Category: Interior Design

How to Accent Your Home with Metallics

Timeless elegance—it’s a design characteristic that many people try to create, but few are able to achieve. The secret? Using key design features in small doses. For instance, adding metallic accents to your home will create that sophistication you’re looking for without venturing into the realm of gaudy.

Metallic Frames
Metallic frames are the perfect way to add a little glitz to your living space. The goal with a metallic frame is to draw attention to the photo or art piece you’re displaying—not to detract from it. Go for simple metallic frames in colors that work with the color palette of your image. If you have a gallery wall, adding in a metallic frame every couple of feet keeps your look consistent without overdoing it.

Metallic Lamps
Whether your room calls for a floor lamp or a couple of small lamps on accent tables, metallic lamps can bring elegance into the space. Like with the metallic frames, keep the design of the lamps simple and focus on metallic colors that really shine amongst the other colors in the room.

Metallic Pillows
Throw pillows are a great way to bring style and elegance into a room, and throw pillows in metallic colors offer a great pop of sophistication without stealing the show. Layer metallic throw pillows in with patterned and solid throw pillows to create a look with a bit of dimension. Additionally, metallic accents, such as beading and grommets, can bring an element of texture to the look.

Ready to bring style and sophistication to your living space with metallic frames? Check out the frames we have available on our website for inspiration. Our Facebook page has great design ideas, too!

Enhance Your Kitchen Decor

Don’t let the oven, refrigerator, and pots and pans put a damper on your kitchen’s style. You can have a cute kitchen by implementing three simple kitchen decor strategies! It’s time to get your kitchen looking as chic as the rest of your home.

Shelves

Shelving in your kitchen is a great opportunity to combine utility and decoration.
If you have space, install a pot hanging shelf on your kitchen wall. A pot hanging shelf will clear up the cabinets for additional storage, and you will have your pots and pans hanging within reach! It makes cooking so much easier.
Hang a simple wall shelf to display your favorite cookbooks and recipes.
Pantry shelves aren’t just for pantries! Set them on your kitchen counter too. Pantry shelves will help you have more space on your countertop while still allowing you to have all the essential spices within a short reach.

Bar Cart

A bar cart doesn’t need to be just for beverages. It can be a convenient, chic way to store your kitchen appliances when they are not in use.
If you don’t use your blender every day, you don’t need it on the counter top. Place it on the bar cart! It will still be accessible, but it will make your kitchen look and feel less cluttered. Do this with all the appliances that you don’t frequently use, like the toaster, the food processor, the immersion blender, etc. Clear the clutter from your countertops!
A bar cart also makes a great coffee station. If you find that your coffee essentials take up too much space on your counter, create a coffee station on a bar cart! It is like having extra counter space. Plus, most bar carts have wheels, so you can wheel it to an outlet when you want to make coffee.

Wall Art

Decorative wall art is another great way to dress up your kitchen. Here are just a few suggestions that would look great in mismatched frames for a kitschy kitchen.
Frame your favorite family recipes.
Make a photo collage of kitchen memories. For example, do you have photos of you helping your grandmother baking bread? Do you have pictures of your father helping your mother in the kitchen? A photo collage is a creative and personal way to add flair to your kitchen.
Frame art of different foods. Incredible artists have painted foods, why not frame prints of them in your home? It adds culture and flair.

Frame Warehouse has 16 convenient locations and can assist you with any of your framing needs. See our website for a variety of over 80 frames or visit us in person to speak with our friendly staff about what you are looking for in your home decor!

4 Tips to Succeed in Thrift Shopping for Home Decor

It’s easy to get overwhelmed at thrift stores. There are often far more unusable items than there are usable items, but that doesn’t mean you can’t discover amazing pieces at thrift stores and secondhand shops! You simply need to approach thrift shopping with patience, strategy, and an open mind. Here are four ways to help you decorate your home through some frugal thrift shopping.

