Sarah Richardson’s Cottage Makeover

Sarah Richardson, interior designer and host of HGTV’s Sarah’s House, traces the evolution of her family’s cozy summer cottage, explaining every step along the way. “I wanted instant history – as if the home had been assembled over time.”

Kitchen-Dining Area

The cabin’s open floor plan presented Richardson with a challenge common in new houses: how to carve distinct zones – in this case, a kitchen, a dining area, and a comfy lounging spot – from one cavernous great room, while still preserving visual flow. Her solution? A shared color scheme.

“I’ve long collected ceramics in blue and green,” she said. Once Richardson found a cache of old blue barn wood, she was off and running.

Kitchen-Dining Area

Starting Point: Richardson installed the weathered blue boards on the kitchen island – which faces out toward the rest of the room – then framed the salvaged planks with new lumber, painted in Benjamin Moore’s Wedgewood Gray.

Kitchen-Dining Area

From There: She chose two different gray-greens by Benjamin Moore for the cabinets: Gray Cashmere up top and November Rain below. The marble tile backsplash incorporates the kitchen’s many hues and loosely resembles life buoys – a nod to the home’s island location.

Kitchen-Dining Area

Next: Richardson carried the palette into the dining area via an aged green bench and a trio of vintage bankers’ chairs painted Glidden’s Oxford Blue. The wing chairs wear a floral on the front and stripes on the back. “Both fabrics had been discontinued,” she explained, “so I improvised with remnants.”

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