Posted on 09/18/2019 12:13:50 PM PDT by simpson96
Like any eager host ahead of a big event, first lady Melania Trump has spruced up a few things around the White House before welcoming the prime minister of Australia and his wife for the second official state dinner of the Trump presidency on Friday.
The first lady focused on refreshing some older features of the presidential mansion’s well-trodden Red, Green and Blue Rooms, which are heavily foot trafficked during near-daily public tours, according to the Associated Press.
"The White House does get a lot of wear and tear," Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, said.
McLaurin explained that some of the small improvement projects at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue were long overdue, like the Red Room’s wall fabric becoming “so faded it was almost pink” due to sunlight.
"Those rooms should always look their very best and it was just very faded and really, really needed to be done," he detailed.
In the Green Room, draperies were repurposed by switching the backside to the front, avoiding the cost of totally replacing the curtains, and given new fringe.
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WH is like a little guest house compared to Buckingham Palace and other estates of the Queen. The cost must be astronomical.
What a classy and beautiful woman.
They look nice.
wonder why Moochie didnt do it
I’m just grateful that she didn’t. She has horrible taste.
What else do you expect being married to a Real Estate Developer. Having some Knowledge of Interior Design comes with the territory.
I remember the freaky art the Obama’s put up.
I doubt that either of the Obamas has an IQ above average.
...in charge of decorating?
Our Melania is beautiful, smart, resourceful and THRIFTY. Another reason to love her. MAGA! KAG!
Come on. You were thinking of this...LOL!
I prefer the Carol Burnett version.
Scarlett Ohara, Vivien Leigh, was and remains my first crush all the way back to middle school days. I keep telling Ms Magnum I want her to fit into one of those corsets... ;)
Exactly! :)
Melania ‘restored’ the White House the first day she walked into the door!
Moochie’s taste in in her mouth -
(have you seen the clothes she wears?)
Was she able to get the furniture and crockery back that the Clintons stole?
One room should show how the WH was fumigated after obamy.
So pretty. And I love the story about turning the fabric in the one set of drapes. Smart! Melania is my hero.
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