Dining Room Art: White Dining Room

America, what do you think of your new dining room? Michelle Obama has given the White House's State Dining Room a makeover, seizing an opportunity to leave a lasting impression at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. before she and her husband take their final leave as WASHINGTON (AP) — People taking public tours of the White House now will have to leave a little more room in their schedules. The White House announced Tuesday that a new room, the nearly 200-year-old Old Family Dining Room, has been added to the route. WASHINGTON — People taking public tours of the White House now will have to leave a little more room in their schedules. The White House announced Tuesday that a new room, the nearly 200-year-old Old Family Dining Room, has been added to the route. The White House opened its doors to the newly refurbished Old Family Dining Room, and First Lady Michelle Obama decided to celebrate by surprising visitors during a morning White House tour. According to NBC News, the dining room has a fresh coat of paint Washington – Visitors to the White House on Tuesday saw a side of the mansion that has been hidden from public view. The Old Family Dining room, once a private space for first family dinners, has been refurbished by Michelle Obama in her first major Michelle Obama is sprucing things up at the White House! FLOTUS unveiled a couple of small changes to the White House State Dining Room, including new silk drapes in beige and blue stripes as well as a new set of mahogany dining chairs. Sometimes all a .

WASHINGTON — A newly redecorated White House State Dining Room was unveiled last week, featuring peacock blue and ecru-striped silk draperies, among other historically inspired changes. The room was last updated in 1998 by the Clinton administration. After six years in the White House, Michelle Obama has finally embarked on a major redecorating project for the late 18th-century neoclassical mansion on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The First Lady decided to set a striking, contemporary tone for the Old WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama has given a touch-up to the White House State Dining Room, the latest interior design change that will endure long after she leaves the building. Her modest changes to the room where many dinners and other events are held WASHINGTON -- The White House's State Dining Room, a grand and historic space that has hosted kings and queens, Nobel Prize-winners, military families and George Clooney, is not a room whose redecoration is taken lightly. Yet it gets a lot of wear and tear .