From the paved Rose Garden to a massive ballroom, President Trump is aiming to put his personal stamp on the White House. But critics are railing against changes that could forever alter the look of the most famous address in the country.

In just his first few months since returning to office, Trump has rolled out a multitude of modifications — both big and small — to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

In the Oval Office, Trump, long a fan of the gilded look, added several golden accents, including a presidential seal featured on the ceiling over the Resolute Desk and trim along the room's doorways. The workspace, Trump said in a March interview, "needed a little life."

The cost of the shiny alterations was paid for by the president, according to the White House.

That's not the only time that Trump has said he opened his checkbook to make some decorative additions. In June, he announced he was gifting two of the "most magnificent poles made" to fly American flags on the North and South Lawn.

"It is a GIFT from me of something which was always missing from this magnificent place," Trump said of the pair of flag poles.

But it's the ballroom that has stirred the biggest buzz and drawn the most flak.

The White House called the creation of the ballroom an "exquisite addition" when

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