oval office re-do: bland and blander
Well, certainly leaders of the free world need a neutral space in which to make decisions, but I can’t help being disappointed with the White House’s Oval Office redesign. Replacing the yellow carpet? Okay. Some creamy neutral stripes on the walls? Sure. But those sofas! Was Value City Furniture having a sale? (No doubt they cost a bit more than that, however.) For a space that hosts Prime Ministers and the like, I guess I was expecting something a little more stately, and a little less “Make it a Blockbuster night.” Thoughts? — Mary T.
It’s so……tan. Bleh – although I do like the coffee table.
I like the coffee table too, and as the space itself is imposing and the man himself is probably felt stronger than the furnishings this way, I don’t feel like it is awful.
Though I still expect to see Bartlett blue, though apparently I live in an imaginary world.
I don’t hate it and in some pics it does look better than others. It does need a lot more punchy pillows on the couch though.
I don’t think it’s horrible, but I definitely think they could have taken a couple of risks.
[...] 5) When it comes to the Oval Office, we all have design expectations. Ellie says: “I like the coffee table too, and as the space itself is imposing and the man himself is probably felt stronger than the furnishings this way, I don’t feel like it is awful.
 Though I still expect to see Bartlett blue, though apparently I live in an imaginary world.†How do you feel about the Oval Office re-do? [...]
Late breaking: The New York Times ran an article on this as well with the best. headline. ever: The Audacity of Taupe http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/garden/02oval.html?_r=1&ref=garden