Donald Trump Changes Up the White House Room That Leads to His New 'Rose Garden Club'

people.com
The White House Palm Room and Rose Garden, each pictured after President Trump's 2025 updates. Credit :

Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty

NEED TO KNOW

  • President Donald Trump's latest White House renovation was revealed this week
  • The president reposted a picture on Thursday of the updated Palm Room, which connects the front of the White House with the Rose Garden in the back
  • While the room once featured soft, natural light, potted plants and trees, it is now painted in stark white, with a flashy new chandelier and white marble floors

President Donald Trump's latest White House renovation was revealed this week.

On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a West Wing visitor shared a photo of the newly updated White House Palm Room, which connects the front of the White House to the Rose Garden and West Colonnade in the back.

Previously, the room featured soft lighting with potted plants and trees, and was lined with benches and tables on gray tiled floor. In the new photo, the Palm Room is bright white, with a flashy new chandelier and white marble floors.

The newly updated White House Palm Room, pictured on Sept. 23, 2025.

Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

The first-look photo did not show any furniture in the room, leaving it unclear whether Trump will also replace the benches and plants.

Trump reposted the photo on his Truth Social account on Thursday with the caption, "New lobby leading to Oval Office — Magnificent marble floor, compliments of President Donald J. Trump!"

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris step into the Palm Room from the Rose Garden in 2023.

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz

A 2019 photo of the other side of the Palm Room, showing the doors that lead to the front of the White House.

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

The back doors of the Palm Room open up to the redesigned Rose Garden, which Trump recently rebranded as "The Rose Garden Club at the White House."

The biggest change to the historic outdoor space was the paving over of a large area of the Kennedy-era lawn to resemble a concrete patio.

The new Rose Garden also features tables with yellow-and-white-striped umbrellas, which the Trumps sourced from the same supplier that decorated their Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump acknowledged the Rose Garden renovations while speaking at the Sept. 5 reopening, where the guest list included some of his closest allies.

He said, “We have worked very hard to bring it to fruition, and [it's] not an easy situation, but it's something that I think we're all going to enjoy for many, many years to come. It's a tremendous place.”

A 'Rose Garden Club' dinner on Sept. 5, 2025.

Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg/Getty 

The White House Palm Room — sometimes called the West Garden Room — also opens up to the West Colonnade on the side, where Trump just installed a photo installation called the "Presidential Walk of Fame."

The famous walkway is lined with portraits of past presidents in the order of their election. However, amid the final portraits of George W. BushBarack Obama and Trump himself, President Joe Biden isn't shown. In Biden's place, there is a photo of an autopen — a tool that U.S. presidents have openly relied on for decades to reproduce their signatures.

Trump has repeatedly accused Biden's administration of using an autopen to sign executive orders without the president's knowledge — which Biden has denied. Trump used the new White House display to continue mocking his predecessor.

Donald Trump looks at a photo of an autopen along the Presidential Walk of Fame in the West Colonnade.

The White House/X

Sources recently told PEOPLE that the Trumps' many revisions to the White House — which also include the ongoing construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on top of the East Wing — have been implemented to more closely mirror the vibe of the first family's Florida beach club.

One social source in Florida told PEOPLE in August that both Donald and Melania "would prefer to be in Palm Beach," so instead they're "bringing Mar-a-Lago to Washington."

"Their plans for the White House are being implemented to remind them of Mar-a-Lago," the source said. "That way, when they aren’t in Palm Beach, they are there in the mind.”

The Donald J. Trump Ballroom at Mar-a-Lago (left) and a rendering of the proposed White House Ballroom (right).

Brooks Kraft/Getty; McCrery Architects/The White House

Another source — a Mar-a-Lago club member — told PEOPLE that Donald and Melania take much pride in their Florida home's decor and style and enjoy showing it off, so it "makes sense" they would make changes to the historic presidential building.

"Anytime Melania and Donald can make the White House feel more like Mar-a-Lago, they will,” the source says. “They love Mar-a-Lago. Not only is it their home, but Donald personally created much of the current decor and takes pride in living there and showing it to other people."

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Other recent changes to the White House include displays of Trump-themed art and merchandise, as well as the addition of gold accents to the furniture and decor in the Oval Office.

An April report in The Wall Street Journal revealed that the president had enlisted his "gold guy," cabinetmaker John Icart, to create golden borders for his political portraits, gilded carvings for the fireplace mantel, a gold Trump crest in a doorway, and more.

Icart has previously worked on projects at Mar-a-Lago, and the flashy style also echoes the president's Trump Tower apartment in New York City.