What happens in the West Wing of the White House?
What happens in the West Wing of the White House?
The West Wing of the White House houses the offices of the president of the United States. The West Wing’s four floors contain offices for the vice president, White House chief of staff, the counselor to the president, the senior advisor to the president, the White House press secretary, and their support staffs.
When was the West Wing added?
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt began a major renovation of the White House, including the relocation of the President’s offices from the Second Floor of the Residence to the newly constructed temporary Executive Office Building (now known as the West Wing).
Does the president get to decorate the Oval Office?
Presidents generally decorate the office to suit their personal taste, choosing new furniture, new drapery, and designing their own oval-shaped carpet to cover most of the floor. Artwork is selected from the White House’s own collection, or borrowed from museums for the president’s term in office.
Where does the president do most of his work?
Though some presidents have chosen to do day-to-day work in a smaller study just west of the Oval Office, most use the actual Oval Office for work and meetings.
Who made Bill Clinton’s curtains?
Late Washington upholsterer Nelson Wurz, whose firm Nelson Beck had made the curtains for Hockersmith, waited at the West Gate of the White House for Clinton to be sworn in. Then he rushed to the Oval Office, as he had only a few hours to complete his job. Wurz recalled the frenzy for me in a 2001 interview for The Post.
Are the curtains forever in the Oval Office?
Presidents come and go, but these curtains are forever President Biden and Vice President Harris speak with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, left, in the Oval Office on Jan. 25. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Where did Trump’s gold drapes come from?
Trump’s gold drapes seem to have originated with Bill Clinton: Bill Clinton and his familiar-looking drapes in 1999. Among other Trump updates, a bust of Winston Churchill is back in the spot where Obama famously replaced it with a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the Oval Office in the White House?
The Oval Office in the White House is a feature of that historic building which most incoming U.S. presidents feel free to modify to suit their styles and tastes, choosing their own sets of drapery and rugs, furniture, artwork, and various other objects to display.
