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Love her.

It's not my taste. However, Ms. Richardson once did a lakeside cabin in greens and whites that was perfection! I think she's brilliant! Watch the reruns of "Sarah's House". Wow! She made a silk purse out of a pigs ear, as they say.

Delightful.

I was glued to HGTV when they aired a marathon of this show. I love Sarah's design style! I really liked the large windows and the white-washed wood she used in the interior, but I thought the styling in the living room area felt a bit cluttered and over-done.

Beautiful. I think she's a wonderfully creative designer. I've learned so much from watching her shows. Her style is not always the same as my own, but to me her final product is always attractive with a less-is-more attitude, light-filled, and sometimes just breathtaking.

Fine Living Network doesn't show enough of Room Service, Design Inc., and Sarah's House. And what they do run is at terrible times of day. They need to correct this asap!

Not my style (although I do like her REAL house, or former house -- the MCM one). Not rustic or authentic enough, and as sharr says, overdone.

Speaking of overdone, I think Sarah is being overexposed -- she is everywhere. Room Service, Design Inc., Sarah's house, Sarah's cottage...

"Remember why you bought a country home in the first place and resist the temptation to make everything too perfect, slick, new and crisp. What I love best about old houses is their quirks, creaks and signs of age."

-- Umm, looks slick, new and crisp to me...

Sarah is pretty much my idol. I think she's absolutely brilliant.

It looks cozy, but I agree w/ sharrr; it looks a bit "full" - almost cluttered. Maybe I just prefer cabins to be less nice than my home.

I do like the patio design. The interior is nice, the white flooring room should actually have a wood color floor though.

Nicolette
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I love Sarah's work but I too feel that the living room part is way too cluttered. Especially when it was shown on tv...with the footstool being so close to the table...? There is no need for them, when things are that crowded.

Now...if only I had my own island :*(

i'm the odd-man-out here, but i find her stuff looks a little "showroom"-ish. just that little bit too perfect, you know?

maybe i'm a bit jealous - i kinda hate the fact that its her house and her cottage - i think of her a little bit as a "poor little rich girl", y'know?

I love her style, and that cottage is beautiful.. but it's nicer than most people's homes and doesn't really scream "relax - feel free to have your kids run around in wet bathing suits - drink copious bottles of wine with your friends - get sand on the floors".. I can't see myself being cottage comfortable in that place

Ummmm.... not all of Canada experiences long, cold winters! Just wanna fix that misconception/cliché/stereotype.

While this isn't exactly my style, there are elements of it that I appreciate - the child's bedroom, the dresser with the hats. I think it is interesting to see her style (I haven't seen either show featuring the home or cottage) for her own home vs that of her clients'. I really enjoyed some of her earliest episodes of Room Service when the clients had small spaces and budgets. I always thought she was pretty creative in her solutions. Design Inc. not so much. But shouldn't every designer be growing and evolving? She has been around for a while now.