Have an Open Mind

The first step to successful thrift shopping is to go to the store with an open mind. Do not have your heart set on finding a specific item for a specific spot in your home. That is not how shopping at thrift stores works.
Be prepared to look around a lot. When something catches your eye, such as a bookshelf, a decorative piece, a chair, anything, think about how that item can be integrated into your home decor! Find the beauty and utility in the items that grab your attention.

Be Prepared to Modify

In your thrift shopping experience, you may find a piece of furniture that you love but it needs some work. Maybe the wood stain is worn, or you don’t like the upholstery on the chair. Don’t leave that piece behind! Simple modifications can make an item look new and personalized.
Don’t be afraid to purchase something that needs a little elbow grease! You’ll appreciate your home decor more knowing that you customized it and added personal touches. No one in the world has the same decor as you! It is completely unique to your home.

Be In Good Spirits

If you are feeling stressed or exhausted the day you had planned to shop, don’t go to the thrift store. You will have more success if you are in a good mood and feeling creative! There is a lot of potential in items you will find, but if you aren’t feeling excited about discoveries, chances are you won’t see the beauty in the items that you come across.

Bring a Friend

Bring a friend to enjoy the thrift shopping experience even more! Your friend will discover uniqueness in pieces that you may not have seen yourself.
A friend views your home differently than you. They will have another perspective on what can complement the furniture and themes within your home. A fresh pair of eyes is always a great idea.

For another quick way to update your home decor, you can change your wall frames! Something as simple as new frames can change the entire feel of a room. Browse Frame Warehouse online for over 80 styles of new frames at warehouse prices. Happy shopping!

Take Your Office from Drab to Fab

Improve your office environment and impress your clients with an amazing yet simple office makeover. Stop walking into a dreary, beige room every day. Facilitate a healthier, happier, and energetic work environment with these easy-to-implement decor tips!

Use lighting to your advantage.

Offices tend to be lit dimly, which makes for an uninviting atmosphere. Add lamps to your office space to enhance lighting and highlight areas of your office.
Choose decorative lamps that match the personality and aesthetic of your office or company. If your company has a chic, trendy vibe, use lamps that are modern looking, smooth, and that match your color scheme. For a more kitschy, creative vibe check out your local vintage stores for neat floor lamps.
Experiment with different kinds of light bulbs. Using fluorescent bulbs can make a room feel dull and uncomfortable. Harsh lighting isn’t great for an office environment, yet it is so frequently used. Try using soft white bulbs rather than fluorescent ones. The soft white light bulbs can create a more welcoming and calm atmosphere.

Implement wall decor.

Wall decor bring life and personality to any room. Choosing what kind of wall art you want is the challenging part!
There are many different kinds of options. Do you want edgy art in a complementing frame? Do you want a minimalist graphic design in a sleek, simple frame? Do you want to create a frame creation from your past client work? Maybe you want to inspire greatness and creativity in your employees. To do that, frame inspirational and relevant quotes.

What are some quote ideas?

Choosing the right quotes to frame is the key to developing the proper motivation. Here are some popular quotes to choose from:
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean
- “Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.” – Dorothy Parker
- “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce
Simply type these quotes up in a bold font and frame them in a thick, black frame. You’ll have a trendy, simple, and cost-effective way to add flair to your office.

Add a reading corner.

Any office space can be improved by creating a reading corner. It can inspire thoughtfulness and ideas in your employees and give your clients insight into what your business is all about!
Take a small bookshelf and fill it with books, magazines, or journals that are related to your industry and career.
This corner should also have a cute, decorative chair that is also comfortable.
Consider accenting this area with a floor lamp.
Fun idea: You can also frame quotes from your favorite books and hang them on the wall in the reading corner. Doing so would tie the entire reading corner together.

For more framing ideas, tips, or inspiration follow us on Facebook! To view and purchase a variety of frames, visit our website or one of our sixteen convenient locations.

