The Yellow Room Floral Arrangement
Skye Allen
Yellow Room Facts
- The Yellow Oval Room is often used for formal private receptions for important guests.
- The Yellow Oval Room is frequently redecorated by the presidential family but throughout the years the room’s main color scheme has remained various shades of yellow.
- John Adams held the first presidential reception in this room, known then only as "the upstairs oval parlor."
- Dolley Madison first decorated the room in yellow damask in 1809.
- Franklin D Roosevelt converted the room into his study, and it was in this room on December 7, 1941, that he learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- After the Kennedy renovation of the White House the room was officially designated as the Yellow Oval Room.
Materials Used
Lilies
Roses
Baby's Breath
Floral Preservative
Vase
Stem Stripper
Floral Shears
Pruning Shears
Floral Scissors
Flower Catagories
Form Flowers - Lilies
Mass Flowers - Roses
Filler Flowers - Baby's Breath