Category: Interior Design

Sleek Frames for Modern Hotel Design

It’s possible for interior designs to encompass both modern and classic elements, and that’s what a lot of new hotels are going for. While comfort and functionality are the two most important considerations in the design of a hotel room, designers must also consider how their designs reflect the brands of the hotels in which the rooms are located. Hanging art is a wonderful way to bring personality into a room while reinforcing the hotel’s brand, and a classic, sleek frame is the perfect way to accent artwork. But there’s more to a frame than meets the eye. Below are three different frames that would work wonderfully in today’s hottest new hotels.

A Simple Black Frame

Black is the neutral of choice for many interior designers because it works well with nearly every color palette. A simple black frame allows the artwork and overall design of the room to make a statement while the frame blends seamlessly with other modern design choices throughout the space.

A Frame with Wood Grain

Many interior designers love to blend rustic and modern elements, and a lot of today’s hotel brands mesh well with this design aesthetic, even if they lean more to the modern side. A frame with a natural wood grain is a fantastic way to soften the modern design style and bring warmth to a hotel room.

A Colorful Frame

Frames are typically neutral colors in order to let the artwork they hold really stand out; however, a brightly colored frame can complement the artwork while bringing a modern feel to a hotel room’s design. A talented interior designer can use the brightest of frames in a way that creates a sleek yet cozy feel throughout a room.

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Office Décor: 3 Ways to Support Productivity

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Professionals spend 40+ hours in the office each week. This is a lot of time, and it’s no wonder that their workspaces can have a profound effect on their productivity. A functional office is integral to success, but there’s more to an effective workspace than having enough desks and storage. By paying attention to the office’s décor, business owners and managers can actually support their teams’ productivity.

Frame brand values. Employees who truly believe in the work that they’re doing are far more effective than those who only see their work as a means to a pay check. The best way to get employees excited about their work is to reinforce a brand that they love. Type out and frame brand values (in the right brand colors and fonts, of course) and put them around the office to inspire your team.
Frame motivational sayings. This may seem a bit kitschy, but it works! By hanging inspirational phrases, you can create a visual pep talk that can help employees stay focused. This can also be a fun team activity, as you can have team members submit and vote on their favorite motivational quotes.
Frame inspiration boards. Professionals are all motivated by different things, so it’s important to remember that their personal inspiration is integral to their success. To spruce up your office’s décor and support your team’s productivity, plan a team building exercise in which everyone creates and frames their own inspiration boards to hang in their workstations.

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Personalizing Your Bedroom Décor with Family Photos

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Decorating your bedroom is a fun way to bring personality to a room that serves as your sanctuary from the world. One of the best ways to bring a personal touch to your room is to hang family photos, but it’s important to hang the right photos in the right frames to achieve the tranquil environment you’re looking for.

Choose photos that work with your room’s color palette.

If your room is decorated in blues and greens, a photo of your brother in a bright red shirt will most definitely create a bit of a disturbance in the room’s calming vibes. When looking through your photo album, choose family photos that complement your bedroom’s color palette. If your family members seem to all be fans of brightly colored apparel, try printing the photos out in black and white or sepia.

Match the frames to your room’s décor style.

Many people simply use frames that they have on hand when hanging family photos, but this can detract from the style of your bedroom’s décor. Instead, invest in nice frames that match your decorating choices throughout the rest of the room. If you aren’t sure which frames will work best, contact the professionals at Frame Warehouse. Our personal framing services are the perfect solution.

Pick photos of your closest family members.

The goal of adding family photos to your bedroom’s décor is to create a space that is deeply personal to you. As such, that photo from your 1999 family reunion with all of the second cousins probably isn’t going to achieve what you’re looking for. Choose photos of your parents, grandparents, siblings, and other close family members with whom you talk often and share a tight bond.

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3 Surprising Ways to Organize Your Craft Room

Your craft room probably says much more about you than you realize: your interests, how you spend your free time, your favorite colors, your organizational style. If you want your craft room to say that you’re an extremely organized, tidy person, try implementing these three surprising tips.

