Thursday, 02 September 2010 14:00
While the First Family vacationed in Martha’s Vineyard, the Oval Office [1] got a facelift.
Obama appointed designer Michael Smith, who is gay, to the Committee for the Preservation of the White house in February. The renovation included new chairs, new lamps, new wallpaper and reupholstered couches. The new look debuted during the President's address from the Oval Office last Tuesday.
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The revamp, it was made clear, did not come from taxpayers money, rather was paid for by the non-profit White House Historical Foundation.
Smith, has been featured in 'Elle Décor', 'W', and 'Architectural Digest'.
[1] http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Oval-Office-Renovations/ss/events/pl/083110ovaloffice#photoViewer=/100831/480/urn_publicid_ap_org9d32747fe3e144ee9be87a1616deac77
[2] http://www.msnbc.msn.com
[3] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507
[4] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072
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