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" If you&amp;#039;ve never heard of the\u00A0Old Family Dining Room at the White House, it might be because it&amp;#039;s\u00A0always been off limits to public tours. Until now, that is. First Lady Michelle Obama has just completed a project to transform the dining\u00A0room into a modern -- and now publicly-viewed -- space.  The project, which has been five years in the making and used no public funds, includes:  Repainting the room from yellow to gray; Burgundy window treatments and four gilded bronze sconces;  A custom rug adapted from a 1950 pictorial weaving by Anni Albers, and  Hanging original pieces by Robert Rauschenberg, Josef Albers, Anni Albers, and Alma Thomas.  The Thomas piece, &amp;quot;Resurrection,&amp;quot; was purchased from a New York gallery last year for $290,000, and it&amp;#039;s especially significant because she is\u00A0 the first African American woman whose work is included in the White House permanent collection.\u00A0 The room&amp;#039;s antiques include a 1780 chandelier, an 1800 mahogany table and a sideboard that once belonged to Daniel Webster. The dining room\u00A0&amp;quot;has a more streamlined, cleaner look now,&amp;quot; said William Allman, White House curator tells The Washington Post. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s more like what you would expect at an art gallery.&amp;quot; Via The Washington Post "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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