Get the Wallpaper, Hold the Glue
Wallpaper is back. Not your parents’ wallpaper with messy installations that “wrapped” entire rooms in the stuff, but rather as wall ‘art’ with custom framed wallpaper panels. There are a huge variety of wallpaper designs available these days, from classic florid to modern abstract, to…
Top Custom Diploma Framing Tips
Since we’ve seen a huge up-tick in demand for diploma framing this year, we wanted to offer custom diploma-framing shoppers our top tips. Follow these guidelines to make sure you’re happy with the final result – and not paying to re-frame your diploma down the…
Paper & Fabric Framing: Circular Wall Art
This woven-paper artwork (“circulo de papel”) is a show-stopper — but also poses design and practical challenges when framing for display. Evoking techniques from the Oaxacan people of ancient Mexico, the delicate weaving is partially see-through — so the mat upon which it is mounted…
More framing techniques for small artwork
We used a ‘gallery style’ picture frame to make this 7″x7″ piece of abstract art (center of frame) stand large. First, we “float” the actual piece of artwork up about 1/4″ inch uniformly off the surface. We then used a wide, tone-on-tone mat (meaning the…
Unique Framing for Small Painting
The dimension of the canvas in these images is only 6×6 inches — and 4 inches deep! In order to showcase the unique dimensions of this piece, we used a 3.5 inch deep floater frame presentation. The frame is “Spencer Float, Gold and Black” from Larson…
Versatile, Aged Steel Frame Styles
As we ready for the return of the Houston Rodeo and Livestock show, we wanted to showcase this Western photography piece, featuring Larson Juhl’s 1.5 inch “Anvil Aged Steel” as an outer frame. The piece is wrapped for delivery, so please see frame detail images,…
Protecting Your Art and Photos
Frame it once, frame it right You may not be thinking about protection when you’re anxious to put a nice piece of art on the wall. But we see the tragic results of saving a few dollars and cutting corners — and ignoring protection —…
Great Video on Gallery Walls: Tips & Tricks
This is a terrific method for designing a gallery wall from artist and art instructor Michelle Theberge — AND a great method for actually getting that design ON the wall! Thanks, Michelle!
Office Makeovers for a New Year
Your office is your home away from home. Given how many hours you spend there during the week, why not give it the makeover that it deserves? Custom framing can add that wow that you’ve been looking for while on the clock. One way that…
Valentine’s Day – Great Framing Gifts
Why not frame something they love this Valentine’s Day? In lieu of (or addition to!) traditional flowers or chocolate, why not give a personalized gift? From cherished family photographs to mementos of your relationship, to hand-made artwork expressing love — Fastframe Houston can frame it….
Framing Tips for Astros in World Series
They’re back — and soon they’ll “take it back!” Tips from the Astros 2017 World Series: When the Astros became WS champs in 2017, we watched demand for framed posters, newspaper covers, and Astros “stuff” of all kinds go through the roof. Quickly, that “stuff”…
The Marketing Power of Wall Decor
According to the American Marketing Association (AMA), marketing is defined as ‘…the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large’. Ummm, ok…maybe we can put this more simply: marketing…
Don’t Throw your Kid’s Art in a Box!
School’s about out for summer. To paraphrase the great refrain from Alice Cooper’s iconic anthem, and as the year wraps up, our little ones come bearing treasures from Art Class. Most of us can’t bring ourselves to throw all their creativity out, nor should we!…
Gallery Walls – There are no rules!
Over the years I’ve read many articles on the ‘right’ way to do gallery walls in your home. Opinions are all over the board: meticulously lay out a grid so your wall doesn’t look cluttered or thrown together, start with a theme, or set a…
Pop Art
Very fun pop art Big Wheel lithograph with bold primary colors for a child’s room. And just because it’s awesome, for those who don’t remember or who weren’t around, the Big Wheel has been around for a looooooong time!
New Metallic Frame Line
Larson Juhl’s Perimeter line of metallic picture frames reflects leading edge interior design trends. Counters and back-splashes sheathed in granite or marble make way for mixed surfaces, and stainless steel gray loses favor to copper, un-lacquered brass, white bronze — metals that grow old with…
Ultra Violet: Color Of The Year
So maybe the Vikings won’t get to sport purple jerseys in the Superbowl, and maybe it has been 34 years since Prince released “Purple Rain,” but make no mistake, Purple is back. Ultra Violet, to be exact. The Pantone Color Institute not only publishes a…
Spring Colors: Bold Trend Continues
Each year, Pantone, the company that defines color — reports on design color trends. Drawing on fashion prototypes and the latest graphic design, Pantone tends to spot some of the tones and shades that will be “in” for the next few years. This year, the…
Textured Mats for Art Framing
This cool retro anime piece designed with a silver washed blue tinted frame and a really unusual chambray tweed mat — which adds a textural and tonal aesthetic to the piece. Simple doesn’t have to be boring! Fabric in framing examples:
We Frame All Textiles
From cloth sports jerseys, to needle-point, to heavy textiles, such as this rug, we can professionally mount, protect, and frame it. This classic beaded rug (pictured) is mounted on black linen, and surrounded in a Bella frame with Moroccan-reminiscent relief patterns. A gold fillet (seen…
Houston Marathon Medal Framing
Congrats to my oldest on the completion of his first ever Houston Marathon yesterday! He was a hurtin’ pup, but with a huge sense of accomplishment. We’ll be shadow-box framing his Houston Marathon medal and some photos we took at the event, We’ll share some…
Linen Mats Add Flair to Custom Framing
If you thought mats were flat and boring, you were wrong! This original charcoal features a top, dark-olive linent mat, with a black bottom mat and filet to match the Larson-Juhl frame. Non-reflective, premium museum glass tops of this elegant piece. Also see: Framing Photography
After Christmas Shopping?
We have a limited supply of window-display pieces for sale while they last. Call or message us for availability, or stop by either store (Westheimer & Shepherd, Woodway & Voss) and see inventory in person.
Thank You, Houston!
Thank you, Houston, for all your business and support in 2017. We wish you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2018.
In a Holiday Moo’d?
Maybe cow or western art doesn’t always scream “Christmas,” but that’s no reason not to give the gift of custom framing. At Fastframe there is still time to frame in time Christmas, or to order gift certificates. And we know we’re milking it, but we…