{ fingers crossed }

For many years, I have been a fan of Sarah Richardson. One of the rooms she designed on her show Design Inc. was even the inspiration for my bedroom in our previous home. Here is Sarah's design:

Screengrab courtesy of the Design Inc website

And here's my version of it (accessories were scaled back for this photo because it was staged for our real estate listing):

Here's a funny story: while working on decorating my room above, I couldn't figure out which paint colour Sarah had used on the accent wall. It was never mentioned in the episode and it wasn't listed on the website. One day, I happened to be in a shop near my office and who should be there too? Sarah herself. I got a bit nervous because I didn't want her to think I was approaching her for the usual fan comments but I asked her if she happened to recall the name of the paint colour for the reasons above and she was very nice. She was surprised it wasn't listed on the website and pointed me in the right direction. Thanks, Sarah!

So what does this have to do with anything? Well, I've often told my husband I want Sarah to decorate our home and I just found out that she is casting for a new show in the Toronto area - perfect! So, after a couple goes at the application due to technical difficulties, I submitted it two nights ago in the hopes that we'll be picked to have our basement designed by Sarah and her team.

After the year we've had, and because I'm so busy with the duties that come along with being a new mom that I haven't had time to start feeling settled in our new house, I would love Sarah's expertise to help us complete one space. I think her aesthetic would be the perfect way to make this house start feeling like our home.