Wallpaper - Southern Bay

Our Southern Bay wallpaper mural brings an expressive, painterly coastal landscape into the home. Created by artist Silvia Vassileva, the design captures a vibrant bay setting using loose, impressionistic brushstrokes that blend turquoise, deep ocean blues, and rich purple in the water with soft sky blues, glowing ochre yellow, and touches of rose pink across the clouds. The composition has an expansive, horizontal horizon with visible painted texture that adds depth across a wall. Made-to-measure on our PVC-free paper with a subtle surface structure, it creates a striking focal point with artistic character.

In the room

Because of the broad, sweeping horizon and expressive colorwork, we see this wall mural working particularly well on an uninterrupted feature wall. In a living room, placing it behind a main sofa allows the wide landscape to stretch across the space without feeling clipped by tall furniture. In a bedroom, it serves naturally as a backdrop behind a low headboard, where the warmer pink and golden tones in the upper sky balance the cooler waters below.

The painterly technique gives the pattern a lively presence, so it benefits from having room to breathe. In spaces with good natural daylight, the subtler transitions between the turquoise, teal, and lavender tones in the water become especially distinct, while soft evening lamplight highlights the warm yellow and coral clouds.

Styling it

To let the expressive brushwork and rich colour palette lead the room, we suggest keeping the surrounding furnishings relatively grounded and clean-lined. Low-profile furniture in natural finishes helps maintain an open view across the horizon.

• Choose warm, mid-tone or lighter wood furniture such as oak or birch, which gently echoes the ochre and sandy notes in the artwork without adding heavy visual weight.
• Introduce plain textiles in quiet, neutral shades like soft oatmeal or light grey for sofas, bedding, and window treatments to give the eye a calm resting place.
• Balance the cool blues with warm metal accents like brushed brass or muted gold in lighting and hardware, picking up on the glowing tones in the sky.

Colour combinations

The design itself is built on a rich foundation of sea and sky tones, including turquoise, deep navy, violet, soft sky blue, warm ochre, and dusky rose. When planning the rest of the room, we suggest picking out one or two of these shades for smaller decorative pieces while keeping large surrounding wall areas quiet.

For adjacent painted walls, an off-white with a slight warm undertone or a pale, muted grey works gracefully alongside the brighter sky sections. If you prefer deeper contrast, a dark slate or ink-blue trim can frame the mural effectively and echo the shadowed areas of the water.

About our wallpaper

At Wallism, our wallpapers and mural wallpapers are made-to-measure to fit your specific wall dimensions. Producing each order individually helps reduce unnecessary excess wallpaper compared with buying standard rolls.

Our wallpapers are PVC-free and printed on paper featuring a subtle physical structure that complements painterly and illustrated designs. They are designed to be straightforward and simple to hang, making them well suited to a variety of homes and living spaces.