About the Hosts

An award-winning designer and television personality Sarah Richardson is the host and co-producer of eight HGTV Canada lifestyle series seen in over 100 countries, including Design Inc, Sarah’s House, Sarah 101, Real Potential, Sarah’s Rental Cottage, and Sarah Off The Grid. 

Sarah’s practical and inspiring approach to design teaches viewers how to turn ordinary spaces into magazine-worthy rooms. When she's not busy sharing inspiration with her viewers, you can find Sarah at the helm of her bustling design business, Sarah Richardson Design Inc., where she also designs products for her successful line of home textiles, including bedding, drapery, accent pillows and table linens. Sarah is excited to launch a full suite of furniture and home accessories designed for Palliser Furniture available to Canadian and American consumers in summer 2019. Known for her signature approach to colour, pattern and design, Sarah has two Kravet fabric collections and recently launched her Signature collection of wallpapers for A Street Prints by Brewster Home Fashions. She is a proud ambassador for Monogram appliances, Marcelle Cosmetics, and Wayfair Canada, and the author of two bestselling books for Simon & Schuster, Sarah Style and At Home: Sarah Style. 

Her latest TV series Sarah off the Grid documents the process of building an off the grid home from the ground up, and premiered in the fall of 2017 on HGTV Canada. Fans can expect more off-the-grid design adventures when Season 2 hits the airwaves in April 2019.

Tommy Smythe is known for his incredible sense of style, his passion for design and his signature look complete with an envious collection of bowties. With over 125 hours of design television under his (Hermes belt, Tommy is as comfortable in auction houses, antique markets, city lofts, million dollar homes and just about any store on Fifth Avenue. As one of Canada's most beloved design personalities, Tommy is not afraid to tell it-how-it-is and viewers appreciate his frank, delightfully acerbic approach to interior design. 

Tommy has worked alongside Sarah Richardson as an integral member of her design team for over 10 years, through several award-winning HGTV series including design inc., Sarah's House, Sarah's Cottage and Sarah 101. He has proven himself to be Sarah's indispensable confidant, friend and design sidekick and is set to return this spring with Sarah 101. 

Tommy's quick wit and larger-than-life personality are the perfect foil to Sarah, who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to ask for it. His reactive personality creates a magnetic chemistry when combined with Sarah's unwavering focus. Viewers love the "he said/she said" tension of these two headstrong creative individuals battling out their ideas on screen. Tommy is the traditional to Sarah's contemporary, the high to her low, the storm to her calm, his yin to her yang. 

Tommy, born and raised in Toronto, has spent the past 15 years honing his appreciation of fine art and antiques, and managing numerous entire home renovations. With Sarah's influence, he has come to appreciate the more contemporary approach to design and has even begun to embrace the notion of hunting for a bargain now and then! When not working from dawn until dusk managing dozens of tradespeople and racking up his Blackberry bill, Tommy can be found spending his few spare moments of down time scouring antique markets in New York and Palm Beach or augmenting his impeccable designer wardrobe. 

In addition to his off-camera decorating work in Canada, the US and the UK, Tommy is a monthly contributor to Canadian House and Home magazine and has been featured on numerous design blogs including Habitually Chic, Apartment Therapy and Coco & Kelley. He is a regular presenter at design shows across North America.