Obama Style.
As you may have heard, the Obamas have selected their new White House interior designer, Michael S. Smith. I just discovered Mr. Smith (no relation, that I know of) has a great book out on homes he has decorated, strangely enough entitled, Michael S. Smith Houses. His long list of celebrity clients, but more importantly, he has experience in family friendly interiors so I guess he'll be making the White House nice and comfy for the Obamas. A native of California, Smith studied interior design at the prestigious Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and apparently Mr. Smith a reputation for for mixing high and low, mixing rare antiques with custom-made and retail pieces. I imagine he'll have a plethora of rarities to start with at the White House. What a dream job for the 44 year old super talent.
14 comments:
These look great. I bet Mr. Smith will be very busy in the coming future. I love your blog.
What a great job! I always drool over the Christmas decorating special at the White House, I cannot even imagine getting to do the whole place!
it will be so nice to see it updated and modernized a bit.
That's exciting news. Thanks for sharing this!
Good choice. Change!
I just did a blog on him today! Wouldn't it be great to be the designer to the Obamas!!
Happy Friday to you too!!
looove that bedroom photo
Oh, it's so wonderful. I am so happy and hopeful.
Wow, really loving that monochromatic tree mural on the bedroom wall!
He's a talented designer and I'm sure he'll do wonderful work. Does anyone else feel weird seeing all this money spent on sprucing up the White House, when millions of poeple are losing their homes? I about hurled when I saw the Mrs. Bush spent 450,000 on china 2 weeks before leaving...yikes. Beautiful photos though...
Lindsay - that's a very good point. I hope they keep that in mind when doing the project.
I like his style. Its not modern and cozy. The painted trees on the wall look great.
If you like the trees and murals, stayed tuned for tomorrow's post!
I love Michael S Smith. His Jasper, fabric line is beautiful.
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