Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Oldies But Goodies: Art

This post, titled "The drawback to buying a brand new house," was originally published May 31, 2008.

I am so thankful for the beautiful house we had built eight months ago...but there is a drawback. Door-to-door salespeople like to target new neighborhoods. For the record...
  • If we want to soften our water, we'll buy our own softener and salt instead of spending a ridiculous amount each month for your equipment.
  • We have a pest control company we love, owned by a friend we trust. Even though you've been in the pest control business two years and have never heard of them, I promise they really exist. No, I don't want another one of your cards; the guy from your company who came to our house last week gave us a card. Yes, I threw it away.
  • Our cheapo Eureka vacuum was rated very highly by Consumer Reports, and we don't need a Kirby. Even if it is strong enough suck up large objects and small animals.
Then Thursday we got another knock on the door. This one was unique, selling something I've never seen sold door-to-door before. Original oil paintings. Kind of odd, right? I mean, if we need decorations for our home, we can go to a gallery or a home decor store. It seems weird to buy paintings from some guy who's carrying them from house to house.

An hour and two painting sales later, he left our house.

We sure told him!

*****

A few months after I posted this, The Engineer stretched the canvases onto frames. Here they are:

20"x24" painting:



35"x47" painting:

2 comments:

Sandra said...

I like the colors in both of those. And, what great conversation starters for future generations! "Yeah, Grandma bought that painting from a dor-to-door salesman back in the old days. I know it seems weird now, but it was probably done all the time back then." :)

Omah's Helping Hands said...

Hmmm, selling paintings door to door, that is different. I so loved your comments about door to door salemen though. They need to hear that.
The paintings are cool!
Sandra is right, the conversation tool for the kiddo's. Cute.