I am sorry, but this looks more like a bordello now

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[underpants]

1. She dreams on colors, she dreams in red

Can’t find a better man

[lunasun]

4. Well she could, but maybe not one so old with that much cash who would want her dumb ass

[mr_lebowski]

12. she lies and says she's in love with him ...

can't find a better maaaaaaan ...

[underpants]

18. 😁

[vlyons]

2. What's on the menu - Oh let me guess

KFC fried chicken, Burger King cheese burgers, and Trump wine?

[madaboutharry]

3. Listening at the link,

it sounds like it was restored to the original color scheme and patterns.

[SCantiGOP]

29. Right, this is called the "Red Room"

She didn't change the color.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Reminds me about what they said about trumps

gaudy apartments in NYC...no one with money and class in NYC wanted them. Why they had to sell to oligarchs.

[snowybirdie]

6. Chill folks

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]

11. Now why'd you have to go ruin it with the truth? Lol jk

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. Thank you for this!

I was looking at the picture and thinking, "nice restoration." Starting to wonder about my tastes.

[snowybirdie]

15. I was fortunate

to have been on a vip White House tour several years ago. It actually is beautiful.

[Ohiogal]

17. And Dumb Donald called it a dump.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. For an example of decorating in that time period, it's quite striking.

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]

20. Lol!

It is a gorgeous room (Obama flashback):




Especially during the holidays (2016):

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. I could easily see myself in there with a pot of tea and a Georgette Heyer book.

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]

21. Thanks for that clarification. It still looks like a bordello, but bordellos in the day...

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 Room—one of four state reception rooms in the White House—contains 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 carpet—of beige, red and gold—is 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.

[MicaelS]

8. I love red. Looks great

Certainly better than the all white color scheme we see everywhere.

[CrispyQ]

13. I agree. I love it! -nt

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. Good article.

[MFGsunny]

16. It's restoration, NOT HER DECORATION. Reading article. That is all. n/t

[IndyOp]

22. Good reading! If only everyone tried that... because we have enough real affronts and crises

that we don't need to create new ones.

[CommonSenseMom]

24. Red for the Russians?

Perhaps the bordello room of the Kremlin? Red as a homage to the Russians.

[BlueMTexpat]

25. I'm no fan of Melania,

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]

26. Not yet, BUT

Add a few vintage or reproduction Victorian chaise-lounges upholstered in red and the effect will be spot-on.

[malthaussen]

27. I don't care for the furniture...

... which has been there forever. The rest is okay. I prefer pastel secondary shades, personally.

-- Mal

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. LOL, my living and dining rooms are painted red.

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]

30. Go with what you know.

[GeorgeGist]

31. Exactly, I saw it on...

Boardwalk empire.

[demigoddess]

32. they can go with colors like that in rooms that are that huge.

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.