Anna Wintour overhauls Sarah Jessica Parker’s house for President Obama’s fundraiser

Vogue editor and aspiring diplomat Anna Wintour added the role of interior decorator-in-chief to her titles this week by overseeing a decor overhaul at Sarah Jessica Parkers luxe home before President Obamas visit.

Wintour whos reportedly in the running for the US ambassadorship to Britain was photographed with her daughter Bee Shaffer paying a visit to Parker and Matthew Brodericks West Village townhouse just as movers were hauling furniture in and out to prep for yesterdays $80,000-per-couple fund-raiser hosted by Wintour and the Sex and the City star.

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Sources said the fashion oracle wanted to clean out SJPs shabby chic furniture. One told us, Anna was going crazy about the decorating. She was having a lot furniture removed and sending all of SJPs tchotchkes upstairs.

Some of the stuff in the house was shabby chic, and lets just say, Anna wanted less shabby, and more chic, the source added.

While Wintour, known for her painstaking planning of events like the meticulous Met Ball, was at Parkers place Monday, movers lugged in a piano. Parker was reportedly strolling nearby with her kids and a nanny.

After Annas work was done, sources said Parker and her brood had to adjust their routines. Theyve had to live upstairs in the house, said a source. Its not like this is an event at the Trump SoHo its the place where [Parker] feeds her kids.

A small battalion of cleaners was spotted scrubbing door handles and windows outside the house. Yesterday, dozens of plump, white roses were delivered along with rental chairs, and a gardener planted mini- ferns out front.

But a source close to Wintour downplayed her dcor directions, telling us, Anna didnt decide the dcor. That was done in a meeting without her. Those pictures were just her walking into [the] house for her meeting. Furniture was being brought in and out, but not for Annas benefit to preside over, They were in prep mode.

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Anna Wintour overhauls Sarah Jessica Parker’s house for President Obama’s fundraiser