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Posters to finish my coworker's office makeover

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:21:33 -0800

One of my developers just had got an "office makeover" (mostly a much needed paint job), and now has about a half dozen Ikea RIBBA frames on the walls. Unfortunately, he hasn't figured out what to put in them. Fortunately, we're all here to help him out. I'm looking for suggestions on what I can print out and stick in there when he's gone this week. We're an e-commerce company selling flower bulbs and gardening products, so anything that's either over-the-top geeky or over-the-top flowery would be perfect.

Bonus points for images that work well in the square aspect ratio, match the blue walls/b&w frames, and/or give the frames a theme. Additional bonus points for anything wide format that fits into 4 of the frames that are all in a horizontal row.

Looking for advice on my DIY framing project

Afroblanco — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:32:57 -0800

I have a number of unframed art prints and posters, and would like to do the framing myself. What advice do you have for me? I'm not looking to do anything fancy -- just simple black frames and plexiglass. In the past, I've gone to frame shops for this, but they're always really expensive, and this seems like a DIY-able task. I've never done any framing before, so I would appreciate any advice you have to offer. This could include :

1) Basic knowledge and instructions (and good places to find such)
2) Tricks, hints, protips, "wish-I-would-have-knowns"
3) Recommendations on materials and tools
4) Good places to buy materials and tools. I'm open to buying online or in-person. I live in San Fransisco, if that makes a difference.
5) ... anything else you might think of!

Thanks!

How do you hang things without leaving a mark?

zardoz — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:13:31 -0800

How do I hang things on the walls of my apartment without making holes/leaving marks? My apartment has plain white walls (with a kind of textured wallpaper; it's not smooth). I've got small stuff and heavy stuff that I'd like to hang up on the wall, from small picture frames to large, somewhat heavy piece of cloth.

I'm renting, so I obviously can't do whatever I'd like to the walls, and when I move out, they should be as clean as when I moved in. So no nail holes and the like. Or as an alternative, I'd chance making holes if I could patch it up when I move out, but given the textured pattern of the wallpaper, that may be tricky to do.

Any advice how to hang things? And a secondary question: how would you go about hanging a length of cloth about 3 feet wide by 5 feet long, lengthwise along the wall? Wires? Hooks?

L7

milarepa — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:26:09 -0800

I have four relatively large photographs I need framed. Where in new york city can I get a good deal? Two pictures are about 20x24 and the two others are a bit bigger. I went to the frame shop close to me and they quoted me ~250 each. I'd prefer not spending a thousand dollars to get them all framed. Can anyone recommend a place I can go? Or, alternatively, something else I could do?

Is this a good deal for a frame and print?

disillusioned — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:45:39 -0800

Is this a good deal for a frame & print? I would like to have this photo framed and printed. Flickr's partnered up with ImageKind and they seem to offer pretty good deals... ...as framing seems to be universally ridiculous.

Here's the pricing breakdown for the options I selected:

Finished size: 33.3" x 25.3"
Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308: 24.0" x 16.0" $31.99
Frame: Gallery Black, 1.63" width, ID: 601 $42.85
Top Mat: Matte White, ID: 1058, Width: 2.5", conservation $17.08
Middle Mat: Jet Black, ID: 1001, conservation $17.08
Bottom Mat: Matte White, ID: 1058, conservation $17.08
Glazing: Non-glare Acrylic, ID: 5 $44.80
Fitting and assembly $21.08

My Total: $191.96

So I'm looking at about $205 out the door, once it's shipped.

The other places I've looked at briefly don't have as nice of tools and seem to charge even more... I'm not really looking to roll my own, so is this about as good as I'll find?

Also, is there anything else I should consider with this? I'm alternating Matte White, Jet Black, Matte White for a three-matte option, because I think they're neutral and draw the eye to the piece, but criticism is welcome.

Also, I touched this up from this original... I really liked the potential the photo had, but thought it needed to pop a bit more. Thoughts?

Sticky pictures

BigBrownBear — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:23:34 -0800

How do i get photos to unstick to the glass in picture frames? We have lots of nice photos that glue themselves to the glass and we can't get them off without tearing part of the picture? Why does this happen and is there a way to save them?

Framed!

josh — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:15:54 -0800

Framed! I'm moving into a new apartment, and I have about three dozen pictures, posters, and prints that I'd like to frame. Has anybody discovered an inexpensive way to frame pictures? Is it possible to frame them yourself, by, say, getting glass cut at the hardware store? The last picture I got framed cost nearly $90, which was way too expensive.