@@twistoffate4791: those so-called designers need to be put in their place. Time and again they impose their design aesthetic inappropriately, eg lots of white in a house with children and pets. Working parents don't have time to keep white furnishing clean. They have other priorities.
Ok, I thought they were wrong for ignoring the likes/dislikes of the owners, but after seeing the finished product, I was blown away. I'm still a huge Sarah fan!!
I would give Sarah and Tommy cart Blanche with my home anytime - no questions asked. 😍I especially love how they shop in 2nd hand furniture shops and breathe new life into old stuff. Those upholsterers are amazingly skilled! 👏
I agree with your last statement....The UPHOLSTERERS ARE DEFINITELY ARTISANS. INCREDIBLE ‼️ I DONT LIKE THE PLAID, THE GRAY CHAIRS OR THE DINNING CHAIRS OR BENCH...YUK. TOO MUCH FURNITURE, IN SOME WAYS THE ROOM LOOKS SORTA GOOD...BUT RIPPING UP EXISTING HARDWOOD FLOORS AND THE PLAID SOFA AND CHAIR....SO BLAH
What do you call a style of hardwood floor that was used almost universally for 100 years? Classic. Never replace a classic element with a fad. Save the faddy stuff for upholstery and rugs, etc.
You're right. The house looks dated now as the makeover was done in the early 2000s. Actually the old room, with its dark moody jewel tones look look more current now in 2023.
I can't imagine letting somebody else select fabrics for the pillows, etc. in my home. Shopping for and selecting such things is one of the joys of modern life.
Some people have absolutely no innate abilities and/or interest in selecting home furnishings but still desire and see the value in a well put together space. This ultimately creates jobs for people who *are good at making design decisions. That’s not a bad thing I think. You must have good taste and an innate talent to feel so strongly. As a designer myself, I completely understand how you feel about not letting someone else make those selections for me. 🙂
This is an excellent example of what old house restorers call remuddling. Someone will come along and undo it all, I hope. There are ways to update a house without destroying it's original character.
People need to start watching reruns of "Restored" on Discovery+ - it's one of my favorite shows and taught me to appreciate original things in architecture, to respect and honor it and try to retain and restore them, not tear everything out including perfectly good hardwood floors (like the Property Brothers always do - makes me grind my teeth every time) that only need a few boards laced in and a refinishing or a darker stain. Why are you buying a Craftsman style home if you DO NOT WANT A CRAFTSMAN? Why are you buying a Tudor style home if you DO NOT WANT A TUDOR STYLE HOME? Geez Louise! If you want a house that looks like everybody else's than build yourself or buy a McMansion.
Some people are making comments about not letting a designer be in charge of design decisions. You dont hire a designer to be the middle man to get you fixtures and furnishings; you hire a designer to design. If you want total final control, dont hire a designer. You would just waste their time and Spend money for a service you dont want
I LOVE this jumping off fabric, the natural wood elements, and the lighter floor. It lightened up the space and kept the mid-century components but with a more modern approach. It looks amazing!
Sarah has IMPECCABLE style and taste. Some folks leaving comments apparently don't agree with her choices. But obviously the homeowners hired Sarah because they liked her style and felt that she could elevate their existing style, while executing a cohesive vision for their space. As usual, Sarah accomplished that mission. And she accomplished it EXTREMELY well.
This was a miss IMO, and I am usually a Sarah & Tommy fan. She over rode the homeowners hatred of the fabrics which I would not have tolerated if it was my house. Even in the finished room I hated the plaid and that gaudy floral.I also didn't like that ugly piece of stone by the fireplace.And she could have reused the coffee table & end tables - they were perfect. The couple wanted a curtain for privacy at night but they used such a sheer fabric it was see thru at night anyway. So how is that private?
You are spot on. Overbearing and obnoxious indifference to clients' objections. Cheapest marble was ghastly. The slab of Brazilian marble was the way to go. Could have been any number of solutions other than plaid..... just so wrong! Odious decorators never once worked with the owners.
@@AngelFish007 "Clients never want what’s good for them…" A bit of a sweeping generalization? Good designers find some level of accommodation. They inform, they educate, and yes.... cajole. At times having to find alternative solutions. These two clowns are making snap decisions and bulldozing the client just to make a YT video. Not the way first rate designers work.
I totally agree. It was difficult to watch this episode bc it upset me so much. Had it been my house I would have insisted they make changes right infront of the camera and made it clear how much I hated it.
Before you go changing something in someone ELSE'S home, let them know what you are planning so they can "adjust" to something THEY like. I'd be furious!!! if you did that to my house.
If I remember correctly. It was actually a requirement that all of the homeowners had absolutely no control over the renovations. I'm assuming the makeovers were free. It's just a risk that you have to,take with free makeovers. You can't expect to have all the control and have someone else pay for it, lol.
So using laminate is quality, and then having MDF cabinets over precious wood furniture - that looked like walnut, by the way - that came from the art deco period, is elegant. The pattern on the shades…I’ll stop here, because I am hyperventilating and have the same nauseating feeling as when I watch youtube videos of people painting over in white perfectly fine pieces of furniture, just because they don’t posses the ability understand design and quality.