Frame Your Studio

If you are working in a studio of any type, chances are you’re a creative being. You care about art of all forms. You appreciate participating in art and expressing yourself through it. Now is a great time to transform your studio. Make it even more of a creative haven by displaying art that is important to you. Use frames to keep your artwork safely and chicly displayed.

Decide the tone of your studio.

If you appreciate artistic chaos, you probably have a studio with piles of stuff, all organized in their own unique ways. This style of studio is in need of a variety of different frames. Consider frames in varying sizes, shapes, textures, and colors. Hanging these frames on the wall of your studio will add an allure of organized chaos. It feels modern, but still true to your artistic approach.
You may be the artistic, minimalist type, meaning you like white space, clean lines, and a clear focal point. Following a rule of three is an excellent approach for framing in a minimalistic studio. Print your favorite work of art over three oversized poster canvases, frame them, and hang them evenly on a blank wall. It will add personality to the room, but still leave you satisfied with its clean aesthetic quality.
For music lovers, your options for framing are limitless! Frame vinyl, band posters, photos of your favorite musicians, etc. Set the tone of your studio to the genre of music you record and you’ll be set.

What do you want to frame?

Frame your inspiration
- Design and print quotes that have motivated you in moments of lost creativity.
- Frame your muse. Who inspires you? Is it your spouse, your family, a long lost love? Frame a photo of the person that keeps you motivated in pursuing your art.
- Frame artwork from artists that have had the most influence on your work.
- Frame your reasons for pursuing your creative dreams.
- Frame art that completes the vision for your studio. It doesn’t have to have a profound meaning. Sometimes, working in an environment that feels finished and put together will be enough to help motivate you to complete your own art.
Frame your music inspiration.
- Frame your favorite vinyl and album covers.
- Frame sheets of music that have inspired your musical talents and your pursuit in the music industry.
- Frame signed posters of your favorite bands or artists.
- Keeping musical inspiration on your walls help fuel your journey toward success.

Frame Warehouse can help get your studio walls designed to help you feel creative in your own space. Check out over 80 frames online to see what would look best in your studio! Visit one of our sixteen location for specific advice from our knowledgeable staff.

Easy Ways to Update Your Decor

After living in the same home for a while, the room decor can start to feel outdated and routine. You don’t have to feel bored with your decorations! There are easy, affordable ways to update any room of your house. By implementing the following tips, you will have a fresh new look in your home.

Rearrange Furniture

Rearranging your furniture is the cheapest way to update your home. It’s entirely free! It may be time to switch up your furniture and look at your room from a new perspective.

Get a Statement Piece

Adding a new piece of furniture can make any room feel updated. It creates a new focal point and a flair of your personality.
For the living room, try adding a decorative chair, or a large floor vase in the corner.
For the bedroom, purchase a unique duvet cover. The bed takes up the most space in any bedroom, so updating the bedding changes the entire perspective of the room.
In the kitchen, implement a decorative bar stool or a vintage bar cart. It will add character to any home.
For the bathroom, get a new shower curtain. The shower curtain changes the entire feel of a bathroom. You can also try a new laundry hamper or a new color of towels.
For the dining room, a statement piece can be as simple as updating your placemats or tablecloth.
For the entryway, purchase a gorgeous coat rack. It will help keep your home organized and works as a beautiful statement piece.

Change Your Frames

Updating your wall decor can be as easy as changing the frames on your favorite pieces of art.
If you feel bored looking at your current decorations, try finding a different style of frame that piques your interest. It can make all the difference!
Update the frames on your shelves, too. Choose frames in a bright accent color to make them pop. It will add a new dimension and color to your home.

Update the Necessities

Upgrade the rug in your entryway. It will make that part of the house feel fresh and clean again.
Take out the boring lamp in your reading corner and update it with something that goes with the theme of your home.
Get a new pot and pan holder for your kitchen. It will make cooking with pots and organizing them so much easier, plus it makes every kitchen feel updated and put together.
Change your bathroom rugs! It doesn’t take long for bathroom rugs to feel dingy. Swap them out with a new, fluffy rug and you’ll feel like you have a completely updated bathroom.

