Decorating style reminiscent of the late Rococovfefe period

Didn’t read the article but I saw somewhere that one of the adornments on the wall was a cheap fake gold thing you could buy at Home Depot.
 
Rock said:
Didn’t read the article but I saw somewhere that one of the adornments on the wall was a cheap fake gold thing you could buy at Home Depot.
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It looks very much like the cheap thing but TBF is more detailed. So slightly less cheap looking.
 
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“… The ballroom, which is almost twice the size of the 55,000-square-foot White House residence and state rooms, is an enormous space that will fundamentally alter the geometry and massing of the White House complex.

The Oval Office gilding is especially out of character with the architecture, history and spirit of the building, which is a refined mix of simplicity and grandeur, a democratic space with a few imperial touches. And all of these changes represent the whim of the president, who seems immune to the idea that the White House is the sum of its history, a possession held in trust and a symbol not just of power but of domesticity.

… Although a White House spokesman said the ballroom will be vetted by the two main oversight bodies, the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission (which Trump took control of by appointing loyalists without substantial design or planning experience), nothing has yet been submitted to either group, for a process that can take months and sometimes more than a year. That means the White House hasn’t yet launched a key process for refining and improving the design, even as it insists on an extraordinarily tight construction schedule, with the project to begin in September and “expected to be completed long before the end of President Trump’s term,” according to the White House website.

… But experts differ on what materials and techniques the White House may have used. The new ornaments look like inexpensive, off-the-rack appliqués widely available at big-box stores such as Home Depot, or from Amazon (which was founded by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos) or the China-based Alibaba. (The White House hasn’t reported the cost of the Oval Office changes but told Fox News Digital that they were paid for by Trump himself. It estimates the ballroom will cost $200 million.)…”
 
nycfan said:
… But experts differ on what materials and techniques the White House may have used. The new ornaments look like inexpensive, off-the-rack appliqués widely available at big-box stores such as Home Depot, or from Amazon (which was founded by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos) or the China-based Alibaba. (The White House hasn’t reported the cost of the Oval Office changes but told Fox News Digital that they were paid for by Trump himself. It estimates the ballroom will cost $200 million.)…”
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If Trump paid for the decorations himself then I'm confident they used cheap stuff.
 
I've never really thought about the Oval Office being a reflection of the person who holds the presidency, but Trump has made it clear how much that is true.

And, currently, the Oval Office looks like a Hobby Lobby where someone got drunk and dipped everything in cheap gold paint.
 
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