Designer Amelia Johnson Fills Her Fairfield Home with Blue Hues

Hallways in designer Mia Johnson’s own home are defined by Quadrille’s Persepolis wallpaper.

For an upstairs landing area, Johnson created a kind of tableau, including a grasscloth chest from Bungalow 5, a bone-inlay mirror from Serena & Lily and a pair of vintage lamps.

Johnson likes to create harmony in her rooms, as evidenced in the living room, where the fireplace is announced with a pair of sconces from Circa Lighting, matching polka-dot vases from Home Goods and an exuberant sunburst mirror.

A seating area in the room features custom slipper chairs upholstered in fabric from Schumacher, which flank an accent table from Lillian August.

Even in areas of the home that might otherwise be purely transitional, such as a nook in an upstairs landing, Johnson encourages visitors and family members to linger: An antique burl-wood bench from a local antiques store is adorned with a tie-dye pillow; the painting is by Dani Renchard.

One of the children’s rooms includes custom zebra-striped headboards and bedskirts.

Bedding is a mix of Matouk, Serena & Lily and Roller Rabbit. In the master bedroom, the bed is anchored by scalloped-front chests from Wisteria, with a pair of Serena & Lily Costa X-Base stools placed at the foot.

Elements in a playroom, to which all of Johnson’s children gravitate, include Pottery Barn beanbags and Ikea bookshelves and bins.

For one of her son’s rooms, Johnson chose a bunk bed from Pottery Barn, which is complemented by a colorful Dash & Albert rug.

The most conspicuous feature of the mudroom is artwork by Piers Bourke titled Soon to be Removed, purchased when Johnson and her husband were living in London.