Enhance Your Art with a Floater Frame

Art makes you feel something, and a great frame is an extension of that experience. Whether you are looking for the perfect photo frames or frames for canvas paintings or prints, here’s why the floater frame should be on your shortlist.

What Is a Floater Frame?

A floater frame is defined by its three-dimensional, floating feel. It is much deeper than a traditional frame, with a concave or convex curve or angle. Floater frames draw the eye toward the artwork from many angles to make even understated pieces pop.
It works best for art on canvas, although they can help any similar work of art reach its full visual potential. Consider a set for beloved trio of photos or even a grandchild’s watercolor.

Benefits of Floater Frames
• Protection – They fit intentionally loose around a canvas to avoid scuffing from the frame or those passing by
• Nothing obscures the art – The frame fits around and behind, not over the art
• A Floating appearance – It doesn’t touch the visible part of the frame when hanging, so art appears to float on all sides by a 1/8″, for example. Note: The floating appearance is more pronounced with mounted canvas, less so when use as photo frames.
• Simplicity – Floater frames do not include a matte. It is just the frame, the art, and its admirers.
• A powerful multi-dimensional look- The frame is deep, so as you walk slowly from the side of the artwork to facing it, the art reveals itself like a gift unwrapped based upon your perspective.

How to Get Floater Frames Customized
Get frames customized online to almost any dimension, so the frame always looks like it was meant for the art it displays. Choose a style and enter the dimensions to create your custom floater frame. We ship almost any frame for just $10.

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Framing Tips For The 3 Most Popular Design Styles

Framing Tips For The 3 Most Popular Design Styles | Frame Warehouse

Design Styles that Fit the Frame!

Whether you are freshening up your décor or changing your entire design aesthetic, it is important to know some key elements of popular design styles. Accessories, including framed artwork, can make or break your style – but how do you know what frame to choose for your décor? Check out our tips for the 3 most popular design styles below:

Farmhouse Chic – Also referred to as rustic and refined, this design style is characterized by layering old with new, texture, and weathered wood. When choosing a frame for this design style, consider using wood frames like Frame Warehouse’s Light Brown Barnwood or Brown/Grey Barnwood. Mix in black frames to achieve the old with new and be sure to hang and lean your frames to achieve that layered look.

Minimalism – A minimalist design aesthetic emphasizes the notion that less is more and pays attention to function over form. For this reason, clean lines and grid patterns are essential and a gallery wall is a must. Some key elements to think about when choosing a frame for this style are quality, simplicity, white space, light wood, and some metallics. Frame Warehouse’s Blonde Maple is perfect for the organic feel of minimalist design, while the Stainless Silver is ideal for reflecting natural light. Customize your artwork with a white matte for that extra white space!

Maximalism – In complete contrast to minimalism, maximalism embraces the sentiment that more is more. Characterized by bright colors, patterns, eclectic furniture and textures, maximalism allows for everything that minimalism doesn’t. Often you will find colorful artwork framed in gold metallic next to an heirloom portrait framed in a chunky blue frame. When choosing frames for this style, think bold, colorful, and metallic. Frame Warehouse has several frames to choose from for this style including the 3 ½” Gold Ornate, Gold with Mahogany Panel, and frames in colors like blue, orange, and yellow.

No matter what your style, the trend in 2020 is quality. Invest in a custom frame that will preserve your artwork or family photo for a lifetime. Let the experts at Frame Warehouse help you choose just the right frame for your project and your design style! Already know what you need? Visit our online framing shop and get just the right frame sent to you in just a few clicks! Order now and get $5 shipping on all-ready-made frames and $10 shipping on custom framing!

Creating Cozy this Holiday Season

‘Tis the season to curl up next to the fire and create cozy in your home.  Do you find yourself scrolling through Pinterest in hopes of inspiration to create your own winter wonderland? Frame Warehouse has some ideas surrounding this seasonal challenge to help you spend more time enjoying your home.

