Here she is, lurching back into the comfy couch.
Posted on 02/01/2007 7:51:06 AM PST by rabidralph
Rosemarie Howe has been quietly decorating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's house on Embassy Row in Washington since 2004.
So when the designer heard speculation on National Public Radio that the video Clinton posted on her Web site announcing her candidacy for president had been filmed in her Chappaqua, N.Y., home, Howe knew that wasn't so. Then, when TV pundits and bloggers started buzzing that the cozy room with its soft colors, homey furnishings and floral needlepoint pillow was a staged Madison Avenue backdrop, the Georgetown designer decided it was time to break her silence.
"It's not a stage set," Howe says. "It's the real thing."
The video was filmed in a new sunroom that runs along the back of the Clintons' brick Georgian house on Whitehaven Street NW, which they bought in 2001 for $2.85 million. Howe coordinated the recently completed addition, designed by Washington architect Donald Lococo. The airy space, just off the kitchen, has lots of windows and is for reading, relaxing and entertaining, Howe says. She designed the room to be comfortable yet elegant, using camel and coral, colors that are repeated throughout the first floor. Wood floors set off an Oriental rug, walls are painted cream and the furniture is arranged for conversation. Shelves hold books, a glass collection, presidential mementos and photographs.
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She has little or NO use for NY anymore.
Ahh yes. Fond memories of the Witchhaven fundraising protests.
Maybe we could hold a decorate Hillary's house contest.
My entry would be to have fashionably printed Rose Law Firm billing records tastefully arranged on the bedside table.
"The airy space, just off the kitchen, has lots of windows and is for reading, relaxing and entertaining"
Oh, 'cause I'm sure she does so much of that...
"Did she also plant the trees that can be in full leaf in December?
LOL, that would be my first question.
How about some downy-soft, quilted Northern bathroom tissue? Hello, my friend!
And your response is exactly why I posted the story. I love FR's catty-but-accurate comments!
Those trees are very green for this time of year in NY, don't you think?........
I wonder just what she is doing with her hands in this photo?
I don't see any ashtrays in view but that lamp looks like it could really pack a punch.
Not NY but DC.,lookng at just a glimpse of her airy sunroom...... bleech
Bull Hockey, I lived in the New England area for more than 20 years, and never in any warm January were small azaleas blooming, that is a load of crock. I am in Georgia now and the Azaleas are not even blooming here.
Except this video was shot in her DC home, probably in late August.
It isnt a stage set.
Well yes it is really. It might not be on a stage,but it is still a set.
Designed by a professional architect and furnished by a professional Decorator. There is nothing there that says "Hillary"
Hillary couldnt decorate the White House Christmas Tree without using Condoms.
So is it a stage set? Certainly . Everything Hillary does is staged .
Does any of that furniture look familiar??
Then we can ask how that grass is so nice and green ... mine sure as heck isn't.
Good to "see" ya!
Maybe we could get HGTV to do a "Senator's dream home" w/ this.
Think of the fun we could have! We could get Markie Post to host it while jumping on the bed formerly located in the Lincoln Bedroom.
She could give lessons on polishing and upkeep of pilfered White House silverware.
There are many trees in the DC area that are in leaf all year; most are evergreens. The picture does not look clear enough for me to tell what those are. December was very warm here. We're having winter now, though!
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