SPLASH
OUT
An armchair covered
in emerald fabric
turns Shari Thatcher’s
needlework corner
into a creative cove.
“It’s a small space, so
the color really adds
some brightness,”
says designer Meta
Coleman. Throughout
the house, she used
midcentury and con-
temporary lighting by
Danish company
Gubi to counterbal-
ance the traditional
architecture and
Swedish-country feel
of the furnishings.
Bestlite BL3 Floor
Lamp, from $992;
gubi.com.PULL FROM THE PATTERN
A custom sofa upholstered in the riotous Under Ekvatorn fabric by Josef Frank gave Coleman
a palette with an emphasis on magenta (Shari’s favorite) to draw on for the living room. No
surface was neglected: “When I mix patterns, I like to incorporate a color from it onto the floor,”
Coleman says of the gutsy sea blue gabbeh rug. The fabric also pairs perfectly with the white
ceramic stove (called a kachelöfen) that the previous owner had built to replicate a traditional
German model, as well as with the art—much of which was collected in town. Vintage magenta
chair; amsterdammodern.com. Under Ekvatorn fabric in white; svenskttenn.se.
EMBRACE
HISTORY
The original exterior
is rumored to have
been built with sal-
vaged limestone
during the construc-
tion of the nearby
Manti Utah Temple.
Later, a German
family moved in, and
the Thatchers kept
their sign that trans-
lates to “The house
in the sun.”