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: Architectural Digest; November 01, 2011; Interior designer Michael S. Smith shapes the decor of a New York City apartment to make the most of the museum-quality art collection on view. A few months ...continue

: House Beautiful; November 01, 2011; In the living room of a classic New York town house, designer Michael S. Smith chose furniture with classic shapes that never go out of style. ...continue

: Architectural Digest; March 01, 2011; "What I do is the most fun thing in the world," says interior decorator Michael S. Smith. "I have the opportunity to embrace my love of history and look ...continue

: Sotheby's Magazine; July 01, 2011; When Michael Smith was chosen by Barack and Michelle Obama to decorate the private quarters of the White House, and subsequently the Oval Office, the Los ...continue

: Wall Street Journal; June 25, 2011; In a new Off Duty series, designers tour us through beloved spaces. Here, White House interior decorator Michael S. Smith extracts modern lessons from ...continue

: Elle Decor; April 01, 2011; 21st Century New York Interior Decorator - Michael S. Smith ...continue

: House Beautiful; April 01, 2011; Michael's new chair for Baker Furniture and his favorite finishing touch. ...continue

: Veranda; April 01, 2011; Military Roots: Hand-forged iron posts and brass finials from Jasper by Michael S. Smith evoke 18th-c. French campaign furniture. ...continue

: Veranda; January 01, 2011; This home by designer Suzanne Kesler features Jasper fabric and wall lamps. ...continue

: Veranda; September 01, 2010; Michael Smith is no stranger to transforming grand houses into family homes. Last January, the Santa Monica-based designer was chosen by Michelle Obama ...continue

: C Magazine; June 01, 2010; The weekend home of a Los Angeles-based couple - he's a businessman, she's a portrait painter and writer - the abode has evolved substantially from what ...continue

: Elle Decor; April 30, 2010; The Demand for his services is such that Los Angeles - based decorator Michael S. Smith finds himself aloft almost as much as Ryan Bingham, the high flier ...continue

: Town & Country; May 30, 2010; There's nothing unusual about being bicoastal anymore, but embracing life in regions as different as the solid, big shouldered Mid-West and flighty, golden ...continue

: House and Garden; October 01, 2009; The American decorator Michael S. Smith describes the typical entrance hall of an English country house as a favourite room. 'I like the severity, the ...continue

: House Beautiful; October 01, 2009; C. Pittel : I like the way the house tumbles down the hill. And details like those small square windows in the living room make it look like a ruin you've ...continue

: House Beautiful; April 01, 2009; M.Smith: I wanted the house to be warm and inviting and colorful and eccentric just like my client Donna Roth. She's a movie producer with a very eclectic ...continue

: Elle Decor; November 01, 2008; The inviting interiors - a soft, restrained palette and historic charm coupled with 21st century comfort - were designed by Los Angeles based Michael S. ...continue

: Town and Country; October 01, 2008; When visiting Howard and Nancy Marks's London apartment, it's important to remember to crane your neck. If you don't, you jyst might miss the Oriental ...continue

: Architectural Digest; March 01, 2008; The residence is "strangely upside-down" in plan, Smith points out, with three bedrooms. Visitors enter a small living room, then proceed up the moderne ...continue

: Town and Country; October 01, 2006; With T&C's blessing, the Chartounis hired Michael S. Smith, a designer who "gives classicism a modern edge," as Dina puts it, for clients including Steven ...continue

: Elle Decor; March 01, 2006; Crawford and Gerber came to the project with very different ideas. "Rande is edgy, modern, and Armaniesque, and I prefer a cozier, more romantic feeling," ...continue

: House and Garden; February 01, 2005; After completing a large addition to their house, the Grazers turned to Michael S. Smith, and interior designer as attuned as Neff (Wallace) to a notion ...continue

: Elle Decor; October 01, 2003; Rothschild's priority, she says, was "to make a place both my husband and my children would be proud of. I wanted to make not a grand house, but a home ...continue