Wallpaper - By the River

Our By the River wallpaper brings a pastoral landscape onto the wall, created by artist Silvia Vassileva in the style of classic 19th-century oil painting. A winding river in soft blues and muted browns guides the eye through an open countryside, flanked on one side by two tall trees reaching toward an overcast, painted sky of calm whites and greys. Earthier clusters of foliage in rich greens ground the opposite bank, balanced by gentle fields of lighter green grass. The painterly visual texture and traditional composition give the scene a grounded, heritage character. Like all our wall murals, this design is made-to-measure on PVC-free paper with a subtle physical surface structure.

In the room

Because the composition relies on an expansive horizontal perspective, we see this working particularly well across a wider, uninterrupted wall in a living room or a dedicated home library. The visual depth created by the winding river and distant sky needs enough wall width to unfold naturally without feeling cropped by tall bookcases or bulky architectural breaks. In a living room, placing this mural wallpaper along the main wall behind a low-backed sofa keeps the horizon line open and allows the taller painted trees on the right to frame the seating area. The muted, earthy green tones also adapt well to spaces with balanced natural daylight, where the delicate tonal shifts between the riverbanks and cloud cover remain clearly visible throughout the day.

Styling it

The classic landscape character pairs naturally with interior spaces that celebrate heritage detailing, traditional proportions, and timeless furniture pieces.

• Ground the room with deeper timber tones, such as antique walnut or dark-stained oak, which mirror the earthy brown tones along the riverbanks and tree trunks.
• Choose upholstered seating in understated woven fabrics like natural linen, muted wool, or brushed cotton in oatmeal or olive, avoiding competing geometric prints.
• Incorporate subtle aged metal accents, such as antique brass reading lamps or muted bronze hardware, to complement the 19th-century painterly aesthetic.

Colour combinations

The palette within our design centres on deep fern greens, rich woodland browns, quiet river blues, and soft, clouded greys. To build a cohesive room around the wallpaper, we recommend pulling the pale grey-white from the painted sky onto surrounding walls, cornicing, or woodwork. For a richer, more enveloping feel, especially in a library or reading room, painting adjacent walls and joinery in a deep, muted olive or fern green creates a seamless continuation of the landscape's foliage. If you want to introduce warmer notes through accessories, soft terracotta and muted fawn sit harmoniously alongside the earthy riverbanks.

About our wallpaper

At Wallism, we produce our wallpapers made-to-measure according to your specific wall dimensions. Printing each order individually helps reduce unnecessary excess wallpaper compared with buying standard rolls in fixed sizes. All of our mural wallpapers are PVC-free and printed on paper featuring a subtle physical surface structure. Designed to be straightforward and easy to hang, our wallpapers provide dependable wall solutions for homeowners and renters alike.