Moss Galleries

This month, we had the pleasure of working with Arta Custom Framing in Falmouth. We recently moved…read moreto Yarmouth, and had both art and heavy mirrors that needed to be hung properly in our new home. An acquaintance highly recommended this establishment, and we are glad that we stopped in for a visit. Abby talked with us about the items we were interested in hanging throughout the house, explained the Arta process for evaluating the artwork, mirrors and the structure of the walls, and explained what she considered to be most important components in this process. We set up an appointment to review the items within our house, and Paul scheduled a visit early in the week to do the work. We were thrilled with what Paul accomplished, his professionalism and the unique customer interface he brought to the task at hand. On another issue, Abby helped us to evaluate a recent art acquisition that was damaged in the US Postal system, and provided excellent analysis and advice. We most highly recommend Arta, and look forward to working with both Abby and Paul on framing and other art related opportunities in the days ahead.

From the owner: We are committed to delivering a unique and personal custom framing experience where you are…read moreengaged in the creative process. Browse our extensive collection of vintage maps & charts, photography & prints by local artists, and be surprised by our select home decor offerings.

Casco Bay Frames and Gallery

(6 reviews)

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What excellent service and artistry! They helped me pick out the best frame for my antique…read moreneedlepoint piece and when supply chain issues made that frame unavailable, they helped Me pick out another one. The piece looks stunning. The people are all artists in their own right which makes them the best possible people to help with framing. I highly recommend!

I had My Dallas Cowboys 70s Original Triplets Jersey Done here and I can't recommend a better place…read moreto have it Done, The Attention to details that I Wanted was done to perfection , To the personable and professional staff that got it Done. Thank You.

Grapheteria

(2 reviews)

So here's the deal. You probably don't always need custom framing. You may not need it for years…read moreand years. But one day, there'll be one special something. It could be a piece of art, a limited edition comic book, a quilt or a special piece of clothing from a passed loved one, a bunch of pressed flowers...whatever. Whatever that something is, you're going to want it framed a little better than what you can buy off the shelf at Target or Michael's. Maybe a lot better. Whatever. There's only one place to take it. Period. Grapheteria is a small shop with a small team. And they are hands-down the best framers you're going to find. Not in Portland. Not in Southern Maine. Not in New England. The best framers, period. Now, full disclosure, the folks at Grapheteria used to be a client of mine (lots of years ago). And they're definitely friends. And for all that, I write with full confidence that their work is worth every single penny, half penny, sickle, copper, coin, and/or cent you invest in a job with them. Because that's what it is - an investment. Every piece of custom-framed art we have in our home has been handled by the folks at Grapheteria and our home is better for it. Their process is conversational and intuitive while bearing in mind cost sensitivities and design preferences. They will guide young artists to lower cost options to make their work POP for a first show and still stay affordable and can help serious collectors with archival and museum-quality glass to preserve high-end artwork. I cannot recommend Lisa and Jim and their team highly enough. And the fact that Nat Geo photographers, nationally renowned painters and emerging artists all trust work to them should say volumes.

I am from out of town and needed an embroidery piece framed. I saw the other Yelp reviews and…read moredecided to give Grapheteria a try. Well, they could not have been more helpful, instructive and courteous! They said my piece would be ready in 2 weeks, and they were exactly right. When I saw it, I realized that they are very thorough and experts at what they do as the piece came out beautifully. My thanks to everyone for their help in getting my piece framed. It now hangs proudly in my dining room!

Maine Photo Works

4.3

(7 reviews)

Being new to having my artwork printed,I was slightly nervous about everything. Regan alleviated…read moremy fears with her calming way of explaining everything that I wanted to know! Her knowledge, expertise , and handling of my artwork was beyond my expectations! I have and will continue to highly recommend her for any printing needs!

I love working with this company! They suggested options as…read moremy images were not standard sizes, and were quick to check in with me/respond. Would recommend to anyone in the area.

