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Sarah shares basic decorating tips and tricks to solve any design problem.

12 Gorgeous Room Designs

  • HSONE-104H
    Adding warmth and comfort to a large bedroom in an industrial-type space, Sarah and Tommy soften with furnishings, an Oriental rug and high-style low-cost drapery for expansive windows. Unique dragon fabric sparks the eclectic scheme, artfu

  • HSONE-106H
    Two rooms for three little girls become fun, personality-packed retreats. Tea towels capture Sarah and Tommy's eye, leading to greens and blues in one room, where Sarah's platform bed solution banishes bunk beds forever. Meanwhile the nurse

  • HSONE-109H
    This family kitchen has great bones but needs a facelift. Sarah trades the dated yellow and brown palette for fresh robin's egg blue and off white. Hand-built cupboards are sprayed as the island is reconfigured. New flooring and lighting no

  • HSONE-110H
    Long ago this master bedroom was decorated in florals, fuchsia and frilly lace, as was the style at the time. Sarah and Tommy trade the '80s for neutral shades that will look good now and forever more. Insider information on layering of fab

  • HSONE-111H
    This basement has become a dumping ground of subterranean splendor. Sarah and Tommy start by delineating and organizing spaces to meet the daily functional demands of the family. It becomes an exercise of where to spend and save and how to

  • HSONE-113H
    If you're living in a brand new condo there's no need to go without style and substance in the creation of a space that is a personal expression of you. Sarah and Tommy pump up the classic appeal of a blank canvas by mixing old with new to

  • HSONE-211H
    Just when the bathroom was next on this couple's reno hit list, they discovered they were pregnant. Sarah and Tommy re-purpose a storage room into a nursery, using a unique tribal theme reflected in colour, fabrics and furnishings. They a

  • HSONE-212H
    This kitchen begs for reinvention! Sarah and Tommy squeeze industrial grade gear into this space while helping it blend with the home's overall traditional style. They also address weird placement of windows, doors and services, plus ligh

  • HSONE-214H
    The renovation of their one and only bathroom unveiled for this couple a series of perplexing mistakes made by the previous homeowner. Now Sarah and Tommy step in, first addressing the structural issues before moving onto the pretty. It's

  • HSONE-105H
    Creating a warm and welcoming space for entertaining. Sarah uses dramatic gold leaf wallpaper that inspires this blank space. Vintage shield back chairs offset a splurge dining table and sideboard. A light jewel-tone palette informs paint,

  • HSONE-108H
    The lesson: transitioning an 80s master bathroom into a child-free respite by not moving an inch of plumbing. Sarah shoehorns major style and comfort into this space, replacing a built-in jetted tub with a sculptural one, replacing the vani

  • HSONE-103H
    Sarah and Tommy bring style and sense to a tight, illogical kitchen and equally small adjoining living area. Flooring, paint and other finishes unite the two spaces. A customized out-of-the-box kitchen plays on Sarah's green and white color

  • HSONE-102H
    Creating a welcoming nursery that will grow with your child. Sarah's inspiration springs from blue paisley wallpaper she and Tommy install on the ceiling. Sarah's flash card art idea creates original pieces for mere pennies. Contrary to its

  • HSONE-101H
    Brightening a dark, narrow living and dining room to bring its family back. As a crumbled ceiling and worn floors are replaced Sarah spots a new attitude in punchy floral fabric that ends up on vintage side chairs. Painted side tables flank

  • HSONE-201H
    This dining room is an unappetizing feast of bad colour, dated features and weird layout. Sarah and Tommy jumpstart the stuffy space with fresh, bright twists totally in tune with this young family's outlook. Period features go bold and m

  • HSONE-205H
    Every inch of this home was renovated before the current owners moved in except for the master bath. It remains locked in another era with fixtures and attitude to match. Sarah and Tommy create a luxe space by swapping out the tired fixtu

  • HSONE-213H
    Though a rental this young bachelor wants a place that speaks to his hip downtown style. Sarah and Tommy take on the industrial loft, bringing to it a cool, loungey vibe to entertain friends in casual style. The trick is how to spend your

  • HSONE-209H
    This born entertainer's kitchen is ready for the hook. Sarah and Tommy pull it back to the basics: assessing needs before demolition and creating a flexible and workable layout that caters to the bottom line. A fresh new colour palette, l

  • HSONE-210H
    A coveted large bedroom is an embarrassment of riches for one couple. Sarah and Tommy create separate functional areas within the large, traditional space while keeping the overall mood relaxed and welcoming. New paint, lighting and windo

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Sarah 101 is a back-to-basics crash course in design that breaks every project into simple building blocks. Designer Sarah Richardson showcases her signature approach of tips and tricks to solve design problems so that you too can transform any room in your home.

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