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    Pennington Custom Art Serv

    3.9 (7 reviews)
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    Framing Center

    Framing Center

    3.9
    (13 reviews)
    3.1 mi
    $$$

    I've been going here for almost a decade. So process that first…read more For the first half of that, most of my business there was for work. Lots of framed shots of buildings in conservative rich, wood-trimmed frames and matting. It was quality work. Affordable, too. I live nearby, and thankfully my job gave me the creative discretion to go to an *actual* professional framer than doing it at one of the big box craft retailers. Over the years I continued to patronize the establishment with similar jobs, but this year, finally, I was able to save up and use their services for the framing of a deeply personal item that will eventually be used as a gift. Just like this recent personal project, and those that came before, their advice to me is always a convincing combination of competence, fun candor, and kindness evidenced by years of experience. Whenever soliciting the service of a design professional, you must first recognize it's partially collaborative. You're asking someone to actualize your vision through their lens and creative process. I love tapping their brains and suggestions while offering my own, and since the recent job was a personal project, I told them that I wanted to really spread the wings of creativity and break out of the box of the usual standard fare they sometimes have to deal with and that I, too, was guilty of inflicting upon them in the past. Highly recommended. Their materials are top shelf and selection robust. Their preservative solutions, including museum-class glass, are designed to keep your cherished artifacts, artwork, photos and mementos fresh and unaffected by exposure to the elements. I will definitely continue to use their services as needed to keep my memories front of mind forever, hanging in places of prominence, enshrined behind the sanctity of glass, wood, and metal cobbled together by the diligent hands of a craftsman who cares for the process as much as you do.

    The only reason I am giving this review two stars instead of one is because Jess made up for some…read moreof Linda's bad customer service. So, here's what happened. I have two pictures that were pre-matted from many years ago. I love them both, and unfortunately the one is a very delicate collage- hence I want to get it framed so it doesn't deteriorate further. When I came into the store, Linda was the one that greeted me. Given the size of the pictures, she immediately went to the $65 poster special. Unfortunately, the frames are only black, silver, and gold, and I wasn't sure what I wanted.... after 5 minutes. She was very snippy with me on several accounts. When she first saw the pictures she said the $65 because she obviously didn't think I could afford or pay for it something else. Actually, her exact words were " It's not worth it for you to frame these." Well, since I walked into your store -it is worth it to me. She was very judgmental about the one that was a collage. I had mentioned that I did them in high school, and I recognize that I look young -but I'm almost 40. She clearly thought I was a college kid that couldn't afford to be in the shop. But, frankly, even if I was- her judgement is not needed or appropriate. So, I was already a bit annoyed because she made that comment within about 40 seconds of me walking into the store. Since the matting I had used originally was very old I was also considering new matting (she was also snippy about those prices). She immediately pulled out a grey color and said this one. I said I like it, but I can't go with Grey because of the color scheme of my house. I would like to look at white or cream. "Well, white doesn't look good on pictures -I don't know what you want." Wow. Linda -it's been two minutes, and I told you I wanted to look at white. The tension basically escalated from there. Then she told me that the white fabric matting was too expensive for me and I could only get the black, gold, or silver. Well frankly, I didn't like any of them. So, I asked about the other 200+ frames in the store that was not the black, gold, and silver she pulled out. She snipped again. "Well I can't go through every one of these and tell you how much they cost. I have to get back to work. I have too much to do." I hate to break it to you -but I AM your work. I should have just walked out right there and frankly, I wish I had but I didn't feel like driving to another framing store. So I said, "Let me look around and when I decide what I want I'll come get you. That way you can do back to work." Then, ironically she didn't leave. "I need for you to decide, I can't wait here all day." So I said, "I'm not asking you to wait for me, I said I wanted to look around." "You'll have to make up your mind." "I hear that, I would like to look around and I'll come find you when I decided what I want." This whole interaction happened in less than five minutes and it was very bizarre. I have never had to ask to look around a store before - that's the point of walking into a store. Anyway, about another 5 minutes later, I made my decision - and it was not the poster special. She took the order was still a bit snippy. But I ignored her. We talked about the back of the frame for the collage. I said that I needed to be able to access it because it was delicate. She said that they could not screw it and use the pin things that keep it in place instead. I said, ok that sounds good, just as long as I can access it. Before she took the picture, I asked her to hold it horizontally because it was delicate -naturally she didn't. I said "Wait be careful." She said "no it's fine, I'm not going to look anything." Well, yeah that didn't happen. So, a week later I pick up the order and there were two people there -Linda and Jess. Jess was helping me and Linda walked over and said " It's fine you don't need to look at the picture." Didn't even say hi, was not the one helping me. Well, actually I do need to look at the picture because if something's not right -and it wasn't right, I wanted it taken care of before I took it home. So naturally, several things were wrong. my original matting was sliced and the backing that they put in the frame didn't even fit correctly. Frankly my highschool matting job was more professional than what they did. On top of my matte being sliced, they removed my original backing (a piece of paper) and cut out where I had signed it and glued it on that bad backing board. Third problem- part of the collage was missing. Forth Problem -they double-sided taped it to my matte! I was so clear about that I needed to access the picture -Why wouldn't you tell me that you'd cut up my picture and tape on a new Board!? Only thing Linda said was "Wasn't me" and walked away. Jess at least had the sense to ask "what can I do to make it better?" They did replace the mat- correctly within an hour, but I still wanted the original paper and Linda made it an overall bad experience.

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    Frame Station

    Frame Station

    4.8
    (4 reviews)
    3.8 mi
    $$$

    Have used the services of Frame Station on a number of occasions. The staff are friendly and take…read morethe time to talk through your specific framing needs, & the statement you are working toward when framing objects. Art is after all, greatened or lessened with the benefit of a proper framing. Get it wrong, and an otherwise fantastic work can be seriously diminished. Get the framing correct and it will serve to magnify & compliment the framed object. The frame station staff seem to understand these basic concepts and work diligently to apply them in their products.

    I had a large photograph of my great-grandmother that I had in a glassless frame. It also had a…read morecouple of minor tears that needed repaired. I took it to FS and told them I just needed glass for the frame. The man working referred me to "a guy" who repairs artwork. There was a binder of his work. I said okay, I will try him first. I called and he gave me his address as he works out of his home in Clintonville. It turned out he only scans pieces (and not as large as what I had), not repairs them. He referred me to a shop off Kenny. I went there (the shop off Kenny) and was told they could repair my large portrait, and I also showed them a small photo I had that was stuck to the glass in the frame. Several weeks and $125 later I got both pieces back, unrepaired, and was emailed the scanned copies. This is all sidebar, because I am not reviewing that shop. I did not complain to the owner so it is not fair to write a bad review. I do appreciate the scanned photo that apparently could not be repaired (they didn't try to remove it from the glass), but I didn't need the scanned great-grandmother photo. Anyway. I took my large piece back to FS and a woman was working. She tried to refer me to "the guy" again but I said no. She then advised she could use a special art marker on the minor tears. I said yes. A week later I had my beautifully repaired and glassed in frame for around $30. It was perfect. I wish this woman had been working to begin with because she knew how to repair my piece. Let this be a warning to anyone being referred to a guy who just scans. I will definitely use this shop again.

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