5 New Ideas for Wall Installs

You spend a lot of time choosing artwork for your walls. But how much time do you spend thinking about how to hang it? There are many options out there, and if you take the time to expressly arrange your wall decor, it will reflect your style even better.

A grid pattern gives a series of small pieces a bigger impact.
Photo credit: House of Turquoise 

Think horizontal.
Photo credit: Design Sponge

A different take on a grid.

Arrange your artwork in a clock pattern.
To add interest, mix in other items such as plates or baskets.  
Photo credit: Thing That Inspire

Free form can be a great way to go.
Photo credit: Solid Frog

Lovely Leaning

Art doesn't always require hanging. Sometimes leaning it in a strategic place is the best option. Here are a few examples to get you started....

Source: Desire to Inspire

Source: Two Ellie

Source: Desire to Inspire

Source: Sorakeem

Wonderful Walls

We've seen some great new ways to hang art - some ideas that are downright different. In our tireless effort to cyber-inspire, this week we're bringing you a small selection of our "outside the box" collection of Wall Installs....

Source: Out Came the Sun

Source: Sparkling Gances

Source: Things That Inspire

Source: Amanda J

Source: Design Darling

Source: Solid Frog

Say 'I Do' to Framing

Framing your wedding portrait is a highly personal and important milestone to preserve. We've come across several innovative ideas lately that have made us stand up and take notice. Wedding season is just around the corner, so these ideas come at the perfect time...

Before your wedding photo shoot, come see us to choose the frame you'll be using to frame your portrait. We'll build a prop for you to use, and then we'll frame the final photo in that very same frame.

Photo courtesy of Meliisa Hume Photography.

Let us provide frames of your choosing to deck out your wedding guest photo booth. This interactive family photo wall features snapshots of family members. Guests can pose in empty frames, becoming part of the family history.

Photo courtesy of Bride.net

And last, but certainly not least, choose several frames from our stock to use as props for your bridal party photo session.

Photo courtesy of Forget Me Knot Weddings

Headboard Frames

Think custom framing is just for art? Think again! Here's a clever way of customizing your personal retreat in a way you might not have thought of. Create a headboard that's just your style.

Gorgeous headboard that can incorporate the fabric of your choosing.
Courtesy of Sunset Magazine

Here's a different take on the same idea.
Notice the use of several frames
to create the correctly sized headboard.
Courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens

Just a change of fabric can totally change the look of your room.
Courtesy of Fab Rehab Creations

Love the placement and the unobtrusive art.
Courtesy of The Painted Hive

Love how this "headboard" follows the roof line.
It draws your eye to the most interesting architectural feature of the room.

The grid effect gives this headboard a graphic structure
that really helps to anchor the bed.

A New Direction in Wall Decor: Maps

We've framed our share of maps, so when we see a new treatment, we can't help but get a little excited. Try these on for size...

Great treatment for a Valentine or Honeymoon - frame a memory of your favorite place.

 

Map of Italy. So clever!

Cut a map and frame it up - create a striking installation.

A map diptych.

The Art of Framing

We're always talking about how framing makes everything look better. Here's a good example. Whether it's vintage wallpapers or your favorite complimentary fabrics, a grouping like this makes a statement. Plus, it can be an economical way of procuring "art."

So... what kind of statement will you make?

Courtesy BHG.

Vintage wallpapers from the Groninger Museum, The Netherlands

Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday is here. It's a great way to support local businesses that make our shopping landscape so unique, especially here in New Orleans.Framin' Place & Gallery, LLC has been a small business for over 30 years. We have an always will offer fun and unique items that spice up your home and make great gifts, too.

Like our red bean and rice ornaments...

"Red Beans & Rice" Ornaments - $6 each

Or  our "NOLA" and "Who Dat" stationery from NOLAlphabet. (Customized stationery is available, too!)

"NOLA" & "Who Dat" Stationery from NOLAlphabet
$15 / pack of 6 cards & envelopes), $20 for personalized orders.

And who can forget our "Mini Mirrors." They make a great salon grouping on a wall.

"Mini Mirrors" - $25 each

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From the very beginning we've known what an integral part our loyal customers play in our success. We appreciate you! And we hope to see you on Small Business Saturday.

Excerpt from The Art of the Picture Frame by Jacob Simon

“The picture frame has existed for as long as pictures have been moveable. Any moveable painting required a frame to protect it. Even a fixed painting set in panelling needed some sort of framework. The idea of a framing device is older than the picture frame, however, and many early wall paintings and frescoes were given a containing painted or architectural framework.

The frame may have started out as a form of protection but its visual and symbolic purposes soon became equally important. Such purposes are not constant but vary with time and place. The frame separates the work of art from its surroundings and may help focus the viewer’s attention. At the same time it can actually unite a work with its surroundings by forming a transition or a link to other works or to the wider setting. The frame can become part of the setting itself when it is designed to fit into an architectural scheme. More obviously, the frame is usually intended to enhance a picture visually and, occasionally, iconographically. Sometimes the frame is used to draw attention to a work as an object of value or reverence; such a frame may not necessarily enhance it in visual terms, but can contribute to its symbolic significance. The frame marks out a picture as a picture, that is as an illusion rather than reality.”

The Eyes Have It

If you're feeling lonely, this may be just the grouping for you! You'll always feel like someone's keeping an eye (or two) on you...

Photo courtesy of sfgirlbybay.