Wallpaper - Sleeping Hippo

Our Sleeping Hippo wallpaper, designed by Carrie Cantwell, brings a gentle, illustrative charm to the wall with its peaceful sleeping blue hippopotamus resting against a soft beige ground. Delicate linear details give texture to the rounded animal form, while light blue shading surrounds the hippo and small tufts of green grass ground the motif in a quiet, natural scene. The composition is balanced and restful, offering an uncluttered visual scale that works wonderfully in children's bedrooms, nurseries, and toddler spaces. Made to measure and entirely PVC-free, this design combines playful storytelling with a subtle paper texture that gives the artwork depth.

In the room

We designed this wall mural with comforting, calm residential spaces in mind, especially nurseries, children's bedrooms, playrooms, and family bathrooms. Because the sleeping hippo is the central visual anchor, we think it works best on a feature wall where the motif can remain relatively uninterrupted, such as behind a cot, a toddler bed, or a low reading bench. The generous open beige space around the character keeps the room feeling open and airy, allowing you to paper an entire wall without overwhelming the space with heavy pattern.

Styling it

The illustrative character and soft palette make this wallpaper easy to integrate into both contemporary organic and mid-century-inspired children's rooms. We suggest pairing it with natural, warm wood furniture such as light ash or birch to complement the earthy beige background. Keep surrounding furnishings simple and unadorned so the central animal motif remains the focal point. Soft, muted bedding and understated upholstery in unbleached cotton or oatmeal linen will sit quietly alongside the design, while small potted plants or botanical accents can echo the delicate green grass tufts at the base of the scene.

Colour combinations

The wallpaper palette centres on stone blue, soft sky shading, warm neutral beige, and muted grassy greens. When choosing paint for adjoining walls or woodwork, we recommend echoing the warm undertones of the background with soft stone, warm ecru, or oatmeal. For accent colours on shelving, picture frames, or soft furnishings, consider pulling out the dusty slate blue of the hippo or adding gentle moss and sage greens to create a harmonious, nature-inspired palette.

About our wallpaper

At Wallism, our wallpapers are made to measure based on your specific wall dimensions. Producing each order individually helps reduce unnecessary excess wallpaper compared to standard fixed-size rolls. Our wall murals are PVC-free and printed on paper featuring a subtle physical structure that adds depth to the finished surface. Designed to be straightforward and simple to hang, our mural wallpapers offer flexible decorating options suited to homeowners and renters alike.