Living Room Makeover!

Everyone's in holiday mood it seems. I don't get much spam emails now, much less work emails!

Yesterday night we did a mini makeover for our living room. I was amazed we did it under 2 hours! Vacuuming, partial mopping (haha yes only those areas that matter only), cleaning the fan, oiling the sofa, rearranging furniture. Oh and laying out our new carpet that has been sitting in the store for months!

I'm not a carpet person so for normal days I refuse to have carpet. It's easier to clean without carpets.

I didn't take a before-after photo, so this is the best I could find of my living room previously.

Sofa pushed to the side, coffee table too, so that Junior has maximum space to play.

We have since bought a new coffee table and TV console! And this is the outcome after yesterday's mini makeover.

Tada! The bowl we got it yesterday during lunch at Takashimaya. HAHA. We've moved the sofa to the middle of the living room so that everything will be in line. Previously our table is not even aligned to the TV. Junior 'helped' us to carry the table and sofa by holding the sides and making lots of grunting noises. Haha. So cute lah.

Oh ya, new TV! Upgraded from 42 to 50 inches but doesn't seem to make a difference on this humungous wall -_-

Yes finally our living room looks good. Would be better if there are plants, but I'm not gonna maintain plants in the house.

This will do for now! So happy :)

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