With creative picture frames, such memorabilia frames, it is possible to hold, capture and keep your most cherished memories by custom picture framing some of the items or
objects associated with the memories' times or events. In this example, a pair of child-sized, soccer boots are mounted and framed in the 3-dimensional silver, box picture frame. The boots were brought in by a female customer whose brother was soon to become 21. She had asked that the boots be picture framed economically and in time for his birthday. The items were picture framed with two mats over a light background inside a...
Do the Eastleigh Frames’ staff do all their own picture framing themselves?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:Yes, we do. There are still country agencies and remote or smaller newsagencies and art shops who send their customer's work
to be done outside at wholesale factories. We of course, , have our own picture framers and manufacture all photo frames, picture frames at our industrial premises in Moorabbin, Victoria. With us your artwork will never get forwarded on, double-handled and maybe, get lost or damaged. Making picture frames begins with a consultation. A customer comes in with a print, photograph, poster or other artwork to be framed. Together with ...
Why you should custom picture frame for the picture and not the decor
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This custom picture frame was brought in to us by a customer who said that it was for her "blue room" but that it just didn't "
fit" that it was too loud. Most people will look at the picture and easily see why it wouldn't work not just in a blue room, or most anywhere. It would have been better to instead select a silvery or grey picture frame to complement the mood, tone and feel of the image being framed. You can always ask your picture framer to help with a tasteful and appropriate custom picture frame, it's all part of ...
How to choose the right mat or mount colours for your picture frames
Posted on Category: Frame Types & StylesBy:Matting is framing art with a window mat (also known as 'mount' in the UK and 'passepartout' in Europe) or simply, a mat or mount colours for your picture frames. It's wi
dely used with works on paper since this device naturally leads a beholder's or viewer's eye towards and into the framed art, the focus of our attention. Perhaps the foremost aspect to consider in this exercise, is whether a white or off-white mat will suit. Bright whites often dazzle and distract and this is perhaps why off-whites tend to be more often chosen. These colour ...
Elegant, timeless, classic and yet, affordable black photo frames
Posted on Category: Picture Framing Industry InsightsBy:The black photograph frame remains still a simple, yet striking and stylish method to exhibit your favourite photos 
and pictures. You can hang these frames individually or clustered on your wall, to effect an artistic and impressive display. Our affordable photo frames are very popular and come with a stand-backs or easel-backs so that these may be stood on tables as well as hung on walls. The most popular finishes are black, brown and brown with silver. Treasure your precious moments with our beautiful photo frames. ..
How much of my photo or print will the picture frame rabbet ‘cut off’ or cover?
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A picture frame rabbet ( or rebate ) does not cover or hide from view a great deal of the art being framed. Typically it would be around 3 to 5mm, depending on the moulding (picture frame) manufacturer. The red strip in the accompanying 
illustration shows a typical rebate (rabbet) width and ensuing artwork coverage. If none of the artwork may be covered and absolutely everything, image and margins, must be visible, then rather than a picture frame, perhaps a clip frame would suit better than a picture frame. If the incidental coverage of the artwork is something a customer wants minimized then a skilled ...
About clear glass and non-reflective (non-glare) glass for picture frames
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Internationally, for glass for picture frames, there are perhaps a dozen different types of glazing materials available to glaze (meaning to cove
r a surface with a see-through cover) picture frames. Most are made of glass with the rest being plastic, polyethylene boards, Perspex or just clear PVC sheeting. With regard to the glass glazing materials the two major types of picture framing glass are clear float glass and clear float glass is the most common because it is the cheapest. However it has two main disadvantages ...
Is it rude to ask picture framers for cheaper prices or picture framing discounts?
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Did you say picture framing discounts, no problem! Firstly, find out how much your picture framing project might cost by getting online 
, or, if you really have to, by ringing around. Good, competitive picture frame shops won't be reticent in offering free quotes or of telling you their prices. Some, like ourselves, even have free, online Picture Framing Price Estimator for Customers to .. do just that. A few, like ourselves, even have permanent site Picture Framing and Picture Frames Discounts Coupon to encourage Customer to shop with us. Remember that picture framers ...
How to get free, fast and easy picture framing price quotes or custom framing cost estimates
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Customers occasionally complain to us about other picture framers refusing to give picture framing price quotes or cost esti
mates either online or over the phone. So far as we are concerned, we provide free online picture framing and picture frames price and cost estimates and anyone (even our competitors) can use our free, online picture frames prices estimator. But for other picture framers, why is is that some of them are still refusing to give online or phone price quotes? While we understand framers not wanting to give binding price quotes to frame unknown items at sight ...
Can I ask to have my oil painting framed under glass?
Posted on Category: Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )By:Normally no oil painting gets framed under glass, but yes, it can be done. However this type of picture frame is not constructed very often and for a few good reasons. Firstly, the glass should not rest 
or touch even an "old", or aged, oil painting because the white oxides in the paint may take up to several months to thoroughly dry. Often, an oil painting may feel hard to the touch and yet the inside layers are still soft and curing, or drying. The painting media (plural, as there may be several, coats or paint layers of different paints) and the method applied by the artist will affect the longevity of an oil painting. ...
