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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Merrill Lynch CEO Spent $1.2M on his Office...Decorated by the Obamas' WH Decorator
The interior design websites I read have been excited about the Obamas' choice of designer for the White House, Michael Smith. His work is certainly beautiful. Behold:
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This is the same Michael Smith who was paid $800,000 to decorate Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain's office. Whoa, pricey decorator! Thain spent $1.2 million on his STUPID OFFICE, while the company was getting ready to slash jobs and all that good stuff. The report says 2 chairs were $87,000 and a trash can was $1400. I really great angry hearing stories of the lavish spending and bonuses of these CEOs who've run their company into the ground. REDIC!
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Oh hai Laura! I just stumbled on your blog, linking from Megan's. Gosh, it's been a LONG TIME! Anyway, hope all is well. What a cute blog.
AOE,
Meg
Agreed! His work is beautiful, but $800k on an office?? That's a bit much! :)
wow that living rooms is so perfect! and agreeing with you on the office decor bill, "if you gonna do that, pay it with your own money!"
I hear ya! Thanks for entering my give-away and happy v-day!
Check out Cote de Texas' post on this very same thing, if you haven't seen it already. It's an eye-opener! Doesn't Smith do a beautiful job?
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