Yes, I watched that recent episode of Blauw Bloed and am hoping the media that is invited for a (limited) view of the restored Palace will not only give some sugary-sweet and non-critical comments as we are used to by said commentators but that we will also get to hear and read the opinions of those who have more historical knowledge of the Palace!
Thanks again!
In yesterday's episode of Blauw Bloed (Dutch weekly royalty program) Jeroen Snel was talking to Justine Marcella of Vorsten (royalty magazine) and they mentioned the media would be invited in the spring to see the renovated palace.
The renovation isn't complete yet. The lights that go between the three doors have not returned but the brackets have been painted in a dark colour.
They also changed quite a bit in the private wing of the palace. Where his parents had their main living room on the first floor leading on to a balcony that only had early morning sun the king already stated that the main living room would now be on the ground floor so the family can walk into the garden. Im wondering how that is working out as the lower floor is also not as high as the first floor and used to be the location of the rooms of Willem-Alexander and his brothers. Not that im excepting we'll be given a clear picture of how the rooms are laid out.
I had hoped they might restore the audience room of William IV and Anne of Hanover in the inner pavilion of the Wassenaar wing but it seems the division made by Louis Napoleon has remained (some of the restoration photos of the Rijksvastgoeddienst showed the ceiling of the first of the two rooms being restored).
Im not sure if i like this darker look of the facade with the darker windows. I checked an old painting of the 18th century palace and the windows looked white on that so i don't know why they felt the need to change the colour.
From the few photos i have seen it's clear that the ballroom above the main entrance hall has retained/regained it's golden yellow damask walls.
I am wondering what the blue and green drawing rooms will look like. The furniture that used to be in the blue drawing room has in the past few years been used in the white hall of the Noordeinde Palace.
I feel that set would look much better with a new bright green upholstery in the green drawing room whereas the Louis XVI pieces from the green room would look much better with a new brighter blue fabric in the blue room.
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