I'm with you too. From the moment she kvetched about the instrument by the fireplace (I keep my piano by my fireplace, it's great), I knew this was going to be a car crash. The couch plaid is like something out of a mid-range hotel when the original fabric was so fun. 2 samey seating groups? Not a reading nook by the fire, or a spot for the piano? Binning the original floor is ridiculous, and what was the point of that tacky bit of marble on the fire? The next owners will rip that right out and be praying the brick under it isn't damaged. I coulda done them some curtains and not trashed the place!
The visual design is so stunning. I think her fabric design choices really worked out so well. You made the right decision with the fabrics and by sticking to your vision. It is beautiful.
I loved this episode. I didn't love some of the furniture choices (coffee table and pendant lights) but I love the overall effect. Her jumping off fabric was so bold but she used it well. The painting she chose is magnificent and made the space in my opinion.
What I love: the ottoman (form and fabric), especially with the large artwork of similar color but contrasting geometry; white chairs, plaid upholstery, dark blue cushion, carpet; dining table and pendants. What I don't like: grey chairs (ugly shape); marble fireplace inset (gaudy and unnecessary); tall storage piece (clonky and too tall); sunbursts on wall (no explanation necessary). Overall what I most enjoy is the shopping and selection process. I'd love to know where and how they found that tree trunk and glass side table.
Wait a minute! Lots of people can't 'see' how a fabric will work or imagine the finished work so a designer has to listen to their overall wishes and go from there. Sarah has SO much experience putting things together and the client should choose a designer after seeing some of their work and if it isn't right, don't go with the designer. Also midcentury is a very definite look and keeping that vibe and also refreshing it at the same time is tricky! I think this project is well done and very beautiful and the family talks about it functioning for them.
@@barbaracollignon5365 We all go through times of giving up pieces. For me I'm relocating to a different state and I have to decide what to take and what to give up! Each house has its own style, look and some pieces don't work in each house! I have memories of some blue and white I gave up (it's back in style) and a wing chair that didn't fit size wise in our cottage. I still say that Sarah works with the client and in the end they get what fits the house, is updated and the old stuff goes back into circulation for 2nd hand buyers. Peace.
@@barbaracollignon5365 That's because this was filmed almost a decade ago! A lot of the things that would be trendy right now and probably kept - like the unpainted panelling, the rust velvet of the sofa, lots of wood furniture, original floors and so on - only really got back in style over the last few years. At the time, the cooler gray palette (with bright "pops of colour") and the shiny surfaces (chrome, mirrors, high gloss) were what was trendy!
The mindset that we should rip out perfectly good floors and put in new ones when we could just stain the original is a bummer. The bland after is a disappointment and I usually love the designs. The new layout is great, really like what happened with the dining room table but the original couches were more interesting and the flower pattern doesn't feel modern at all.
Why did she take all the mid-century character out of the room she changed the floor and painted the built-in why take away the original character of the room? She isn't the one who is paying for it or has to live with it do as the customer wants! The customer hated the plaid so find something that the customer likes. I would never work with her as a designer.
@@wallihaley5194 They said they did on camera I wonder how long it stayed that way? I am willing to bet the plaid left quickly as well as the floral, you never see it 6 months later when they live with it and change it. I would be willing to bet if you went there now there is no plaid and that floral is gone.People say they like it, just like you would say you like a food your grandma cooked but you hate.What are these people going to say we spent thousands of dollars on something and admit to a world wide audience we actually hate it,I'm sure they have to sign a contract with the production company and then they have control of what happens, alot of these shows do what they want and the home owners have to change it to what they want afterwards. If you go back to alot the home renovation shows homes afterwards they don't look anything like they did at the Reveal.These production companies use rented furniture and staging for the reveals and it all goes away after the production is finished shooting.
The house is very full, it looks like a furniture shop.....and buying art for someone else is not done, that is way too personal. My biggest hate is the mirrored wall, it ads to the overall cluttered look. A wrong choice of curtains for privacy.😥
That's one of my biggest gripes with designers--too much clutter. In that same vein, more opaque curtains would weigh the room down even more. The curtains are my favorite part of this reno. They do provide privacy since the figures of the family and the furniture are indistinct behind the light and airy fabric.
@@karenryder6317 ....Totally agree with your perceptive comment, I have noticed that the majority of American designers plus several of the top rated British ones like Robert Kime for example can't resist the clutter of material that clash and shout ...and never miss an opportunity to spend the client's money....less is more as the saying goes.
Frack I would love to have that furniture! Just needed some update on the decor around it and rearranging. The floor had nothing wrong and it is real wood for God's sake!. Are these some of the supposedly decorators that have no real appreciation for vintage stuff? The episode is not even that super old.
At minute 13 25 Tommy starts talking about "how the sofa was only $25 and if she doesn't like it covered in our plaid fabric she can drag it out to the driveway and set it on fire for all I care". What an arrogant snob. Even if the show was called Tommy Smythe Designs to speak that was about a clients concerns is rude and unprofessional. It's even worse because he's representing Sarah. I'm surprised they didn't edit it out before they broadcast it.
The original orange couch & chair with the coffee table 100% fit that space! The weird tropical fabric they chose does not fit at all. So sad. This space could have been so beautiful.
I must put my personal touch on MY home. I might seek color or placement ideas but ultimately I will make decision. People comment on my decorating choices in my condo as being very comfortable and tasteful. I have excellent taste with a beer pocketbook. You do not need to break the bank to have lovely home.
