Sarah Richardson has a new series called “Sarah’s Rental Cottage” on HGTV Canada (fingers crossed that they’ll bring it to the States soon!).
The show follows her and Tommy Smythe as they give this 1950s cottage a makeover, and I love how it turned out.
The cottage is in Ontario’s Parry Sound, which is about 140 miles north of Toronto. If you’re dreaming of an island getaway like this, read on to see how you can rent it!
According to Sarah’s website:
This private outer island features commanding wide open views of Georgian Bay with fabulous South and West views for magnificent sunsets and over 8 acres to explore. It’s located in the Township of the Archipelago, District of Parry Sound near the Sans Souci area of Georgian Bay.
(Note: they usually change the show names when they air in the States, so “Sarah’s Rental Cottage” might be called something else by the time it gets here. “Sarah Sees Potential,” for instance, was originally known as “Real Potential” in Canada.)
This looks like a dream vacation spot to me. How fun would it be to stay here in person?
For information about renting the cottage: Sarah Richardson Design.
To learn more about the show and see all the photos
by Stacey Brandford: HGTV Canada.
Sarah was the classmate of one of my friends named Michelle in Tornoto. When Michelle was pregnant with her first boy, Sarah designed the nursery.
No kidding? Wow! I’m jealous. 🙂
YUM!
Nobody does cottage quite like Sarah + Tommy, + I can’t wait until HGTV U.S. finally decides to air this series! Oh, + I really want to paint the bedroom floor of our Dutch colonial. 🙂
I love everything Sarah Richardson! That’s why I could not wait around for a year to see her new show in the US.
I did some research and discovered hola.org … at this website you can download their browser that allows for unrestricted access to websites all over the world.
That means I’ve been able to watch all the video’s at HGTV.ca on my laptop.
Needless to say I’ve done several hours of binge watching … This rental cottage is gorgeous and the show is classic Sarah & Tommy.
I also love the shows Summer Home, Open House Overhaul & The Expandables which I don’t believe have or will ever air in the US.
Wow, I am going to try to download hola.org now. I love Sarah, but miss most of her shows unless they are on the HGTV US web site or they happen to show them when I am on a plane. I wish her shows were on iTunes. I would gladly buy them.
What a charming re-do of a mid-century vacation cottage. I bet that water is cold, though. I like Sarah Richardson’s style but I have never managed to watch one of her shows. I’ll admit I’m not much of a TV watcher, and whenever I check out HGtV it seems they only show an endless loop of Love It or List It, Property Brothers – and other shows by the twins, and House Hunters. I did manage to watch Fixer Upper once I figured when it was on, but now it’s off for the season. If you hear of Sarah’s shows coming to the U.S., please let us know.
Love this! How cute are those birch tree table legs?
I was expecting the interior to be too contemporary, but surprisingly, this cottage has quite a bit of character and I love the exposed wood ceilings.
Oh I hope they air it here, I’ve had Sarah withdrawal for a while now! Love that table, and the fireplace too! The setting is gorgeous! And I miss Tommy!
Just finished it tonight. It’s turned out beautiful and if I had the money, I’d rent it for the entire summer. I love her shows. And I especially love when Tommy is on the scene. He’s one of my absolute favorites on television. I love his biting wit and unending sarcasm.
Miss Sarah’s show here in the states and Tommy always provides a light moment. Their designs and furnishings are always so beautifully put together.
If I’m recalling the first couple of shows in the series correctly, she put mattresses on the banquettes.
I am from Canada. The show just finished here last night. What a great series!!! LOVED having Tommy back and he was in fine form! They are great together. The cottage is beautiful, but I could not imagine paying that much money for a week.
I saw an episode of this show on Friday. Gosh, she is so cute! She and Tommy were carrying old mattresses outside, for later disposal, and she decided it might be fun to stack them and jump on them “like a trampoline”. It was pretty adorable.
I watched the series (I live in Canada) and the best thing about the show is that interplay between Tommy and Sarah. It is truly funny. Interestingly, when Sarah did her Real Potential show alone it did not do well at all. Anyway, the cottage is lovely to look at in it’s decorated state but I’d be so worried about touching anything or getting anything dirty. If I rented from Sarah, I’d probably be spending all my time cleaning. Aside from white washing everything to lighten up, the most dramatic changes are the big window they put in overlooking the water and the complete kitchen reno. When they took down the overhand it opened the kitchen right up. Another great change was adding solar which Alexander looked after with Tommy. More funny scenes.
Just finished watching this series. I wish it had been longer. The show could easily be an hour I think. While Sarah and Tommy are fun, I think her husband stole the show this time around. He is pretty cool.
These cottage renos are likea mini vacation for me. In Canada we have a channel called Cottage Country and they show a handful of cottage reno/real estate shows on it. It’s completely enjoyable, and I want to own almost every single one.
Loved how Alexander and Sarah kept “discussing” whether to paint the wood or not. Most of the time Sarah won and the wood got painted, but in a couple of rooms Alexander got to keep his wood ceilings. I didn’t see all the shows, but it was a very interesting project, and I particularly enjoyed Alexander’s contributions — he dealt with the heating and water systems, adding solar panels to supplement the power system.