Monday, January 19, 2009

White House Interiors


In honor of the Presidential Inauguration, we thought we would link to the article and photos from "Architectural Digest" March 2008 on the newly redecorated White House.

Check it out:

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/homes/2008/03/white_house_article

"It is the most famous building in the world. People who have never heard of 10 Downing Street or the Élysée Palace know exactly what the White House is and even what it looks like. It is more than four walls and a roof. It is a symbol. Every day, in dozens of languages, television commentators report “the White House said today”—as if the building had a life and personality all its own. And in fact it does. For more than 200 years the White House has been a living home to American presidents and their families. Everyone who walks its halls is conscious of all those—Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt—who have gone there before. “There’s a great reminder of history when you live here,” says Laura Bush, the wife of the current and 43rd president." "READ MORE . . .








1 comment:

MEADE DESIGN GROUP said...

I have never seen this pictures before - Really cool entry! I also went to AD to check the rest of the pics.