Photos in the new edition of “The White House: An Historic Guide” reveal changes to the Yellow Oval Room, the Queens' Bedroom and the Center Hall.
were well documented in the press, she and Kannalikham remained mum about what they did upstairs.
Betty Monkman, former White House curator, also spotted 18th-century French tables that were acquired during the Kennedy administration and gilded candelabra that were a gift from Britain. “I think the room still retains an elegance about it,” Monkman says. “I don’t recognize that new bed from the White House collection,” Monkman says. “The hangings have a sort of French look, and if you look at old photos of Jackie Kennedy’s bedroom at the White House it has this sort of French crown with similar hangings. Taking away the heavy four poster bed gives the room a lighter, more feminine look.”
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