regrets

I bought an oil painting...it needed framing...it was big

I regret the framing cost for matting the painting like a tryptich and putting it behind glass was $170 more than just framing it. As it is, its costing twice what I paid for it to frame it - not unusual.

I regret that doing this would also have increased the weight to in excess of 20kg, requiring hanging on a wall stud rather than just plaster...as well as increasing the size to something that wouldn't fit on any eligable wall in my home.

....beacause it looked so very, very cool.

Double matting; thin strip of chocolate brown covered by top wide strip of cream coffee colour, in a dark wood frame, three tall strips of faces with lots of primary colour over creams and browns....sigh

At least I got the names of the matting colours so when I am rich and buy a home of my own with plenty of sturdy presentation walls, I can spend the $500 to reframe it.

I'll put in a shot of the standard oil-painting framing when I get it back.