Wallpaper - Sailing Ships II

Our Sailing Ships II wallpaper brings a timeless coastal vista to life, featuring three white-sailed ships drifting across a calm, slate blue sea. Created by artist David Carter Brown, the composition balances maritime scenery with architectural charm: a striped lighthouse and a quaint cottage rest on a grassy headland to the right, while a distant island dotted with houses and a second beacon adds quiet depth across the horizon. Painted in muted tones of slate blue, soft grey, earthy greens, and warm neutrals, this mural captures the historic charm of nineteenth-century New England. Produced made-to-measure on our PVC-free paper with a subtle surface structure, it offers a beautifully understated landscape for classic interiors.

In the room

We see this design working especially well in a main living room, guest bedroom, or a relaxed coastal holiday home where you want to create an expansive sense of horizon. Because the artwork features a rich panoramic landscape with distinct focal points along the shoreline, we suggest placing it across a wider, relatively uninterrupted wall area. Positioning the wallpaper behind a sofa or along the main wall of a dining room allows the full coastal narrative to unfold without being heavily obscured. In spaces that enjoy soft natural daylight, the gentle variations in the slate water and cloudy sky become wonderfully nuanced.

Styling it

To complement the historic, maritime aesthetic of the design, we recommend leaning into traditional or New England-inspired interior elements. Mid-toned to dark wood furniture, such as warm oak, walnut, or antique pine, echoes the nineteenth-century character of the painting and grounds the cooler blue tones of the sea. For surrounding textiles, consider natural woven materials, crisp off-white cottons, or deep navy accents that mirror the nautical palette. Keeping large upholstered pieces relatively understated in solid tones ensures the scenic wall mural remains the primary visual anchor in the room.

Colour combinations

The artwork is built around a refined palette of slate blue, soft sea-grey, muted grassy greens, and subtle neutral tones. For adjacent painted walls, skirting boards, and architraves, soft off-whites, warm chalky greys, or muted stone shades harmonise beautifully without competing with the landscape. If you prefer a richer, more enveloping feel, pulling out the deeper slate blue or a dark historic navy for surrounding woodwork or painted cabinetry will frame the mural wallpapers with striking definition.

About our wallpaper

At Wallism, our wallpapers are made-to-measure according to your exact wall dimensions. This custom approach helps reduce unnecessary excess wallpaper compared with standard fixed-size rolls. Our wallpapers are PVC-free and printed on paper featuring a subtle physical structure that adds depth to the printed artwork. Designed to be straightforward and easy to hang, we offer wallpaper options suited to a variety of homes and living situations.