Didn't like the plaid furniture and it wouldn't have been allowed in my home. It's ugly no matter how you look at it. With that being said, I enjoy decorating my own home but find these videos interesting and informative to watch.
This is one of the MOST beautiful redesigns Sarah, Tommy + team have done -- out of 30? I've viewed. Sarah has the confidence of knowing WHY an element is perfect, because she's somehow capable of seeing the entire package/feeling of a space in her mind's eye.
I can't believe this disaster happened! The fabrics are beyond ugly, the sofa, the wood walls and the floors should've stayed the same (or use a suited fabric for the sofa). The colorful fabric had nothing to do in the living room. Plus, why two sitting areas and horrendous "modern" gray fourniture?
I hear you. I do disliked the pointless changes and the fabrics. The comment about if she doesn't like it, she can set it on fire in the driveway really made me shake my head.
Really beautiful redecorating. The average “Joe” can’t see the same potential w/ the blending of colors, fabrics, design, flow & pulling all the rooms together. The finished product is absolutely stunning!
It’s a typical Sarah 101 formula to have the client “hating” her choices, and then loving the finished design. I wasn’t expecting to like it, but I do. It’s fabulous!
AMAZING! I really loved this one. I think the comments that are freaking out about the fabric/furniture are just going off of the client's first reactions. It gives people permission to have a stronger reaction than normal. Can't get fooled by drama editing folks. A great designer like Sarah knows how all these elements BALANCE with everything in the end. I would LOVE to have a place like this!
@4:32, its a shower curtain. I didn't think there anything wrong with the floor but having decided to replace it, why chose such a pale colour? The update is clueless: all those pale colours for people with children. I don't envy the woman keeping it clean and tidy. It's an utter failure.
Have these designers ever seen an actual mid-century modern home before? This is not it at all, it's just modern day decor with some floral thrown in. The original coffee table was a good choice. You would not have found caning in a mid-century modern home. Wide plank wooden floors would have been seen a country at that time. Terrazzo would have made more sense.
I love that fabric, just not on such a large piece but the rest of the renovation is quite a neutral palette. I would love to own a mid century house like this.
Ugh, the button detail and fabric on the couch totally killed the MCM vibe for me. Classic look to the room but not the cool mid-century look the home represents.
That house is WAY COOL even without a stick of furniture. I love the color of the bricks, that buff tan. As an architectural historian I love helping people see how they can live in their historic home without being on display. I get that Sarah is an interiors person, but with some screening plantings (not hedges in front of those windows please!) in the yard, they can have privacy and still keep the integrity of the house’s design strengths. And that plaid looks awful with the floral. It’s dead. Just keep the fireplace untouched. I just hate when people think they need to “update” something that’s a total classic. Like adding lipstick to the Mona Lisa because she’s not contemporary. Sheesh.
Aye, 2 seating areas and a dining table and NONE of them with the fire as a focal point is idiotic. I'm currently renovating my 1850s home in the centre of Edinburgh, and you can be damn sure there'll be a fireplace focal there :) If you like architectural history, 'colony houses' are a fun part of Edinburgh.
I thought: if my designer chose a fabric I told her I absolutely hated and she went ahead with upholstering with it, I'd fire the decorator, period. Missing here is the designer's guarantee to pay for the fabric and upholstery work if the owner continued to hate the finished product. Owner loved finished work, so the point is moot here, but this could easily have gone pear-shaped. Also, Tommy's arrogance and humor can get tedious.
You guys are missing the point...it's all in the way the story is told. Sarah and the team used the customers "hating" the fabric to create the drama to tell the story. I'm sure they knew the customer finally saw the design vision and loved the plaid before they continued. As a designer myself, many of my clients have disagreed (hated) my design choices, but in the end, realized the design was more than they could imagine.
@@ladybugkitty: 'As a designer myself ...' you listen and interpret the client's brief to achieve the outcome that is satisfactory to them. What you don't do is force your aesthetic on people who are paying for your expertise.
Agree with the home owner regarding that plaid, but did not change my mind as did she. Love the painting and the two comfy used chairs that were reupholstered.
Ugh, I realize it’s not my style. The problem is that Sarah and Tommy disregarded the owners desires. Maybe the designing team is footing the bill? Either their way or no way Jose.
Decorators destroy old wood with great character because they don't know how to incorporate it into a fresh design. Real designers figure out how to achieve their design goals without destroying the original wood. Prove me wrong! Ha-ha!
Seems like they went from the 1950s and sixties to the sixties and the seventies. Not what I was expecting but maybe exactly what the homeowners wanted?😁🤨
I typically love Sarah’s designs but two living rooms next to each other feels like a hotel lobby? TV? Books? A way to use it? It looks like two living rooms for conversation.. fabric and elements are beautiful tho. Also the floors.. nooooooo. :(
I don’t understand why change a perfectly good floor. That hideous piece of marble on that mid century fireplace makes no sense. The mirrors were a good idea. Everything else is pleasant enough.
"set it on fire?" its a vintage piece that is actually worth more than anything they chose for their design. No respect for classic design that in the US fetches upwards of thousands of dollars, even without appropriate restoration! Set it on fire? haughtiness like that is unprofessional! and demeaning to clients revealing an obvious lack of taste, cultural appreciation, and sensibility.
