Oval Office Makeover

The Obamas' redecoration of the Oval Office is very cautious, neutral, inoffensive, neither one thing nor the other -- the Audacity of Taupe. But I applaud the switch from flowers to a bowl of fruit on the new coffee table.

Don't you think the President's Office looks like a family room now? Who put throw pillows on the presidential couches and turned the coffee table into a giant TV tray?

The Oval Office has been tweaked, in a makeover orchestrated by the California decorator Michael Smith. In response, television audiences and the blog...

By MARK S. SMITH, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office set...