[Kaslin]

I didn't know that every First Lady designs the rug for the White House, but I know Laura designed that one.

Maybe it's just as well that he keeps it. Michele would probably design an ugly one

[snugs]

I found this on a blog about White House decoy which seems to suggest that regarding the rug it was I believed that each President designs their own.

“As for the rugs - they are replacing worn rugs and are not the official “Oval Office” rug, which each president designs; Bush’s was done in 2001. Obama will use Bush’s rug until he has his own at which time the rug will be shipped off to Bush for use at his presidential museum, as is customary of all Presidents.”

http://www.mrs-o.org/?p=2552

Some of the comments on this blog are very 0 based but in between there are reasonable comments especially regarding Laura’s design taste.

[snugs]

I think it is the President who is responsible for the rug design but most I suspect delegate it to their wives.