The ceiling cove, which had been painted green since a paint analysis done in the room in 1979 incor

Mount Vernon historians discovered last year that the room George and Martha Washington referred to as the new room was actually paris hotels guide a multi-purpose salon (or sitting room) created to entertain guests. Armed with this new information, curators took the no-longer-a-dining-room through one of Mount Vernon's largest restoration projects.
The room had been closed off for the $600,000 restoration project since January 2013, but has now reopened to the public. During the project, crews replaced paris hotels guide the paint with historically accurate colors and designs, as well as cleaned and repaired the architectural ornaments and replaced the wallpaper.
The ceiling cove, which had been painted green since a paint analysis done in the room in 1979 incorrectly determined this color, is now painted white. The restoration team found that the cove was whitewashed in the 18th century paris hotels guide and remained white for decades until 1980, when the green paint layer was applied, according to the New Room restoration blog .
The team looked at inventory records and Martha Washington s will to complete more historically accurate reproductions of the wallpaper border and the window treatments. The works of art, ornaments, vases and the marble mantelpiece were given conservation treatments.