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Art in a Second Home That Sits Empty Half the Year
A house you leave for the summer is a different environment than a house you live in. Here is how to leave art in one safely.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Hanging a Painting Above a Fireplace
It is the most natural place in the room to put art, and the hardest on a painting. Here is how to tell whether yours is safe.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Why Private Aviation Terminals Are Starting to Look Like Galleries
Private aviation terminals are beginning to host curated exhibitions. Here is why original art belongs naturally in these travel spaces.

Dani Abbott
4 min read


Which Rooms Deserve Original Art First
If you are furnishing a whole house, you do not need art everywhere. You need it in four places, in this order.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


How to Choose Original Art for a Yacht Interior
A thoughtful way to choose original art for a yacht interior by looking at scale, sightlines, materials, and how the rooms are actually used.

Dani Abbott
4 min read


You Just Closed on the House. Now What Goes on the Walls?
The walls are the last thing and the one people rush hardest. Here is a calmer way to work through them.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Why Your New House Still Feels Unfinished
Everything is chosen, everything was expensive, and it still feels like a very nice hotel. There is usually one reason.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


What to Do With Inherited Art
Inherited work carries obligation as much as beauty. A gentle way to sort out what stays, what goes, and what to do with the guilt.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Caring for an Original Painting You Just Acquired
Everything you actually need to know about looking after an original, which is far less than most people fear.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Art in a House Made of Glass
Walls of glass are the whole point of building here, and they leave you with fewer walls and more light. Both are solvable.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Art Near the Pool and the Indoor Outdoor Room
The sliding wall that opens the whole room is the best thing about a Valley house and the trickiest for a painting.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Monsoon Season and Your Artwork
The single biggest environmental event of the year for a painting in Arizona, and almost nobody connects the two.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Where Not to Hang a Painting in an Arizona Home
Five places I would think twice about in a Valley home, and the good news is that every house here has plenty of walls that work beautifully.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Do Humidifiers Actually Help Protect Art?
A practical answer to a question people ask me constantly, including when it is genuinely not worth the trouble.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Moving Original Art Across the Country
Most damage to art happens in a move, and most of it is preventable. What to do, and the four things never to do.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


How to Store a Painting in Arizona
Almost every painting that gets damaged here is damaged in storage, not on a wall. It takes about ten minutes to do it properly.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Can You Hang Original Art on a Covered Patio?
Our patios are real rooms here, and people want real art in them. Here is the honest answer about what survives out there and what does not.

Dani Abbott
2 min read


Art and Aviation in Scottsdale: Why the Spaces Belong Together
A personal look at why original art belongs naturally in Scottsdaleās private aviation lounges, offices, hangars, and travel spaces.

Dani Abbott
4 min read


Does Dry Desert Air Damage a Canvas?
Our air is far drier than the range paintings are meant to live in. Here is what that actually does, and why it is very manageable.

Dani Abbott
3 min read


Why Original Art Never Looks the Same in Person as It Does Online
Scale, surface and light are the three things a screen takes away from a painting. Here is exactly what changes when the work arrives on your wall, and how to buy well from a photograph anyway.

Dani Abbott
3 min read
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