Framing the West

We really like the choice our client made for this incredible canvas by Mark Maggiori. A walnut coffee finish floater frame that works so well with the colors, the details and the contemporary vibe. For a few years now, this french artist, based in Arizona, artist hits the mark for so many of his followers […]

Creating A Custom Frame For Antique Wedding Photo

We recently framed a series of a client’s family photos collection here at our San Francisco frame shop. We loved the sepia tones in this amazing wedding photo and while we love the antique, classic feel for the photo, our client wanted a touch of modern. So we offered a beveled walnut frame with a […]

New Year – New Framing Projects!

The New Year started out with finishing this complex framing project for our Local 38. We handsewed these beautiful antique handmade banners on fabric mats and built three walnut shadowbox frames to give them a new housing. The custom frames are 5, 6 and 7 foot tall! These banners hung for decades in their old […]

Seamless fabric liner, Fillet and Walnut Frame

For this painting on wood we designed a custom frame with a seamless fabric liner and fillet to keep a traditional touch and a beveled, walnut frame with a clean look for a modern edge.

SF Midcentury Art Framed Contemporary Style

We used an ebonized walnut frame to keep with the black on black look but pull on the warmth in this Rex Ray artist proof print. Rex Ray was a SF based graphic designer and collage artist with a strong midcentury style. He graduated from SFAI ( San Francisco Art Institute ) and his work […]

Contemporary Art Framing

We loved the photo of the horse and the canvas print of the forest. Both deserved a minimal design contemporary frame. The photograph got a simple white frame with a glazing that protects from dust and scratches and potential UV damages. The canvas was set in an ebony walnut floater frame as dark as the […]

Watercolor paintings from Burma

Look at this amazing work from Burma!  These watercolor pieces have amazing detail so we used a thin walnut frame and a double thick mat to give them a clean look. Framed right here in San Francisco with solid wood from our friends in Colorado! This is what we love about custom picture framing: They […]