Sarah, you are allowing your ego and your need to always be right to interfere with your obligation to serve your client. First and foremost you should be listening to what your client likes and not designing it to suit you. You seem to limit your designs to a couple of styles, when there are endless choices, just as there are a lot of differing tastes for those styles. If I hire a designer I expect them to listen to what I like and design accordingly, not ignore me when I clearly voice that I don't want something in my house.
@@desertfish6239 it seems like these TV designers find *one* thing that worked for them once or twice and use it everywhere. If I have to see one more giant clock on the wall, "barn doors" leading into bathrooms, and sappy poems stenciled onto "aged" metal I may scream.
A great designer can take what the client desires, and if there is clash with color ect.. a true designer will go against the client but keeping in mind their vision and bring it all together. The client usually has a vision but incomplete...that is why this designer always takes her clients style, and desire and creates the perfect design.
I kinda agree on that plaid and I'm a boomer so remember colors and all of that back in the 50s. Remember the curtains we had in our home that were more the 40s floral so yeah, had some great things back then. I do like the ottoman but not the plaid, sorry, I'm glad the owners wound up liking it. Do like the layout of the rooms and house so glad they like it.
I just love this space. I didn’t think I would like the plaid material but the application was perfect and it is sophisticated and subtle. And I love, love, love the ottoman fabric.
I did not the plaid either, I liked the original fabric and I would not have changed out the floor. Gray is so out now, But the other fabric was great.
I nearly had a heart attack when the beautiful, original woodpanelling was painted - white?? Nooo! To my eyes this room transformation completly lost sight of the midcentury modern style. The ‘pops of color’ and some of the cushions are eyesores. Sorry Sarah... What I do like is the marble on the fire place, the sunburst wallhangings and the streetscape.
I mean Sarah did a room with wood paneling that the homeowner insisted in keeping original and it was the absolute worst makeover Sarah has ever done. The problem with wood paneling is that it makes the entire room feel like a dark cave. No lighting in the world can change that. You can't have a light and airy space if you're surrounded by wood paneling.
EVERY SARAH ROOM MAKEOVER IN ONE COMPILATION: th-cam.com/video/Y5umMM_BaiA/w-d-xo.html
Those original wood floors were lovely.
They were, but they were also kind of limiting. Space was very dark, and that dark heaviness could never be lifted with the darker wood floors.
No one would overrule me on the colors in my house.
Nor me!!
@@twistoffate4791: those so-called designers need to be put in their place. Time and again they impose their design aesthetic inappropriately, eg lots of white in a house with children and pets. Working parents don't have time to keep white furnishing clean. They have other priorities.
@@victorialine5984 Well-stated.
So why ask them in the first place?
Christine Z- I never ask, but you know people will always offer their opinion.
Ok, I thought they were wrong for ignoring the likes/dislikes of the owners, but after seeing the finished product, I was blown away. I'm still a huge Sarah fan!!
Watched it twice, and still think that marble looks wrong. Can't believe I love and hate so much in one room!
I agree. The amazonia sample would have fit so much better and wasn't much more money in the grand scheme of things.
I would give Sarah and Tommy cart Blanche with my home anytime - no questions asked. 😍I especially love how they shop in 2nd hand furniture shops and breathe new life into old stuff. Those upholsterers are amazingly skilled! 👏
I agree with your last statement....The UPHOLSTERERS ARE DEFINITELY ARTISANS. INCREDIBLE ‼️ I DONT LIKE THE PLAID, THE GRAY CHAIRS OR THE DINNING CHAIRS OR BENCH...YUK.
TOO MUCH FURNITURE, IN SOME WAYS THE ROOM LOOKS SORTA GOOD...BUT RIPPING UP EXISTING HARDWOOD FLOORS AND THE PLAID SOFA AND CHAIR....SO BLAH
I absolutely love the relationship interaction between Sarah and Tommy! How great it must be to work together in such harmony.
I love the floral fabric but wish they had kept the original floors! The floors they picked will look dated in no time.
What do you call a style of hardwood floor that was used almost universally for 100 years? Classic.
Never replace a classic element with a fad.
Save the faddy stuff for upholstery and rugs, etc.
You're right. The house looks dated now as the makeover was done in the early 2000s. Actually the old room, with its dark moody jewel tones look look more current now in 2023.
You can tell a professional designer designed this. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
I can't imagine letting somebody else select fabrics for the pillows, etc. in my home. Shopping for and selecting such things is one of the joys of modern life.
Some people have absolutely no innate abilities and/or interest in selecting home furnishings but still desire and see the value in a well put together space. This ultimately creates jobs for people who *are good at making design decisions. That’s not a bad thing I think. You must have good taste and an innate talent to feel so strongly. As a designer myself, I completely understand how you feel about not letting someone else make those selections for me. 🙂
That’s why they hired a design firm!!!
Then U wouldn’t hire a designer, that’s all.
This is an excellent example of what old house restorers call remuddling. Someone will come along and undo it all, I hope. There are ways to update a house without destroying it's original character.
