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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It looks like a place where Obama can take a nap.
And, why not take a nap? He is just exhausted from all the vacations, lobster dinners and redecorating the oval office - whew! And, isn’t all the heavy lifting over? The man’s entitled to a little nap/s
when did they unveil this?
I am reminded of my father...he was known for wearing navy with brown shoes. My mother used to have a fit every time he would do that. I think Dad did it deliberately just to annoy Mom.
Every oval room has the same acoustical phenomenon at the foci (right, you FR engineers out there?)
It appears that Michelle had nothing to do with the change.
Don’t....like...it....at....all.
I had read his redecorations were to the tune of 2 millions dollars, such a waste from someone who barely spends any time there.”
He won’t be there very much longer, either.
Sure is a gigantic display from Barry & Michelle that THEY are getting THEIR reparations, isn’t it.
The wallpaper doesn’t work at all.
They drained all the light from the room.
Just like they have done to the rest of the country.
With all their resources, they could have done better. Thank God Manchelle didn't have a free hand at decorating..remember the black liberation red/black widow spider colors of the dress she wore in Chicago post-inaugeration?
But, most of all, this country is in a recession/depression and this selfish, insensitive socialist decides to re-decorate....
1. Lenin lampshade.
2. Taking down the Washington Monument.
3. Vintage USSR flag.
4. Gay rainbow flag.
5. Statue of Liberty crying in shame.
6. George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner, because why not?
7. Trio of Portraits: Ugly face ‘shopped on Michelle Obama, Stalin, Mao.
8. Elmo and Barney dolls.
9. Thompson gun, Malibu Barbie convertible.
10. Nicely stocked bar.
11. Smiling black man carrying bucket of Heineken through Katrina floodwaters; the famous “black person looting” photo.
12. Lava lamp, tribal doll.
13. Mug of draught beer.
14. Midget Jimmy Carter coming up through hole in floor.
15. Obama with a hollow head holding a tiny George Soros homunculus.
16. Al Franken in diaper holding teddy bear.
17. Bong.
18. Bozo the Clown jack in the box.
19. Barney Frank lisping.
20. Katie Couric sexytime wedding dance.
21. Desk gargoyle.
22. Ghost/angel of Ted Kennedy.
23. Bowl of money to eat.
24. Terrifying war dwarf.
25. Novelty “ladies legs” lamp, golf trophy, Oscar trophy.
26. Somebody (Bloomberg?) in an Elmo/Sailor costume.
You’re welcome!
I agree.
The wallpapered doors really stand out.....you expect them to start “peeling” from the edge of the doors any minute.....
But, I really thought it was gonna be worse.
Purple and green stripes.
Why is everything brown?
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