Frame Warehouse can help you update your home with new frames. Visit one of our sixteen locations for advice from our talented staff or shop a variety of over 80 frames online.

Add Wall Frames to Your Empty Hall

3D Rendering of Colorful modern art gallery interior with three empty white wooden picture frames on

All homes have that awkward empty wall or hallway. It’s sometimes by the back door, the basement, the bathroom hallway, or in an oddly shaped nook where furniture will not fit. To add personality and flair to that corner, it’s time to hang some frames! The key to decorating the blank wall is to avoid overdoing it. It should be subtle flair that adds personality, but isn’t overwhelming.

We are all guilty of going overboard when it comes to wall decorations. We tend to think that to enhance the space; we need to fill it up entirely. This simply isn’t true. Decorate your blank wall using a minimalistic approach. Doing so will draw attention to the specific pieces of art that you choose; it won’t clutter the space with random space fillers. How does one approach a free space minimally? There are several techniques, but the easiest and the best way is the “rule of three.”

The Rule of Three

A common approach of minimal decorating is the rule of three. The rule of three can be perfectly and easily applied to your empty hall or awkward blank wall. To achieve the rule of three, choose three identical frames. Depending on the space, larger can be better. With your chosen frames, pick art that three different pieces of art that are similar in aesthetic or them. These three art pieces should also accentuate the frame.
Now that you’ve chosen your frames and the art that you want to show off, it is time to hang them. Hang the frames at eye level. This means that when you stand a comfortable distance away from the fame, you should be able to look at the center of the art.
At an eye level, the art should be centered on the wall. Take the frame that you want to have in the middle of the wall and hang it appropriately measured in the center. From there, measure and the same distance on each side of the frame. These two marks will be where you want to hang your other two frames.
With your frames centered and evenly spaced, your blank wall will have a tidy and chic aesthetic that is attention grabbing, but not overwhelming.

To choose frames that match the atmosphere of your home or to find frames that can accentuate your art, visit our website. We have over 80 frame styles online. Visit one of our sixteen locations and talk with our skilled team. They can help you visualize and create your personal framing projects.

Create a Functional and Stylish Bookshelf

Do you have a large space in your home that is begging to be decorated, but furniture doesn’t seem to fit and wall art isn’t quite enough? Consider adding a large bookshelf! A bookshelf is an artistic addition to any home. It adds dimension and a sense of sophistication to any common area, while being extremely functional. Use bookshelves for chic storage and to show off your personality and your favorite books. The key to having a stylish and functional bookshelf is avoiding clutter. Don’t put all your knick knacks on your bookshelf. Rather, apply the concept that “less is more” and show off the trinkets and books that are important to you.

Use dimension in your favor.

For the most stylish bookshelf, you will want to add a variety of dimension. Avoid putting all of your books and knick knacks at the end of the shelf. Instead, layer them within in a shelf. If you have a deep bookshelf, use that to your advantage. Arrange your knick knack and trinkets on your shelf to create a 3D feel.
For an easy way to add dimension, set different sizes and styles of framed creative pieces on your shelf. You will be showing off your favorite art and adding an aesthetic to your room.

Books, books, books.

If you’re a bit of a bibliophile, you probably have a lot of books. You need to store them somehow. Don’t set all your books on the shelf randomly. To make a bookshelf feel organized and neat, place your books on the bookshelf by color and height. This will help your bookshelf look tidy and less disheveled.
Avoid putting books on every single shelf. Rather, organize your books around other things on your bookshelf. You can still put frames and knick knacks on your shelf, but show off your favorite books near your other possessions.

Storage is still an option.

Sometimes, there is a need for more storage. We all tend to collect stuff over the years that we don’t want to get rid of due to sentimental value. But, they can sometimes turn into items that don’t need to be displayed. For these sentimental possessions, storage is an option! Find cute, storage baskets for your bookshelf. They should be able to sit on your bookshelf without spilling over the edge. This is a cute, easy way to add storage space to your home!

