Trump's $3m White House redesign is as drab as a downmarket hotel

The president ‘wanted to bring back the lustre and the glory’ to his residence. But, says our design critic, a forgettable floral carpet, some greige wallpaper and a squadron of giant attacking eagles won’t make the White House great again‘A real dump,” is how Donald Trump is said to have described the White House he inherited from the Obama administration. For a man used to inhabiting a penthouse fantasy land of golden columns, heaving chandeliers and cherubs tumbling from the ceilings, the decor at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue must have seemed a bit drab. So he took the opportunity of his summer vacation to call in the decorators for a $3.4m (£2.6m) overhaul, the results of which have been unveiled this week.Those looking forward to an opulent vision to match the glitz of his Trump Tower eyrie, or the palatial pomp of his Mar-a-Lago resort, will be disappointed. For once, in matters of domestic design, it seems the billionaire builder has acted with relative restraint. Continue reading…
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