We once had a CEO who did all kinds of things like that. Booted someone out of their office ("relocated to be closer to their team" was the excuse) so he could have a little lounge area next to his office. Then the lounge needed a mega-costly espresso machine. Then he decided the cafeteria workers should be the ones to maintain his finicky espresso machine. When they said that wasn't part of cafeteria duties (it's run by an independent contractor), he agreed to pay them $300 a month to do it. He was actually in the office about 10 days a month, so that was $30 to clean the machine IF he actually used it.
Then he closed the largest conference room and turned it into a showplace with mahogany tables and shelving, and it could only be used if the CEO approved your request. It was never approved unless customers were present (about 15 days a year).
The cafeteria-related thing was he decided they needed movable frosted glass partitions to block off a corner that had a nice view in case he wanted to host something there, just like the OP's situation. A few days a year if that, because normally they would cater the meals into the fancy mahogany showplace.
Then when he got canned, all of that was undone by the new CEO.
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