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Sarah Richardson

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Sarah Richardson
Born (1971-10-22) October 22, 1971 (age 53)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Interior Decorator, TV host
Years active1994–present

Sarah Richardson (born October 22, 1971) is a Canadian interior decorator and television personality who started out her career as a prop stylist in 1994. Since then, she has hosted nine television series on decorating for HGTV in Canada. She is the recipient of a Gemini Award [1] and a Canada's Top 40 Under 40 [2] award.

Early life and education

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Richardson was born on October 22, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario.[3] Her mother, Susan Cuddy, was director of design and development for the old City of Toronto.[4] Her father, Douglas Richardson, is a retired professor of history of art and architecture at the University of Toronto. Her brother, Theo Richardson, is also a designer and is a partner in the New York City firm of Rich, Brilliant, Willing.[5] Richardson's parents divorced when she was five.

Richardson attended high school in Toronto at Havergal College.[4] In 1993, she received a B.A. in Visual Arts (a combination of Art History and Studio Arts) from the University of Western Ontario where she was in the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.[6][7]

Career

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Logo of Sarah Richardson Design

Sarah Richardson runs the interior decorator firm Sarah Richardson Design, which she founded in 1998.[8][9]

Television series hosted by or starring Sarah Richardson include:

  • Design Inc.
  • Room Service
  • Sarah's House
  • Sarah's Cottage
  • Sarah 101
  • Real Potential
  • Sarah's Cottage Rental
  • Sarah Off the Grid
  • Sarah's Mountain Escape[10]

She has published several best-selling[11] interior design books, and also runs her eponymous YouTube channel with over one hundred thousand subscribers.[12][13]

Personal life

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Richardson is married to Alexander Younger. The couple live in Toronto with their two daughters Robin (born March 2006)[14] and Fiona (born August 2008). Richardson and Younger also own a summer house on Georgian Bay in Ontario, which Richardson decorated and featured in the Canadian television series Sarah's Cottage, which was also broadcast in the United States under the title Sarah's Summer House. The summer house is powered by solar energy and propane.[15] Both of her daughters are ski-racers.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Winner Sarah Richardson attends the 25th Annual Gemini Awards -..." Getty Images. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Canada's Top 40 Under 40 - Honourees 2007". www.canadastop40under40.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Yourhome is no longer available | Toronto Star". Yourhome.ca. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Sarah Richardson Design". Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Alumni Western - Sarah Richardson". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Question + Answer". Sarah Richardson Design. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Sarah". Sarah Richardson Design. 2022.
  9. ^ "Sarah Richardson Design". Design Lab.
  10. ^ Andrew Tracy (3 June 2022). "Corus slates six new series, three docs across lifestyle and factual nets for 2022-23". RealScreen.
  11. ^ "Sarah Richardson". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  12. ^ "WATCH Sarah Richardson Design Life". Sarah Richardson Design.
  13. ^ "Sarah Richardson". YouTube. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Sarah Richardson's Nursery « Canadian Family". Canadianfamily.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Sarah's Summer House : Sarah Richardson : Home & Garden Television". Hgtv.com. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  16. ^ Noel, Alyssa (6 October 2022). "Whistler B&B transformed into luxury rental on HGTV show". Pique Newsmagazine. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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