Category: Photography

3 Things to Frame to Get Your Home Ready for Summer

Updating your home’s décor from one season to the next is a great way to enjoy your living space throughout the year. This may seem like a large undertaking, but don’t worry! You can make small changes that have a major impact. One such change is to switch out the photos and artwork you have framed around your house. Below are three things that you can frame this summer to keep your living space feeling warm and vibrant.

Vintage beach photos: Vintage photos of the beach can bring a lot of style to your living space—and can get your family excited for the trip to the coast you’ll be taking later in the season! Try looking for an assortment of photos from different countries to hang in a cluster.
Photos from family vacation: If your family takes summer vacations, relive your favorite moments each season by framing your photos. Over the years, your summer photo collection will grow and, eventually, you’ll have enough to create a gallery wall for the season!
Art with a summer theme: When you think summer, you probably think sunshine and bright colors—and these are great themes for art to hang during this season. But if that just doesn’t fit your style, try looking for black and white photographs taken at a beach.

Looking for a little guidance when framing your photos or art? Give the team at Frame Warehouse a call! We can assist with everything from helping you choose the perfect frames to providing our personal framing services.

3 Tips for Creating a Classic Gallery Wall

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Nothing in the realm of home décor is quite as versatile as a gallery wall. From the most elegant to the most eclectic, examples of gallery walls that reflect a wide range of styles are available all over Pinterest. But what about a simple, classic gallery wall that lets your artwork do all the talking? If that’s the look you’re going for, follow these three tips and you’ll have a gorgeous gallery wall up in no time.

Tip 1: Go for a linear arrangement of your artwork and photos, rather than groupings

Traditional galleries and museums hang all of their art at the same level. When hanging your art and photos in this style, choose a point about five to six feet from the ground, depending upon the height of your ceilings and any other furnishings you may need to clear, and hang all of your pieces in one line. All of the tops of the frames should line up.

Tip 2: Think out your frame selections

The basic linear shape of the classic gallery wall creates a refined style that is fun to juxtapose against more eclectic frame selections—but don’t feel like this is the only way to go! Having matching frames across the entire wall will really let your artwork shine and is a great option if your pieces are bright and have various color palettes.

Tip 3: Choose which wall you use strategically

While gallery walls are often features of a home, this particular style lends itself well to less focal areas of a room. For example, it’s a great way to add some interest to a small wall that’s often overlooked.

Want to create a gallery wall but not sure where to start? Come visit us a Frame Warehouse! We can help you choose the perfect frames and think through the best way to arrange them.

How to Choose the Perfect Frames for Family Photos

Framing your family photos can be intimidating, as you certainly want to pick the perfect frames to show off your photographer’s talent and your beautiful family members, but don’t let it be! Simply follow these three quick, simple steps and you’ll have your photos framed and hung in no time.

Decide on your frame style and color. You want your frames to complement both the style of your photos and your home’s décor. In many instances these styles will be the same, as both your family photos and your home’s décor will most likely reflect your personal style. First, think color. It’s always a good idea to choose a color that highlights your photos rather than distracts from them. Second, think style. Do you prefer a minimal frame profile or do you want the frame to stand out?
Choose whether or not you want mats. Mats are pieces of heavy paper or boards that are used to create space between the frame and your photo. Including mats in your framing can create a polished, professionally done look while allowing both frame and photo to really shine.
Partner with your frame provider to order the perfect size, shape, and finish. By working with a company like Frame Warehouse, you’ll get personalized attention throughout the entire framing process. Once you know what style and color you’d like, your framing partner can help you pick the perfect color mats, the right size for each photo, and even the best finishes to match the style of your photos and your home.

If you’re ready to frame your family photos, the team at Frame Warehouse is ready to help! Give us a call or visit our Facebook page to learn more about our services.

Temperatures Are Dropping! Keep Your Home Warm with These 3 Decorating Tips

Fall is finally here! The windows are open, a nice crisp breeze is blowing, and it’s time to update your home’s décor for the season. As temperatures continue to drop, you’ll want to make sure your home is warm in every sense of the word. With these three tips, you can create a cozy, comfortable living environment that embraces and celebrates the season.

