Stunning Elegant Living Room Transformation | Design Inc

Jim's living room is barren of colour, elegance, and excitement. He wants to add drama, so enlists the
help of design experts Sarah Richardson & Tommy Smythe to come up with an eye-catching room, making full use of the massive space going to waste.
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From: Design Inc S1 E4
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[@aleisaetheridge8682]

As always I love these 2 together so much .They r fun and funny and ofcourse they have fabulous style .I would want them to design any room r place I had ,awesome designer's with terrific taste .

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

Love the decorative painting, the palette, the fireplace, the asymmetrical art above the sofa. Would have liked a seating arrangement near the fireplace.

[@juliananton7800]

Baby Sarah with her very blonde hair makes me smile!!! I love her early days pre kids and hubby!

[@ts-eu6mp]

Sarah Richardson is the 'mistress' of anyone's domain! She has the ability to mix patterns in a way I found incredibly inspirational. That is NOT an easy thing to do. And Tommy is so good-they are great together. Love them both. Wish , more than wish, they could come help me !

[@CC-si3cr]

"Sarah Richardson is the 'mistress' of anyone's domain!" Why would you say that? What does that even mean??? Was that something said in this episode?

[@ratnamukherjee9404]

What a stunning transformation after so many different inputs from the client. Its absolutely gorgeous! And the flooring and chaise lounge complements beautifully!

[@AbodeHomeChannel]

I totally agree!

[@marianfrances4959]

What could be better than great design and great humor? Love you two! 👍💃🕺🇨🇦👌

[@CarlaLR74]

I never saw this episode of Design Inc. Thanks Abode.

[@margarettallett762]

Turned out beautifully. The reaction to the red floors.....

[@margarettallett762]

Love watching the fabulous team of Sarah & Tommy et al pull off such great designs

[@suzydolan6723]

It’s very nice. I sure prefer that sisal rug over the patterned ones. In a large room I believe plain is best as pattern dictates furniture placement. I bet the room looks fabulous in reality

[@bewareofpigeons]

yes, I was thinking of sisal or something else like seagrass or coconut matting before they came up with the solution; one can always place a few small rugs, dhurries or kilims for a change; easily removable

[@janelane1912]

I love hearing actual interior designers discuss their thoughts process and choices. A lot of these new tv shows have home renovators doing their own designing and saying things like “pop of color with a painted accent wall” that don’t have any actual design principles.

[@sharontrujillo7793]

That "pop" is so 2000! 😖

[@Person-mh6xq]

The expression of “pop of color” may seem cliché and dated, but the concept is still perfectly relevant in 2022. For those who say it’s outdated are….well, clueless.

[@Person-mh6xq]

@@sharontrujillo7793 NOT the case at all. All it means is that color plays a minor role with major impact in breaking up the monotony of an all-neutral room.

[@olly-kai]

@@sharontrujillo7793 accent walls will always be relevant. The only change thru the decades will be what colors are in.

[@MargueriteElizabeth-nv6rp]

LOVE all of Sara's projects and her style! Please, whoever, is doing the videos - LOOSE the irritating music! Maybe something soft & soothing in the background, but right now it's all just NOISE and you can't even hear the conversations!

[@Jen-jo5qu]

Beautiful room! So elegant.

[@margaretdysart7484]

Love the textured painting!!! I personally don't like typical wallpaper. Had actual paper wallpaper in the house I grew up in. Loved that. But would prefer hand-painted murals to wallpaper. Love watching Sarah and Tommy. Like their design sense and love the humor!!!

[@judyshallstrom415]

Perfect. Even the bound broadloom

[@seanohelan8241]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sarah and Tommy you are THE BEST!!!!!!!!

[@AbodeHomeChannel]

You're the best!

[@lindabriedenhann3042]

This is so beautiful!!

[@SalomiSmit]

like the paint technique on the wall, love the outcome

[@jocelynbrown20]

Yet another home run!

[@juliananton7800]

Also! If Sarah FREAKING Richardson showed up at my houzz, I’d fan girl the biggest hug to her on the stoop! Once in the room we’d have coffee while we talk!

