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Obama's New Decorator -- You Be the Judge

The White House private quarters will be gussied up by interior designer Michael Smith. The dude has decorated the homes of Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Michelle Pfeiffer.



Smith is big into antiques that feel "airy and family friendly" -- whatever that means.

So look at the gallery and tell us....

Tags: Inauguration, Michael Smith, MichaelSmith, White House, WhiteHouse

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166. So you CAN'T find specifics to justify your nasty, judgemental words towards me. You accuse me of "horribly, cruel comments," of being a bully and something inane about my "nature". Yet you can't back it up. As stated before, the bully is in your mirror. And thanks for proving my point once again about hypocrites - all talk, can't back it up. And about intolerance - if you don't agree with them, make up a bunch of stuff about them that you can't prove. Kind of sounds like what the Rove Republicans tried to do to Obama during the campaign. Didn't work, sorry...

Posted at 2:32PM on Jan 15th 2009 by judy

167. 7. I'm glad that someone is changing it from that god awful Bush "cow pattie and tumbleweed" theme. It will take at least a week to get rid of the Bush "cooties."

Posted at 6:40PM on Jan 13th 2009 by hahahahahahahaha
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hahahahahahahaha, (Post #7)

Those "cooties" kept your a@@ safe from terrorists since 9-11-01, remember that!!!!

and uhhhhhhh.......the economy is in the tank, yet we are paying for a blow-out Inauguration, Inauguration Ball, and a new designer??????? WTF????? That makes no sense!!!

Posted at 4:22PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Say What???

168. 8. i think.. honestly.. it looks way too OLD and WHITE!.. it should be young, vibrant, and have some definite black spices in there! :)

Posted at 6:43PM on Jan 13th 2009 by Ms.Oppinionated! :)
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Well, Ms.Oppinionated!,
Going by what you said, then go ahead and get the fried chicken, watermelon, and orange soda out too...

but,
wait a minute, he is mixed, so what "spices" you gonna use now? Cayenne Pepper, Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme, Basil,
and what else???

Hey, The Jefferson's are "Movin' On Up", wait, where is J.J.??? Oops, wrong show!!!

Posted at 4:41PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Lookin' like "Good Times" up in the White House

169. judi, I cannot give you creedence, based upon your posts. I have given you the answer to your question. You are not worth any more of my time.

Posted at 5:45PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Nasty Girl

170. I THOUGHT WE WERE IN A RECESSION. WHY ARE THE TAXPAYERS HAVING TO REDECORATE THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR THE OBAMAS? IS THIS THE KIND OF "CHANGE" HE WAS REFERRING TO IN HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES?
WE ARE IN FOR A ROUGH 4 YRS. DON'T BLAME IT ON ME--I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!

Posted at 6:26PM on Jan 15th 2009 by GRANNY

171. I thought so...

Posted at 10:44AM on Jan 16th 2009 by judy

172.
Hmmmm! Not in the White House.

Posted at 12:36PM on Jan 16th 2009 by anonymous

173. FWIW.........tax dollars do NOT pay for the President's private quarters. It is private donations. The STATE & PUBLIC areas are paid for with a combo of tax dollars & donations. As to the new decorator............BORING.......jmho

Posted at 2:23PM on Jan 16th 2009 by TOSCAR

174. For those of you that are complaining about our troops not having the body Armour they needed, well you need to be looking George W. Bush in the face and b*t*hing to HIM about it. He sent OUR MEN and WOMEN into combat in a country that DID NOT do a damn thing to us on 9/11, and he sent them KNOWING they were not COMBAT READY with the appropriate Armour. Bush didn't CARE! Die Baby Die! Our DEAD mean NOTHING to that EVIL piece of trash, and his sidekick, DarthVader Cheney!

How about little old Laura Bush spending $550,000 on CHINA that the White House DID NOT NEED two weeks before the old bi*ch left the White House? The Clinton's had replaced the china, and the Bush's hardly used it. It was a WASTE of OUR MONEY! Laura Bush is a stupid bi*ch!

How about Bush refusing the Obama's request to stay at Blair House while waiting for the Inauguration? Bush LIES and says the residence is occupied then forces some FORMER member of the Australian government to come to America. A FORMER member, I say! So the Obama's had to stay at a Hotel and the Secret Service had to rent the ENTIRE floor for security which COST US OVER $500,000!

EVERY soon- to- be-inaugurated President has stayed at Blair House... EVERY ONE that wished to HAD THE RIGHT to stay there so the Secret Service could keep them SAFE. Damn those freaking Bush's!!! Criminals, that is all they are!

So, as a last parting shot the Bush's cost US over a MILLION BUCKS just because they are stupid low class suckers!

The Obama's have EVERY RIGHT to change the RESIDENCE QUARTERS to make themselves feel at home. We are not talking about the entire White House.....just the RESIDENCE QUARTERS!

Who the hell would want to live in any rooms that Laura Bush decorated? I hope they both rot in hell for all the lives they have cost the United States! Burn baby burn Bush....you will get what is coming to you some day....at judgement day what will be YOUR excuse?

Posted at 11:30AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Deede

175. And they call the Palin's trailer trash? Good Grief! I wouldn't let this man decorate my dog house!

Posted at 12:21PM on Jan 17th 2009 by Trailer Trash

176. Why do people act like every other President, who happens to be White, does not also redecorate the White House? This is something that every new President (or should I say First Lady) does...so now that Obama's in there people are crying about our tax dollars??!?! FACT:Our government wastes millions of dollars on its commander-in-chief, regardless of what color their skin might be

Posted at 4:17PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Toni

177. i hate angry poor people who complain whenever money isn't being spent on them.

Posted at 4:22PM on Jan 20th 2009 by Jessica

178. Toni
OMG it has NOTHING to do with the color of their skin, why are YOU
making it racial? It has everything to do with the economy. We were
not in the state we are now when the other Presidents decorated the
living quarters.
I must say again, NOTHING to do with the color of their skin,
EVERYTHING to do with the economy.
Don't make it into something it is not.

Posted at 9:40PM on Jan 20th 2009 by When we don't agree, why is it then about race?

179. . I am not impressed with his style and his selections of mixing antiques and modern items. Seems that he has missed the boat. Example, the dinning room table with the leather chairs on the front page of this website looks wonderful but, the light fixture over the table does not go with what is in the room and should be put in a kitchen over an island. Yes, you can mix the two togather but, they should blend togather like colors in a painting. His work does not show that. Candice Olsen (and there are a lot of other good designers out there that would give their services for free just to have the White House on their resume) could and would do a much better job and for a lot less money. With people losing their jobs and doing without, I think that the Obama family should limit what they do as I am sure that the White House rooms are in good shape to begin with and from what I saw of Laura Bushes decoration taste, it is clean cut and nice. I know that the new President gets a decorating allowance but, with things being the way that they are, shouldn't they cut back and spend less?

Posted at 9:06AM on Feb 5th 2009 by Fred Kidd (retired Interior Designer)

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