I’m in love.
I’ve been ooh’ing and ahh’ing over Sarah’s House (HGTV) for a few weeks now. We’ve been talking about it over on The Inspired Room facebook page and I can see quite a few of you love her show too! If you haven’t seen it yet, go (run!) find some reruns because it is a fun show.
Even if it isn’t your style you will FOR SURE be stretched to see color and pattern and traditional style in a new way.
I have actually only seen a few shows (I’m a late Sarah’s House bloomer) but I really love what I have seen so far. I adore her fresh and fun style.
I admit I get bored with design pretty easily, try as I might to find an inspiration room I really adore it isn’t easy. Everything starts to look the same to me after awhile! But not Sarah’s house(s)!
I looked through her portfolio of previous seasons and was equally smitten.
Her color scheme and mix of patterns and furniture that reminds me why I love a truly personal and unique style — I adore finding a space that DOESN’T look just like so and so’s home.
I’m always drawn in by color and pattern (is it just me or is it the weather in the NW? I need COLOR and LIFE in my house to keep me sane and happy!) so I’m excited to have found her show for inspiration! I cannot wait to watch every single episode of the past seasons. And (update!) recently I’ve found Sarah’s Summer House too, yippee!!
Oh how I heart Sarah.
I love her! I didn’t know she had a show on HGTV.
THanks!
* I ADORE Sarah’s fresh approach to everything, and I ADORE Sarah, too (as well as my darlin’ Tommy!)~~~
What can one say but “SHE ALWAYS GETS IT”, and gets it…”JUST RIGHT”!!!
I try never to miss her program~ so delightful! Appreciate the chance to more closely see these spaces, up “close and personal”!!!
Thanks muchly!
Linda in AZ *
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If I had my choice of designers to do my house, it would be Sarah!
My mother and I enjoyed watching the unveiling of Sarah’s house over the weekend. I think it’s beautiful and so many pretty and creative ideas. Thank you for composing them here together.
I also LOVE Sarah’s house!!!
I know!! I love her too! I hate how she STOLE my life though!! Just kidding, I can’t even get mad at her for living my dream life cuz she’s just so good!! I love Tommy too! I need a Tommy sidekick in my life to shop with
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I’ve never seen this show, but after seeing these beautiful photos I’ll definitely check it out! Thanks for sharing .
Donna
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I die! THRILLED you have these pics!! Just “found” the farmhouse show; and now FLN is off the air!!! I don’t have Sarah’s House on HGTV in Texas. It was on FLN. I agree with many HGTV stinks now! Candace is the only fine one left. I must find Sarah’s shows online. Thanks SO much for capturing these fab photos!!!
I tried to watch, but was kind of put off by her overly cutesy manner, particularly since she’s not 20. (Neither am I.) I guess it’s okay, because while her style is certainly well-done, it’s not really a style I am interested in.
I LOVE Sarah Richardson too as do my 2 daughters. We are from Sydney Australia and my daughter (who wants to be an interior designer just like Sarah) has actually written to her to ask if she can do work experience – in Canada!!! The farm house and her island cottage are our favourites.
I am a die hard fan of Sarah’s house. Each week I can hardly wait to see what she does next. She is amazing. I love how she mixes vintage, antique and custom to make it truly one of a kind. I just don’t think I could sell it after I had worked so hard and made it so perfect with everything so lovely, colorful and down right wonderful!
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Some people have sooo much talent. Love the fresh look. Seems like the trend was dark for so long. Happy to see the light. Painted our dark paneled living room. Yes there are people who still have paneling! While lots of work, it was a huge success! looks like some of the photos of Sarah’s House. As a photographer I like to mix things up and agree with Jean (poster) that the mix of styles works to make it an original. Thanks Melissa for the fun and informative blog. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
I haven’t watched her show but there is a ton of eye candy on her website. I will browsing for hours!
I love it! I haven’t seen the show because I’m in the UK and don’t actually have a television (!) but the colours and patterns in those shots are wonderful and so completely refreshing and un-hackneyed.
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It is a great show! It is one of the only shows that I enjoy watching on HGTV… I love her mix of vintage and new pieces.
I LOVe how she plays with color and pattern – it’s totally my style!! Thanks for all the inspiration – i’m going to have to check her show out!!
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I love Sarah as well. I appreciate the fact that she tells you where to splurge and where to save. We may not have the budget she has or the time to do it all at aonece but I love using her as a road map. I have learned much from her. Hope she continues to be on HGTV…they need designers that will teach as they go along a project.
I’ve been bitten by the Sarah bug too! I heart every room she touches!
So glad you shared Sarah with us! I must be the last person to hear about her, but I love what I see!
The best way for me to describe my thoughts on this house is that looking at the pictures was like eating a warm chocolate chip cookie.
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I am truly 100% obsessed with that show!!! I am heartbroken that the last show was on the other day, but she did an amazing job with that old farmhouse. I hope she does another one!!!
I SERIOUSLY have a problem! I am a SARAHS HOUSE ADDICT! I love that show SO MUCH! I didn’t even know it existed (because I am a die-hard Candice Olson fan and pretty much only watch her show) but I came across it on the day she did the Mud Room. She had me as soon as she painted those doors red! Then I DVR’d every episode since and have now seen her do the entire house – I don’t want it to end. She needs to buy another farm QUICK!!!
