Simple, minimal, natural. These are all words that describe frames that work best for contemporary art. The key is to choose a frame that does not distract too much from the artwork that you wish to display, yet still complements the room as well as the piece itself. Luckily, when it comes to modernizing your home with contemporary art and frames, there are lots of…
What is melanoma? “Melanoma is the most aggressive and potentially life-threatening of the three most common types of skin cancer.” Fifteen years ago, most of us at Frame USA didn’t even know really what melanoma was. We found out the hard way, by losing a local young man in our Cincinnati area to his battle with melanoma. Andy Caress was diagnosed with melanoma at the…
Editor’s Note: A Disgruntled employee is something that everyone has heard of. Something that you probably haven’t heard but is a recognized day is gruntled employees. July 13th is Gruntled Employee day and we thought what better way to celebrate than to ask our Customer Experience Manager to give us insight into how he leads his team to turn our customers and coworkers gruntled. Travone…
While the majority of charities that we feature through our monthly charitable giving program on Frameusa.com are nationwide charities; sometimes a local charity is too good not to share it with the masses. This is one of those charities. Princeton Closet is one charity that we love to support and we do so through both monthly charitable giving such as this July and through our…
Summer is here! And for many of us, that means it’s time to graduate! Whether it’s a high school diploma, college degree, trade school certificate, or any other similarly important milestone, you deserve to have your achievements displayed proudly. And there is no better way to do that than with high-quality certificate and diploma frames from Frame USA! Below you will learn about the diploma…
Editors Note: We’ve chosen Visionaries + Voices as our charity of the month for the past few years. We’ve written about their mission and their values but what we haven’t written about is how Frame USA first got involved with them. Learn about our 13 year partnership from our owner, Dan Regenold. Dan Regenold on Learning About Visionaries + Voices I first met someone from…
You’ve just bought a really nice poster. And at 27×41”, it’s a big one too! But then you realize something: poster frames at that size are kind of tough to come by. And pretty expensive besides! With so few options, it can be hard to frame your large poster and still stay within budget. Luckily, we’re here to help! Below you will see some of…
It’s not a surprise that this past year has been hard, both physically, mentally, and emotionally. The COVID pandemic has hit one demographic in particular, extra hard. Senior citizens living on their own faced the difficulty of loneliness. Meals on Wheels America has been helping serve our seniors since 1954 and is our May Charity of the Month. About Meals on Wheels America Meals on…
In honor of Small Business week the Marketing Department asked our President, Kelly Ackerman what it was like for her to grow up in a Small Business Family. Featuring photos of Kelly and current/former employees of Frame USA! Kelly Ackerman, President of Frame USA: Did you know Frame USA has been family-owned and operated since the beginning? Founded by CEO Dan Regenold in the 1980s,…
As times seem to be ever-changing, so is our demand for Barnwood frames. From our Standard Barnwood, Signature, and Appalachian, the requests for more colors and finishes were at an all-time high going into the end of 2020. Our most recent frame the Barnwood Architect has quickly become one of our top selling products. Therefore, it’s only natural we continue our Barnwood Line with our…
We have chosen two different charities for this year’s April charity month: Pockets Full of Sunshine and Animal Welfare Institute. For the past couple of years, Pockets Full of Sunshine has been our charity of choice around the spring months. In addition to continuing the long-standing support, We also wanted to extend our charitable giving to a new organization, Animal Welfare Institute. Therefore, This particular…
Choosing a frame can be complicated. Frames come in a huge variety of styles, materials, shapes, sizes, and colors, and finding the right combination can be daunting to say the least, particularly for inexperienced framers. But a good starting point is looking at the main picture framing materials: Wood, plastic, and metal. Wood Used in framing for thousands of years before the industrial era, the…