For help or advice on picking the best frames for your bookshelf and your home’s atmosphere, visit Frame Warehouse. We sell quality frames at warehouse prices. There are over eighty options to choose from on our online store!

Frame What You Care About

These days, everyone is trying to have the best and the chicest appearance. Homes are becoming more modern and sleeker. Due to this trend, homes are becoming far less “homey.” Avoid this lack of coziness and homeyness by creating a home atmosphere that is centered around your personal interests, your style, and your aesthetic. There are a variety of ways to create a homey atmosphere. The first way is to create your own personal art creations and display them in your home.

What are your interests?

Knowing what your interests are is the key to personalizing your home. Would you consider yourself an audiophile, a cinephile, and art collector, maybe you collect vintage baseball cards? Whatever your interest may be, take your interest and make it tangible. Be creative.

If you don’t think you’re the “creative type,” find inspiration in this quote from Hugh MacLeod, “Everyone is born creative, everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty, they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.’”

Now, take that creative inspiration and focus in on developing a tangible way to express your interests. Maybe it is collecting old movie posters that inspired your interest in film. Create a collage of your favorite vinyl covers for a custom wall decoration. You can create a special frame for your most noteworthy collection of baseball cards.

Express it.

Now that you’ve created a tangible example of your interests, hang them up! Your home office or common areas are great places to hang your personal creations. They show clients and friends what your interests are and can be a great way to create a dialogue about hobbies and interests. You may even find someone who cares about baseball cards or old films as much as you do!

Your home will feel homey.

With your personal, creative wall decorations you will instantly be bringing a sense of personality and homeyness into your home. You home will no longer feel or appear standard or boring. It will create an environment where guests feel comfortable in your home and more likely to converse about the creative projects that you’ve chosen to display.

If you need frames for your personal projects, visit our website. We sell a variety of over 80 frames online. You’ll be sure to find the perfect frame for your project and your home’s aesthetic. For personal assistance, visit any one of our sixteen locations. Our skilled staff is here to help you bring your creative vision to life.

Make a Frame Creation with Your Holiday Cards

During the holidays, we collect many different Christmas cards from family and friends. They usually are hung on the refrigerator or set out on the coffee table during the holidays. What happens to them when the holiday season is over? Usually, these thoughtful cards are put in a box that never gets opened, or they get tossed in the garbage. Don’t let these lovely cards and memories fade away. This year, create a holiday themed 3D Christmas frame box to show off your holiday cards throughout the years!

Make the holiday frame creation.

This frame creation will make for a timeless holiday decoration for years to come. It’s unique and personal. It will stand out from generic Christmas and holiday decorations that you buy at the store. Plus, it’s easy to make. Our specialists at Frame Warehouse can help you pick the perfect frame and 3D attachment box for your special holiday card decoration. From there, the creative influence is all yours; decorate the frame the way you’d like and then add all of your holiday cards.

It’s a unique, personal holiday decoration.

This year, your holiday frame creation will probably go right into storage, but during the holiday season of 2016, you will have a special and unique holiday decoration to take out of storage and proudly display. It is a great way to show your family and friends that you value the time and effort that they put into creating holiday cards. You may even spark an idea with your friends and family to make their own holiday card creations for the next year!

You can continue the tradition.

Each year you will be able to add new holiday cards to your frame creation, continuing to collect special moments from the people that matter most in your life. If you don’t want the card box to be specific to Christmas or a particular holiday, you can make your card box creation more versatile and have it out year-round. This will allow you to add birthday cards, Valentine’s Day cards, Easter cards, or even just-thinking-of-you cards.

To get started on your frame creation this year, visit one of our sixteen Frame Warehouse locations! Our frame specialists can help you find the right frame for your home aesthetic and can help you create the perfect card box creation for your home. Use our expertise to your advantage and create personal and original art for you home today!