Wallpaper - First Day of Summer

Our First Day of Summer wallpaper, created in collaboration with artist Silvia Vassileva, brings an expressive abstract seascape into the home. Broad painterly brushstrokes across the canvas texture suggest an open coastal horizon where sky and water meet. The palette blends cool aquamarine blue, deep sea blue and muted grey-blue with warm ochre, soft amber and earthy terracotta accents. This mural wallpaper works beautifully as a tranquil focal point, produced made-to-measure on PVC-free paper with a subtle surface structure.

In the room

We see this design working particularly well across a wide, uninterrupted feature wall in a living room or a dedicated meditation space. Because the horizontal brushwork and layered paint marks create a sweeping sense of depth, giving the wallpaper room to breathe across a larger expanse allows the painterly horizon to unfold naturally. In spaces with soft natural light, the subtle shifts between the aquamarine tones and warm ochre highlights become especially inviting.

Styling it

For an organic modern interior, we would pair this wall mural with clean-lined furniture in low-profile silhouettes so the artwork remains the primary visual focus. Warm, light-toned woods such as bleached ash or natural oak echo the earthy undertones in the composition and ground the cooler blues. Upholstery in textured, unbleached weaves or quiet oatmeal tones complements the artistic brushwork without introducing competing patterns.

Colour combinations

The wallpaper features a balanced palette of aquamarine blue, deep ocean blue, soft slate grey, ochre yellow and warm terracotta. To build a cohesive room around it, consider bringing muted sand, warm off-white or soft coastal grey onto adjacent walls. For smaller accents in cushions, ceramics or decorative objects, picking up the rich ochre or subtle amber tones from the horizon adds a warm, grounding contrast to the surrounding blues.

About our wallpaper

At Wallism, our wallpapers are made-to-measure according to your specific wall dimensions. This custom approach helps reduce unnecessary excess paper compared with standard rolls. All our mural wallpapers are PVC-free, printed on paper with a subtle physical structure, and designed to be straightforward to hang.