My wife and I are also in love with what Sarah does with the houses she designs and decorates. She and Tommy her ever trusty side kick do an awesome job. Always timeless with just enough of an edge to make it fresh. I so want Sarah to design a room or two for our house….. but until then we just keep watching and trying to duplicate some of her design elements in our own home. It seems that Canada has been light years ahead of us in the home decor department they have sooo many great talented designers coming from there…. Blessings to you Curtis and Sherrie
I am a new Sarah fan too..what I notice about her style is no fear of color and pattern. It reinforces what I want to do in my own home decorating. The guttsier a color is, put together with patterns that connect to that color, well, the result is gratifying..and I love special pieces of furniture that add that certain one of a kind quality to the design. I loved her red paint in the farmhouse mudroom area. Nice post.
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I’m also a big fan. I love how her designs don’t look “designer”. The rooms look warm, cozy and appear to have developed over time. She would be my top pick for a designer to come into my house. I hope HGTV continues her shows!
I have absolutely been devouring her shows on the Farmhouse segments (just finished the last one) — where did you get the actual photos? I would love to have a magazine layout of every room she did! It’s too hard to capture it on TV to remember and to see the actual colors. I am not a real yellow fan but I am in love with the color she used in the kitchen and bathroom (a mellow yellow). Wish I knew the color name and paint she used! I love all the red in the mud room… on and on. So many times I didn’t see how her scheme would work, but every time it came out so beautifully. Farmhouse New England traditional with a dash of Martha’s Vineyard sea would be my favorite and she captured it all. Love, love love her shows even when she is more modern than my taste…
I am a fan of Sarah Richardson and have been watching her shows for years. Before Sarah’s House, she had a show called Room Service and one called Design Inc. I really liked Design Inc, because it showed her during the design process and I saw how she encountered many of the same problems on a job as I do (I am also an Interior Designer and Architect). She has a great website, SarahRichardsonDesign.com, that has pictures of her projects including Sarah’s house. She usually gives a list of the paints, fabrics and furniture she uses. It also has articles she has written for a Toronto newspaper about the rooms on Sarah’s House. If you like her and her design, you should check out her website!!
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Thank you for spotlighting one of my favorite designers! I’ve been a Sarah Richardson stalker for years now and my computer is filled with pictures from her portfolio and my DVR is full of so many of her episodes from Design, Inc. to Sarah’s House to her older programs. I think I’m so smitten because she begins her design process with beautiful fabrics — something that I love and am drawn to as well. Love everything she does, but especially the cottage and farm!
Adding…I don’t think it’s just you that craves color and pattern in the NW. I am in Texas and I am so over the dark, heavy Tuscan looks of so many homes here. I think another big reason I’m drawn to Sarah Richardson’s looks is that she seems to breathe fresh air into a room, even with those rooms she infuses with color and pattern feel so fresh and alive. Another great Canadian designer and color expert, Maria Killiam, from Color Me Happy, does something very similar in her designs. Not sure if being Canadian has anything to do with it, but I love both of their aesthetics in that their rooms feel so fresh and alive. Something my home is in great need of and what I’m working on with Maria Killam via e-mail and the web. Isn’t 21st century design amazing with tv, the web and all the amazing resources we have available now? On another note, sometimes it makes me feel way behind and/or left out when you see these shows and then begin yearning and coveting. I told my husband that I’ve been so unhappy in this house that I tend to “live” in the photos I’ve collected and wonder if we will ever achieve the ambiance I crave and love. We’re working on it but it’s just such a slow process and tough to balance the realization that the tv shows have massive budgets and help. Still, I know there is hope because I am determined! Thanks again for a beautiful and inspiring post.
I really love the … it looks like a wrought iron floor lamp in the third picture from the top, the green boys’ bedroom. Any idea how I could find out where she got it?
I absolutely ADORE Sarah’s house! Her technique and style are amazing and really catches the eye. I’m anxiously waiting for season 4 to begin!!
She’s the master of mixing pattern and has such a light touch to style in her decor. Is Design Inc the newest show and Sarah’s House older?
Sarah is a genious! I could watch her show over and over and over!
I couldn’t agree more!
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I adore adore that show. By far my favorite show on HGTV.
BTW I am also a big fan of your blog. I am a northwest gal myself, themoderncottagecompany.blogspot.com.
-Alison
Ive been watching different seasons of Sarah’s House on HGTV in Ft Lauderdale, Fl area. I absolutely adore the show! Can’t get enough of it. It seems as if its winding down. We just saw what could be the last episode of Sarah’s Summer Cottage. Say it isn’t so! Is there more to come? I’m already experiencing withdrawal!
I’ve been watching different seasons of Sarah’s House in the Ft. Lauderdale, FL area. I absolutely adore the shows! Can’t get enough of it. It seems as if its winding down. We just saw what could be the last episode of sarah’s Summer Cottage. Say it isn’t so! Is there more to come? I’m already experiencibng withdrawal!