People need to start watching reruns of "Restored" on Discovery+ - it's one of my favorite shows and taught me to appreciate original things in architecture, to respect and honor it and try to retain and restore them, not tear everything out including perfectly good hardwood floors (like the Property Brothers always do - makes me grind my teeth every time) that only need a few boards laced in and a refinishing or a darker stain. Why are you buying a Craftsman style home if you DO NOT WANT A CRAFTSMAN? Why are you buying a Tudor style home if you DO NOT WANT A TUDOR STYLE HOME? Geez Louise! If you want a house that looks like everybody else's than build yourself or buy a McMansion.
@@jannibal9273 I fracking hate when they destroy real wood to put stupid vinyl on!
This show is from 2012, and clearly the room already looks tired and dated. Lesson learned!
I think you meant remodeling not remuddling.
I love what they did
Some people are making comments about not letting a designer be in charge of design decisions. You dont hire a designer to be the middle man to get you fixtures and furnishings; you hire a designer to design. If you want total final control, dont hire a designer. You would just waste their time and Spend money for a service you dont want
I LOVE this jumping off fabric, the natural wood elements, and the lighter floor. It lightened up the space and kept the mid-century components but with a more modern approach. It looks amazing!
Sarah has IMPECCABLE style and taste. Some folks leaving comments apparently don't agree with her choices. But obviously the homeowners hired Sarah because they liked her style and felt that she could elevate their existing style, while executing a cohesive vision for their space. As usual, Sarah accomplished that mission. And she accomplished it EXTREMELY well.
I love that floral and the art. They go together so well. You guys are so talented.
This was a miss IMO, and I am usually a Sarah & Tommy fan. She over rode the homeowners hatred of the fabrics which I would not have tolerated if it was my house. Even in the finished room I hated the plaid and that gaudy floral.I also didn't like that ugly piece of stone by the fireplace.And she could have reused the coffee table & end tables - they were perfect. The couple wanted a curtain for privacy at night but they used such a sheer fabric it was see thru at night anyway. So how is that private?
You are spot on. Overbearing and obnoxious indifference to clients' objections. Cheapest marble was ghastly. The slab of Brazilian marble was the way to go. Could have been any number of solutions other than plaid..... just so wrong! Odious decorators never once worked with the owners.
@@AngelFish007 "Clients never want what’s good for them…" A bit of a sweeping generalization? Good designers find some level of accommodation. They inform, they educate, and yes.... cajole. At times having to find alternative solutions. These two clowns are making snap decisions and bulldozing the client just to make a YT video. Not the way first rate designers work.
I agree
I totally agree. It was difficult to watch this episode bc it upset me so much. Had it been my house I would have insisted they make changes right infront of the camera and made it clear how much I hated it.
I agree completely.
What a waste of natural resources to tear up the floor. We just can't think that way anymore.
Before you go changing something in someone ELSE'S home, let them know what you are planning so they can "adjust" to something THEY like. I'd be furious!!! if you did that to my house.
they literally hired her to change their home
@@maryanalyons7212 But thats just it ~ They HIRED her, these people still have to like their furnishings in THEIR home
I agree 100%
If I remember correctly. It was actually a requirement that all of the homeowners had absolutely no control over the renovations. I'm assuming the makeovers were free. It's just a risk that you have to,take with free makeovers. You can't expect to have all the control and have someone else pay for it, lol.
@@Kevin-sm8pn From what I understood the only thing the homeowners didnt have to pay for was the labor, everything else they had to pay for.
Note to self: Never hire a T.V. decorator.
So using laminate is quality, and then having MDF cabinets over precious wood furniture - that looked like walnut, by the way - that came from the art deco period, is elegant. The pattern on the shades…I’ll stop here, because I am hyperventilating and have the same nauseating feeling as when I watch youtube videos of people painting over in white perfectly fine pieces of furniture, just because they don’t posses the ability understand design and quality.
Glad they were outbid on the floating glass Table at 12:20.
Smoked mirror?! I didn't even think they made those horrid things anymore.
The original coffee table, and different end tables by the couch would make the whole space 1000% better. I love MCM…I think they missed the mark…
Can I have the round art deco table from the “before”😅😍?
This whole process was painful to watch. The home owners were going in the right direction and they ruined it
Totally agree
I'm with you too. From the moment she kvetched about the instrument by the fireplace (I keep my piano by my fireplace, it's great), I knew this was going to be a car crash. The couch plaid is like something out of a mid-range hotel when the original fabric was so fun. 2 samey seating groups? Not a reading nook by the fire, or a spot for the piano? Binning the original floor is ridiculous, and what was the point of that tacky bit of marble on the fire? The next owners will rip that right out and be praying the brick under it isn't damaged. I coulda done them some curtains and not trashed the place!
@@alifloydtv Eughhh totally agree. And I thought the original orange velvet sofa fabric was amazing!
The visual design is so stunning. I think her fabric design choices really worked out so well. You made the right decision with the fabrics and by sticking to your vision. It is beautiful.
I love, love, love it! I can only dream of having something done like that to my home. It looked fabulous.
I loved this episode. I didn't love some of the furniture choices (coffee table and pendant lights) but I love the overall effect. Her jumping off fabric was so bold but she used it well. The painting she chose is magnificent and made the space in my opinion.
What I love: the ottoman (form and fabric), especially with the large artwork of similar color but contrasting geometry; white chairs, plaid upholstery, dark blue cushion, carpet; dining table and pendants. What I don't like: grey chairs (ugly shape); marble fireplace inset (gaudy and unnecessary); tall storage piece (clonky and too tall); sunbursts on wall (no explanation necessary). Overall what I most enjoy is the shopping and selection process. I'd love to know where and how they found that tree trunk and glass side table.
