Merry Christmas, Part I

The three of us have been getting pretty tired of all the brown in the living room. Since we moved in almost 4 years ago. So, for Christmas this year, we said "No presents. Because we're mounting the TV to the wall and getting new furniture!"

Before

Now, granted, this picture shows the living room as way more crowded than usual. But, the brown. The brown. Could you die? It's too much. We wanted to start by mounting the TV to the wall and getting rid of the enormous entertainment center-y hutch. After much deliberation, though, we decided not to mount it. The wall is wood paneling and we didn't want the headache of the drilling, patching, then inevitably messing something up and having to repaint the entire wall, and then repaint the entire living room to match. Etc.

So we bought what we were hoping would be a sleek and streamlined entertainment hutch.

After

Nice, right? Our main concern - ok my main concern - was not being able to see wires. No wires. No wires anywhere. And G spent the better part of this week winding and threading and velcroing and cussing and griping at Lucy and now look! No wires!

During

See how helpful Lucy was?

The next step is to get new furniture, but that will take a while. What with the teensy cost and the one or two other things we have going on the weekends (GRADING WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME. I'LL GIVE YOU ALL MY KING SOOPERS COUPONS TO GRADE PAPERS FOR ME).

Nice improvement though, right?

I hate you, brown. Your days are numbered.