Posted on 09/02/2010 1:26:24 PM PDT by Nachum
Washington - The makeover of the Oval Office has been widely panned in press reports and on the blogosphere for being too casual and for its bland color palate but White House press secretary Robert Gibbs doesn't expect President Obama to weigh in anytime soon. (Snip) In an apparent effort to head off criticism, the White House pointed out that all of the materials and furniture came from U.S.-based companies, and that taxpayers won't foot the bill. These kinds of projects have always been funded by the White House Historical Association, with money from the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
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That's downright embarrassing!
The O Office looks bland in the still photos, but its true ugliness shines forth on TV as a backdrop for one of O''s speeches. Those drapes catch all the light from the cameras and they look like that faux crushed velvet that was so popular in the 1970s. In baby poop color!
In fact they look like something that was rescued from a discarded TV set from The Rockford Files, or Matlock. Maybe from Family Fued.
And mottoes in the rug? How tacky can yo get?
lol, Cheech and Chong
I had never noticed in that pic how stoned Bambi looks compared to his BFF.
That thought occurred to me the minute I saw the photo. Reeked of cheap, overnight decorating chic. All it needed was the Simplicity patterns decoupaged on the walls.
Kind of reminds me of the lobby of a mid priced hotel anywhere in the US. Is there a waffle iron in the room? Is CNN playing non-stop?
if you add Martin Crane’s classic with the duct tape, it’ll make Architectural digest
Well, after a tough round of golf, Big Cheese can lie down on the couch and have a good snooze.
I really don’t think it is good or bad. There are more substantive things regarding 0bama that are more worthy of criticism. Grousing over his sense of interior decoration just makes us look petty.
He should have sent someone over to the Smithsonian to fetch the Archie and Edith Bunker’s chairs. That furniture would at least add a little character to the room.
Next time Obama pushes “CHANGE” tell him you want IMPROVEMENT or leave it the hell alone.
Muslim-drab.
THE JEFFERSONS.
I just wonder about that big prayer rug with the picture of Che!!
Don’t care who is paying, it’s still looking like the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express.
Sanford and Son.
The Jeffersons had a nicer apartment.
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