Sarah Richardson Launches New Book and TARGET announcement

It's been a long time waiting for me. My fave designer has FINALLY launched her first design book and I can't be more thrilled!  I have placed an order for my copy already and can't wait to see all the eye candy in there and advice from Sarah. I know this book will become an all-time favorite and an inspiration. I absolutely admire and love Sarah's style and can identify spaces designed by her, without even reading/or knowing that it's her - because her design style is so unique to hers and nobody quite does it just like her. She has such a unique and fresh style, which hugely appeals to me, because it blends both new and old, and her mix of fabrics is unbelievable - but what sets it all apart are all the little details.  Pillows always have extra touches like contrasting piping, or fun buttons. Though I admire many styles of designs and designers, Sarah is truly my ultimate design match.  Her spaces are always livable, timeless, beautiful, and offer that perfect dose of  contemporary mixed with vintage.  I just adore it all!

Sarah Richardson book cover (via sarahrichardsondesign.com)

Sarah Richardson is completely on fire right now and it's exciting to see how far she's come along, with her personal brand extending out from paint lines, to furniture, to fabrics, to cards, and now a book, and wait for this - drumrolls please - a new product line to be sold at TARGET! How amazingly exciting is that?! I seriously cannot wait! The woman is taking on the world - and rightly so. I'm so proud of her. The line with Target is supposed to come out in 2015 and they have just made the announcement public. I'm sure many of you are jumping up and down right now, as we will all be able to have a piece of Sarah design in our homes. I have to say that I had really high expectations for Target and was so excited when they first arrived here (see my first post ever about Target an their Threshold line), but they didn't quite come through and deliver for the Canadian market.  I think this Sarah Richardson line is going to save them - quite literally.

I've followed Sarah from her beginning days on 'Room Service', back when HGTV was still pretty new. I remember it was probably one of the only shows that I watched on that channel. Then came 'Design Inc', and I seriously thought it was the best thing that's ever happened! I miss those days. It was the first show that truly gave the viewer a 'behind the scenes' concept and provided me with a great learning opportunity with a glimpse of how it all goes down. I remember getting so much value and tips from her show and have learned so much about fabric coordination, paints, etc.  Sarah has been a true pioneer in design television with all of her shows - other favorites of mine: Sarah's House and Sarah's Cottage. I like that she continuously pushed for new and fresh concepts and her success can be attributed to giving viewers what they want and more by educating them through the process. I seriously owe my love for decorating and design to Sarah.  She started it all with Room Service.

I have to admit that my least favorite series has been her most recent "Real Potential', and "Sarah 101". Personally, I found that the rooms just didn't have quite the same Sarah's cachet. I'd love to see more Design Inc concepts back or another Sarah's cottage or house. Those were absolutely the best blend of content ever. I'm sure more exciting projects are in the funnel for her, but having the book and the product line coming out is absolutely fantastic for all of us. I say, well done Sarah and congratulations!

Sarah Richardson Design: New website

I promised you some pictures of my new backyard last week, but unfortunately, we are bit delayed. The weather wasn't cooperating much last week, with rain most days, which stalled the project. Although there are only a few things to finish, I'd like to keep it a surprise until it's all done, so you'll just have to wait a little bit longer before I reveal the transformation. If all goes well, things are supposed to be all completed by this Saturday...almost there.

Moving on to some really great news, my fave designer, Sarah Richardson, just launched her newly redesigned website. Yay! The new site is sooo much better than the old one (although it was already one of the best sites), it features much bigger pictures, lots more of her portfolio (incl. all her shows), a new section for "getting inspired", where her articles and tips are all featured in one place, and the best, a new section about her team. It's so nice that they finally dedicated a section on them. They all deserve credit for making magic happen at her design firm and shows. But best of all, we can finally figure out how to get Sarah's signature design services! Perhaps my budget could afford some help from her super talented team? :)

The new site also includes videos, all in one place, and also imbedded with relevant articles. Overall, the new design is much more user friendly, and way better in terms of marketing her overall brand & anything Sarah-related. Well done. Sarah also has a new fabric collection coming up. I can't wait for that! I'm sure it will be a huge success. Next, I hope she also launches a lighting collection, how great would that be? I'd love to get the look of some of her vintage lighting finds without having to hunt for them all over the city. The one thing I noticed though, is that they left out her paint collection. Oversight? Not sure...

Anyway, here are some teasers for you...

From Sarah's new country residence - the living room:

(She did a series of webisodes about the renovation of this project, using Lowes products. You should definitely check out the webisodes, it was really good.)

This condo - from one of the Sarah 101 episodes - absolutely one my favorite transformations:

Well, what are you waiting for, head over to the new site and check out all the amazing pics from your favorite episodes and shows! It's full of eye candy. Thanks Sarah!