Use frames to hang samples. If you work with fabrics or yarn, odds are you have swatches cluttering up your craft room. A great way to display them is to hang them in a frame. First, find a large frame and remove the glass and back. Next, use a stapler to attach twine, yarn, or any other similar material to the back of the frame, creating a line on which you can hang your samples. Depending on how large your frame is, you can evenly space multiple rows of twine to create a good amount of space for your swatches.
Create a chalkboard or dry erase board to keep up with your crafting schedule. If you have a lot of projects, it can be easy to become disorganized if you’re wrapping up one craft and immediately starting another. To get better organized—and give yourself plenty of heads up when preparing for your next craft—create a chalkboard or dry erase board. You’ll start with one large frame for both of these projects. If you’re making a chalkboard, remove the glass and back of the frame and replace them with a piece of material that has been covered in chalkboard paint. For a dry erase board, remove the back and you can write directly on the glass with dry erase markers.
Decorate your space. This sounds a little counterintuitive—add things to the room in order to keep it better organized? Creating a decorated space will encourage you to buy and use organizational tools, including pen holders and colorful storage boxes.

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3 Surprising Ways to Use Wallpaper

Wallpaper may have somewhat of a reputation for being out of date, but it’s coming back in style. Get ahead of the trend by using wallpaper in these fun ways to create a vibrant look.

Treat Wallpaper Like the Work of Art It Is

If you haven’t looked at wallpaper yet, it might be time to give it a chance. It’s not just your grandma’s florals anymore. (Although, to be honest, we love those florals, too.) Try framing a piece of a pattern that you adore and hanging it on a gallery wall. Want a bit more drama? Frame a large piece of wallpaper in a bright, bold pattern and hang it in an ornate frame over your fireplace or bed.

Transform Your Doors

Interior doors can be so, well, boring. Instead of a standard eggshell color door, why not create a stunning portal into your favorite room in your home by covering it with wallpaper? This works best on a flat door without any decorative molding, but can be striking in both subtle and loud prints.

Highlight Your Fireplace

A fireplace can be the most breathtaking feature in a home, but more often than not creating that feature requires a good amount of cash. If you’re looking for a way to make your fireplace stand out without breaking the bank, try wallpaper. By wallpapering the area above and around your fireplace (if it comes out of the wall), you can quickly create a centerpiece to your house that’s both unique and beautiful. The key is to go all the way up to the ceiling with the wallpaper to create a more dramatic effect.

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3 Chic Ways to Display Family Heirlooms

One of the fastest ways to bring warmth to your home is to fill it with history. Family heirlooms are a wonderful way to celebrate your roots while decorating with items that create personality in your living space. From antique cameras to vintage photos, your family’s treasures can create an intimate, interesting home décor style.

Out in the Open

Displaying family heirlooms on bookshelves and other easily accessible areas of your home may make you a bit nervous—especially if they are fragile—but can create an interesting juxtaposition between the old and the new in your home. If you’re worried about little ones knocking items off of shelves, try this decorating style with items that aren’t breakable and/or easily moved, such as old keepsake boxes, coat racks, etc.

Behind Closed Doors

With the right curio or bookshelf with glass doors, you can keep your family heirlooms front and center while protecting them from kids, pets, and anything else that may cause them to take a tumble. Putting your family keepsakes behind glass protects them from dust and creates a chic, elegant display that will draw the attention of visitors, ensuring that your family heirlooms (and your taste in furniture) are admired and appreciated by all of your guests.

Open Shelving

Open shelving is extremely trendy right now, and for good reason. You can use metallic shelving to display antique heirlooms in a way that creates textural interest. Additionally, a wood shelf with a distinct grain can highlight the warmth that your family heirlooms bring into the room. No matter what material you choose, an open shelving display will bring a flair of modern design to your home that can be very interesting next to the keepsakes these shelves hold.

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Creating a Comfortable Guest Room

Creating a guest bedroom is a wonderful way to use spare space in your house, and paying attention to detail when decorating this room is key. A comfortable guest room means a place where your friends and family will have everything that they need at their fingertips, and these three tips will help you create a space they may never want to leave.

Invest in good bedding. Every traveler daydreams of snuggling into a soft bed at the end of a flight or road trip. Soft sheets and a fluffy comforter will welcome your guests with open arms, and you can choose a fabric that makes a statement with florals, geometric prints, or even solids. Because people won’t be sleeping in this bedding every night, it will last.
Use frames. Hanging framed photos or art can create a lot of warmth in the space, and your guests will appreciate the cozy atmosphere. You can also frame the Wi-Fi password and place it on a desk or nightstand (your guests will love this!).
Create a place for suitcases. For short-term stays, closets and dressers aren’t really necessary; however, all guests, even if they’re only staying one night, will need somewhere to put a suitcase. A vintage luggage holder is always a fun addition to a guest room. You can also put a trunk at the foot of the bed or under the window. This will offer both storage and a flat place for guests to rummage through their luggage.