[@evelyncanis8687]

Fantastic.

[@AbodeHomeChannel]

Glad you think so!

[@ladyluck5248]

I agree wood burning is superior to has burning fireplaces. I have a home with two wood burning and I left them a such : installed two wood burning inserts however … way more efficient

[@rustygregg7723]

Something is off (20:06 and 20:16) - the sconces do not appear to be equidistant from the side walls, and while the art is centered between them it is not centered over the sofa. Additionally, the three pieces of art that were brought in are all large, single pieces. It would have been better to have kept the set of three smaller prints that, at one point, were shown above the mantle.

[@BonnieHaley]

I 😊 love ❤ your show I finally found y'all I watch TV 📺 on KZbin now love watching 👀 😍 ❤ 💕 y'all

[@paulapeterson-warnock3030]

The room is beautiful!! This was a designers nightmare

[@ashjarhussain2821]

Lovely ❤️ 😍

[@AbodeHomeChannel]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@artsrenovatinggames597]

Wow awesome

[@AbodeHomeChannel]

Isn't It Just!

[@mapsman5513]

I just realized this is the same house for which Sarah designed the dining room with William Morris dark green wallpaper. I liked the dining room, but it doesn't seem to flow with the living room. Also, the living room seems to be a haphazard mix of furnishings and the off-center spacing of the sofa doesn't work in this application. All in all, this is not one of Sarah's best rooms. I'm guessing that many of the elements changed post-production when the budget allowed.

[@mapleleaf0]

Yes, I don't know what to make of the off-centered couch.

[@juliananton7800]

This is the dining room!?

[@mapleleaf0]

@@juliananton7800 No, it's the living room in the same house as a previously done dining room.

[@barstad-9591]

They’ve only lived in this house for a short time, so I don’t think the dining room was done first. What makes you think the dining room is off of the living room?

[@lunaholiday8585]

Weird that the producers tried to make this seems like a different house. But I recognized the dog, the exterior, and the chili pepper poster in the kitchen.

[@ginacrusco234]

What I love: the pastel "madras" pillow covers in the sunroom; the over-sofa art and wall sconces; the fireplace surround; the hand-painted texture. What I don't like: the chaise, the tiny table between the easy chairs, the void in front of the fireplace! That arrangement does not truly feature the fireplace.

[@sherrycol3739]

What was the peachy/orange wall paint color?

[@skdoremi6666]

He is even handsome.....I think the result is......safely pleasing,verry basic design,ig the clients didn't like bold design,Sarah an her team have good taste and am sure they could have done something amazing but this one is also great,it's just basic colours, furnitures and nothing outstanding beside the room itself. ❤

[@pm6613]

THIS is your haircut!

[@riohenry6382]

If you would decorate my living room, I’d do anything you asked me to

[@svietka202]

this is SOOOOO old..she is still using a cam:):) i do love them as a team

[@rebeccavalicoff1581]

I feel they could have appreciated the fireplace if couch faced it.

[@DawnalynForrest]

Me, toooooooooo

[@paulomontero12]

Painting heritage wood paneling?? Designers.

[@zach16]

You buy a house with a red floor and hate it . . . Why buy unless you factor the cost of changing it? I think this worked out very well. Not bad at all with the carpet and the little showing of red with the light walls with the wood paneling painted

[@bonniegould3319]

Sarah, the back ground music drives me nuts. But I really love you and Tommy and your show

[@poorthing]

Unnecessary and always bad background music drives me crazy not only here but everywhere on the internet!

[@CC-si3cr]

"The walls need texture. There's too much beige. That piece reads more Victorian and we are going more traditional. That yellow picks up too much pink and green." These are the things constantly said on this show and I never know what the heck they are talking about. All I know is the finished product always looks stunning! Most of the time I have no idea how they got to the final result. I am still a bit confused on how the role of an interior decorator.

[@KasSommers]

The music! Why? I'd love to see these videos without the music over the top of the dialogue.

[@createone100]

Music is TOO loud!!

