House of Hackney Review — One of the Best Wallpapers a Professional Decorator Has Ever Hung

This deserves to anchor the entire review because professional-decorator assessments carry meaningfully different weight than homeowner enthusiasm. The specific account — a professional decorator hanging the Plantasia Indigo pattern for the first time in a personal home — reaches a direct, unequivocal conclusion: "It's basically a mural and tbh it's one of the best papers I've hung. Matches up well, nice and thick, easy to cut." The same decorator's specific technical notes: "although I lined and painted the wall prior similar colour, no problems whatsoever butted up nicely — all done in under an hr." This is technical validation from someone who hangs wallpaper professionally and can directly compare quality against industry standards. An MFA-holding artist's assessment adds a specifically credentialed aesthetic perspective: "House of Hackney has the most beautiful papers available anywhere. As an artist, I want beautiful papers that are also more complex, with a narrative to tell. House of Hackney's papers are traditionally pretty but also so bold and stunning."

This deserves specific, direct confirmation: House of Hackney holds genuine B Corp certification, meaning it has passed rigorous third-party assessment across environmental impact, social responsibility, transparency, and legal accountability. The FSC-certified wallpaper, PVC-free construction, and the 35 square meters of forest protection per roll sold are all documented, specific commitments rather than vague marketing language. The brand's appointment of a Director of Nature and Future Generations to its board in 2023, with support from NGO Lawyers for Nature, represents an unusually specific governance-level environmental commitment.

This deserves direct, prominent emphasis because it's the single most important risk-management step for any House of Hackney purchase. An independent design analyst's specific framing: "Colour and scale can surprise you if you skip samples — the right choice can look timeless; the wrong choice can feel loud fast." The brand offers sample wallpaper, and in-person viewing at the East London store or 35 worldwide stockist locations allows direct, scale-appropriate evaluation before committing to full rolls at £235-325+ per roll. Multiple independent accounts confirm that what reads as "busy" or "overwhelming" in a small sample can be genuinely transformative at wall scale — and vice versa.

This deserves direct, complete inclusion because it describes a significant failure on a premium product. One Trustpilot account describes wallpaper falling off walls with the company declining to replace it. This is a serious, specific account that deserves honest weight alongside the professional decorator's "one of the best papers I've hung" assessment — the gap between these two accounts may reflect differences in wall preparation, adhesive choice, or room conditions, but the documented failure and the company's response are worth knowing about directly.

A specific Trustpilot account's direct recommendation: "I do love their prints and quality, but the delivery is so expensive that if — like me — you baulk at it, I'd recommend ordering from a different retailer!" This is genuinely useful, actionable guidance worth knowing before placing a direct order — checking the brand's stockist network (including online stockists who may offer different or absorbed delivery costs) before defaulting to direct purchase from houseofhackney.com.

Independent design analysis provides genuinely useful, specific guidance on where the brand's designs work best and where they create challenges. Dark, complex botanical prints (Plantasia) work strongly in larger rooms with good natural light and simple, calm furniture — the wallpaper is the statement, and everything else should "calm down." Light backgrounds (Artemis in white) show marks more easily in high-traffic areas — better suited to low-traffic rooms like bedrooms and studies. Small, low-light rooms can feel "heavier than expected" with the brand's most immersive colorways — this is an honest, specific design consideration, not a product flaw.