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American Frame
Category: Shopping Arts & Crafts Art Supplies Art Supplies [Edit]
400 Tomahawk DrMaumee, OH 43537
(419) 893-5595
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
8 reviews for American Frame
8 reviews in English
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Review from Luciano K.
Jackson Heights, NY
1/20/2012
I had a large frame without mat, acrylic or backing so I went to Michaels and they wanted to charge me $300. I decided to go online and I was able to order these 3 items for $70, the items arrived on time and the fit my frame perfectly.
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Review from Katie B.
Chicago, IL
9/28/2010
Those old photos you found, that concert poster in its lonely poster tube at the back of your closet, that quirky thing you bought at an art fair last summer... the projects you've been putting off the longest - framing. You keep saying you'll DIY, but then you thought:
- It's too expensive
- I'll never be able to assemble the frame
- I don't even like that band anymore (I can't help you with this one)
That's the thing about framing, when you have a company like AmericanFrame.Com, it's not that hard!
Their framing tutorials (called "framing basics") are the best thing on the internet, for realsies. They spell out every step from measuring your artwork, to ordering your frame, to the very last steps of the framing process. The site has this cool feature where you can upload a picture of your artwork and play around with different frames. You order the framer bars in pairs and each pair is about $8 to $20 depending on your size and style. Compare this to $150 frame job in a store!
I have definitely used AmericanFrame.Com for those back burner scenarios of a concert poster collecting dust after being moved from apartment to apartment. However, the last three times I have used them have been framing emergencies. The artwork I need to frame is extremely heavy, oddly-shaped, and three-dimensional. Twice now I have had about one week to have the pieces ready for the gallery. Both times the frames were delivered within a few days of ordering even though they were custom cut to fit my super weird dimensions!
When framing, I am usually in a studio and not near a computer so I can't follow the online tutorials, but luckily the paper instructions are incredibly clear with photos and text to guide along. Metal framer bars need to be assembled, but their wood frames come completely done! I recommend the "canvas floater frame" in black and the wood floater frames.
AmericanFrame.Com is based in Ohio and they do all of the woodworking and metal-cutting there. Last year I had to call them in a panic before a gallery opening and they could not have been more helpful on the phone. I had to change my order from a 2-3 day delivery to an overnight and it was just done.
I am so impressed with this company - the selection, the service, the product. Time to drag out those old posters and get ready to do some redecorating! -
Review from Adam W.
4/21/2011
Extremely satisfied customer after multiple orders.
The web site is very easy to work with. You can select frame material/style/matting/glazing and view various combinations for price and appearance. Orders arrive quickly. The frames and materials are securely packed and will show up in good shape. Prices are reasonable and shipping is free for orders over $50. -
Review from Kevin S.
San Francisco, CA
7/19/2006 1 photo
How is my home like a great museum? In many museums, you can see works of art that are worth less than the delicate, antique frames that surround them. Oddly, the same is true for many living rooms--you can pay a decent price for a print or photograph, and easily double the price for a frame. Case in point: IQ and I bought an antique travel poster for 80 bucks at the Alameda flea market. To frame it is going to cost me another 200 bucks if I take it to a shop.
Framing *anything* is expensive as hell if you go to a shop. I hate paying more for the frame than for the piece.
American Frame makes and sells a great selection of do-it-yourself framing kits in just about any style, color, and material you can imagine. You can go to their website, select a frame, select a matt, and choose several options among backing materials and glass or plexi coverings, and they will ship it all directly to you from their factory here in greater Toledo. Better yet, if you live in the area, you can just pick it up at their office.
The website even allows you to upload a picture of the item you're framing so you can see how colors, widths, and mattes will look with your art. Frames come with all the hardware you need to put the frame together, and you can ask that they send wire for hanging as well.
Tip--the foamcore backing and the plexi or glass covering will be most expensive to ship--the frame components themselves will ship relatively cheaply in a long box. You might do better to buy those two pieces at a cheap local shop and order every thing else from
American Frame. -
Review from Sarah S.
San Francisco, CA
10/23/2007
I'm really bummed that I had to take two stars off, cuz I really like this place's selection and friendly employees.
A week after ordering, I called just to check the status of the order, and they told me the frames I wanted were out of stock, and that I should have gotten a call or email about it ( I hadn't gotten either ).
So I looked for different frames that I wanted, and asked if they could comp or reduce expedited shipping, seeing as how I was now in a time constraint because they hadn't let me know the items were out of stock, but they could not. And it just wasn't really worth the extra 50$ for expedited shipping, when I was ordering standard sizes I could get here in town fairly easily.
So I had to cancel the order - if I use American Frame again, I'll be sure to call to make sure everything is in stock asap I guess.
^Update^
These guys are great. When I called about getting a rush order, they were able to get all 11 frames that I ordered to San Francisco within a few days ( Although rush shipping is a killer!). I was also relieved to find that every frame, mat, and plexiglass sheet had been cut perfectly, and arrived in great shape.
Instead of having expensive custom framing done for my artwork, I was able to pay the same, or even less, than what I would expect a standard store bought size frame would cost. The metal frames are so easy to assemble, and the clean simplicity of the frame I chose was a perfect look. -
Review from Ashley P.
Manhattan, NY
8/2/2011
I discovered American Frame online while looking for some less expensive options for custom framing some large prints that a friend had done for my boyfriends new office. He works at a law firm so we needed something that at least looked expensive even if it wasn't :-)
American Frame's website was extremely user friendly and the products were SO affordable! I really appreciated that if the customer was willing to put in a little work (attaching hanging hardware, putting the pieces together), that you could get quality materials for a reasonable price!
Customer service was also excellent -- they did not have my requested mat in stock so they emailed me the day after I placed my order letting me know and suggesting a replacement. I took their suggestion and in less than a week I had the frames at my door. For free shipping that's not bad at all!
The frames were extremely easy to assemble with great instructions and look amazing. Even the plexiglass (they do not ship glass) looks stellar and you would never know it's not glass. I will DEFINITELY do business with American Frame again! -
Review from Teresa M.
San Francisco, CA
12/24/2009
I just ordered 3 21 3/4 x 15 framed prints of my photos and the finished products look amazing. I'm very happy with the results!!! I look forward to framing all of my photos through this company. Thank you!
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Review from g. m.
Brooklyn, NY
5/20/2010
I ordered two large frames from their site after going over every detail painfully to make sure I got it right (even cheap frames are expensive). When they arrived I was dismayed to find them a 1/4" too small (for standard 32x40 watercolor paper). When I called them up, I was told I hadn't accounted for the lip of the frame. This would be fine if the website mad ANY mention this. I followed the directions explicitly and even loaded the image up to see my supposed preview, and their was no cropping. The problem was that if you choose to have no mat, their automatic frame size software doesn't take into account the size of the lip of the frame. I asked to talk to a manager, whom I told that I had followed every direction, but was told that they would not replace or refund any of the cost of the plexi (the bulk of the cost as it was oversized and UV coated). I eventually was offered a 20% discount on a new frame, but considering the problem was on their end, I was pretty disgusted. It would be like ordering shoes online by entering in your foot size, have them send a shoe smaller than your foot, then being told I should have known that their software only calculates the width of the shoe material in if you order the free socks as well!
Now I have two $100+$ frames that are too small for my paper.
They are cheap and you get what you pay for.
