Melania Will Redecorate The White House

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

After the doubts that were generated by her prolonged absence from the White House, the first lady, Melania Trump seems to have taken the first steps to accommodate the presidential mansion to her liking.

Until now, the wife of President Donald J. Trump had been conspicuous by her absence at public events and it was not until this weekend that she was seen next to her husband at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

Well, it seems that little by little the 46-year-old first lady is getting ready to move from the luxurious apartment in New York's Trump Tower - where she still lives while her 10-year-old son Barron completes the school year - to the presidential residence. in Washington.

Proof of this is the hiring of the decorator Tham Kannalikham to be in charge of decorating the historic halls of the residence. The expert previously worked with the fashion company Ralph Lauren, with whom Melania has a personal connection, since she was in charge of designing part of her wardrobe for her husband's investiture.

Kannalikham will have a federal budget, the same chain points out, the Trumps could assume that expense as former President Barack Obama did eight years ago.

"Mrs. Trump deeply admires the historical aspects of the White House and with Tham's traditional experience and taste, will focus on seamlessly integrating elegance and comfort into spaces where the President, First Lady and [her son] Barron will spend family time and those they will call home,”First Lady Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's acting adviser to WWD magazine said.

The decorator's hiring contradicts rumors that the first lady and her son would not move to New York. Both, sources close to Melania insist, will remain in New York only until the boy finishes this course in a private school in Manhattan.

Melania, who has insisted on personally taking the child to school every day, has had to be escorted by a strong security team to make the trip from the Trump Tower, located in downtown Manhattan, to the Upper West area. Side, which has had an impact on his colleagues since his father assumed the presidency on January 20.