Posted on 08/31/2010 8:55:44 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The Oval Office has gotten a makeover.
When President Obama addresses the nation on Iraq on Tuesday night, he will do so from newly redecorated digs. The look, which includes new and reupholstered furniture and new paint and wallpaper, is more modern and tends toward neutral hues of brown and taupe, rather than the gold and yellow tones favored by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Gone is the sunburst rug that Mr. Bush loved so much; designed by his wife, Laura, he used to say it evoked a spirit of optimism. In its place is a more muted, mostly wheat and cream-colored carpet featuring the presidential seal in the center, and ringed on its edge with five quotations selected by Mr. Obama – four from former presidents (Lincoln, Kennedy and both Roosevelts) and one from the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. Bush’s yellow brocade couches have been replaced with two custom-made sofas of brown cotton that resembles velvet. They face a boxy table, fashioned from American walnut and mica, that features a fruit bowl – not flowers – as its centerpiece. There is a lone navy blue pillow on one of the couches, which pulls in the blue from some new, modern table lamps.
The new wallpaper is striped, gold and yellow, but the pictures – portraits of Lincoln and Washington – have remained, as has the grandfather clock. Mr. Obama reupholstered Mr. Bush’s two mahogany chairs and kept the desk, called the Resolute, that every chief executive since Rutherford B. Hayes — with the exception of Johnson, Nixon and Ford — has used.
The makeover was not done at taxpayer expense; the White House said the costs were covered by the White House Historical Association, a non-profit group
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Does ANY work get done on that desk??
Sounds like ugly decor. But then again the Chicago gangstas are not known for taste.
Of course work gets done there. Where do you think the paperwork to return the bust of Winston Churchill to our former allies started?
Isn't that special.
“It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp”
Not any more. Used to.
LOL
They remodel the castle and tell us to eat cake...
A few weeks ago Drudge had a picture of the White House with a big tarp draped over the outside of the oval office.
Navy blue pillow on a brown couch. Hmmm. I’m surprised the colors aren’t red and yellow.
Ugly wallpaper and bland. It looks like a place where Obama can take a nap.
Would not be surprised.
Looks ugly too. Some sorry pics at the NYTimes site.
“Does ANY work get done on that desk??”
That desk isn’t for work. It’s support Skippy’s feet.
Didn’t you know?
Love the prayer rug pic. LOL!
The Oval Crib.
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