Add throws to your favorite rooms.

A throw blanket is a wonderful way to add color, texture, and warmth to a room. Additionally, adding a throw is a relatively inexpensive way to update a room—and the different it makes to the look of the space can be staggering. Try adding a throw to the back of the couch, across the side of your favorite chair, or at the foot of your bed.

Make your fireplace the focus of your living room by hanging framed artwork above it.

All too often, the television becomes the central focus of a living room, but during fall and winter you have the opportunity to direct all eyes to your gorgeous fireplace, as your family will spend many an evening gathered around it. Adding a framed piece of artwork to your mantle or hanging it above your fireplace will draw the eye to this part of the room.

Switch out family photos.

So many families get photos taken every year, yet leave the same ones up on their walls. While switching out family photos each year is a wonderful way to update your home’s décor, try using season-specific family photos to provide a warm reminder of the past Halloweens, Thanksgivings, and other holidays.

If you’re ready to update your home’s décor, let the professionals at Frame Warehouse help with your framing needs! Our team looks forward to providing the perfect frames for your artwork and photos.

Create the Perfect Nursery with these Sweet Frame Tips

Decorating a nursery is extremely exciting! The time you spend decorating this room is time that allows you to prepare for the growth of your family, to create a secure, comfortable space for your newborn, and for you and your spouse to bond while you get ready to become parents. Personalizing this space is important, and you can do just that with these three sweet ways to use frames.

Frame family photographs—especially maternity and newborn photos.

Whether this is your first child or your fourth, you’ll want the space to reflect the fact that your family has grown. What better way to do so than to hang framed maternity and newborn photos? You can also include photos of other family members. While your baby won’t be able to focus on these right away, as they grow they will love having friendly, loving faces shining down on them.

Frame your baby’s name

A fun trend in nursery decorating is to include the name of your baby somewhere in the room. While painting the name on the wall may look great, it’s not something that your child can cherish for years to come. Instead, have your baby’s name written by a professional calligrapher or hand letterer. Frame and hang it as you would a piece of art.

Frame the feeding schedule.

Having the feeding schedule handy at three o’clock in the morning can help tired parents keep on track—especially if you’re switching feedings with your significant other. Have the schedule typed in a font that matches the room’s décor, frame it, and either hang it by the rocker or place it on a side table for easy reference.

Frame Warehouse is excited to help you with your nursery framing needs! Our team can provide expert guidance on the best frame options to match your nursery’s theme.

Should You Frame Photos for Your Clients?

As a photographer, you capture moments that your clients treasure for the rest of their lives. Whether you’re a wedding photographer or a portrait photographer or a fine art photographer, your work is cherished. But why not take your work one step further by forging a partnership with Frame Warehouse and providing your clients with expert framing after their photos are taken, edited, and printed?

Most clients need framing guidance

What shape frame would fit an image best? What style would best complement it? Should matting be added? These are just some of the questions that your clients may have while choosing the best frames for their photos. While you may not have the exact answers for them (because you may not know their décor style, where in their house they’ll be hanging the photos, etc.), you can provide them with the expertise of the team at Frame Warehouse to walk them through the answers to these questions and more.

Expanding your offerings can improve how clients perceive your services

Taking clients from photo shoot to gorgeous images hanging on their wall, frames and all? That’s the kind of complete service that a lot of today’s photography clients are looking for. If you choose to work with Frame Warehouse, you can determine the extent to which you’re involved in the framing process. Some photographers prefer to choose the frames when given the creative reigns by clients while others like to let the framing experts take it from there. It really just depends on your interest and relationship with your clientele.

Interested in learning more about how you can partner with Frame Warehouse? Give us a call or send us a message! We’re looking forward to working with you.

3 Tips for Flawless Family Photo Framing

Hanging family photos is one of the easiest and most personal ways to decorate your home—but the trick is getting them from the printer into a frame. Too many families have gorgeous, professionally taken photographs sitting in drawers just waiting to be hung. If you’re guilty of this, don’t worry! Framing your family photos may be far less complicated of a project than you think.

