Donald Trump's Oval Office renovation leads Washington on a game of spot the difference

It’s the game of spot the difference that is enthralling Washington.

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House with an Oval Office renovated entirely to his specifications.

When he took over on January 20 some alterations were immediate – the president “was delighted to page through a book that offered him 17 window covering options,” the New York Times reported at the time, and was “obsessed with the décor” of his new office, asking staff to schedule televised events in the famous room.

The bust of Churchill, controversially removed by Mr Obama and replaced with Martin Luther King, was immediately brought back by Mr Trump.

Gone were Barack Obama’s red curtains, replaced with a set of golden drapes which first hung in the Oval Office when Bill Clinton was in power. Mr Obama’s rug embossed with quotes from previous presidents was also immediately replaced with a gold and orange rug used by Ronald Reagan.

A painting by Norman Rockwell of the Statue of Liberty being cleaned was replaced with a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh US president and a man famed for his populist policies.

Now, after another renovation, the majority of Mr Obama’s 2010 décor has completely gone.

Cream-coloured jacquard couches have replaced Mr Obama’s caramel-coloured suede. The striped wallpaper preferred by Mr Obama has been replaced with an embossed white paper.

Perhaps the most striking change is in the flags.

Mr Obama was comparatively restrained – his Oval Office featured the Stars and Stripes, and the navy-coloured flag of the US president.

By contrast, Mr Trump has at least four Stars and Stripes; the presidential flag; and the flags of the army, marines, navy, coast guard and air force.

The simple, modern table lamps chosen by Mr Obama have been replaced by ornate white and gold stands.

One thing which has remained the same is the desk.

The Resolute Desk, as it is known, was used by Mr Obama, George W. Bush, Mr Clinton, Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John F. Kennedy - more US presidents than the Hoover Desk, the Johnson Desk and the Wilson Desk combined.

Opulent and highly ornamented, its wood was salvaged from a British ship called the HMS Resolute, which explored the Arctic in the mid-1800s.