[@cristina-dariaciorneikarls2752]

Why is music on in the background?

[@poorthing]

Hate hate hate that music

[@maureenreinhart1335]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALL BEHIND THE SOFA? The fireplace is blah.

[@janewasson4845]

Whomever stained that oak floor red needs serious therapy. The waindcotting and the charm or warmth the rooms could have had? Ruined.

[@birgitriff2010]

Wenn man den scheußlichen Fußboden nicht erneuern will, dann würde ich wenigstens einen Teppichboden legen.

[@freedomofreligion3248]

WHY do clients believe they know how to pull a room together -- organize a vignette, arrange an elevation/setting -- achieve executing ANYTHING in interior design solution, when they're not professional designers, not gifted at design, hence, HIRING a pro???? Clients pull this stunt in every creative endeavor. Is it ego, or a need to assert control? Self-expression? Would you suggest to your heart surgeon, "How about this alternative way of operating on my diseased heart? My wife + I collaboraborated over wine on it, last weekend. We think we have a great solution!" Yeah, no. I'm getting the distinct impression professional interior designers use "pipes", not water pipes, but just hollow metal tubes, in super long stock, cut to size for each and every window they treat. Hence, the "pipe-cutters" mentioned by Tommy? My question: So, finials do come separately -- do they all fit securely, somehow, onto said metal rods?

[@beverlydust5381]

Never paint wood!

[@dorothysay8327]

Sarah paints out every bloody piece of wood she sees. I HATE that part of her aesthetic!! Yeesh. I honestly found this a genetic ….boring. The floor was -great!! In that poppy red, which she could have used as a unique take-off design point. Particularly liked the chaise …but the fails included the drab other texture-less fabrics on boring colors, and the wall hangings which were uniquely dreadful.

[@mtncreekdawn]

I thought the thumbnail was the 'boring living room ' before the refresh, tbh. Nope, it was the 'after'. There was so much cool stuff originally. *sigh*

[@thehungrygoldfish]

Woodwork with bright red floors....yikes. No.

[@lapernice6978]

I liked the fire place stone before that much more, it was one of a kind, and now it is just the usual thing 😒

[@snoopybluejeans]

This design is less Sarah and more client. Not bad, but I don't love it. That room should be sumptuous with it's large scale.

[@bookmouse2719]

The people didn't like the Persian rugs.....how weird.

[@KattEyl]

Why why why do you even suggest throwing perfectly good floors into a landfill? It’s just wrong.

[@debblouin]

I think they were talking about refinishing the floors.

[@margiemurray1100]

Sarah, please stop showing the end product first!!!

[@curtmuhlenberg9363]

please stop referring to the CHAISE as a CHEZ! I cannot watch the rest of this since both of you keep referring to it as a CHEZ and not as a CHAISE. SHAYZE if you must!

[@clairewright8153]

OMG those floors it’s a lot🤮🤮🤮

[@lizmasi9918]

Not a fan of layout.

[@thomas351]

the floors are beautiful not a design flaw

[@pamelafox7677]

This wasn’t formatted in the right scale, it was spread out horizontally. Get it together.

[@arcy5798]

I do not understand spending that sort of money on the fireplace then not having seating that says we like it. For a wood burning stove to heat a room one needs a glass door and fan..just sayin. Not a fan of the conversation area across from the chaise...whose going sit in those dining room chairs for long? It seems the measurements were off and the "one thing that can stay in the room didn't. Oh and the chevage shots this entire season featured--TACKY.

[@craiglevy8144]

"The one thing that can stay" DID stay and was used as a side table next to the sofa.

[@marciamusser3179]

Yes it did

[@jhutch1681]

lol I thought the cleavage reaction was just me! Whatever, we're only young once ;)

[@camillea7697]

Clunky jewelry …very dated

[@robintoulouse8937]

These episodes were filmed in the early 2000s.

[@FolkFaninMA]

I may be in the minority, but I hate that they painted the paneling and trim. I do agree however that the floor was way too red, and I usually like reddish wood, but that was a bit much.