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"Nancy Reagan Jacqueline Kennedy\nThe Private Quarters of Two First Ladies During their Reigns at the White House\nAt the start of Ronald Reagan's first term, the former First Lady (above, in the Red Room in 1984) enlisted the help of designer Ted Graber to update the private White House rooms (see Architectural Digest, December 1981). \"This house belongs to all Americans,\" she once said.\nFor her office, Nancy Reagan favored retaining existing White House furniture, which she had refurbished. Only the mirror over the fireplace and the 18th-century day-bed were acquired for the room. The wildflower prints were reproduced from 1925 botanical watercolors.\nThe Reagans brought the comforts of home to the White House: Furnishings from their California residence were incorporated into the West Sitting Hall, which the president and First Lady used as a living room. Nancy Reagan added her own small decorative objects.\nA 17th-century coromandel screen decorated the antiques-filled Central Hall. For this and other areas, Nancy Reagan personally culled stored furniture that had been used by previous first families\u2014\"beautiful pieces that were deteriorating and needed to be restored,\" she noted.\nJust off the First Family Bedroom was President Reagan's private study, which he used on evenings and weekends. It contained his own possessions, such as the mahogany partners desk and the pre-Columbian sculpture on the mantel. The small painting is by George Catlin.\nThe Queens' Sitting Room was left virtually untouched from when it had been revamped under Jacqueline Kennedy, who approved the blue-and-white fabric for the walls, draperies, valance and furniture. The 19th-century Aubusson rug was placed in the room in 1971.\n\"She has been deeply involved with everything we've done,\" Graber said about Nancy Reagan's role in the project.\n\nA Paul Clemens portrait of her and her daughter, Patti, hung in the First Lady's Dressing Room.\nA floral fabric was chosen for the room's walls.\nHand-painted Chinese paper depicting birds and bamboo enveloped the First Family Bedroom in light.\nThe Reagans enjoy a quiet moment in their bedroom. About the completed interiors, the First Lady said, \"Each room, when I look at it, seems to be my favorite.\"\nSoon after her arrival at the White House as the wife of 35th president John F. Kennedy, the First Lady (above, in 1961) set about renovating the private quarters. Collector Henry Francis du Pont was consulted on the antiques, and interior designers Sister Parish and St\u00E9phane Boudin were brought in for the d\u00E9cor.\nJacqueline Kennedy wished for the West Sitting Hall to resemble her Georgetown living room. She and Sister Parish devised an informal conversation area near the window.\nTo the Boudin-designed First Lady's Dressing Room, she added a leopard throw.\nThe First Lady's Bedroom\u2014which she also wanted \"the same as it was in Georgetown\"\u2014as done by Sister Parish. The decorator chose the daisy-motif draperies and helped her place the Chinese porcelain.\nJacqueline Kennedy with the children, John and Caroline, in 1962."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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