See how inside Obama's private White House living quarters looks like

 

 

The Yellow Oval Room – The Obamas gave Architectural Digest magazine an exclusive tour of their private quarters at the White House. 

 

The Treaty Room – The interiors were designed by Michael S. Smith, who has been the White House decorator since Barack Obama took office in 2008.

 

 

The Old Family Dining Room – Artists on display include Robert Rauschenberg (left), Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko and Alma Thomas (right) -- the first African-American woman artist represented in the White House. 

 

The Solarium – "Their private quarters remain an oasis of civility and, yes, refined taste in a political arena so often bereft of both," wrote journalist Mayer Rus of the largely neutral, simple interiors.