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The Oval Office looks amazing.
« on: August 25, 2025, 03:40:25 pm »
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2025, 07:17:04 pm »
Gaudy...but that's just my opinion as a minimalist.
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2025, 07:25:38 pm »
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2025, 07:28:12 pm »
Quote from: berdie on August 25, 2025, 07:17:04 pm
Gaudy...but that's just my opinion as a minimalist.
IMHO, not as bad as some of his spaces, but I like contrasts. He has always been heavy on the gold trim for my taste.
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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2025, 07:33:51 pm »
Quote from: berdie on August 25, 2025, 07:17:04 pm
Gaudy...but that's just my opinion as a minimalist.

Too much gold.  Looks like Louis XIV's throne room at Versailles.
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2025, 09:27:11 am »
Quote from: berdie on August 25, 2025, 07:17:04 pm
Gaudy...but that's just my opinion as a minimalist.
I agree, but at least: 1) he paid for it and we didn't; 2) no one actually is hurt by his decorating choices, no matter how much screaming we hear from the left.

I always thought it was his first wife who pushed all the gold decor in his properties. Maybe it was he.  :shrug:
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2025, 02:40:29 pm »
xIf the President and First Lady decorated to suit the tastes of the common folk here, the Oval Office would look like the home of Jed Clampett and the Beverly Hillbillies.
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2025, 02:51:55 pm »
All it needs is Liberace's gold-leafed Blüthner grand piano. 
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2025, 04:24:14 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on August 25, 2025, 07:33:51 pm
Too much gold.  Looks like Louis XIV's throne room at Versailles.

Agreed. Not my taste, either.

But we've also had Presidents (Jimmy Carter, for one) who stripped it down until it could have been a conference room at the local Quality Inn....
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« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2025, 06:26:12 am »
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« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2025, 09:28:09 am »
Quote from: cato potatoe on August 26, 2025, 02:51:55 pm
All it needs is Liberace's gold-leafed Blüthner grand piano.
Beat me to it.
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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2025, 09:31:50 am »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on August 29, 2025, 06:26:12 am
Could be...is Trump's "gold guy" ripping him off?
Please don't tell me anyone thought this was 14K solid gold!  :silly:
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« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2025, 09:32:39 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on August 29, 2025, 09:31:50 am
Please don't tell me anyone thought this was 14K solid gold!  :silly:

Idiots... 
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« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2025, 09:37:54 am »
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All it needs is Liberace's gold-leafed Blüthner grand piano.


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« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2025, 09:51:49 am »
FDR


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« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2025, 10:46:05 am »
I love it!

There is nothing wrong with embracing elegance. The office of the President of the greatest country on earth should be eye catching not basic.
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« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2025, 10:53:39 am »
PDJT’s Oval Office decor is not to my taste. Too gilded and busy. I approve of how he conducts business there, however.

Only Carter would have the sofas back-to-back.
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« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2025, 11:02:36 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on August 29, 2025, 09:31:50 am
Please don't tell me anyone thought this was 14K solid gold!  :silly:

Wait… the famous escalator was real gold, right?
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« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2025, 11:20:35 am »
Quote from: bilo on August 29, 2025, 10:46:05 am
I love it!

There is nothing wrong with embracing elegance. The office of the President of the greatest country on earth should be eye catching not basic.

Absolutely agree!
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« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2025, 12:11:13 pm »
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Trump gave the Oval Office a gilded makeover – and covered the cost himself
The president said the Oval Office 'needed a little life'
Fox News, Aug 24, 2025


A side-by-side image of the Oval Office ceiling from 2008 (left) and with gold details in 2025.



Behind the Resolute Desk, Trump added gold curtains and a display of flags,
including those representing the U.S. military’s sister services.



Gold trim was added to details along the ceiling and doorways. Even the cherubs
inside the door frames were given a golden makeover.



A side-by-side image of the Oval Office fireplace from 2024 (left) and with gold details in 2025.


More:  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-gives-oval-office-gilded-makeover-covers-cost-himself.




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