The
Oval Office without any furniture
Gone golfing? Oval Office emptied for deep cleaning during
Obama’s vacation
The picture appeared on Reddit, with
a user saying the photo had been taken when the Oval Office was emptied for a
deep cleaning during Obama’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard this month.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 10:09 AM
A photo of a barren Oval Office deplete of any furniture, drapes or floor coverings made the rounds online this week.
The walnut and quartered white oak floor, installed during Reagan’s White House and replaced by George W. Bush in 2005, shines brightly in the shot, as the sun streams in through the large, bulletproof windows.
But it turns out the occupant isn’t quite ready to move out and instead the circular space was emptied for a deep cleaning while the President was in Martha’s Vineyard for vacation.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty
Images The Oval
Office, complete with President Obama, as it looked before the deep cleaning it
received while the President was on vacation.A Reddit user obtained the picture from a friend working on the project and while the White House didn’t comment, officials told NBC News there was no reason to believe the photo wasn’t real.
The picture was likely captured earlier in August as the President is now back to work, having arrived back at the White House late Sunday.
Presidential vacations are an optimal time for some deep cleaning at the executive mansion.
TINA HAGER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
In August 2001, the Oval
Office was similarly emptied out for cleaning during George W. Bush's vacation.
Obama's new wheat-colored replacement carpet features the presidential seal at the center and includes five quotations along the edge from Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.
llarson@nydailynews.com
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