The Art Forum

Loooove it! I had a bunch of paintings i made but didn’t bother to frame them because from the simple phone calls i made for quotes on frames for a 5 foot by 4 foot canvas I was stunned.
But i moved into a new house and wanted to use my own personal works of art to customize my place — that alone didn’t motivate me immediately, instead i was asked to loan them out to a restaurant for public exposure which i thought was a good opportunity, so here i was in a time crunch to get 5 large pieces of art framed and ready to go in a week and a half…
I saw this ‘junky’ looking place from the outside frequently when i used to work near Scarborough Town Center — they often had art work on easles and in fancy frames with SALE signs out side.
I went to DeSerres and Dear Me! they were going to charge me a fortune for a simple black or a simple stainless steel frame and they couldn’t do the job in a week either. I called The Art Forum and gave the owner the sizes of my canvases and he quoted me the prices which were more than 50% less than the generic art store.
He had a variety of similarly priced simple frames and took the time to show me what one would like against the art vs another finish of the stainless steel frame. and he was done the work in 2 days! His prices are modest, and he was very accommodating and courteous.
When i picked up my art, he helped me load it into the car, and i also got to see the rest of the store (which is larger than it looks from the outside) he has some good deals on clearance art — already framed. I’ll def. go back to get framing done, and to buy a unique beatiful piece of art.