Artwork + Mats
Adding mats to your artwork intensifies the art by adding size, color and depth to what’s being portrayed. Matting adds more impact and enhances your artwork or photo, creating extra…
Tag Archive: Custom Framing
Beautifying Your Walls
Has this ever happen to you? You’re ready to update your decor and find yourself standing in the doorway of a room, tablet in hand, open to your “wall décor…
Designing Framed Artwork for Your Home
Don’t know where to start searching for art for your home? Determining the proper image, size and placement of new artwork can sometimes seem intimidating. Here are some tips for…
Five ways custom framing can enhance the interior design of your home
Here are the five top reasons our experts at The Great Frame Up recommend custom framing to enhance your home: Custom framing personalizes your home and gives you the opportunity…
Tips for Lighting Your Artwork
What’s the point of hanging great art in your home if you can’t actually see it? Glare, shadows, and uneven lighting all affect how a picture is viewed. Proper lighting…
Decorating with Mirrors: Expanding Space
Mirrors have become a familiar part of home décor. A framed mirror is not only a distinctive focal point, but also a unique way to create the illusion of space.…
Framing Needlework With Glass?
When our customers bring us their cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel or other needlework, one question often comes up: Should needlework be framed with glass? While conventional wisdom used to say…
Sports Framing
So how can you enjoy your favorite memories for years to come? After the game is over, the pictures have been taken, and the gear put away & stored, what…
Tips for Selecting Artwork
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” William Morris Surround yourself with art you love! The most…
Artwork Preservation
Whether you choose your home’s artwork with painstaking precision or impulsively decide on a quick décor fix, we often fail to think about how our choices will fare over time.…