WASHINGTON: The decorative china plates are long gone. Historic metal gadgets and Native American pottery now stand in their stead. Resting on a bookshelf is a framed program from the 1963 March on Washington, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous I have a dream speech. President Barack Obama gradually has made the Oval Office his own. To varying degrees, each president puts his own imprint on this celebrated workspace. Even the smallest change - Obamas penholder, for example - is closely watched for symbolism. While recent presidents have each done a big overhaul upon taking office, Obama decided against major redecorating. It would have struck a sour note in a time of economic distress. But over his first year in the White House, the office has come to reflect his tastes. The table behind Obamas desk is full of family photos - a wedding picture, shots of his girls as toddlers, a picture from the day he announced for president and more - photos that he says remind him why Im doing what Im doing. Out the window, the president can watch daughters Sasha and Malia climb on the playscape erected for them last spring. US President Barack Obama answers questions during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, November 9, 2009. [Agencies]  Theres now a bust of King in the Oval Office, in addition to the March on Washington program that previously hung on Obamas wall of heroes in his Senate office. Related readings:  Bush leaves note for Obama in Oval Office  Obama gets first look at Oval Office  Obama takes daughters for shave ice treat  Obama family goes to the movies to see Avatar This office, I think, reminds you of whats at stake, how many hopes and dreams are placed in what goes on here at the White House, Obama said in a recent television interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Perhaps no room in the White House is more closely associated with the presidency. It is where Obama signs letters to the families of fallen soldiers. Where he told his war council of his decision to ship thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Where he receives daily briefings on the security threats facing the nation and on the state of the economy. As Obama on updating the look of the Oval Office, in came four pieces of pottery by contemporary Native American artists, all on loan from the National Museum of the American Indian. Also new to the Obama bookshelves are three mechanical devices on loan from the National Museum of American Historys patent collection: models for Samuel Morses 1849 telegraph register, John Peers 1874 gear-cutting machine and Henry Williams 1877 feathering paddlewheel for steamboats. White House curator William Allman said the patent models fit Obamas personality - his interest in American history, his interest in technology and his interest in the creative spirit. A big bowl of fresh apples on the coffee table, something of an Obama family tradition, has proved hugely popular with visitors, although the president still keeps M&M candies handy for kids. Obama has set a less formal tone for the Oval Office from the start. When the White House released its first picture of him at work there, Obama was in shirt sleeves. George W. Bush, by contrast, made it a point to be in coat and tie whenever he entered the Oval Office. The Texas landscapes that dominated the walls in the Bush years are gone. Swapped back in were traditional Oval Office paintings including Childe Hassams impressionist The Avenue in the Rain and Norman Rockwells colorful Statue of Liberty. Deep meaning can be read into small shifts in Oval Office decor. Some Britons took offense when Winston Churchills bust was replaced with Kings. But the decision to return the Churchill bust to the British - it had been presented by former prime minister Tony Blair to Bush on loan - had been made before Obama even arrived. It was already scheduled to go back, Allman said. The White House seemed to be trying to make amends when it made a point of reporting that Obama would keep on his desk a wooden penholder that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave him during a March visit. The penholder is crafted from wood taken from the HMS Gannet, the sister ship to the Resolute, a British naval vessel whose wood was used to make the presidential desk. 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