We recently posted some of our big tips that we’ve learned in the framing industry (click here if you haven’t read yet!) but we also found a great article that has 6 amazing framing industry tips. Decor Arts Now is a great blog covering topics such as interior decorating, design and home artwork. In the article we are featuring today, writer Lynn Byrne discusses her…
Being primarily a wholesale framing business, we don’t make it a point to emphasize custom framing quite as much as our great deals and high-quality product. However, we do have a custom framing department both for our Build A Frame feature and our retail store in Cincinnati, Ohio. While not our main focus, we still offer the best deals around with the best service on the market!…
Frame USA: Your source for cheap, high-quality picture frames You may follow us on our social networks, and perhaps even glance at our website banner advertisements every now and then to grab the latest big deal. But did you know we also have an option to sign up for weekly emails, giving you the latest savings on your favorite products? On the front page of…
We were a big fan of this article by Sara Eizen, who spoke with the Mantle Art Company and published this piece. Be sure to go check it out! Here are 3 tips for interior design that we thought were especially helpful: -Using children’s art to decorate their rooms, as well as certain parts of the house in which they may mesh well with colors.…
Shadow Box Frames and Fine Art Assemblage Recently, we’ve seen a great shift between the realms of 2D and 3D art. Not quite paintings and not quite sculptures, these art pieces are more of an assemblage of 3D objects meant to be viewed on a 2D-plane. You may have even made these in school at some point. Today, we are talking about dioramas. Not your…
Coming in March, we have plans for a very special charity of the month. We will be featuring the Special Olympics as our spotlight March 2014 charity of the month and donate $1 from every sale to this great cause. Our customers also have the opportunity to add their donations at checkout. We ask that you stand with us in support of the Special Olympics…
Frame USA Offers Craft Kits for those who Love to “Do It Yourself” We get it, we get it! Projects that start with a broken couch and an old rusted locomotive engine often DO make some of the coolest home design pieces. Just like we can’t get enough of lightbulbs turned into gardening fixtures or christmas wreaths made out of coat hangers. It’s fun, stylish,…
Celebrating American Made Products for 30 years! Frame USA’s business plan title for this year is “Amp it Up!”, a slogan that will remind us throughout the year to continue to raise the bar for companies that source labor, materials and manufacturing within the United States. We even made a video that supports why it’s important to shop for items that are made in the…
Frame USA has been using a product called styrene—which is a plexiglass type material– in our larger picture frames since we began operations over 30 years ago. For most of this time the styrene used in our picture frames has been purchased domestically from a large plastic manufacturer in the United States. In the 4th quarter of 2013, this plastic manufacturer, through its distributor, came…
An artist from Visionaries + Voices is creating some big excitement here at Frame USA and Posterservice. Posterservice is continuously licensing work from great artists internationally to use for posters, and we are excited to announce that we have officially licensed artwork from an artist from V+V for poster production! “Light of Hope” from Candi Branham is now available as a 24×36 poster in our…
City leaders in Minneapolis, Las Vegas, New York, and Chicago are contacting a local Cincinnati city beautification project to learn how they can start similar programs. In Las Vegas, the City Council has announced a program to relieve blight from the doorsteps of local houses and buildings. The pilot program was created to paint murals on the doors and windows of abandoned building within the…
We understand that, as an artist, each piece you create holds a special place in your heart. Your work deserves a frame which protects, preserves and compliments it, without breaking the bank. Classic wood frames can elevate your work at an affordable price. To keep your work in prime condition, it’s important to understand how to choose the frame for your art and what methods…
