Its certainly a tough job at the top, the pressure to create A+ material is high. I would rate sarah 101 episode 1 as a B-. It might be a case of failed expectation. As per the title, I was expecting sarah to use a case study to expound on the building blocks that she uses to create ANY successful room. This episode felt more like a breakdown of the specific steps for that specific room. It was a slightly muddled message.

Yes, she covered fabric. But is it realistic for most people to have a budget to custom uphoslter 90% of their items? I don’t think so. She mixed fabrics well, but especially with bold fabrics, this can go very wrong for the average person without clear and specific guidelines about how to mix, scale, usage. etc.

She did talk about all this very quickly, but i’d be interested to see how much the average person was able to take out of it and apply. The balancing of bold and neutral, the right place to use colour, and pattern. Are people going to try to replicated this room exactly (right down to the plate wall and striped drapes) or were people able to take the basic lessons from this room well enough to apply to any decor scheme?

What did you think? What did you get out of the show and how confident would you be now to execute a similar design plan or any plan for that matter, based on the short lessons provided?

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