Sarah Richardson
Sarah Richardson is a Canadian interior designer, author and TV host sharing home renovations, decorating ideas and life behind the projects on her Design Life YouTube channel.
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Overview
- Based in
- Toronto, Canada
- Creates
- Interiors, renovation videos, design television, books and product collections
- Education
- BA in Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario, 1993
- First TV series
- Room Service, HGTV, 2000
- Online chapter
- Launched Design Life on YouTube in 2019
Mini bio
How it started.
Sarah began behind the scenes in 1995 as a prop stylist and set decorator. She opened Sarah Richardson Design in 1998, then brought her ideas to viewers with Room Service on HGTV in 2000.
A life in design.
Shows including Sarah’s House, Sarah 101 and Sarah Off the Grid made home transformations a through-line of her television work. Her first book, Sarah Style, arrived in 2014 with room-by-room decorating ideas.
Come along for the renovation.
In 2019, Sarah launched Design Life on YouTube. Sarah’s Island Rescue follows a Georgian Bay cottage renovation with her husband, Alexander Younger, giving fans a closer look at the decisions behind the finished rooms.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television and online
- 2024Sarah’s Island RescueDesigner and renovation creator
- 2022Sarah’s Mountain EscapeHost and designer
- 2019Design LifeYouTube series creator
- 2000Room ServiceHost and designer
Books
- 2014Sarah StyleAuthor
Awards
Quotes
Essentially, I believe you should live in style and love your home!Sarah Richardson, About Sarah
Trivia
- She used a sewing machine at age five and wanted to be a graphic designer in Grade 6.
- She uses a real Christmas tree at Starlight Farm and an artificial one in her city home.
- Her favourite Canadian fashion label is Smythe; co-founder Christie Smythe is her sister-in-law.
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