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. Bushs 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. Bushs 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 ...
Yes, that’s why I put the word “hidden” in ironic quotes... My point is that whatever we think of Obama and his lack of common sense and taste, those doors have been that way for a long time.
Here’s a picture of the Oval Office in 1981, when Reagan was president. You’ll see that the doors are camoflaged into the wall.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oval_Office_1981.jpg
Or how about this one, from the Eisenhower era:
Fletcher J
Hey it looks like it’s decorated to induce a nap.
Nap Headquarters.
Ok ya’ll let us all be grateful MO clothes designer did not have a hand in this.
Why not? He has descarated every other National Institution. Why not the oval office? He pisses on the Constitution daily.
Who ever thought that multiple shades of brown would enhance that room. Where are the professional decorators? Did Michelle choose these new colors? They are so depressing!!!!!
The contrast from the former, very bright room is a symbol of the two contrasting administrations and their respective views on the future of our country.
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET
February 26, 2009
Mr. Obama cautioned that the government would have to make hard choices about spending.
There are times where you can afford to redecorate your house, the president said, and there are times where you need to focus on rebuilding its foundation.
Why would anyone want to have skin tone leather chairs?
Just creepy!
Scroll down the photos of today’s meeting to see the chairs:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2581576/posts?page=3#3
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