http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com Making Your Life Beautiful Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:23:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are excited to announce our new art website www.cafs.artmystyle.com. Art My Style is an online art reproduction gallery that allows you to customize artwork to fit your décor needs. It offers an exclusive collection of images from 90 artists encompassing over 2000 works of art you won’t find anywhere ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/66 It’s hip to be green right now. You have seen just about every type of business claiming to be environmentally sensitive. We have been green (environmentally aware) even before it became popular. We always try to be good neighbors and citizens, and being green is just one part of that ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/65 We're proud to have been named an Angie's List Super Service Award recipient for 2007, given annually to companies that achieved and maintained a superior service rating on the list (www.angieslist.com) throughout the year.  This is the second year in a row that Carter Ave. has earned this honor.  More than ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/54    Use good picture hooks. The ones we give you have hardened steel pins that do very little damage to your wall, but hold a lot of weight. Never use just a nail. It is easy for the wire to slip off causing the picture to fall. Generally, pictures should be hung ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/60 Even some of our long-time customers are surprised to learn of all the special services we offer. So here is a reminder of some of our offerings: In-home and in-office art and framing consultations Picture hanging services Paper conservation Oil painting cleaning and restoration Photograph restoration Pickup and delivery Original art from local to national artists Special ordering ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/61 Fans of John August Swanson, please come to Carter Ave. Frame Shop as soon as possible! You will want to see John’s latest serigraph The Procession, the most spectacular of all of John’s work. It is a reworking of his 1980 painting, now in the collection of the Vatican Museum’s ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/59 You might not realize it from the humble confines of Carter Avenue Frame Shop, but a significant portion of our business comes from commercial framing. Whether it's framing a few award certificates or picking out and installing artwork for the new board room, our commercial framing division can help your ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/26 In September 2007, Carter Ave. Frame Shop was named one of the nation's Top 100 Art & Framing Retailers for the fifth year in a row by Decor Magazine.  We're proud to be part of this elite group of the "best and brightest" in the framing industry.  We're especially proud to ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/50 Yes, we can often order posters that you find on the Internet. We do not have access to absolutely everything that you can find online, but we do have access to thousands of images. The advantage to having us order your poster is that you don't have to pay any ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/41 Mat width is usually determined by a number of factors such as the size of the piece, the scale of the room where the piece will be hung, the graphic strength of the work, the mat colors, and the look desired. Standard mat width is getting wider generally. Exaggerating the ... http://www.carteravenueframeshop.com/archives/40