Tip 1: Find a Frame Company You Trust

Frames are sold everywhere, it seems. From department stores to specialty frame shops, you can find a wide range of framing options in a multitude of locations. The trick is to find a frame company that knows what it’s talking about and offers personalized service. The Frame Warehouse team, for example, offers high quality frames and personal framing services that our customers appreciate.

Tip 2: Envision How Your Photos Will Look Once Framed

Your professional photographer probably provided you with more images than you know what to do with. To keep your images impactful, it’s important to choose a few to hang in each room. When choosing which photos to frame, think about how the photos will look in the frame and, if it’s your style, with a mat. You can also choose to hang framed photos in clusters, so it might be helpful to organize your picks by size, color, etc.

Tip 3: Choose Frames that Complement Your Photos—Not Frames that Detract from Them

A great frame should do just as its name implies: it should provide support to your photos. From a structural standpoint, any frame you choose will accomplish this. From a stylistic standpoint, though, it’s important to pick a frame that will highlight your family photos—not distract attention away from them. Choosing something simple is a good rule of thumb, but your framing expert can help you determine what “simple” means with regard to your personal style and the style of your photos.

Interested in learning more about how to use frames in your home? Visit the Frame Warehouse Facebook page for inspiration!

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.

Looking for other décor tips and tricks? Visit our Facebook page for more framing inspiration!

Your Home Office Needs These 3 Things

Working from home offers so many perks—a more flexible schedule, a nonexistent commute, tax write-offs, and so much more. But in order to be successful working from home you have to equip yourself with a comfortable, functional home office. While every home office is different, make sure yours has these three things to create the inspiring, productive space you need.

A visual reminder of your goals. When you sit down at your desk each morning, it’s important that you remember exactly why you’re working so hard. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or telecommute for a global corporation, your time matters. Why are you spending it doing the job that you have? What is driving you to excel? A great way to keep your goals front and center is to frame them and place them right next to your computer monitor. If creating a great life for your family is what motivates you, frame a family photo. If you’re looking to move up in your career, write down the next position you want to hold or the next big deal you want to land and frame it. Make sure to update your frame with a new goal when you reach this one!
Privacy. Regardless of where you’re working, work is work and requires your full attention. If you’re catching glimpses of dishes that need to be washed or laundry that needs to be folded, you’ll never get through your to do list. Create a space that gives you enough privacy to block your home office off from the rest of the house without completely isolating you from the perks that working from home has to offer.
Furniture that you love. Many people who work from home don’t invest in good furniture because they see it as an unnecessary expense, but it’s important! Choose a desk and chair that are comfortable and functional. You’ll be using them every day—you deserve to love them.

Need some help picking out the perfect frames for your goals? Frame Warehouse can help! Visit our online shop or give us a call.

3 Ways to Frame Your Favorite Instagram Snaps

Instagram has quickly become one of the most popular social media networks—and for good reason. The app is brimming with gorgeous images of anything you could ever imagine, from trees and flowers to fashion’s latest trends to architecture to portraits of daily life. If you’re an avid Instagram photographer, why not mine your profile for images you can frame? These photos can bring personal flair and a bit of sentimental value to your home’s décor.

Create a Gallery Wall

A gallery wall is a classic way to showcase your photos. Try white frames with white mats in odd numbered rows for a clean, crisp look. This timeless look is wonderful for showcasing color and black and white photos alike.

Get Creative with Your Framing

If you want something a bit more eclectic than the clean lines of an orderly gallery wall set in rows, get creative by mixing frame styles and sizes and hanging them at different angles from one another. The best way to create a cluster of frames is to arrange them on the floor first, to get the design right, and then hang them.

Take Your Photos off the Wall

If you’re really feeling adventurous and want to add some dimension to your space, try making a mobile. Use small frames with glass on both sides so that you can frame two photos back to back, ensuring that your mobile is gorgeous from any angle. Hang the frames from twine or another textured yet strong material. Hanging the frames at the same length in a straight line along a wall is an interesting way to create depth, while hanging them at different lengths and in a cluster can add some drama to your room.

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