Sarah Richardson (born October 22, 1971) is a

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er and television personality who started out her career as a prop stylist in 1994. Since then, she has hosted several television series on design for HGTV in Canada. Sarah Richardson is the recipient of a ''Gemini Award'' as well as a ''Canada's Top 40 Under 40'' award.

Early life and education

Richardson was born on October 22, 1971 in

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. Her mother, Susan Cuddy, was director of design and development for the old City of Toronto. 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. Richardson's parents divorced when she was five. Richardson attended high school in Toronto at

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. In 1993, she received a B.A. in Visual Arts (a combination of Art History and Studio Arts) from the

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where she was in the

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sorority.

Career

Sarah Richardson runs the interior design firm Sarah Richardson Design, which she founded in 1998. 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'' She has published several best-selling interior design books, and also runs her eponymous YouTube channel with over one hundred thousand subscribers.

Personal life

Richardson is married to Alexander Younger. The couple live in Toronto with their two daughters Robin (born March 2006) and Fiona (born August 2008). Richardson and Younger also own a summer house on

Georgian Bay Georgian Bay (french: Baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To ...

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. Both of her daughters are ski-racers.

References

External links

Sarah Richardson Design
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