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(182,902 posts)Cant find a better man
lunasun
(21,646 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)can't find a better maaaaaaan ...
underpants
(182,902 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)KFC fried chicken, Burger King cheese burgers, and Trump wine?
madaboutharry
(40,223 posts)it sounds like it was restored to the original color scheme and patterns.
SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)She didn't change the color.
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Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)gaudy apartments in NYC...no one with money and class in NYC wanted them. Why they had to sell to oligarchs.
snowybirdie
(5,239 posts)This is called The Red Room in the White house. Has been for decades. It's a restored room used for receptions and done by Jackie Kennedy.. Based on the early 1800s style.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I was looking at the picture and thinking, "nice restoration." Starting to wonder about my tastes.
snowybirdie
(5,239 posts)to have been on a vip White House tour several years ago. It actually is beautiful.
Ohiogal
(32,090 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I went on a regular White House tour when ... Reagan was in office. I can well imagine the decor needs some attention after quite a few decades since the last major restoration. I'm glad it's getting done. No fan of Melania by any stretch of the imagination, but I do appreciate this effort.
demmiblue
(36,898 posts)It is a gorgeous room (Obama flashback):
Especially during the holidays (2016):
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I don't see bordello, I see a room to set the mood for a rainy afternoon of reading a Regency romance or mystery book. Preferably mystery.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)looked like the most fashionable homes.
A little history took little time to goggle up after your clue...
http://whitehousemuseum.org/floor1/red-room.htm
Furnished in the Empire style of 1810-30, the Red Roomone of four state reception rooms in the White Housecontains several pieces of furniture from the New York workshop of the French-born cabinetmaker Charles-Honore Lannuier.
This room is about 28 feet by 22 1/2 feet. The elegance of the Red Room furniture derives from a combination of richly carved and finished woods with ormolu mounts (decorative hardware made of gilded bronze) in characteristic designs such as dolphins, acanthus leaves, lion's heads, and sphinxes. The furniture displays many motifs similar to those of the French pieces now in the Blue Room. Egyptian motifs were extensively used in French Empire furnishings following Napoleon's 1798-99 campaign in Egypt, and many of these same designs were adopted by cabinetmakers working in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
The furniture in the Red Room dates from the years 1810-1830. All the fabrics now in the Red Room were woven in the United States from French Empire designs. The walls are covered by a red twill satin fabric with a gold scroll design in the border.
The furniture, like the American Empire sofa, is upholstered in a silk of the same shade of red. An early 19th-century design inspired the draperies, made of gold satin with red silk valances and handmade gold-and-red fringe. The carpetof beige, red and goldis a reproduction of an early 19th-century French Savonnerie carpet in the White House collection; it was made for the room in 1965. The 13-light French Empire chandelier was fashioned from carved and gilded wood in 1805.
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MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Certainly better than the all white color scheme we see everywhere.
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)IndyOp
(15,535 posts)that we don't need to create new ones.
CommonSenseMom
(43 posts)Perhaps the bordello room of the Kremlin? Red as a homage to the Russians.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)but she has merely followed tradition wrt to restoration of the "Red Room."
Here's some history: The Red Room https://www.whitehousehistory.org/white-house-tour/the-red-room
Vogon_Glory
(9,132 posts)Add a few vintage or reproduction Victorian chaise-lounges upholstered in red and the effect will be spot-on.
malthaussen
(17,217 posts)... which has been there forever. The rest is okay. I prefer pastel secondary shades, personally.
-- Mal
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)It's a deeper shade -- burgundy, I'd say -- and it's beautiful and very dramatic. Goes very well with the Persian rug that I inherited from an aunt.
gibraltar72
(7,512 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)Boardwalk empire.
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)I wouldn't put it in my house, the rooms are too small. But in big houses way back when, bold colors were used to show off wealth.