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Between 2009 and 2017 the Obama White House saw rather than large-scale structural renovations: the planting of the White House Kitchen Garden by First Lady Michelle Obama, décor and room refreshes le...
The Obama years included both visible redecoration projects and a large, congressionally authorized that is frequently described with a $376 million figure; the bulk of that work targeted aging infras...
President Barack Obama’s White House changes from 2009–2017 combined visible interior redecoration and family-focused additions with a large, largely behind-the-scenes infrastructure renewal that had ...
During Barack Obama’s presidency (2009–2017) the most consistently documented physical alteration was the creation of the on the South Lawn and a set of modest, mostly cosmetic and programmatic update...
The Obama White House “renovation” combined a congressionally approved infrastructure modernization and a set of aesthetic, programmatic, and garden projects rather than a single dramatic architectura...
Barack Obama’s presidency saw a mix of cosmetic updates, grounds changes, and significant building-systems work at the White House: the commonly agreed items include a kitchen garden, several room red...
Michelle Obama played a hands-on and multi-faceted role in White House renovations during her time as First Lady, focusing on interior redesigns, historic preservation choices, and new programming suc...
The available analyses indicate that the Obama presidency oversaw both cosmetic redecorations of the private residence and targeted functional projects in and around the West Wing, but there is during...
The Obama family’s White House renovations combined private funding, designer-led aesthetic updates, and recreational modifications — notably converting the tennis court into a basketball court — and ...
During Barack Obama’s presidency the most documented changes to White House rooms were interior redecorations of the private residence and West Wing spaces overseen by designer Michael S. Smith, paid ...
Congress approved a congressionally funded White House modernization project in 2008 that began execution during the Obama years to replace aging mechanical and safety systems; reporting ties a roughl...
Media and fact-checking sources show the Obama administration oversaw a multi-year White House renovation project—commonly cited as about $376 million—that began during Obama’s presidency but whose fu...
Reporting shows that the major infrastructure work commonly attributed to President Obama was actually a congressionally funded utility upgrade approved before he took office and executed while he was...
Michelle Obama played a clear, hands-on role in the look, function and cultural framing of White House interiors during the Obama years—leading room redesigns (including the State Dining Room), planti...
Coverage in the provided reporting does not identify a single “primary designer” for the Oval Office in the most recent renovation; contemporary accounts instead attribute heavy involvement to Preside...
Previous presidents did sometimes include in White House settings, but the evidence that Barack Obama or George W. Bush prominently used gold in overall White House décor is mixed and limited. Histori...
The claim that the Obama family influenced White House renovations is accurate in two distinct ways: they directed overseen by the administration and they shaped through the First Family’s tastes and ...
The claim that Barack Obama “designed and constructed” a new White House basketball court or spent exorbitant sums on one is unsupported. Available reporting shows the on-site court was a modest adapt...
The claim set breaks into two clear threads: a large, multi-year infrastructure overhaul associated with roughly that encompassed the White House’s mechanical and safety systems, and a set of smaller,...
The Obama administration carried out a mix of visible landscaping and recreational changes—most notably the conversion of the South Grounds tennis court into a multi-use and the creation of the —while...