterns into Guilford of Maine! All are bright, contemporary additions to our line. 2 are multi-purpose fabrics for upholstery and vertical surface applications and one is a panel and acoustic fabric. Read on to see them all and order a free sample.

What makes a fabric something that is made for you to sit on instead of something to wrap a panel with? Or hang in a hospital? Are the fabrics really all that different? The answer is yes and no, as we will explain in this post.

Polyester is the most common and versatile fiber type that we weave fabric with in our mills and most of our upholstery, panel/acoustic and cubicle fabrics are woven out of polyester. In this article we will cover what polyester is, where it comes from, and its advantages and disadvantages.

We've updated 4 classic Upholstery patterns with new colors and we are also introducing 2 new Panel & Acoustic patterns. All 4 Upholstery patterns come standard with a stain repellent to keep them looking beautiful. Both Panel & Acoustic patterns have been third-party tested for acoustic transparency and all 6 patterns are made from 100% recycled polyester, woven right here in the USA. Read on to see them all and order a free sample!

The process of achieving LEED certification can be like trying to navigate a big city. While textiles are but a small portion of the LEED cityscape, we want you to have all the tools we can provide to make your life easier.

It's that time of year again for winter snow storms for us in the frigid north. Using all of this winter weather as a starting point, I thought I'd highlight some of our Panel and Acoustic fabrics that are as white as, you guessed it, snow.

2015 marked the 150th anniversary of our mill in Guilford, Maine where we still weave our fabric today and it was our first year with a blog. It's always nice to take a look back at the year that was, so here are some of our most popular posts from 2015. On our blog we strive to provide you useful content from the world of textiles in order to make your job easier and we will continue to pursue that goal in 2016!
 

The processes of making textiles can be, well, a little bit complicated. There are a lot of different steps that have to come together in order to make your chairs, acoustic panels, lounge seating, cubicle panels or anywhere else you stick fabric look and perform great. Some of us are visual learners, so we put together a handy infographic to give a broad overview of what the process looks like at our mills in Maine and North Carolina.

We are excited to announce that we have just launched 7 new Upholstery patterns and 5 new Panel & Acoustic patterns. All of the Upholstery products (except the Teknit knit) come with our BLOCKaide Stain Repellent and are all 50,000+ double rubs. Also, all the Panel & Acoustic products have been acoustically tested by a third party and are equally at home on a cubicle panel or an acoustic panel. But enough chit chat, I'll let the photos do the talking.
 

This month we put together a collection of acoustic fabrics from our entire group of acoustic patterns that go beyond classic FR701. Check it out, let us know what you think, and order a free memo set of this collection!

We all know that certain color palettes and patterns are more appropriate for particular settings than others. This month's collection of Upholstery, Drapery and Panel/Acoustic fabrics were chosen to coordinate beautifully and work well specifically in House of Worship settings.
 

What a textile is made of can make a huge difference when it comes to performance, durability, cleanability and where it should be used. Using a textile with the wrong content can result in poor performance in the field. In this post we'll talk about Olefin. What it is and its benefits and disadvantages.
 

The Traditional style is comforting and classic. The hallmarks for it generally include deep wood tones, architectural details, and elegant furnishings. Rich wood tones, like those found in cherry, maple, and mahogany, are a key element in this style. Architectural embellishments such as elaborate moldings, beveled wood paneling, and intricate tile and wood floor patterns are widely used. One of the most important facets of traditional design are the lines of the furnishings that often harken back to the 18th and 19th centuries.

But what do you do if the “traditional” Traditional is a bit too stodgy? Modern is too sleek? Transitional too eclectic?

Color plays an important role in every environment – they make us feel happy or sad… they can make us feel angry or relaxed. As we all know, it’s important to understand the psychological effects colors might have on an average person, or our client’s target audience. When that need calls for a calm experience, it's always nice to turn to neutrals.