President Trump started his Friday stone shopping for the White House ballroom — checking out pink and white marble options for the interior and black onyx for bathrooms.
“He’s very particular. He has certain marbles [and] material that he’s always interested in,” Michael Coiro, CEO of Arc Stone and Tile, said shortly after hosting Trump at his Lake Worth Beach, Fla., business.
Trump previously used Coiro’s firm to source pink marble for the future president’s nearby Mar-a-Lago club ballroom, where one of the first events was his 2005 wedding to Melania Trump.
“I’ve known him before he was president, and I hardly expected that he would have time — between everything he’s got to do — to come look at marble personally,” Coiro told The Post.
“I have a lot of gratitude for him coming to my place and giving me the time and support that he has over the years.”
Coiro said that the renovator-in-chief, who tore down the East Wing to make room for the ballroom, generally prefers the pinkish marble used extensively at Mar-a-Lago and also inside Trump Tower in New York.
“He was talking about doing white marble in the White House — so we’ll see,” added Coiro, who referred to the pink marble as Trump’s “signature stone.”
Coiro said Trump’s team will provide measurements and final selections in the coming weeks before trucking the stone north to Washington.
“He doesn’t talk to me any different than before he was president, which is amazing to me,” the business owner said.
“He treats me the same and is very gracious. He’s very down to earth.”
Trump said the sprawling 90,000 square-foot White House ballroom will be paid for by private donations, with his latest cost estimate at $400 million — up from the initial $250 million projection.
“President Trump is purchasing marble and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House ballroom,” a White House official said.
Coiro’s Lake Worth Beach business hasn’t previously supplied the White House — where Trump also recently used marble to redo the ground-floor Palm Room and upstairs Lincoln Bedroom bathroom.
The Palm Room, which connects the main White House to the West Wing, was redone with book-matched white and gray paradiso marble floors — replacing beige tiles that Trump said were bought 30 years ago from Home Depot.
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The Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom refresh used a similar style of marble.
Trump has also used a white limestone to pave over the Rose Garden and gold leaf to adorn the Oval Office and Cabinet Room.
Coiro is expecting a major order to be finalized soon for the ballroom.
“What I’m always amazed at is that he has a presence of mind to pay attention to these details in the midst of all these geopolitical situations that are going on,” Coiro said.
“It’s really incredible, and he’s asking questions, and he’s fully engaged.”
