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If you've ever wondered what Mar Lago looks like inside..... (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 16 OP
Well, I won't (hold back). It is as crass & vulgar as his Trump Tower monstrosity... hlthe2b Apr 16 #1
It really is a beautiful building with some amazing interior spaces. Wildly overdone, for sure, but in a style..... FadedMullet Apr 16 #2
No, I've never wondered. Never will. n/t elocs Apr 16 #3
Tacky. badhair77 Apr 16 #4
It ain't Tuxedo Park . . . . no_hypocrisy Apr 16 #5
Gaudy as fuck Blue Owl Apr 16 #6
I feel for the staff who has to keep the place clean and dusted zeusdogmom Apr 16 #7
"I don't care. Do you? onethatcares Apr 16 #8
A faux-Baroque nightmare Torchlight Apr 16 #9
Abomidecor. dixiegrrrrl Apr 16 #17
Nope. Never wondered NewHendoLib Apr 16 #10
Lifestyles of the Disgustingly Rich and Heinous lame54 Apr 16 #11
That should be a new show 😹 Meowmee Apr 16 #13
That's very clever! 3catwoman3 Apr 17 #26
If there were any decent people living there, they left during first term. Silent Type Apr 16 #12
If it's the color of piss, Trump loves it. Emile Apr 16 #14
Soooooo ugly Trueblue1968 Apr 16 #15
Tawdry and over the top. Laffy Kat Apr 16 #16
Is that the set where the Adams Family was shot? nt Jit423 Apr 16 #18
Vile. BigDemVoter Apr 16 #19
It would never have been a tourist attraction, anywhere GenThePerservering Apr 16 #20
True: the Baroque stuff doesn't have the right proportion to it the way true Baroque does. fierywoman Apr 17 #30
I Know Nothing RobinA Apr 17 #33
I wonder if this is Melania's doing. LAS14 Apr 16 #21
Hearst Castle isn't even that bad in comparison. Xolodno Apr 16 #22
What a godawful eyesore. valleyrogue Apr 16 #23
1980s gaudy garrish. Baitball Blogger Apr 16 #24
So did Trump buy this RazorbackExpat Apr 17 #25
Exactly what a person with no taste thinks is "high class." MIButterfly Apr 17 #27
It looks like the film set for What We Do In The Shadows mahina Apr 17 #28
It looks like they spent a million dollars at Sears. mahina Apr 17 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author bamagal62 Apr 17 #31
ludicrous portrait of drumph. pansypoo53219 Apr 17 #32
What I remember hearing is there is a family crest over the fireplace belonging to wealthy woman who originally built it Rhiannon12866 Apr 18 #34

FadedMullet

(138 posts)
2. It really is a beautiful building with some amazing interior spaces. Wildly overdone, for sure, but in a style.....
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 05:25 PM
Apr 16

.......of the times, opulent and grandiose. It's the fact that Trump owns it and has hung his idiotic portrait in the home that renders it so objectionable. If it was in Italy it would be a tourist attraction.

BigDemVoter

(4,624 posts)
19. Vile.
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 08:04 PM
Apr 16

Just what I had expected. It kind of reminded me of Belle Watling's place in "Gone With the Wind." I guess it is no surprise that Melania lives there.

GenThePerservering

(2,842 posts)
20. It would never have been a tourist attraction, anywhere
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 09:03 PM
Apr 16

There's a big difference between "real" baroque and this fake stuff. It's obvious in the clash of design and purpose. The baroque had an over-the-top vibe that we might find cluttered today, but it harmonized.

This is just throwing everything shiny together whether it fits or not. And every.single.room.

RobinA

(10,322 posts)
33. I Know Nothing
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 01:01 PM
Apr 17

about home decor or various styles, but I agree with your take. I happen to like baroque, but this ain't it. I couldn't say why, but I think you hit it.

LAS14

(15,168 posts)
21. I wonder if this is Melania's doing.
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 09:06 PM
Apr 16

My Romanian daughter-in-law has a fondness for elaborate furniture and decorations. Doesn't have the Trumps' budget, of course.

Xolodno

(6,989 posts)
22. Hearst Castle isn't even that bad in comparison.
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 10:55 PM
Apr 16

Hearst decorated his house with museum pieces from his collection. This is just...a cheap knock off with no sense of history or taste. It's "tell me how much of tasteless trust fund kid you are without telling me".

valleyrogue

(2,063 posts)
23. What a godawful eyesore.
Wed Apr 16, 2025, 11:24 PM
Apr 16

Who could possibly think that decor is beautiful? It is way too ostentatious, a monument to bad taste.

MIButterfly

(361 posts)
27. Exactly what a person with no taste thinks is "high class."
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 12:50 AM
Apr 17

I have to say, though, it isn't as tacky as Ivana's townhouse. Close, but not quite. I saw pictures of it online when it was for sale (I don’t know if it still is) and yikes!

Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Rhiannon12866

(233,920 posts)
34. What I remember hearing is there is a family crest over the fireplace belonging to wealthy woman who originally built it
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 01:57 AM
Apr 18

And not only did TFG steal that crest for himself, but he changed the word at the top of the crest from "Integrity" (in Latin) to the word "Trump."

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