Coastal Living Comes With a Cost to Art
Orange County holds some of the finest private collections in Southern California, and some of the hardest conditions to keep them in. Along the coast, from Newport Beach and Corona del Mar down through Laguna Beach and Dana Point, salt air and daily marine-layer humidity swings work quietly against canvas, paper, and frame. Inland, in Irvine, Anaheim Hills, and Yorba Linda, summer heat pushes interior temperatures well past what a painting should ever see, and most residential systems are not built to hold a collection steady around the clock.
The collections we hold for Orange County clients live in a facility designed only for fine art. Conditions stay at 70 degrees Fahrenheit and 50 percent relative humidity, which shields canvas from both the coastal damp of Laguna and the inland heat of Irvine. The building is under 24/7 video surveillance with restricted, key-card staff access.
Orange County is a longer drive, so we plan every trip around it. Our crew packs each piece at your home in archival materials, loads it into a climate-controlled vehicle for the ride north, and documents its condition with photographs the moment it arrives. Returns are scheduled ahead, so a piece is back on your wall on the day you choose.
