There are some pieces of furniture that are so bold, so truly out there, that even as a design editor, I struggle to imagine the sort of home they fit into in the real world. It's how I've often felt about 'Shimmer' by Glas Italia — a series of colorful iridescent glass furniture that's undoubtedly beautiful, ethereal even, but steals the show to such a degree that it's hard to visualize the type of everyday interior it lives in.
That is, until you step into a house like Sha Wang's. In the West Vancouver home that Sha, the founder of design studio Atelier Fēn, has designed for her family (husband Jason, 10-year-old son Emjae and a shiba inu puppy Kenji), the designer has worked out the formula for integrating exciting pieces of design, including a Shimmer console and table, into a cozy, liveable and modern home, that never feels like an art gallery.
