If there’s one thing the Obama’s know how to do, it’s walk the walk. In a move that bucks past presidential tradition, the Obamas have chosen to decorate the White House using their own hard-earned money (according to New York Magazine, the couple reported $4.2 million in household income on 2007 tax returns) and the talents of Hollywood decorator Michael S. Smith.

Incoming presidents are allotted $100,000 to re-decorate the White House residence and the Oval Office — a sizeable amount of taxpayer cash, particularly in this economy — as well as access to the White House Historical Association, “a privately funded foundation that paid for a $74,000 set of china shortly before Laura Bush left town.” But, according to Camille Johnson, director of communications for the First Lady, this First Couple will wisely “not [be] using public funds or accepting donations of goods for redecorating their private quarters.” Source: Huffington Post. Click here to read more.

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