Beauty in the Bedroom(14)

Blue-on-Blue Bedroom

Baby blue looks all grown up in this Junior League of Boston Showhouse bedroom designed by Chris Benson. The fragile Chinese landscape depicted in the traditional blue wallpaper contrasts with the sharp-edged modern shape of a Parsons-style desk, finished with cream-colored stria. The desk serves as a platform for a contemporary painting in a shade of blue that almost disappears into the wallpaper behind it. An 18th-century French caned desk chair brings the design back to a more traditional bent.

Interior design: Chris Benson