Every US president eventually puts his own mark on the Oval Office, decoratively speaking, and the White House unveiled the Obama makeover on Tuesday, just hours before a major presidential speech on Iraq from his famous Resolute Desk.
US president Barack Obama takes a peek under the famous Resolute Desk at the Oval Office.
Design experts were weighing in immediately, of course, on the calming melange of browns and tans, with a generous helping of leather and an assortment of stripes: Was it all a little too No-Drama Obama? Or was it livelier, cooler, more chic and elegant than before?
First, the changes: While the president and his family were away on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, workers installed new striped wallpaper, new sofas, re-upholstered chairs, new lamps and a coffee table - and a new rug bearing quotes around its borders from famous Americans.
The updates have a more modern, easy-to-live-in look - for example, the new brown leather desk chair, or the mahogany armchairs by the fireplace, now re-upholstered in caramel-colored leather.
Or the plush sofas, custom-made in New York and covered with a very soft-looking light brown cotton with red, white and blue threa [...]
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