Melissa Dayton

Melissa Dayton Wallpaper designed to be the backdrop to a family’s story. Welcome! The home is where the making of a family happens in the rhythm of each day.

Inspired by New England coastal homes, English country interiors, and the quiet beauty of lived-in spaces, Melissa Dayton Art creates timeless patterns rooted in memory, warmth, and heritage. I am so happy you found my newly designed fabrics and wallpaper--and art prints and products with my art. A life inspired by the rich color pallets of the coast of Connecticut and raising my family on the bea

ches of New Jersey led to their creation. While classic motifs have inspired my collections, I've added a bit of fun for today's family. Creating a peaceful warm space for your family and friends to spend time together is essential. I designed these patterns to help you create the space for your family to write their story. While they may not remember the paper (you will), they will remember how the home made them feel. Speaking/writing:

"It was an amazing and inspiring presentation"


Melissa Dayton You Can NOT Be Replaced 2
Restoration of hearts and healing souls through stories of imperfection, humor, patience and the love of God

My husband and I have 8 children, two grandchildren. Our oldest son is a priest, newly ordained in June of 2018. I was only 27 when I began working in women's ministry-- by chance (lol) I had 3 young children and was leading a group of 150 moms. That led me to facilitate scripture studies- some with over 250 women-youth ministries, studying the Churches documents on marriage and family and speaking. In the midst of that, I also had a Catholic fine art business, a painting that toured nationally, became a healing tool for women who had lost a late-term pregnancy and some of my other paintings are on book covers.
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I've done a little TV and radio for EWTN and local Catholic stations, I have had articles about my art in Catholic Mom and in the National Catholic register, and have written a book. You might say I'm kind of an overachiever- I would like to say a recovering perfectionist

Its about laying a strong foundation for your kids. That begins with you! Ground yourself, heal yourself, grow. Let’s face it, life can be hard and not what we expected. We need to prepare our kids with sound judgment and coping skills to arm them for whatever lies ahead. A strong foundation of solid relationships is key in prevention.

08/28/2026

I don’t think a home becomes more beautiful by replacing everything in it.

I think it becomes more beautiful when we finally know what deserves to stay.

The old chest.
The slightly worn chair.
A painting bought years ago.
The china we still pull out for holidays.

Crathes Urn in Stone was designed for rooms like these.

Its quiet, weathered palette gives you a neutral backdrop without making the room feel new or anonymous. It has enough history and pattern to hold its own beside antiques, warm woods, old brass, books, and all the things you’ve gathered over the years.

Because you don’t need to erase the story of your home to make it beautiful.

You can simply add another layer.

And perhaps that’s the loveliest part of decorating at this stage of life.

We know ourselves better.

We know what we love.

And we’re finally less interested in what everyone else is doing.

Crathes Urn in Stone

Order a sample and see how it lives with the things you already love.

Because a beautiful home doesn’t have to look newly decorated.

It should look deeply known.

There are rooms we remember because of what happened in them.And then there are rooms we remember because of how they fe...
08/27/2026

There are rooms we remember because of what happened in them.

And then there are rooms we remember because of how they felt.

Sunroom began with one of those rooms for me

Mrs. Suseen’s sunroom in coastal Connecticut, circa 1942. Morning glories climbed a sun-warmed trellis, the light came in softly, and the whole room had that wonderful feeling of having been there forever.

I wanted to paint that memory rather than simply paint a floral.

So Sunroom became a hand-painted climbing vine with delicate, tonal botanical line work—a pattern meant to feel at home in a house that already has a story.

It’s especially beautiful in sunrooms, bedrooms and sitting rooms, where morning light can move across the pattern and change the way you see the color throughout the day.

Because color really does live differently in every home.

And perhaps that is why this pattern feels so personal to me.

Our homes don’t need to be frozen in another time. They can change with us while still holding onto the things worth keeping—the memories, the familiar rooms, the layers that make a house feel like ours.

Sunroom is available in six colorways:

Golden Hour · Light Blue · Mossy Green · Blush · Monochrome Green · Blue

If one feels like it might belong in your home, start with a sample.

Tape it to the wall, live with it for a few days, and watch what happens in your own morning light.

Buy a Sunroom sample and find the colorway that feels like it has always belonged there.

08/26/2026

For years, dinner was something you had to get on the table.

Someone was late.
Someone didn’t like what you made.
Someone had practice in twenty minutes.
And someone inevitably asked what was for dessert before they’d eaten dinner.

You probably didn’t think of any of it as particularly special.

But years later, those ordinary dinners are the ones you remember.

Not because the table was perfectly set.

Because everyone was sitting around it.

Maybe that’s why, at this stage of life, we’re drawn to homes that feel warm, familiar and collected.

We’ve finally figured out what the beautiful room was for.

Follow for more on creating a home meant to be lived in, loved and remembered.

08/24/2026

I think this one has a name… Secret Garden Trellis.

It began, as they all do, with paint and a brush—an old garden trellis, trailing vines, soft blue berries, and a little bird tucked quietly among the branches.

From across the room, you notice the rhythm of the trellis.

Come closer, and you begin to find the details.

That’s what I love about painting patterns by hand. They don’t need to reveal everything at once. They can become part of a room slowly—the way the best homes do.

Layered with the antiques you’ve collected, the furniture you’ve kept, and all the ordinary life happening in front of them.

Because I’m not interested in designing wallpaper for a trend.

I want to make patterns that feel as though they might have always belonged in your home.

Secret Garden Trellis
Hand-painted watercolor
Shown in Green Wood on Ivory

Would you put this in your home? Tell me where—I’m already imagining a powder room, entryway, or garden-facing bedroom.

08/24/2026

This is why I paint by hand.

Before Sunken Garden was wallpaper, it was simply paint, a brush, and an idea slowly taking shape on paper.

And I think that beginning matters.

Because when you’re choosing something that may live on your walls for years, I don’t think it should feel mass-produced or chosen because it happened to be having a moment.

I want it to have a hand behind it. A story. Little variations and details that give a room character rather than perfection.

Sunken Garden went a little viral when I first shared it—which still makes me smile—but what I love most is seeing it become part of real homes.

Homes with old furniture and new memories.
Rooms that change in the morning light.
Tables people actually gather around.
The things you’ve kept because they mean something.

That’s the kind of home I design for.

Collected, not coordinated.
Beautiful enough to keep.
And meant to become the backdrop to your family’s story.

And because color can look completely different from one home—and one hour of the day—to the next, I created my Color & Light Guide to help you choose wallpaper and paint with more confidence.

Comment GUIDE and I’ll send it to you. 🤍

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