What is best house warming Gifts? gifts for a new homes
Whether your loved ones have relocated to a new house, the moving process can quickly become overwhelming.
For most of us, giving a housewarming gift, to a loved one means given the latest, expensive gadget because it goes to show the depth of our love for them.
But do gadgets really express timeless love? Not in our opinion. For gifting something that would express your timeless love and commitment and how much you cherish your bond, paintings make it to the top of the list. You may wonder why a painting is the perfect gift. Well, there are plenty of reasons why paintings are valuable gifts and here are some of them.
Paintings last lifelong and hold more emotional value than anything because when your love ones see that painting on wall, you will always be remembered.
But in addition to these, there are more reasons why paintings make a better choice.
When buying a present, most people wish to give something that will last lifelong. However, when items like gadgets, perfumes or such are given they last only for a short while and the essence of the gift disappears just as soon as the product becomes unusable. Even if it is something as expensive as an Apple’s i-phone13 it will certainly not last more than 3 years.
Paintings on the other hand are priceless treasures whose value does not diminish with the passing of time. Of course, new paintings are introduced in the art market regularly but that does not take away the value of the old ones even slightly. A painting becomes a steady and a permanent part of your life and its presence is something one never ceases to enjoy.
Hence, if you’re looking for something that will forever remind your loved one about you and retain its value for years then a painting is truly the perfect choice for a gift.
Expressing Emotions Through Art
Gift items such as perfumes, gadgets, food items rarely evoke any emotions. Yes, art can make you a happy person, happiness from different feelings does not last for a very long time. As long as a commodity is new and popular in the market, it gives a feeling of satisfaction to its owners, but once something better replaces it in the market, the value of it also diminishes in the eyes of the owner. The interest in using it is also thus lost. They also lose their place of honor in the lives of the people they are gifted to.
# banquet of 1667 (LACMA, LOS ANGELES) Must Have Collection
# banquet 1666 (Must-Have-Collection)
# vase of flowers 1620 (Pasadena, The Norton Simon Museum)
However, where paintings are concerned, people relate to them in their own individual ways. Often times, people can feel the emotions portrayed in paintings flowing through them. This is the primary reasons why paintings can make a perfect gift choice for someone. It is a great medium of expressing emotions.
Easy Maintenance and Eco-Friendly
Most other gift items are mode out of materials that cause great damage and harm to the nature. Look at gadgets for example. Not only do gadgets have to be handled with extraordinary care they also come with certainty of failure in future. Can one mobile phone function all of a person’s life? Most definitely not.
Paintings on the contrary require very little care by the owner. They can remain intact while being hung on the walls for years and still not lose their beauty. The only maintenance they require once in a while is for the dust to be wiped off. It really is that simple, eco-friendly and completely low on maintenance.
# Bouquet of flowers in earthenware vase 1609 (London National Gallery)
# Still life with a pewter jug 1652 (Must Have Collection)
# Still life 1640 (Amsterdam, The State Museum)
Paintings Improve the Quality of Life
If the word of art lovers can’t convince you then science most certainly would. Art, as proved by science researches, promotes the quality of life and makes a person feel good emotionally and mentally.
A neurobiologist, Professor Semir Zaki from the University College of London says that when a person stares at an artwork, its effect is to stimulate the part of the brain the same way when falling in love does. The brain releases dopamine, which is a feel-good chemical when one falls romantically for another. In this process, feelings of affection and attachment are evoked which are quite pleasurable.