Artist & Craftsman Supply

4.1

(23 reviews)

Don't be deceived by the outside: Artisans and Craftsman is essentially an ENORMOUS warehouse of…read moreevery art supply you could ever think of. My partner *loves* coming here because he usually finds exactly what he's looking for (... and a whole bunch of stuff he wasn't looking for, but it inspires him soOooOooo he has to get all of that too). For him, it's five stars. For me, the couple of times I've been to pick up/look for something... the employees have been so, so incredibly rude. Clearly, I don't give off an artsy vibe, and they know it. One particular time that haunts me: I asked about something specific and I used an alternative term for it (but still a correct term; I had to do a quick internet search after I left to see if I really had misspoken - I hadn't) and all four employees behind the counter just stared blankly at me. I repeated my question, explaining what I needed with context so they could visualize what I was talking about, and was met with "never heard of it", "that doesn't exist", "we don't carry anything like that". I eventually found what I was looking for on my own, and when I cashed out I was met with snickers and eyerolls. "Ohhhhhhh, you meant [other term]." I felt so ridiculed and awkward and unwelcome. For me, it's a one star.

They have a good selection of supplies. Love looking through the discontinued post cards. Bad…read morecustomer service, however. Waited a full minute before the female cashier with short auburn hair rang me up. Very stiff and refused to make eye contact, seemed bored and distracted, ringing me up for a smoke break. Next time I will purchase from Blick.

Mainely Maps, Frames & Gallery

4.0

(10 reviews)

This was the perfect spot to browse for a bit before the restaurant my wife and I wanted to visit…read morewasn't open yet. We could easily return and spend more time here too! If you visit definitely make sure to check out the lower level too. We saw fantastic art as well as lots and lots of maps and globes. With a large emphasis on local maps too which is awesome but it did feel like you could find a map of basically anywhere so great selection! Staff greeted people with a smile yet besides that we did not interact with anyone as we didn't buy anything. I truly am not well versed enough in any of this stuff to know its value and if the prices are good or bad here. I will say though it's definitely worth at least browsing!

Like a fun museum and art gallery where you get to buy stuff! :))…read more Had a nice long visit here and bought a beautiful New York map.

Merri Stitches

4.9

(8 reviews)

Top notch equipment and staff is very friendly. Location - 72 Mirona Rd UNIT 15, Portsmouth, NH…read more03801.

Merristitches is my happy place!! Always a fun class, beautiful fabrics and amazing sewing…read moremachines!!

Portland Pottery Supply

3.6

(7 reviews)

I recently moved from NYC to Portland, ME and passed Portland Pottery studio a few times since I…read morelive in the neighborhood and decided to join an intro course. They don't make it very clear in the lottery system if the ceramic class is for hand building or on a pottery wheel. I was not looking to learn anything on the wheel. However, I discovered on the first day that the class was in fact making pottery on the wheel. I decided to give it a go since I had already paid upwards of $300 for the entire course. In my first class, the instructor told me that I was going too slow and that I needed to apply more pressure on the clay. I was even worse in my second class because I have early arthritis symptoms and had severe pain in my wrist during and after the class. I felt like my fingers were getting locked and I was not able to apply pressure on the clay. And for the next 2-3 days after the class I experienced pain in my wrist and fingers. I emailed them about my problem in detail and asked if I can switch to hand building which didn't require working on a wheel. They offered me two choices - one I switch to hand building from mid session, meaning I have already missed 2-3 intro classes. Or I continue working on the wheel. But they can't carry forward my credit to the next round of classes. Neither of these choices made sense as I had no prior experience with hand building and I already told them I couldn't work on the wheel. I wanted to support a small business, but they do not care about anything EXCEPT money. Ultimately, I told them they can keep my money and they did. And also never had the decency to reply to my email after that. FYI: anyone planning to join the pottery class, know that you will need to wait in the line to clean up and the whole process itself takes 30 mins or more, which eats into the time they've listed for the class.

