Ornate Frames, Contemporary Style

We needed a heavy, dramatic frame for a heavy, dramatic charcoal piece and we thought this dark ornate contemporary style custom frame is perfect! Zoom in on that moon! We may not have made it onto this Castro map, but Market St did, so almost! Check out all the landmarks, you’re bound to recognize some. […]

Framing for our neighborhoods in San Francisco

We have been framing for a very long time here in San Francisco in the Castro neighborhood and love it when a client comes in with a piece from our neighborhood. This paining of the building on 18th Street and Hartford which was home to the Jaguar Adult Books is such a reminder of the […]

Elegant hand wrapped mats and hand carved gold leaf frame

Donna Schuster was an award winning watercolor artist born in 1883. She moved to California in 1913 and this painting is from that era. We used two hand wrapped fabric mats and a hand carved gold leaf frame to pull on the tone and keep with the period. We also love how this custom frame […]

Framing a mini series of posters

We love framing band posters! What are the odds of these 3 completely, completely different colored frames in the same series happen to work so perfectly with these 3 posters. They were definitely meant to be! We do have a huge selection of frames to offer at Underglass, which made it possible to play around […]

Our San Francisco-esque windows!

Because we are local in San Francisco and a neighborhood frame shop we thought it is time for a vintage San Francisco themed window display! Come on by and see what we framed at our location on Church Street, right in the middle of Castro, Duboce Triangle and Mission Districts. We took each individual print […]