We found the perfect frame color for this painting!

Sometimes monochromatic is the way to go! Just like the artist chose for the painting an overall grey tone, we continued for the floater frame with a matching grey and decided that it is the perfect extension for the art. Custom framing can work with contrast and sometimes it is better to keep it calm. […]

Bold mats in picture frames

We love the traditional look of a bold mat! This black satin mat with a strong bevel really looks sharp with crow painting on music sheet! The ornate wood frame with its texture and dull black color complete this wall frame design. Underglass Custom Picture Framing in San Francisco is open daily from 11am to […]

Happy 4th of July with this stacked frame design!

Often when someone brings in a super colorful art piece they want to go more neutral with the framing to tone it down. But every now and again you have someone that wants to lean into it! We came up with a frame design and stacked a red and purple beveled wood frame to be […]

Framing art prints for a “clean” look

We loved designing and framing these two prints here in our San Francisco Frame shops. The artists both chose to print on beautiful art paper with an interesting edge that we definitely wanted to show. So we hinged the papers to a mat that lifted the art up and kept the rest of the frame […]

A hand carved Art Deco frame!

We used a beautiful hand carved art deco frame and a bold double mat design for this print of the famous @chezpanisse cookbook cover. We love how the wood grain in the frame adds so much detail to the overall frame design. Proud of this custom framing project right here in our San Francisco Picture […]

Frame design for mixed media art

LOVE the shapes and tones in these beautiful mixed media pieces from Munich artist @jenjakobart The frame we chose plays on both juuust right! Frame design and picture framing is our expertise and we love to play with shapes and colors. Come check out our San Francisco frame shops! We follow all state and local […]

Two is better than one

Two is better than one, with this beautiful @corey.rood photo that we cut into two to create a diptych and fill the space better. For these beautiful color photo prints we chose a warm wooden frame and an off white mat; a frame design that complements art and space and in this case keeps it contemporary. We […]

Individual frame design with texture, depth and beautiful art!

We love all the texture in this rusted out deep frame for this beautiful print floating on a metallic gold mat! It’s nice to see great elements like depth and texture come together in this frame design for this art! We get to frame really great art in our San Francisco frame shop and can’t […]

Antique portrait drawing re-framed

Charcoal Beethoven portrait re-framed in a light wood shadow box. Look at the nice shadows and the depths this frame style creates for this antique drawing. We do love how this modern frame design works on a classic piece of art. We can’t wait to show more very soon from our new San Francisco neighborhood […]

We framed another limited edition print by Cleon Peterson

We’re always hyped when we get to frame a @cleonpeterson print here in our San Francisco frame shop!  For this oversized, limited edition print we kept it real clean with a white on white custom picture frame design. Cleon Peterson is the artist that did the huge mural under the Eiffel Tower, you should check it […]