Selected Press & Media Coverage
Michael S Smith is frequently recognized by international publications and media around the world. His work has also been celebrated in three stunning volumes from Rizzoli Publishing: Elements of Style (2007), Houses (2008) and Kitchens and Baths (2011). His fourth book set to be released in Spring 2013.
Press & Publications
Hollywood Reporter
December 02, 2012They've done homes for Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Ryan Seacrest and the Kardashians. In conjunction with Friday's unveiling of the Design Hollywood ...continue
Architectural Digest
September 01, 2012MICHAEL S. SMITH'S MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE - Updating the New York City duplex he shares with HBO executive James Costos, the decorator finds inspiration ...continue
Architectural Digest
March 01, 2012Actress and Comedian Ali Wentworth and her husband, George Stephanopoulos, turned to Michael S. Smith to Decorate their family's new Manhattan apartment. ...continue
Wall Street Journal
July 02, 2012Michael Smith, known for bringing grand English country-house style to Hollywood's top moguls, threw over his own chintz-filled house for a soaring 1990s ...continue
Architectural Digest
November 01, 2011Interior 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
Tatler
December 01, 2011...and Cindy Crawford's house, and Tom Cruise's too - in fact, just about anyone who's anyone's house. Annabel Rivkin meets interior-design dynamo Michael ...continue
House Beautiful
November 01, 2011In 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
Sotheby's Magazine
July 01, 2011When 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, 2011In a new Off Duty series, designers tour us through beloved spaces. Here, White House interior decorator Michael S. Smith extracts modern lessons from ...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
House Beautiful
April 01, 2011Michael's new chair for Baker Furniture and his favorite finishing touch. ...continue
Veranda
April 01, 2011Military Roots: Hand-forged iron posts and brass finials from Jasper by Michael S. Smith evoke 18th-c. French campaign furniture. ...continue
Veranda
September 01, 2010Michael Smith is no stranger to transforming grand houses into family homes. Last January, the Santa Monica-based designer was chosen by Michelle Obama ...continue
Veranda
January 01, 2011This home by designer Suzanne Kasler features Jasper's 721-1 Flores Swing Arm Lamp as well as Jasper's fabric JP 4809 Wallace Vine Sage. ...continue
C Magazine
June 01, 2010The 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, 2010The 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, 2010There'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, 2009The 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, 2009C. 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, 2009M.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, 2008The 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, 2008When 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, 2008The 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, 2006With 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, 2006Crawford 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, 2005After 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, 2003Rothschild'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