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How Can Frames Add a Pop of Color to Your Home?

Color in the context of home décor is fascinating because it can say so much about who you are. Your style is reflected in the color palette you choose for your home, and there’s no better way to put this color palette on proud display than through frames. While frames are available in a long list of colors, you can use frames in unexpected ways that clearly showcase your personal style. The following are some fun ways to transform your frames and create unique pieces of décor.

Give your frames a makeover with a fresh coat of paint. Nothing pops like a brightly colored frame on a white wall. If you’re starting from scratch in the color department, it’s a great idea to visit your local paint store and use paint chips to create the perfect color palette for your home. If you already have a color palette in place, choose hues that fit with your current scheme. Painting all of the frames on a gallery wall one color, whether it’s a bright, bold hue or a more subdued one, is a chic way to use color in your space. Want a little more personality? Pair complementary colored frames hung in a pattern.
Remember: metallics are colors, too! Metallics are on trend right now, and there’s no better way to keep your frames fresh and your home décor up to date than with a can of spray paint—or with a trip to Frame Warehouse. Rose gold, gold, copper, and silver are all wonderful metallic options. Choose the one that fits best with your home’s current color scheme.
Play with color within your frames. Colorful mats are a playful way to bring a pop of personality into a room. Want a crisper look? Try all white frames with white mats and graphic, bold art pieces. While your frames will slide into the background, they’ll let the colors in your favorite art pieces really shine.

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Kitchen Décor: How to Create an Inviting, Functional Space

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The kitchen is, as the saying goes, the heart of the home. Three meals a day, family gatherings, homework time after school—so many things happen in the kitchen. Why not create an inviting, functional space that you’ll enjoy while spending so many hours cooking, socializing, and bonding with your friends and family?

Add a personal touch with family heirlooms

That teapot your great-grandmother passed down to you? Don’t leave it in the cabinet! Showcase it on a shelf over your breakfast nook or in open or glass-faced cabinets. You can also display your favorite mugs and teacups by hanging them on hooks that are placed under your top cabinets. Since teapots and mugs are staples in most households, your personal décor touches will contribute to a functional living space.

Frame your favorite recipes

If you have handwritten recipes that have been passed down for generations, take them out of the recipe tin and proudly put them on display! These are wonderful pieces of family history that you can frame and hang in your kitchen. Since recipe cards are typically quite small, make a statement by using larger frames with mats.

Upgrade your flooring

Most of the time you spend in the kitchen is spent standing, so it’s important that, as part of a functional space, your kitchen’s floors are supportive enough to keep you comfortable as you cook. If you’re planning on remodeling, look for flooring that’s both beautiful and has a bit of give, which will be better on your knees and lower back. If you’re just giving your kitchen a quick update, choose a cushioned mat that’s easily cleaned and matches your kitchen’s color scheme.

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3 Ways to Style a Gallery Wall

Creating a cozy, happy home means surrounding yourself with the things that you love. This includes photos and art pieces! One of the best ways to showcase your favorite photos and art pieces is to frame them in a gallery wall. Simple yet bursting with personality, a gallery wall highlights the images that are most important to you while bringing style and charm to your home.

Choose Your Frames
Just as important as the images you frame are the frames you put them in. Decide on the look you want to create. Minimalistic, monochromatic frames, such as simple black, really let your photos and art pieces shine. Eclectic, detailed frames can complement your images while creating a cozier feel.

(In)Consistency Is Key
When styling your gallery wall, think about the different sizes of the frames you’ll be using. The images that you’re hanging are likely a wide range of sizes, so you can use different frame sizes to match the images or use a consistent frame size with matting to fit the smaller images to the larger frames.

Spacing, Spacing, Spacing
A great way to create a unique style for your gallery wall is through spacing. Using consistent spacing can complement the sleek look created by minimalistic, monochromatic frames and can balance out a more eclectic frame collection. Using different spacing between frames can strategically draw the eye to star pieces of your gallery wall.

There’s no right or wrong way to style your gallery wall, so get creative with it! Want more framing ideas, tips, and inspiration? Follow us on Facebook or check out our available frames.