CLINTON:

With red-striped couches, gold curtains, and a dark blue rug, Clinton was clearly not afraid of color:

BUSH:

Here we see a lot of yellows and cremes. The furniture is American-classic:

OBAMA:

Our current president has chosen a sleeker, more modern look, with lots of neutral colors and comfy couches:

I think Obama’s office looks the most homey and inviting…which style do you like the best???

1979 is an excellent vintage in both the world of humankind and upholstery-kind. Your humble blogger is turning 30 in less than a month, and now I’ve been tipped off, by Apartment Therapy, that I share a birth year with Ikea’s Klippan sofa as well. Anyone who’s ever had a dorm room or studio apartment knows the allure of the humble Klippan: it’s small, affordable and offers a bunch of interchangeable slip covers for commitment-phobes. This brief video shows the evolution of the Klippan (although, sadly, it doesn’t feature the traffic-cone orange version that graced my first post-collegiate apartment circa 2001).