Obama's Oval Office gets a makeover

[madmom]

The Oval Office has gotten an extreme makeover.

Well, maybe not that extreme. But while the first family was away on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, the president's office was remodeled for the first time since President George W. Bush was the occupant

Highlights, according to our Oval blog, include new and reupholstered furniture, new paint and wallpaper, along with a new rug, paid for by the non-profit White House Historical Association through a contribution from the Presidential Inaugural Committee.





http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/08/obamas-oval-office-gets-a-makeover-/1

[peace13]

1. Love the quotes used on the rug.

The rug has the Presidential seal in the center and historical quotes of meaning to President Obama around the border:

1. "The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself," President Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. "The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice," Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. "Government of the People, By the People, For the People," President Abraham Lincoln
4. "No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings," President John F. Kennedy
5. "The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us," President Theodore Roosevelt

[liberal N proud]

2. I am surprised they didn't have to gut the place after bu$h

[MiniMe]

4. With the economy the way it was, it was wise to wait

[liberal N proud]

7. Even now, you know Obama will be hammered on this.

It's going to happen.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. funny thing is...

most of it is provided for free. "Rugmaker for the President" is good advertising.

[boppers]

11. Furniture, wallpaper, and rug makers need jobs too....

:shrug:

[Bluenorthwest]

3. I'm glad he got rid of Bush's rug

I just am.

[nenagh]

6. Absolutely agree..

W's sunburst carpet just seemed to be waiting for a change of leadership..

Glad that visual is gone.. :)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. OH NO!!! He got rid of ''ruggie''...... BASTARD!nt

[Phx_Dem]

8. Huge improvement. While I like Bush's rug, I HATED the wall paint.

Not that the color was that bad, but the door was painted the same color as the wall, presumably, to make it blend in but it actually made it stand out and it looked ugly. Now it blends in much better -- you can't see it in this photo, but a photo on Huffington Puke shows the door with the new wallpaper -- 100% improvement. Everything else looks good though I'm not totally loving the coffee table. Glad to see he kept the flag painting on the wall. Love that.

[Hansel]

9. Thriftshop sofas and vinyl flooring table.

Ugly. Rug is nice though. And the chairs aren't bad.

[AlinPA]

10. Media will go berserk with this. Forget the speech tonight, this is all the dumbed down Americans

will hear. Fox will go crazy with it.

[Clio the Leo]

13. Hate the couches .... HATE THEM!!!

Hate them! Hate them! Hate them!

To schleppy for the Oval IMO.

While it was time to get rid of Laura George's beige ones, I like Bubba's better..



More pics of the Oval over the years.....

http://whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/oval-office-history.htm