The New Year is here and it is time to shed those holiday pounds and to get back in shape for the challenges that lay ahead. A new diet and a few weeks at the gym will get you back into your favorite outfit just in time for Valentines Day. But, your body isn’t the only thing that needs a make over. Look at all the pictures on your walls. That’s right! Those square and rectangular things you hung all over your house when you first moved in. Do the colors look faded and has the glass lost that clean, clear look? Has the art started to slip out of position or is there some kind of strange prehistoric bug trapped inside. Maybe the wire is about to break or the frame is scratched and separating. If so, then you owe it to your cherished pictures and your decor to bring them to your local framer to have them reconditioned and put back in shape.
Over time, the artwork inside a picture ages and gives off gases that cloud the inside of the glass. Also, the mats and artwork fade or get discolored due to ultra violet light and the acids in the old framing materials. Your friendly neighborhood framer can put your pictures back in shape and make them look like new again. He will replace the old faded mats with new acid free ones and re-secure the artwork with fresh linen tape and a clean backing board. He can also touchup the frame, clean the glass inside and out and refit your picture with a new hanging wire and hook.
For the cost of a manicure and pedicure, your pictures will look like new and make your walls sparkle again. As you are doing your yoga or Pilates exercises on the living room floor, you can look at your beautiful reconditioned pictures and get inspired to do a little redecorating to give your home a fresh new look for the New Year.
Yes, 2011 is behind us and 2012 is filled with promise. Health and family are the most important things in life. But, it is our pictures of people, places and memories that define who we are and turn our house into a home.
For more information, please visit Peter Smith’s website at www.artnframing.com. You can also call 661-799-9900.