they did what?! Celeb News & Gossip  Forget fancy design shops; Michelle Obama is decorating the White House with Pottery Barn!
Michelle is working with L.A.-based Michael Smith (clients: Steven Spielberg, Michelle Pfeiffer) to furnish the rooms of Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, with items from the reasonably-priced shop and Anthropologie, an Obama staffer reveals in the newest issue of Us Weekly.
Smith says he'll take design cues from the Obamas' "casual style" while "utilizing affordable brands." (The family also brought a portion of their collection of African and Asian art from their $1.65 million home in Chicago's Hyde Park.)
But the girls will use some traditional decor!
Malia -- who is currently reading the Twilight book series (she tackled Harry Potter with dad) -- plans to do her homework from Sidwell Friends School at the desk where Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation!
But Michelle's goal is keeping her daughters grounded. In addition to doing chores like pouring milk on their own cereal despite a huge White House staff, "pretty much we'll see Michelle and the girls in the White House kitchen, trying to bake something together, and her raising them as if they were still in Chicago," family friend Kim Lightford tells Us Weekly.
The newest issue of Us Weekly also reveals that Malia and Sasha are already trend-setters just like mom! The sisters found a fun way to show their style despite freezing cold Washington, D.C. weather on Inauguration Day.
"There was actually a cashmere dress underneath their [coats]. We'd put ribbons on the dress, so they took the ribbons off and tied them on the outside," J. Crew designer Jenna Lyons tells Us of the girls' outfits from the chain store.
Plus, "the girls had very specific ideas of what they liked. Malia seems to like sophisticated, rich colors. Sasha is so playful, she seems to really like bright, shimmery things," Lyons says, adding that the store plans to sell the styles the girls wore.
Pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now, for more details on how the new First Lady is adjusting to life in the White House, who is in her social circle, who is getting invited to the White House, and what the family’s new life is like.
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