Among other changes to the reception room, red walls have been repainted off-white, and Ehrlich's introduction to the rotating portrait gallery has bumped the paintings of Govs. Theodore R. McKeldin and William P. Lane Jr. into another room, said Cook. (As gubernatorial portraits have gotten larger, fewer can be accommodated at one time.)
The renovations to Miller's elegantly appointed inner sanctum were motivated by water stains on faded wallpaper and because work on the piping project affected walls and ceilings, Bachmann said.
She said covering the existing wallpaper with the fabric was less expensive than removing and replacing the paper. It's also much faster, said Michael K. Day, chief of preservation services in the Maryland Historical Trust. "It would have been a task to get the wallpaper off in the time they needed to get it off," Day said.
