Not to defend the first wookie, but haven’t most first ladies (in her case, I use that term lady loosely) done the same thing?
The article said it was last redone by Hillary in 1998. Go see the before picture. It was stunningly beautiful (in spite of Hillary). It went from gorgeous to so-so. Hate the new table and chairs. Hillary’s table and chairs were better, though not wonderful. But the rest of the room by Hillary was awesome, imo.
Nancy Reagan used private donations