Those doors weren't hidden and they still aren't. They wallpapered over them!
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
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“Shabby chic goes to Washington. Nice job, 0bamas.”
I ws thinking more like trailer trash chic.
bank charges - $569,347?
He'll be walking around the room looking for the knobs. LOL!
Rent-A-Center.
Sese my # 52 for the definitive answer.
Leni/MinuteGal
The particle board coffee table looks nice.
It looks sterile to me
Now THAT was a nicely decorated Oval Office.
Mrs. Bush, unlike Mrs. Obama, had taste and class...and a healthy respect for the Oval Office...enough to make the room look good.
“After BO leaves office in 2012 (or sooner)”
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If the Oval Office looked like that, it would actually be an improvement. :)
Now that would be TACKY!
You are right! I see the gold doorknobs. OMG if that doesn't say TACKY nothing does!
Follow the money. Always follow the money. Especially when it comes to so-called “nonprofits”. For example, the nonprofit “building” the mosque in NY is called “The Cordoba Initiative”. A link to their 2008 IRS 990 filing is below. As you can see, they did not have enough money to buy a new Ford F-150 much less build a $100 million dollar anything in New York City. My view is that the mosque was a farce. Unless some kind of government money can be had. Or, it was a way for them to get other property for free elsewhere. Property that they could eventually turn around and sell then use the money to push their islamic crap.
We just saw a new piece on possible public funding. See here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67Q5BW20100827
They would have to have public funding. They have no money! This is why the imam is running around the world while the US State Department pays for his trip.
Here is the 2008 IRS 990 filing for The Cordoba Project. As you can see they had peanuts in the bank:
Follow the money. Or lack of it in this case.
Actually, there are two “hidden” doors in the Oval Office, and they’ve been there for a long time...
Those doors weren't hidden and they still aren't. They wallpapered over them!
I have just two observations.
1. So, he did manage to sneak five pillars in there?
2. Custom sofas. Sofa being a good old Arab term and all.
That's it!!!. RENT TO OWN!!!
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