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* Staffers have just six hours to move out the Obamas and move in the Trumps on inauguration day on January 20 * Chief White House usher Stephen Rochon admits it's 'like organized chaos' * Incoming presidents are free to make any changes they like to the private floors * But Donald Trump says he has no plans to redecorate the 'very special place' * Other presidents have left their own marks at the White House during their terms * Obama requested a special shower head, and added a basketball court * Bill Clinton added a seven-seat hot tub and Richard Nixon added a bowling alleyBy Hannah Parry For Dailymail.comPublished: 14:04 EST, 2 January 2017 | Updated: 20:41 EST, 2 January 2017White House staff are preparing for the whirlwind moving day where they will have just six hours to move out the Obamas and move in the new First Family. While president-elect Donald Trump delivers his inauguration speech on January 20, nearly 100 staffers will be frantically making the 132-room mansion ready for the Trumps. From 10.30am, staff will begin moving the Obamas belongings into waiting trucks on the South Lawn, and moving the Trump family's items inside. 'It's more like organized chaos,' Chief White House usher Stephen Rochon admitted to CNN. 'We have one truck at the South Lawn that belongs to the outgoing president and first family facing south, and the incoming truck facing north toward the White House is on the east side of the south grounds.' ...Incoming presidents, and their families, are free to make any changes they like to the private floors of the White House, on the second and third floors. Some had raised concerns that The Donald, who is renowned for his gaudy, bombastic style - as exhibited in his many buildings including the gold-leafed, blingy Trump Tower in New York. But the president-elect has promised he has not plans to impose his opulent style on the White House.'It's a very special place,' he said. 'I'm going to be working. I'm not going to be decorating.' ...