I've been enjoying the visits to the cafe to get supplied for my wife who is a potter. But this…read morelocation is far easier to park. If you know what you want, call the friendly crew, place your order, then pay via credit card. They will stack the clay on a pallet just outside the entrance ready to load into your vehicle. We bought 150 pounds of clay recently and it was a lot less harrowing than backing your vehicle down that narrow alley beside the cafe.

Apex Construction

(10 reviews)

I reached out to Brandon over a year ago to put up a fence around my front yard and a porch on the…read morefront door - connecting them to secure everything together. He and the crew gave me a full price estimate and timeline on the project, asking for half the money as a deposit, also to be used for supplies with the other half due at completion. It took me a few weeks to obtain the building permit required for my porch. He kept in contact with me through that process to ensure we were on the same page and he could start as soon as I got everything in order. Brandon and the guys arranged to start on a day that worked for me, starting at around 9am to sunset everyday until both projects were done. They were profession and courteous through the whole job, only leaving behind sawdust in the grass. Great group of guys. I later had them come back to replace an 8x12 section of subfloor, main door to the house and floor tiles for the kitchen/entry way. Same experience as the first job. I have them scheduled again for this spring to renovate two bathrooms and replace some windows. Apex Construction is one of the best representations of a Maine local business I've seen in a long time. You'll end up keeping their phone number in your contacts for your next construction project, for sure. I reached out to Brandon over a year ago to put up a fence around my front yard and a porch on the front door - connecting them to secure everything together. He and the crew gave me a full price estimate and timeline on the project, asking for half the money as a deposit, also to be used for supplies with the other half due at completion. It took me a few weeks to obtain the building permit required for my porch. He kept in contact with me through that process to ensure we were on the same page and he could start as soon as I got everything in order. Brandon and the guys arranged to start on a day that worked for me, starting at around 9am to sunset everyday until both projects were done. They were profession and courteous through the whole job, only leaving behind sawdust in the grass. Great group of guys. I later had them come back to replace an 8x12 section of subfloor, main door to the house and floor tiles for the kitchen/entry way. Same experience as the first job. I have them scheduled again for this spring to renovate two bathrooms and replace some windows. Apex Construction is one of the best representations of a Maine local business I've seen in a long time. You'll end up keeping their phone number in your contacts for your next construction project, for sure.

I've personally had flooring and shelving done by this team and am pleased with the work.read more

Mr. Handyman of Greater Portland

3.2

(17 reviews)

1/22/26 Great initial service-…read moreThe tech came an hour early to inspect and report on our problem. Very thorough.

I needed front doors sanded and repainted. The owner Tracy , thought the doors were wood according…read moreto pics he requested. He didn't actually come to my house to see the doors so he thought they needed to be sanded and restained. When the handyman arrived he told me the doors were not wood but metal and would need to be painted. Then the price went up $400 for painting instead of staining. He bought paint, which we had requested black, and he painted the first door. While the door was wet, it looked black. But the next day when he came back, the door was actually very dark brown. So we asked him to get the right paint. Which I got charged for again. He redid the threshold. He took the iron bars off the doors and sprayed them with black rustoleum. I asked him if he could putty some large cracks on two big columns on our front porch. He said he could patch the cracks with putty and then would paint. He ended up putting some kind of weird bonding material all the way around the base of the column and you could see some kind of fiber in the bonding and then he painted it. He did this without asking me first. I was not happy at all with the way it looked. They called me after the job was done and said they would come back and see what they could do to fix the patch job. It's been over a week now and I haven't heard a word from them. I wouldn't recommend for these reasons. They said if anything were to change as far as their quote to me went, it wouldn't be more than 10% of the estimate. They gave me a price of $2400 for the doors and then wanted $400 more for painting instead of staining. What's the big difference? The paint they charged me for, which was the wrong color, was only $6.00. Why the $400 up charge? They should've come out in the first place to see what the doors were actually made of instead of requesting pictures. You live and learn. I will not use them again. Very disappointed. I will say they eventually came down on the price after it went up, and it was about $2500 instead of $2900 which they were going to charge me. The doors look good. The threshold was left the dark brown color though and I had to repaint it myself with the black paint. The columns look terrible.