Find Your Theme

Just like your favorite book, give your room a theme. You can think vintage, cabin life, lodge retreat or traditional for your holiday ideas. Find a place to store your inspiration and then move on to the next step.

Pick Your Colors

Colors can be one of the most challenging in every area of design, creation or art, but don’t get bogged down on this magical step. Try to keep your main colors to two or three and throw in a wild card to use a splash of.

One Central Focal Point

Find your main focal point in the room, maybe a fire place, large piece of furniture or an amazing mirror. Place your decorations, pillows and frames throughout the room bringing the eye back to the focal point and staying true to your selected colors.

When it comes to choosing a frame remember to pick your color or material that fits well in your holiday theme. Will your large framed holiday canvas be the show stopper? Did your family member create a magical piece that will hang proudly on your wall? Mix in small frame styles or steal the show with a beautiful frame to bring cozy into your home this holiday season. You can shop our selection of frames and frame packages online or in our stores throughout North and South Carolina. Find your frame here www.framewarehouse.net.

Closet Purge & Things To Frame

Closet Purge and What To Frame | Frame Warehouse | Charlotte NC

With spring cleaning comes the question as old as the tradition itself: What should you treasure and what should you toss? In some cases, discarding an old keepsake stuffed in the back of a closet feels akin to betrayal. It’s hard let go. Subsequently, a good cleaning is not as thorough as you had hoped. However, framing provides a way to hold onto some of those dusty treasures while simultaneously giving them a fresh purpose.

Some of your junk may be hidden art. If you have saved magazines for nostalgic reasons, for instance, take a fresh look at the covers. You may discover one that would look great in a frame. Another example: Every car compartment used to be stuffed with road maps. And National Geographic printed beautiful wall maps from across the globe. If you still have a few that evoke happy travel memories, imagine how they would look in your den.

A few more ideas to get your mind thinking creatively about framing possibilities:

  • Artistic book jackets
  • Songbook covers or song sheets
  • Vinyl records and album covers
  • Photocopied and enlarged stamps
  • Old handwritten letters
  • A child’s first grade progress report

Frame worthy pieces are not limited to flat objects. Consider any items stuck in the back of a drawer that, if framed, would add a nice touch to a den or bedroom.

  • Scout and hiking patches
  • Sea shells
  • Race t-shirts and medals
  • Buttons of every size and color
  • Vintage tableware like silver knives and forks

As you encounter items during your cleaning effort, look at them in a different light. Are they serving any purpose packed in a storage bin? See them as what they are: potential items brought back to life in an ideal frame.

Frame Warehouse has 12 locations in North and South Carolina with endless options for your framing needs.  You can shop us in-store or online.

 

Source:

https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/8-things-you-never-thought-to-frame-but-should-48463#shell-decor

Frames, The History Behind Them

History Behind Frames | Frame Warehouse | Charlotte NC

Art frames are a relatively recent introduction into civilization. Among the earliest evidence of framed artwork was discovered in Egypt. A mummy’s tomb dating to the second century included a framed portrait of the dearly departed. It’s believed the portrait hung in the person’s house and was transported to the tomb when its owner died.

Scant other evidence of art frames exists until the late Middle Ages. Until then, most artwork was reserved for the very rich or for institutions like churches. Art was applied directly to a wooden panel covered with linen and a liquid binding agent. Pieces were massive, heavy, and hung in a prominent location. Therefore, they were rarely moved from their original spot.

Then, in fifteenth century Florence, Italy, a rich banker commissioned a painting in which the art was separate from the frame. Other Florentine painters followed suit, and the practice of using art frames grew. Frame makers never became as famous as painters like Rembrandt, but they were considered artists as well. They commanded the respect of painters, who saw them as an integral part of the creative process. Two styles of frames—tabernacle and cassetta, were most common. Tabernacle frames looked like the outlines of buildings with very ornate “roofs.” Cassetta frames were also ornate, but they were rectangular and thus more like frames we see today.

