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A San Francisco Designers’ Challenge

I recently came across a cool feature on the website of San Francisco lifestyle magazine 7×7. Three area designers were given 10 days to re-create a room inspired by the work of three of today’s top names in the industry. Janelle Lovener, owner of the chic San Francisco home furnishings shop Anthem, was inspired by this living room in an Orlando Diaz-Azcuy designed beach house in East Hampton:

 

And this was her interpretation of the room:


Tyler Dawson loved the look of the library shown below designed by Michael S. Smith:


So she used Smith’s room as inspiration…
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Meet Interior Designer Jen West


Jen West with her Labradoodle, amusingly named Truly Scrumptious!

Jen West is a talented interior designer based in Eugene, Oregon who I connected with through this very blog several months ago. We became instant pen pals, emailing back and forth, and when she first shared photos of her home with me, I was wowed by her work. She is definitely a designer to watch and I am very pleased to feature her here on So Haute. Jen’s designs incorporate a mix of traditional and modern and and are as warm and inviting as they are stylish and sophisticated. She has …

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Michael S. Smith Chosen to Decorate the White House!


Since the election of Barack Obama as America’s next President, rumors have been swirling in the design community about who the Obamas were going to hire as decorator for their private quarters in the White House. Last week on the Peak of Chic, there was a lively discussion about whether or not it would be LA based designer to the stars Michael S. Smith. Well…the rumor mill has been put to rest as yesterday Domino broke the news on their website that Smith had indeed been tapped for the job. Among the names that were tossed around, Smith …

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Influencers

I recently became acquainted with the gorgeous work of Santa Monica based interior designer Kim Alexandriuk and as soon as I saw her portfolio I thought to myself that her style reminded me of Michael S. Smith who also happens to be one of my favorite decorators. I knew there was a reason that I became an instant fan…After reading her bio I learned that she spent six years of her career working for Smith! The similarities between Alexandriuk’s work and Smith’s are uncanny. Both have a very polished look, grounded in traditionalism with lots of ethnic influences woven throughout …

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{Haute Finds} Home Fragrances from Michael S. Smith and DayNa Decker

I was in Chicago shopping at C.O. Bigelow earlier this week and had a chance to check out the Michael S. Smith Collection of home fragrances for Agraria which I had heard about but never had the chance to experience in person. I have to say, collection smells amazing which isn’t surprising given the fact that Michael S. Smith has impeccable taste. The line includes candles, reed diffusers and and fragrance sheets made of two signature fragrances created by Smith. The scents, Ankgor and Palma, are exotic, spicy and deeply intriguing. You can purchase the Michael S. Smith home fragrance…