Consider these two scenarios: 1 – You’ve been lucky enough to sell your old house and move into your new dream home. 2 – You can’t afford, or be bothered with all that in the present climate and have decided to spruce up the old place instead. Paintings – well, the old ones will do, won’t they? Like hallowed turf, we disturb ‘the balance’ at our peril. Of course, there may be good reasons not to change the artwork. You may have inherited that ‘special’ piece from a relative, or bought that ‘blandscape’ whilst on holiday 10 years ago, but ask yourself honestly whether you actually still like them or even still look at them! Then there is the conundrum of having redecorated, having to ask yourself whether those pictures really work in their new setting? And, what about the frames? – they’re looking a little tired too… <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.com/utl/getpanel?zp=117094814258501951" flashvars="feedId=117094814258501951" width="300" height="200" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.com/utl/getpanel?zp=117817629791253097" flashvars="feedId=117817629791253097" width="300" height="200" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /> So before you hang the old pictures back up, ask yourself whether they need to move on too. After all, you’ve spent a lot of time updating your home to reflect your current lifestyle and life choices and fresh art should be an important consideration as part of that renewal.