Aaron Schock's Interior Decorator Outs His Downton Abbey-Themed Office

Illinois congressman Aaron Schock's communications director had a very bad day Monday when a Washington Post reporter happened to run into Schock's extremely chatty interior decorator.

Post style reporter Ben Terris was admiring Schock's outer officea fiery red affair reportedly adorned with golden sconces and black candleswhen a staffer volunteered, for no apparent reason, that the space was inspired by the popular British period television drama, Downton Abbey.

But then, the best part happened:

A blond woman popped out of an inner office. "Want to see the rest?" she asked.

She introduced herself as Annie Brahler, the interior decorator whose company is called Euro Trash. She guided me to Schock's private office, revealing another dramatic red room. This one with a drippy crystal chandelier, a table propped up by two eagles, a bust of Abraham Lincoln and massive arrangements of pheasant feathers.

Then, my phone rang.

It was Schock's communications director, Benjamin Cole.

"Are you taking pictures of the office?" he asked. "Who told you you could do that? ... Okay, stay where you are. You've created a bit of a crisis in the office."

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Aaron Schock's Interior Decorator Outs His Downton Abbey-Themed Office