Sarah Richardson Explained

Sarah Richardson
Birth Date:22 October 1971
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Interior Decorator, TV host
Years Active:1994–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

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

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:

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Winner Sarah Richardson attends the 25th Annual Gemini Awards -.... Getty Images. en-gb. 2019-05-09.
  2. Web site: Canada's Top 40 Under 40 - Honourees 2007. www.canadastop40under40.com. 2019-05-09.
  3. Web site: Twitter . Twitter . 2014-01-15.
  4. Web site: Yourhome is no longer available | Toronto Star . Yourhome.ca . 2013-04-18 . 2014-01-15.
  5. Web site: Sarah Richardson Design . 2023-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100508100509/http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/news/articles/1 . May 8, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Alumni Western - Sarah Richardson . November 6, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401075120/http://www.alumni.uwo.ca/connect/notable-alumni/sarah-richardson.html . April 1, 2012 .
  7. Web site: Question + Answer . Sarah Richardson Design . 2013-12-17 . 2014-01-15.
  8. Web site: Sarah . Sarah Richardson Design . 2022 .
  9. Web site: Sarah Richardson Design . Design Lab .
  10. Web site: Corus slates six new series, three docs across lifestyle and factual nets for 2022-23 . Andrew Tracy . 3 June 2022 . RealScreen .
  11. Web site: Sarah Richardson . 2023-01-12 . Simon & Schuster.
  12. Web site: WATCH Sarah Richardson Design Life . Sarah Richardson Design .
  13. Web site: Sarah Richardson . 2023-01-12 . YouTube.
  14. Web site: Sarah Richardson's Nursery « Canadian Family . Canadianfamily.ca . 2014-01-15.
  15. Web site: Sarah's Summer House : Sarah Richardson : Home & Garden Television . Hgtv.com . 2014-01-15.
  16. Whistler B&B transformed into luxury rental on HGTV show . Alyssa Noel . 6 October 2022 . Pique News Magazine .