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Two Gorgeous Literary Maps for Framing

The Literary City, by Ian Huebert for the San Francisco Chronicle As you've probably gathered, we're way into map décor around here. My favorite maps for framing tend to depict more than just physic...

Rectangular Frame Arrangement

The trend in hanging art lately seems to run towards walls of mismatched frames clustered devil-may-care to create an amorphous arrangement. It's a look we often love, though we admit this photo felt ...

Inspiration: Framed Flowers

Certainly we think of flower arranging as an art, but we've never considered literally treating bouquets as artworks, by framing them as one would frame a painting. It's an interesting way to use the ...

How To: Create Gallery Style Shadowbox Frames

We recently went frame shopping for small frames in which to display some of our favorite Polaroid pictures. We wanted to avoid covering the edges of the photograph, as that is one of the appeals of P...

Cheap Pete's

We get asked all the time about inexpensive ways to frame art. Our answers have run the gamut from super-cheap, cheap, inexpensive, and on and on. But, for some reason Cheap Pete's has never been pro...

Good Questions: Framing Posters for Easy Swap-Outs?

AT:SF, I have an extensive collection of Cuban Movie Posters that I want to start displaying in my home, which has a good amount of wall (and ceiling!) space......

SF Good Questions: Art Framing Materials on a Budget?

Dear AT:SF, I need your help! I recently found an absolutely gorgeous art work on Etsy done on hand-made paper. The edges are quite uneven and the paper itself is very much part of the artwork. The se...

Roundup: Ways to Display Art

Close-Up!: Natalie and Nicholas' Framed Photos Today, my friends, we have for you a roundup of ways to display art. We've pulled a lot of ideas from our archives, so do jump below to take a peek. ...

Plexiglas Wall of Photos

Earlier this week we blogged this wall of photos at Palihouse -- and completely forgot that a couple of years ago Anh-Minh made a great wall of photos using Plexiglas......

Inspiration: Wall of Photos at Palihouse

Yes, we know Palihouse is actually in AT:LA territory, but we can't get this wall of photos out of our heads......

Look!: Wall of Photos at 1300 on Fillmore

We love the wall of photos we saw recently at 1300 on Fillmore, a new restaurant devoted to honoring the storied Jazz Age for which the Fillmore area is known. Now we're curious, would anyone want to ...

Look!: "Floating" Artwork on Decorative Paper

We found this image in the comments section of our post on Paper Source. AT Curer Goodnightdean "floated" her artwork on high-quality paper, rather than using matboard. Click below for the how-to....

Close-Up!: Natalie and Nicholas' Framed Photos

A couple of months ago our sister site ran a House Tour of a Melbourne family's cool home. In LA House Tour: Natalie, Nicholas and Arthur's Circus, the framed photos above the bed caught our eye. We...

Look!: Our "Hacked" Ork Poster

We finally got around to framing our San Francisco Ork poster this weekend and wanted to post the results. Instead of getting it custom framed, we made a few adjustments to cut costs while achieving t...

January Best Posts: Framing Options, How to Re-Paint Furniture and Give MCM Flair to Your DIY Furniture

January was Artwork Month on AT. In San Francisco, we hosted a successful Art Auction that benefitted Drawbridge, a local arts program for homeless children. We also had the opportunity to peek i...