Willard Square Home Repair

(5 reviews)

I hired Willard Square Home Repair to do a few simple projects around my house and it could not…read morehave been a better experience. I used them more as a handyman service but I know they do much bigger projects. In any case, they were terrific! I had blinds installed throughout the house and a gallery shelf hung in my living room. Despite a short round of phone tag, I was finally able to connect with Ryan and he scheduled Brian to come to my house a few days later. Brian was on time, super friendly and very professional (plus he was able to chat about football which made me feel much better about having a stranger in my house.) The projects were done perfectly and Brian even took the leftover packaging with him when he cleaned up. At $45 hour, I felt WSHR was a bargain and I would definitely recommend them!!

I'm so lucky to have found this wonderful company. They take such pride in their work and responded…read moreto my call the next day. They put up a picket fence for me that was a little tricky. It had to match part of my existing fencing. It's perfect! I'm having them back this week to help me with ice problems in my gutters. I have no doubt they will solve it right away. I couldn't recommend them more highly.

Haven Handyman, LLC

Great company. Can tackle a variety of jobs big or small. Jason just completed several items on my…read morehome improvement To-Do List. He also built a new deck for my garden shed. Very knowledgeable and offers good recommendations. Will definitely be calling again.

From the owner: Establishing long-lasting relationships with customers so they always have someone to call whenever…read moreyou're in need of service jobs big or small.

AC Vasquez Painting

(6 reviews)

Carlos Painted our living room last week. He came in, protected the floor and furniture and got to…read morework. This guy is a machine! He was fast and the quality of his work was flawless. He taped nothing. His lines are perfectly straight. He sanded where I had filled some holes in the walls, he calked where cracks were present by the trim, he painted all of the window trim and was finished in about 3 hours. His fee was very reasonable, he is very professional and a genuinely friendly guy. I would highly recommend Carlos and his work.

Carlos is a painting ninja! He is fast, clean, professional and precise! He painted my 10,000…read moresqft deck with all it's crazy angles and railings perfectly. We are hiring him to also paint some interior rooms. I HIGHLY recommend Carlos!!

KG Painters

(2 reviews)

Sweet Kind Professional Understanding Flexible The repair…read moreand painting of the ceiling look like nothing ever happened. Best experience I have ever had with painters or handyman ever. Wow. Hire them!

Responsive, timely, very detail-oriented. KG made a pre-fab 10x14 shed look like a custom-built…read moreextension of our home. Have my recommendation without hesitation.

Clean Lines Painting

Was extremely pleased by the Scott's work. He was courteous, kept the area clean, did a great job…read morepainting and matching colors. Wore a mask when in contact with us. Would happily provide a recommended.

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Large art gallery in the Old Port section of Portland. The emphasis is on Maine artists. In…read moreaddition to an extensive selection of paintings, a variety of sculpture is interspersed among the paintings. All of the art work is top quality. When in Portland, Greenhut is definitely worth a visit.

Casco Bay Artisans

(7 reviews)

My wife and I visited Jen and Jess again for their ideas on decorating our expanding home and they…read moredid not disappoint! In our opinion, Casco Bay Artisans has the best collection of beautiful and livable contemporary art we have seen in New England. It's always hard to choose what we want (we wanted it all!) but Jen and Jess found us the perfect piece. They are truly dedicated to their business and extremely knowledgable on every level from buying to delivery.We really look forward to working with Casco Bay Artisans again and again for our art needs. We highly recommend this unusually beautiful Gallery as a must see when in Portland!

Best art gallery in Portland. Tremendous assortment of various art media, with a knowledgeable and…read morehelpful staff. Highly recommend a visit to this magical place.

