The Hogwarts Library Wallpaper — What It Is and Where It Works

Last updated: 12 August 2026

A floor-to-ceiling wall of spellbooks, drawn from more than thirty individual book covers created for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films.

What the design actually shows

Every spine is a real prop design: titles from Harry's school years sit alongside Art Deco covers made for 1920s New York. Read along a shelf and you find A History of Magic, Travels with Trolls, textbooks on defence against the dark arts. It is a library you can actually read, which is why it holds up at close range.

Where it works in a house

The practical one. On a video call it reads simply as a magnificent bookshelf, so it works in a home office in a way the more literal designs do not. It also suits a reading corner, a landing already lined with shelves, or the wall behind a desk.

Hang it where the shelves run true to the room — the illusion depends on the horizontals looking level against your skirting and cornice.

Specification

  • Roll size: 10 m long × 0.5 m wide
  • Material: premium non-woven, 147 gsm
  • Hanging: paste-the-wall — paste goes on the wall, the dry paper onto it. Not peel and stick.
  • Price: A$340 per roll
  • Sample: A4, 29.7 × 21 cm, A$10 each. Postage A$5 within Australia, A$18 to New Zealand, A$35 to the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

See the design and order a sample.

Work out how many rolls your wall needs with the roll calculator. If you want to check the design is genuine before buying anywhere, see how to tell a licensed design from a fan print, or read the complete Harry Potter wallpaper guide.