Like Trump, I went through a home-renovation obsession. The results are often disappointing | Jackie Delamatre
The results are often disappointingJackie Delamatre We are now a nation of homogenized open concepts and curb appeal. He also revealed that Trump is engaged in “design wars” with Melania and moved furniture she had selected into his spaces. The commander-in-chief apparently has even been caught supergluing gilded accents to the Oval Office mantel himself.
- ▪The results are often disappointingJackie Delamatre We are now a nation of homogenized open concepts and curb appeal.
- ▪He also revealed that Trump is engaged in “design wars” with Melania and moved furniture she had selected into his spaces.
- ▪The commander-in-chief apparently has even been caught supergluing gilded accents to the Oval Office mantel himself.
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‘Why do any of us put ourselves through this torturous process?’ Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreen‘Why do any of us put ourselves through this torturous process?’ Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockOpinionDonald TrumpLike Trump, I went through a home-renovation obsession. The results are often disappointingJackie Delamatre We are now a nation of homogenized open concepts and curb appeal. It’s an approach that leads to anxiety and isolationThu 23 Jul 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 23 Jul 2026 10.07 EDTShareRecently, Jonathan Swan – one of the authors of a new tell-all about Donald Trump’s second term – told the hosts of The View that if you had a pie chart of Trump’s mind, “a pretty substantial slice is devoted to interior…
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