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Pages in category "Rooms in the White House" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The East Room is an event and reception room in the Executive Residence of the White House complex, the home of the president of the United States.The East Room is the largest room in the Executive Residence; it is used for dances, receptions, press conferences, ceremonies, concerts, and banquets.
The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them. With every new president comes new design choices , often reflecting their values and political views.
The Diplomatic Reception Room on the ground floor of the White House. The oval space beneath what is now the Blue Room was originally a Servants' Hall, [10] but was turned into a furnace room in 1837. [20] During the White House's 1902 renovation, the room was turned into a sitting room.
The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0. West, J.B. with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies.
The Blue Room is one of three state parlors on the first floor in the White House, the residence of the president of the United States. It is distinctive for its oval shape. The room is used for receptions and receiving lines and is occasionally set for small dinners.
The real exercise of the day is to personalize the house for the incoming first family—in under six hours. By tradition, we only gained access to the White House around 11 AM on Inauguration Day ...
The Diplomatic Reception Room is one of three oval rooms in the Executive Residence of the White House, the official home of the president of the United States. It is located on the ground floor and is used as an entrance from the South Lawn and a reception room for foreign ambassadors to present their credentials, a ceremony formerly conducted ...