Wait a minute! Lots of people can't 'see' how a fabric will work or imagine the finished work so a designer has to listen to their overall wishes and go from there. Sarah has SO much experience putting things together and the client should choose a designer after seeing some of their work and if it isn't right, don't go with the designer. Also midcentury is a very definite look and keeping that vibe and also refreshing it at the same time is tricky! I think this project is well done and very beautiful and the family talks about it functioning for them.
I am surprise that some of the furniture's were not kept because they were very beautiful and they are becoming trendy
@@barbaracollignon5365 We all go through times of giving up pieces. For me I'm relocating to a different state and I have to decide what to take and what to give up! Each house has its own style, look and some pieces don't work in each house! I have memories of some blue and white I gave up (it's back in style) and a wing chair that didn't fit size wise in our cottage. I still say that Sarah works with the client and in the end they get what fits the house, is updated and the old stuff goes back into circulation for 2nd hand buyers. Peace.
@@barbaracollignon5365 That's because this was filmed almost a decade ago! A lot of the things that would be trendy right now and probably kept - like the unpainted panelling, the rust velvet of the sofa, lots of wood furniture, original floors and so on - only really got back in style over the last few years. At the time, the cooler gray palette (with bright "pops of colour") and the shiny surfaces (chrome, mirrors, high gloss) were what was trendy!
The end result is "modern a decade ago", not midcentury modern
The mindset that we should rip out perfectly good floors and put in new ones when we could just stain the original is a bummer. The bland after is a disappointment and I usually love the designs. The new layout is great, really like what happened with the dining room table but the original couches were more interesting and the flower pattern doesn't feel modern at all.
Cost was about the same, that's why they did it!😊
Ends up looking like a furniture showroom.
It's modern, but not mid century modern. You took away the beautiful wood look that reflects mid century. A big miss!
Why did she take all the mid-century character out of the room she changed the floor and painted the built-in why take away the original character of the room? She isn't the one who is paying for it or has to live with it do as the customer wants! The customer hated the plaid so find something that the customer likes. I would never work with her as a designer.
Except at the end, The client ended up loving it.
@@wallihaley5194 They said they did on camera I wonder how long it stayed that way? I am willing to bet the plaid left quickly as well as the floral, you never see it 6 months later when they live with it and change it. I would be willing to bet if you went there now there is no plaid and that floral is gone.People say they like it, just like you would say you like a food your grandma cooked but you hate.What are these people going to say we spent thousands of dollars on something and admit to a world wide audience we actually hate it,I'm sure they have to sign a contract with the production company and then they have control of what happens, alot of these shows do what they want and the home owners have to change it to what they want afterwards. If you go back to alot the home renovation shows homes afterwards they don't look anything like they did at the Reveal.These production companies use rented furniture and staging for the reveals and it all goes away after the production is finished shooting.
I hope the owners sued ...big time.
@@VC-mo5yg There is probably an NDA in the contract to prevent people from suing.
The house is very full, it looks like a furniture shop.....and buying art for someone else is not done, that is way too personal. My biggest hate is the mirrored wall, it ads to the overall cluttered look. A wrong choice of curtains for privacy.😥
That's one of my biggest gripes with designers--too much clutter. In that same vein, more opaque curtains would weigh the room down even more. The curtains are my favorite part of this reno. They do provide privacy since the figures of the family and the furniture are indistinct behind the light and airy fabric.
Ikr! So many chairs!
And you know everyone will be fighting to sit on the one sofa.
@@karenryder6317 ....Totally agree with your perceptive comment, I have noticed that the majority of American designers plus several of the top rated British ones like Robert Kime for example can't resist the clutter of material that clash and shout ...and never miss an opportunity to spend
the client's money....less is more as the saying goes.
Wow. What a change. I'm glad the owners embraced the fabric choices in the end. I admit I was a little skeptical too but the final look is beautiful.
Frack I would love to have that furniture! Just needed some update on the decor around it and rearranging. The floor had nothing wrong and it is real wood for God's sake!. Are these some of the supposedly decorators that have no real appreciation for vintage stuff?
The episode is not even that super old.
At minute 13 25 Tommy starts talking about "how the sofa was only $25 and if she doesn't like it covered in our plaid fabric she can drag it out to the driveway and set it on fire for all I care". What an arrogant snob. Even if the show was called Tommy Smythe Designs to speak that was about a clients concerns is rude and unprofessional. It's even worse because he's representing Sarah. I'm surprised they didn't edit it out before they broadcast it.
Agree!
Agree.
I can’t stand them.
He’s loud and irritating
This was one of Sarah's best makeovers. Absolutely gorgeous while being timeless and fresh.
one of my favorites
This change is absolutely perfect ! I loe it all ! Congratulations !
I absolutely love Sarah's work, and in this example she saw beyond the samples and knew they would look amazing on the pieces. She wins another one!
The original orange couch & chair with the coffee table 100% fit that space! The weird tropical fabric they chose does not fit at all. So sad. This space could have been so beautiful.
Missed the mark with a mixed hodge poured of styles IMO.
50 shades of greige. It's like a bland box, from the floor on up and with kids, it will look dirty in no time.
