Chickens are roosting on Ms Clarissa Choh’s sofa.
Well, soft toy versions of the creatures, anyway.
Peppered around the living room are nine of these stuffed animals that come in different shapes and sizes.
Two actually go “cock-a-doodle-doo” when you hug them.
On the shelf are three lion heads.
Ms Choh, 41, says she went big on the rooster theme because her son Cayden, 11, was born in the Year of the Rooster.
She owns a clothing business and is married to stockbroker Zoyd Teo, 43.
They also have two daughters – Zea, 12, and Zelle, nine – and the family live in a three-storey bungalow at Shepherd’s Hill Estate.
The stuffed toy display started last year when Ms Choh bought monkey toys to welcome the Year of the Monkey for Zea.
As to why she included the lion heads, she says: “We used to hire a lion dance troupe to perform at our home during the festivities.
But this year, there was no time to plan as Christmas and Chinese New Year were just too close.
“But if anybody wants to perform an impromptu dance with my lion heads, he is very welcome to do so,” she says with a laugh.
Her decorations, planned a year in advance, usually has a colour scheme.
This year, it is yellow and magenta.
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“Yellow is my elder daughter’s favourite colour and not commonly used for Chinese New Year. I think that makes it unique.”
Six yellow cushions, with matching floral designs, sit on the couch.
On a table is a yellow table runner.
Even the pussy willoware dyed yellow and magenta.
She says: “To me, details are important. I treat the decorations like my own passion project and hope they make every Chinese New Year special for my guests.”
This article was first published on January 28, 2017.
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