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Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 7:54:32 PM

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The ACA? The stimulus? Taking out OBL? Small stuff compared to a true Obama legacy: redoing the family dining room on the first floor. (Note: For privacy and convenience, First Families now generally eat in the presidential dining room upstairs.) Hate to say it, but the design repels me. I think it reflects the caution, even timidity, that have been such hallmarks of this administration on many fronts, with the result that it's a mishmash--neither ancient nor modern. I actually do *like* the idea of bringing the WH beyond the 19th century, but I don't think this effort succeeds. Thoughts, anyone?

Learn more and see earlier incarnations: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/10/old-family-dining-room-made-new-again

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 8:17:59 PM

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What do I know about interior design....but I think it's beautiful.
Like I say I don't really know all that much.I Just think it's a lovely room

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 9:15:03 PM

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I like the art, but WTF with those 1950's chairs around the table? They kept the worst element in the room!

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 9:22:09 PM

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I like the art but hate the rug.
And mid century modern is very collectible.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 9:33:17 PM

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quote:

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Thoughts, anyone?

Reading the responses, it's clear that tastes vary. I think it would have a certain stark elegance if you got rid of those artworks and that rug.

K.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/10/2015 9:40:10 PM

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I must say I would have went a completely different way. Its the freakin WH!!! I would have went all out.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 12:25:49 AM

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Mary Todd Lincoln tried that once,didn't work out all that well for her

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 3:33:10 AM

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It's atrocious... but I'm not a fan of jazz (shrugs)

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 3:35:33 AM

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The rug and the picture would look more appropriate with chrome and glass but glare with 19th century fine wood.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 5:12:27 AM

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The rug is okay to me. I'm not a fan of the artwork at all. They're such a huge contrast to the traditional furniture, especially the bold one between the windows. The curtains are also...not my taste. But, I don't live there.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 7:17:15 AM

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I prefer the way it looked during the Truman administration.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 7:23:41 AM

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I prefer the way it looked during the Truman administration.

Grant FTW!

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 8:00:51 AM

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eeeh, i dont like it. i dont like the color scheme, the rug, the artwork, the furniture... just none of it works for me.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 8:53:52 AM

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If this is the family dining room, not a public one, then I think that trying to warm it up to make it someplace people like to sit and talk should have been the focus. And that doesn't say warm and cozy to me, good place for kids to spread out and talk over their day.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 9:14:43 AM

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I am all for "eclectic" in design, however this goes way too far. IMO, the artwork simply does not work in the space.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 9:59:52 AM

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I believe one of the problems is the way the area was photographed... In real life the light is much softer and warmer. This alone would give a much different feel to the area. Of course all personal likes and dislikes but to me the rug needs warm not earth colors and could be smaller... I love old wood flooring.

I would also like to see rich red with gold fringe drapery and unlike TheHeretic I believe any art in this circumstance would look much better based on history or landscapes.

Butch

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 10:11:35 AM

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Here's another angle.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 10:12:39 AM

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And a third.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 10:18:11 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: dcnovice

And a third.

To me, that breakfront is the nicest thing in the room by far.

On taking another look, what is really bothering me with this is that light fixture. My eyes are immediately drawn to it and not in a good way.

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RE: Startling New Look for a White House Dining Room - 2/11/2015 5:32:38 PM

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Bc the light fixture doesnt match anything in there. I actually like the fixture.

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