Frame styles have evolved along with other art trends. They are no longer as ornate or cumbersome as they were 500 years ago. Yet, frames come in a wide variety of styles and materials to complement any artwork. Most significant of all, framed art is not just for the very wealthy. It is accessible to everyone, providing a cost-effective way to appreciate any art or treasure. You can frame almost anything, for next to nothing with the Frame Warehouse.

Source:

https://lauramorelli.com/history-of-picture-frames/

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Home Decorating Trends Using Picture Frames

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When you’re looking for ways to spruce up your home, there are several fun ways to do so with the use of picture frames. Whether you want to display photos in these frames or leave them empty, keep the following decorating ideas in mind for your home.

Wall Collage

Dress up a plain wall with a collage made of picture frames. Use frames of all different sizes to make an eye-catching arrangement on your wall. If you’re leaving them empty, you can put smaller frames inside larger ones for an even more visually interesting effect.

Oversized Frames

Oversized picture frames that are left empty can be a great way to draw attention to large vases or other oversized decor items in your home. Lean the frame against the wall around the item as a way to highlight it. You can also accentuate a smaller frame, painting or other work of art on walls by placing an oversized empty photo frame around it.

Color-Themed Frames

Choose frames in a specific color theme, such as frames that are different shades of a certain color or frames in warm or cool color tones. You can also do a black and white theme or a gold and silver one. Whether you leave the frames empty or put photos in them, you’ll add instant visual appeal to this part of your home.

Art Gallery 

Turn a plain hallway in your home into an art gallery with some carefully placed photo frames. Fill these frames with art pieces rather than photos, and hang them in a row along the walls of your hallway.

Need help finding the perfect picture frame?  The Frame Warehouse has years of experience and frame experts to help you with your framing needs.  Shop our high quality frames online or visit one of our 12 locations in North and South Carolina.

New Frames Are All You Need

New Art Frames

It’s the New Year and life is full of new goals including many that enhance your home. You may have large renovation projects on your list, but don’t forget about those easy and quick upgrades like photo and art framing in 2019.

Frames can make art have a completely different look or bring a focal point to a boring or outdated wall. Maybe your wall has a gallery of wooden frames that you completed years ago. Have you thought about switching out your photo frames? What would your wall look like with a mixture of metals or a different color of frames to match your new rug in your living room?

If you don’t want to completely change the look you have fallen in love with for years take your main frame in your gallery and give it a frame upgrade. It’s an inexpensive way, especially if you frame with the Frame Warehouse, to update your gallery.

Don’t forget to change out your photos for a fresh look. Changing your photos out in a few of your frames that are not custom are also a great way for a fresh look.

Not sure where to look for a new set of photo or art frames? Shop Frame Warehouse online or at any of our 12 locations in North and South Carolina and browse through hundreds of selections of high-quality frames. We have a dedicated team eager to help you check off your list of to-dos in 2019 with a new set of frames.

Pairing Your Holiday Art

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Color combinations have left many scratching their head for years. It’s no wonder many people seek help when pairing their art with frame colors. This holiday season the Frame Warehouse has tips to help you pair with those classic holiday colors.

You can always turn to a classic pairing to be assured you won’t go wrong. If your art has multicolors throughout or more than three think about pairing with pure white and crimson. These color combinations say holiday and also help bring calm to a canvas that may be very busy. You can make your mat the crimson or pure white. If you choose to have the mat crimson pairing with a white frame outlines the artwork beautifully.

Don’t forget about wood frames. The Frame Warehouse has a large selection of wood frames to choose from. Wooden frames with strawberry red and apple green artwork can be used for a youthful feel or vintage look if paired with a weathered frame.

Metallics are huge looks around the holidays including the New Year. You can give your art a completely different vibe with the use of gold or silver frames. Many people choose to keep the same style of finish as found throughout their home.

The holidays are a great time to through a dash of red or blue on your walls with an amazing frame or mat. You can shop for the perfect frame from the comfort of your home by visiting our website www.framewarehouse.net or bundle up and visit one of our 12 locations in North or South Carolina.