Last night I returned to our Disneyland apartment to find our dining room a mess of bubble wrap and frames. Our artworks had arrived. As part of ongoing program to find creative ways to say goodbye to money we have bought a few pieces of Australian art. The painting is a 2 metre by 1.4 metre Yvette Swan. What this means is it's big, modern and ummm, big. We also bought 3 photographs by Deborah Paouwe and Sharon Green. These aren't photos of their kids. These are 1.2 metres square. That's big. Suffice it to say there's some serious furniture re-arrangement going on this weekend.

There's a moral here. If you're going to engage in a bit of middle class aspirational purchasing of art, make sure you check the sizes first.