Abacus Gallery

3.5

(19 reviews)

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Abacus is a very nostalgic store for me. I have been going since I was a little girl, far more than…read more20 years. Every time I go, there something new to discover. I've bought many unique trinkets over the years, and I always find something special to bring home. Many items are very high-quality, therefore very expensive. There's also a variety of affordable artwork, trinkets, nice umbrellas... Really something for everyone. Whenever I'm in old Port or Freeport, I always make a point to visit. I hope the store is around another 20 years or more!

Abacus is a wonderful gallery we stumbled upon on our way to the arts district. It had…read morecontemporary art pieces and jewelry. An enjoyable stop. Limited street and lot parking.

Joy To the Wind Gallery

Wide selection of styles and techniques. They had some great art and also do framing. It is a small…read moregallery with tons of art to choose from. Very surprising.Really colorful and happy place. Upstairs they have a full service frame shop too.

Maxwell's Pottery Outlet

4.4

(20 reviews)

First of all, what a beautiful little shop and incredible trinkets from all over Maine. Jim and…read morehis crew are absolutely amazing. On our trip, we picked out a cute little bumble bee bird house made from a workshop in Thomaston, Maine. They offered to ship it for us (yes, it's extra), but he actually held onto it for a few days because we just got into town and had another 12 days of vacation. It arrived a day or two after we got home. Very accommodating and very friendly people. Thank you once again, We will be back.

So fun to look around in Portland Kitchen gifts - fun…read moredrinking glasses, pottery and lots more....

Abacus American Crafts

4.7

(6 reviews)

I loved visiting this store in Freeport! There are 5 different Abacus locations and this one is…read moreprobably my favorite. It's a wonderful store to find unique gifts and home decor at a reasonable price. The employees at this location are very kind and helpful. They knew a lot about the items in the store and anything they were unsure of they found more information for me. The building itself is beautifully designed and a staple of Freeport history. My only concern was that my older mother had a difficult time getting up the large concrete stairs because there's no handicap-friendly entrance. However, our experience inside Abacus was wonderful. We will be back closer to Christmas time to stock up for Christmas!

This is a lovely store with unique handcrafted art. Items are priced very high, which is…read moreunderstandable, considering time and effort given to crafting the art. The staff was friendly to us. Not much was in our price range, but we enjoyed looking at all the unique items nonetheless!

Viand Mercantile

4.3

(3 reviews)

Yes, I'm giving Viand five stars - mainly because I can come here and I'll always find something…read moreunique for a gifting or decor need. Viand does not disappoint! I did not know I needed a purple faux jaguar carpet throw until I discovered it one day and now my entryway is complete. This is a charming store full of very interesting and eye-catching items for your home - or a gift for someone who appreciates quality. Excellent service, and while the prices can be high, the quality does in fact make them worthwhile. Viand doesn't carry goods you purchase and toss in a few years, these are new friends that will stay in your life for a long, long time.

Viand is a wonderful high-end home decor (and trinkets) store. Their selection is very thoughtfully…read morecurated, and is a great mix of trendy and timeless. Everything is extremely high quality, and I believe local artists are supported by Viand. The workers are professional, sweet, and chic. My one qualm is that it is very pricey and I often don't find anything that fits my taste, despite the store being filled with wonderful finds. Worth a look for sure!

The Picture Framer

(2 reviews)

My wife and I just picked up three prints we had framed and could not be more pleased!! The…read moreprocess was excellent from beginning to end. The staff was very helpful with suggestions regarding the frame, mats, etc. and the job was completed in a timely fashion. Good framing is not inexpensive but it makes a difference when you want a quality product. I highly recommend this establishment!!

This spot was recommended by artist friends and it has been great to get work framed here. They…read morehave a professional eye and good suggestions. There are a myriad of tools that make their work top-notch. I have brought old family heirlooms, both paintings and memorabilia here and they have done a wonderful job that can be passed down to my children and beyond. Highly recommended!

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