I must put my personal touch on MY home. I might seek color or placement ideas but ultimately I will make decision. People comment on my decorating choices in my condo as being very comfortable and tasteful. I have excellent taste with a beer pocketbook. You do not need to break the bank to have lovely home.
People should choose their own artwork.
100% better. Just love it. Well done.
Didn't like the plaid furniture and it wouldn't have been allowed in my home. It's ugly no matter how you look at it. With that being said, I enjoy decorating my own home but find these videos interesting and informative to watch.
Some of them fairly scream at you DO NOT DO THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE SARAH RICHARDSON.
yeeks that’s glorious
This is one of the MOST beautiful redesigns Sarah, Tommy + team have done -- out of 30? I've viewed.
Sarah has the confidence of knowing WHY an element is perfect, because she's somehow capable of seeing the entire package/feeling of a space in her mind's eye.
I can't believe this disaster happened! The fabrics are beyond ugly, the sofa, the wood walls and the floors should've stayed the same (or use a suited fabric for the sofa). The colorful fabric had nothing to do in the living room. Plus, why two sitting areas and horrendous "modern" gray fourniture?
I hear you. I do disliked the pointless changes and the fabrics. The comment about if she doesn't like it, she can set it on fire in the driveway really made me shake my head.
Gray chairs I agree about the gray chairs
@@Tiadaghton37 That little statement would have got them fired had it been my house. These designers forget that the home owner is the boss not them
I haven’t been able to watch these two for a long time. It hurts too much way too much layers for me and what? Mirror? Are you kidding me.
Really beautiful redecorating. The average “Joe” can’t see the same potential w/ the blending of colors, fabrics, design, flow & pulling all the rooms together. The finished product is absolutely stunning!
I just love your designs. I plan to binge watch all that I can ❤
It’s a typical Sarah 101 formula to have the client “hating” her choices, and then loving the finished design. I wasn’t expecting to like it, but I do. It’s fabulous!
Copa fruit n flowers with Scottish plaid? Glad the clients wound up happy. Love the mirrored banquette.
AMAZING! I really loved this one. I think the comments that are freaking out about the fabric/furniture are just going off of the client's first reactions. It gives people permission to have a stronger reaction than normal. Can't get fooled by drama editing folks. A great designer like Sarah knows how all these elements BALANCE with everything in the end. I would LOVE to have a place like this!
No, it's because some of us actually like MCM
I love the way Sarah never gives a hoot what the client wants. 🙄
Booooooo. Don't waste the flooring. Where is all of the older furniture with actual character?!
@4:32, its a shower curtain. I didn't think there anything wrong with the floor but having decided to replace it, why chose such a pale colour? The update is clueless: all those pale colours for people with children. I don't envy the woman keeping it clean and tidy. It's an utter failure.
Have these designers ever seen an actual mid-century modern home before? This is not it at all, it's just modern day decor with some floral thrown in. The original coffee table was a good choice. You would not have found caning in a mid-century modern home. Wide plank wooden floors would have been seen a country at that time. Terrazzo would have made more sense.
I was not convinced by the Copacabana fabric, but everything looked absolutely beautiful once in the house..
I actually prefer the before :( Oh dear
The marble why?
Amazing how it came together. I didn’t like the fabric either but when the rooms were done really fabulous ❤
Fabulous! Here Sarah does her fabric mixing magic…selecting several if not more fabrics and they all work.
funny because the 50s furniture is new now I know people paying so much for this furniture
Sorry Sarah & Company, but those fabric combinations are not a homerun they're a home ruin
I love that fabric, just not on such a large piece but the rest of the renovation is quite a neutral palette. I would love to own a mid century house like this.
I love everything single thing that was done in this episode.
This was a beautiful MCM home....Key word: "WAS"...Congratulations, you just devalued your home by at least 100k.
Exactly. And for what? A really mediocre and pedestrian design. Phooey.
Ugh, the button detail and fabric on the couch totally killed the MCM vibe for me. Classic look to the room but not the cool mid-century look the home represents.
That house is WAY COOL even without a stick of furniture. I love the color of the bricks, that buff tan. As an architectural historian I love helping people see how they can live in their historic home without being on display. I get that Sarah is an interiors person, but with some screening plantings (not hedges in front of those windows please!) in the yard, they can have privacy and still keep the integrity of the house’s design strengths.
And that plaid looks awful with the floral. It’s dead. Just keep the fireplace untouched. I just hate when people think they need to “update” something that’s a total classic. Like adding lipstick to the Mona Lisa because she’s not contemporary. Sheesh.
Aye, 2 seating areas and a dining table and NONE of them with the fire as a focal point is idiotic. I'm currently renovating my 1850s home in the centre of Edinburgh, and you can be damn sure there'll be a fireplace focal there :) If you like architectural history, 'colony houses' are a fun part of Edinburgh.
a little bit tired of painting everything white...
I thought: if my designer chose a fabric I told her I absolutely hated and she went ahead with upholstering with it, I'd fire the decorator, period. Missing here is the designer's guarantee to pay for the fabric and upholstery work if the owner continued to hate the finished product. Owner loved finished work, so the point is moot here, but this could easily have gone pear-shaped. Also, Tommy's arrogance and humor can get tedious.
