New Year's Eve at The White House

[Chris Howell]

How will you spend New Year's Eve? Last year we spent it in Tbe White House. Wouldn't surprise me if they call us in again tonight (it's always last minute) to do it again.

Colorful Carpets has the honorable distinction of being the company to maintain the carpets and rugs in the White House since 2003.

These photos were taken one year ago today. We were called in to do a large color restoration project on the carpet in the Situation Room on New Year's Eve. We brought in a select group of our color trainees to participate in the project.

 

[steve_64]

Spending new years in my red brick house.

Did you ever receive my I.D.?

 

[Rick J]

surprized you were allowed devices in HTERE. (i do it too! lol)

 

[Chris Howell]

surprized you were allowed devices in HTERE. (i do it too! lol)

They won't permit us to bring any phones in the Situation Room. We also can't take any photos in the Oval Office or the First Family's residence.

 

[Rick J]

Honda Manufacturing here in Ohio .
Have heard that when they shut down for a couple of weeks, and cleaning crews go in the security is really tight. Nothing allowed in.

 

[Chris Howell]

Honda Manufacturing here in Ohio .
Have heard that when they shut down for a couple of weeks, and cleaning crews go in the security is really tight. Nothing allowed in.

Generally speaking, the security is always tight there. But we've been working there since 2003 so they know us very well. The first few times that we worked there we were awestruck and nervous, but now it's pretty routine. It's still a fascinating place to work in, however. I consider it a great honor to work in this historical treasure of our great nation.

 

[Chris Howell]

I was blown away one time when we were working in the East wing. I saw a photograph hanging on the wall of Jimmy Takemori with President Obama. Sensei Takemori was a 9th dan in judo (Kodokan certified) who awarded me with my black belt back in 2009. How cool is that??

 

[Desk Jockey]

Look at that ponytail! lol Steven Seagal wannbe!

Why is the baby Transit branding so small?

Cool pic's!

 

[Chris Howell]

Look at that ponytail! lol Steven Seagal wannbe!

Why is the baby Transit branding so small?

Cool pic's!

We used to have full wraps on our vans. Pretty much all of our business now is repeat business and word-of-mouth, so don't need as much branding/advertising anymore.

 

[Willy P]

Look at that ponytail! lol Steven Seagal wannbe!

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Plenty there to do a rear to front combover......(relax, I'm follicley challenged too)

You know what this means Mr. Chavez Sir- the White House is cleaned with portys....

 

[Cleanworks]

I was blown away one time when we were working in the East wing. I saw a photograph hanging on the wall of Jimmy Takemori with President Obama. Sensei Takemori was a 9th dan in judo (Kodokan certified) who awarded me with my black belt back in 2009. How cool is that??

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How do we really know you have a black belt? Probably just air brushed it.

 

[Chris Howell]

Plenty there to do a rear to front combover......(relax, I'm follicley challenged too)

You know what this means Mr. Chavez Sir- the White House is cleaned with portys....

Truckmounts aren't permitted at the White House. You can't leave any doors propped open.

We don't use truckmounts for anything that we do.

 

[Chris Howell]

Ha! Good one!

How do we really know you have a black belt? Probably just air brushed it.

 

[Chris Howell]

removed by FredC

Nah. That would be in the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai where we worked on a rug in the Royal Suite that rents for $20,000.00 per night. Here's a video that we took while working in the suite.

 

[FredC]

I have removed political post from this thread.......keep it about carpet cleaning in the clean room.......thanks

 

[Chris Howell]

I have removed political post from this thread.......keep it about carpet cleaning in the clean room.......thanks

Thank you! Much better that way!

No idea why politics had to be dragged into a post about carpet.

 

[Bob Pruitt]

No idea why politics had to be dragged into a post about carpet.

Because it's about the White House carpet and we all just went through an election...and apparently some people are still coming to grips. duh.
Chris, did you dye the Oval Office Carpet Brown or was that new carpet installed? I know they do a quick turnover clean, paint, carpet ... and who knows what else. Have you ever been involved with that?

 

[Chris Howell]

Because it's about the White House carpet and we all just went through an election...and apparently some people are still coming to grips. duh.
Chris, did you dye the Oval Office Carpet Brown or was that new carpet installed? I know they do a quick turnover clean, paint, carpet ... and who knows what else. Have you ever been involved with that?

There's no carpet in the oval office. Only the presidential rug.

We dyed the carpets to a brown color in the lower level of the East wing.

 

[Bob Pruitt]

There's no carpet in the oval office. Only the presidential rug.

So you didn't dye eagle on the rug brown from the red white and blue Bush rug. It was likely a new one then. Thanks.