

She also authored two books, Furnishing Forward - A Practical Guide to Furnishing for a Lifetime and The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir, the latter a sassy read that chronicles her experience with alopecia. Once a person is elected to and sworn in to that office.

She was anointed “America’s Best Interior Designer” by CNN and Time magazine and is a recurring ELLE DECOR A-List denizen. Congressional action on a home for future Vice Presidents would help avoid such a spectacle.
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She starred in a groundbreaking early-2000s TV show Sheila Bridges: Designer Living and launched product lines in furniture, tableware, and window shades. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI // Getty Imagesīridges is rapidly establishing herself as one of the most important decorators working in America today. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller (1974-77) was the first to use the home. Vice President Kamala Harris welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory for a working breakfast, in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2021. In 1974, Congress designated Number One Observatory Circle as the Vice. “It’s important to have a dialogue between the landscape, architecture, and interior,” she told the Washington Post. She opted for a mostly neutral palette, but not without vibrant color moments throughout: A perky pink wallpaper-lined library acts as an extension of the crape myrtle tree blossoms just beyond. Comments 17 Vice President Kamala Harris has made a quick transition to her new role in Washington, but she and second gentleman. Designing the main floor, which is often used for official receptions and dinners, Bridges selected furnishings primarily made by American designers and manufacturers. The brief was to create a space that felt comfortable yet was amenable to hosting events such as Diwali celebrations, military family receptions, and Latino small-business-owner gatherings, reported the Washington Post’s Jura Koncius, who broke the story earlier today. Now Bridges has given the 128-year-old house its latest makeover. Bush’s tenure the Bidens, when serving under President Barack Obama, created an apple-green sunroom and Mike and Karen Pence installed a basketball court and a beehive. Bush administration the Cheneys upgraded an upstairs galley kitchen during George W. Dan and Marilyn Quayle added a heated pool during the George H.W. The Queen Anne–style home features 33 rooms, a large veranda, a pool, and a sunroom-all spaces that have been inhabited by seven former vice presidents who have each added improvements. Harris and her husband moved into the house in Northwest Washington, D.C., in April 2021 following the completion of renovations. The residence of the vice president on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