I completely agree with you. The homeowner has to have the right to the final say.
You guys are missing the point...it's all in the way the story is told. Sarah and the team used the customers "hating" the fabric to create the drama to tell the story. I'm sure they knew the customer finally saw the design vision and loved the plaid before they continued.
As a designer myself, many of my clients have disagreed (hated) my design choices, but in the end, realized the design was more than they could imagine.
@@ladybugkitty: 'As a designer myself ...' you listen and interpret the client's brief to achieve the outcome that is satisfactory to them. What you don't do is force your aesthetic on people who are paying for your expertise.
Agree with the home owner regarding that plaid, but did not change my mind as did she. Love the painting and the two comfy used chairs that were reupholstered.
I love the floral round piece. Adorable. The curtains are lovely.
Me too!!
Ugh, I realize it’s not my style. The problem is that Sarah and Tommy disregarded the owners desires. Maybe the designing team is footing the bill? Either their way or no way Jose.
Decorators destroy old wood with great character because they don't know how to incorporate it into a fresh design. Real designers figure out how to achieve their design goals without destroying the original wood. Prove me wrong! Ha-ha!
Seems like they went from the 1950s and sixties to the sixties and the seventies. Not what I was expecting but maybe exactly what the homeowners wanted?😁🤨
BEAUTIFUL!
I want to live there!
I would love to see a mid-century modern makeover where the wood panel walls are intact.
I would have kept the original color of the sofa and chairs. Would have looked great with the ottoman. Hate the plaid.
I typically love Sarah’s designs but two living rooms next to each other feels like a hotel lobby? TV? Books? A way to use it? It looks like two living rooms for conversation.. fabric and elements are beautiful tho. Also the floors.. nooooooo. :(
I don’t understand why change a perfectly good floor. That hideous piece of marble on that mid century fireplace makes no sense. The mirrors were a good idea. Everything else is pleasant enough.
Those were the times when these ignorant decorators changed good real wood for stupid vinyl and everything in fracking white.
So what happens to the old, perfectly good floor? Into the landfill.
Yeah, I would have kept that floor, too.
Exactly. It could have been refinished in that lighter color. And cheaper too. Never give up wood over engineered products.
@@TheDriftwoodlover Exactly.
"set it on fire?" its a vintage piece that is actually worth more than anything they chose for their design. No respect for classic design that in the US fetches upwards of thousands of dollars, even without appropriate restoration! Set it on fire? haughtiness like that is unprofessional! and demeaning to clients revealing an obvious lack of taste, cultural appreciation, and sensibility.
Sarah, you are allowing your ego and your need to always be right to interfere with your obligation to serve your client. First and foremost you should be listening to what your client likes and not designing it to suit you. You seem to limit your designs to a couple of styles, when there are endless choices, just as there are a lot of differing tastes for those styles. If I hire a designer I expect them to listen to what I like and design accordingly, not ignore me when I clearly voice that I don't want something in my house.
A decorator with limited styles is not a good decorator.
Cherish Today, Well-stated.
They all limit themselves. JoAnn only does shiplap, Hillary only uses quartz counter tops. It's like they have no imagination anymore.
@@desertfish6239 it seems like these TV designers find *one* thing that worked for them once or twice and use it everywhere. If I have to see one more giant clock on the wall, "barn doors" leading into bathrooms, and sappy poems stenciled onto "aged" metal I may scream.
A great designer can take what the client desires, and if there is clash with color ect.. a true designer will go against the client but keeping in mind their vision and bring it all together. The client usually has a vision but incomplete...that is why this designer always takes her clients style, and desire and creates the perfect design.
Outstanding ideas and design
Wow WOW WOW. ITS 2024 AND EVERYONE LOVE MID CENTURY MODERN. THIS IS A GORGEOUS ROOM THAT EVERYONE WOULD LOVE AND PAY A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR. OMGOSH
I kinda agree on that plaid and I'm a boomer so remember colors and all of that back in the 50s. Remember the curtains we had in our home that were more the 40s floral so yeah, had some great things back then. I do like the ottoman but not the plaid, sorry, I'm glad the owners wound up liking it. Do like the layout of the rooms and house so glad they like it.
I miss seeing Sarah and Tommy on HGTV. I watch all the reruns on DABL.
Why don't they come back to HGTV?
I just love this space. I didn’t think I would like the plaid material but the application was perfect and it is sophisticated and subtle. And I love, love, love the ottoman fabric.
I did not the plaid either, I liked the original fabric and I would not have changed out the floor. Gray is so out now, But the other fabric was great.
I have always loved watching Sarah.
Nothing about this room is mid century anymore...
I nearly had a heart attack when the beautiful, original woodpanelling was painted - white?? Nooo!
To my eyes this room transformation completly lost sight of the midcentury modern style. The ‘pops of color’ and some of the cushions are eyesores.
Sorry Sarah...
What I do like is the marble on the fire place, the sunburst wallhangings and the streetscape.
I mean Sarah did a room with wood paneling that the homeowner insisted in keeping original and it was the absolute worst makeover Sarah has ever done. The problem with wood paneling is that it makes the entire room feel like a dark cave. No lighting in the world can change that. You can't have a light and airy space if you're surrounded by wood paneling.
The mirror was just a beautiful design idea. Otherwise, lost all of
it's original character. Peace out