Doing things like that for yourself brings immense satisfaction and enhances your skills. I think it's awesome that you have art created by family hanging in your home, aside from the commission of course. Just like your banister, the garden will be your garden. You can let the girls in if you want to lol.
The commission is "close to family" (the sister of my friend's wife) - so it is nice to have something different, but still local :)
I have actually considered banning them if they don't pick up their game ;D