picture frames

Help Us Name Our New Series!

For the most part we try and keep the same names our vendor chooses when it comes to the products we bring into our line. However, sometimes, the name the vendor has chosen just doesn’t make sense to what the moulding is and we change it. This is one of those times, only we thought we’d ask our customers for…

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Picture Frame Types: Defined

Picture Frame Types Gallery Wall

It’s relatively easy for someone in the Art world as well as an employee of a framing company to sit down and choose between all the options of picture frames that are available. However, what about the average joe? How do you decide between, Wood Frames, Metal Frames, Poster Frames? It’s simple really, you get help from an expert! Here…

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Wood, Plastic, and Metal: What You Need to Know About Common Framing Materials

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…

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Open Back Frame DIY Projects

In case you weren’t aware, we sell picture frames of all varieties. One of those varieties happens to be picture frame shells, sometimes called open-back picture frames. Almost all of our series are available as shells, which essentially means all you’re getting is just the frame, no glass, and no backing. There are a number of reasons why you would…

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Real Wood vs MDF Wood Frames

Real Wood Frames

What’s the difference between real wood vs MDF wood picture frames? In the world of moulding you will find different types of materials used to create individual styles. It might seem as simple as wood vs plastic, but the real story is much deeper. We’ll start at the beginning to see how frames start as trees in a forest, but…

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Wedding Photography Framing Tips

Wedding Decor

Tips for Wedding Photography and Framing I grew up believing there are a few important stages in life: graduating from college, finding your first “big kid job”, getting married, and then all the fun stuff that follows marriage. So when those steps fell into place perfectly in my life, I was over the moon! Right after getting my first big kid…

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