The Design

Every custom framing begins with the design.  This is a custom product, designed for you only.  Moulding, mattings, glazing, presentation, colors, preservation and budget must all come together in harmony.  We have over a thousand moulding samples.  Mattings are available in regular, alpha-cellulose and 100% cotton.  We can provide regular, non-glare, UV protective and acrylic glazings. We also carry Museum glass which is UV protective and has amazing clarity with minimum reflectivity.  It is the very best glazing available.  We will help you select what's best for you.  We have been framing since 1991 and specialize in all types of art - watercolor, oil, pastel, acrylic, mixed media, photographs.  We professionally design and create all types of framings including shadowboxes and needlepoint.  We have a selection of very nice readymade frames especially suitable for photographs and canvas art. 

It normally takes about 2 weeks to complete an order once the design is finalized.  If you need  something faster we can expedite an order by selecting materials in stock.  We stock several mouldings and matboards on site so that we can respond quickly if needed.

For more information about framing and hanging click here.  For information on our approach to pricing the custom product click here.

All work is done in our shop.  Matting, glazing, building frames, shrinkwrapping, assembly, stretching canvas, mounting jerseys, needlepoint -- if its framing we can do it.

Linda at the matcutter.  She uses the 40" Chronomat matcutter for most mattings.  The C&H matcutter to the right is a 60" matcutter used for cutting oversize mattings.
Shrinkwrapping a print.	We stock a selection of mouldings for quick turn around jobs.  Our custom cut metal mouldings in black, gold, gray and silver are priced to compare to prepackaged metal frames.  The difference is that we custom cut them to the size you need.