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THE FOUNDATION | COMING SOON

The Designer Eye
Masterclass

Six seasons that take you from learning to see style to designing every room of your home. The Foundation, Seasons 1 to 3, opens first.

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“Anyone can learn to see like a designer.” Sanaz

WHAT THIS MASTERCLASS IS

Learn to See Like a Designer

This masterclass does not teach you how to decorate a room, and it does not tell you which furniture or trend to buy. It trains your eye. Every episode comes back to one idea: once you know what to look for, you stop guessing and start seeing why a space works.

Sanaz did not grow up planning to be a designer. She was studying law when she chose a different path, and some of her first lessons came from her own mistakes, like the 4,000 sq ft house she once painted mustard with white trim. Since then she has walked through thousands of homes, from small condos to large estates, and the masterclass passes those lessons on so you can save time and money.

By the end of Season 1 you can walk into any room, name its style and say why: the five historical styles behind today's homes and the seven styles used now. As Sanaz puts it, this course won't teach you what to like. It will teach you why you like it.

It is made for homeowners, future designers, students, realtors, contractors and anyone who loves beautiful spaces. No design background is needed: your eye can be trained, like a muscle.

Sanaz seated beside a fireplace in a neutral Toronto living room

Six Seasons, One Journey

The seasons follow the order a designer works in: learn to see, read the house and its fixed bones, learn the rules, choose finishes, then design the rooms. Each season ends with something you fill in for your own home.

  • Open concept foyer with blue tufted chairs, a mirrored console and the staircase beyond, Horsham Avenue, North York

    SEASON 1 | THE FOUNDATION

    The Designer's Eye

    10 episodes

    Learn to see style: Sanaz's story, design through history, the styles used today side by side and your own design personality. You finish with a style direction and one mood board.

    1. Welcome to The Designer's Eye
    2. Design Through Time I: Baroque to Neoclassical
    3. Design Through Time II: English, French and American
    4. The Design Timeline
    5. Traditional vs Transitional
    6. Modern vs Contemporary
    7. Scandinavian vs Japandi vs Minimalism
    8. What's Your Design Personality?
    9. Test Your Eye
    10. Finale: Seeing Like a Designer
  • Curved staircase with a wrought iron railing, marble floor and front door, De Vere Gardens, North York

    SEASON 2 | THE FOUNDATION

    Reading the House

    Ends with a keep, refresh or replace roadmap

    Read your own home the way a designer does, from the floor plan to the parts that are hard to change, and decide what to keep, what to refresh and what to replace.

    1. Floor plan tour and the job of every room
    2. The fixed bones: floors, walls and ceilings
    3. Windows, fireplace and staircase
    4. Your home's DNA
    5. The Renovation Gap
  • Dining room with a dark table, tufted chairs and herringbone floor opening to the living room, Burbank Drive, Toronto

    SEASON 3 | THE FOUNDATION

    The Rules of Design

    Ends with a design brief for your home

    The rules every designer follows, so your choices hold together. You finish with a design brief for your own home.

    1. Scale and proportion
    2. Balance, symmetry and focal point
    3. Flow and circulation
    4. Colour, light, layering and texture
  • Powder room with textured wallpaper, a vessel sink and crystal sconces, De Vere Gardens, North York

    SEASON 4 | NEXT RELEASE

    Choosing Finishes

    Ends with a finish schedule

    Choose the surfaces and finishes that suit your style direction and your house, and put them on one schedule.

    1. Flooring, tile and stone
    2. Paint, wallpaper and millwork
    3. Your lighting plan
    4. Hardware and fixtures
  • Great room with a sculpted plaster fireplace, a cluster of glass pendants and curved lounge chairs

    SEASON 5 | NEXT RELEASE

    Living Spaces

    Ends with a main-floor design

    Design the rooms everyone sees, one by one, with the layout and furniture placement that make them work.

    1. Foyer and living room
    2. Family room and kitchen
    3. Dining room and powder room
    4. Layout and furniture placement
  • Primary bedroom with a tufted headboard, crystal chandelier and mirrored nightstands, Broadway Avenue, Toronto

    SEASON 6 | NEXT RELEASE

    Private Spaces

    Ends with a whole-home capstone

    Finish the rest of the home, style it with art and accessories, and bring every season together in one final reveal.

    1. Primary suite and baths
    2. Office, mudroom and laundry
    3. Styling and art
    4. The final reveal

HOW EVERY EPISODE WORKS

Same Room, One Change

Episodes run eight to ten minutes, with subtitles and full-screen visuals whenever a clue is named. Each style episode opens with a quick hook, places the style on the history timeline, then walks you through the room in a set order: the big features first, then the five senses, layering, lighting and finishes. The same four rooms appear for every style, a foyer, a family room, a kitchen and a primary bedroom, so you compare like with like.

Every episode ends the same way: a Designer's Note with one professional rule, the common mistakes homeowners make and what a designer does instead, Let's Train Your Designer's Eye with real spaces to read before Sanaz explains them, and a short homework challenge.

Each season closes with something you fill in for your own home, and it feeds the next season. Keep a notebook close; you will want to write things down.

Living room with a black marble fireplace wall, a cream sectional and windows onto the trees

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