The Frame House

As soon as I walked into the front door, I knew this store was unique. With so many unique items around, I asked the ladies in the store if they would mind if I took a few pictures for a social media website, Unilocal.They were very receptive. I told them the store is waay to cool to not show others! They do customizing frame work for pictures. We actually will be taking several original paintings and prints to be framed. Along with the framework, they have things for the animal lover in you. Coffee cups and glassware for dog and cat lovers. I also saw some amazing handcrafted jewelry, as well as very beautiful window and glassware. I loved the quirkiness of this store, and yet, we can not wait to get our treasured paintings framed here. Stop in when you are in Fells Point!!!

This store has been in business for over 20 years… and for good reason. Nadine has an eclectic range of products inside from framed and matted prints, painted bricks, and a load of quirky house decorations. As far as custom framing, I have walked into The Frame House many times with the best idea for a framed piece and left knowing well why I’m not in the framing business. Nadine can look at a print, analyze the colors, and pick out the perfect frame moulding and matting for the particular piece. Try getting that from chain like Michaels or A.C. Moore. The Frame House is not corporate. They work with you until you know what you want.
Chris G. claims «the owners have never been nice.» Nadine is a great business owner who helps you get the right end-​product. She is straight to the point and takes her process very seriously. She is focused and thorough.
If the prices are too high for your taste, go elsewhere. Keeping a business in Fell’s Point is not cheap, so don’t expect to walk out with a framed piece dressed in high-​end moulding for sale prices.
Bottom line, I love this place. I’ve had four or five of my favorite pieces framed there and have been happy with them all. Quality is key, and The Frame House knows quality.

The FRAME HOUSE is BALTIMORE’S BEST… for an extraordinary selection of frames & matting. The owner, Nadine has a keen eye for what will work with your special piece. I TRUST HER TASTE implicitly. I feel so safe handing over artpieces & trusting her to do her thing.
Love, love, love this place! Plus, Nadine has ready to go framed art such as Klimt & several local artists that make gift buying a breeze!

If you have some decent artwork you want framed by professionals, this is the place to come. If you want to do it yourself or take to some amateur crafters, go ahead, but if you mess up your original artwork, you can’t just go and replace it. I had an original pastel framed here, and they did it right without messing it up. I had one framed in Reisterstown once and they got a smudge on the pastels, luckily the artist was able to repair it.

This is not so much a review of this business as it is a review of the review by Chris G. I am somewhat familiar with Frame House but I own a chain of frame shops so I do not know how good their work is. I wanted to explain that stretching canvas is not at all what Chris G. thinks. You cannot get the materials to properly stretch a canvas at Home Depot. Unless he has canvas stretching pliers, he does not have the tools to do this at home. Chris, when you start stretching a canvas where do you place the first staple? This is very important and can cause serious issues with rippling. I can assure you that properly stretching a canvas does not take a few minutes. It takes hours. As for going to Michaels instead; I know exactly what they can and can’t do. Corporate policy does not allow them to un-​stretch a canvas. They cannot re-​stretch a canvas, and under no circumstances are they allowed to cut down original art. I assure you that Michael’s would not accept this job, and that any framer who would take this job would probably charge closer to $ 200 than to $ 10. As to the other complaints that Chris G has; I have no idea. I just hope that no one would make a decision based on that part of the review.

Have been here a few times but have never bought anything ever. Kinda want to like this shop but always walk out wondering why I went in. The prices are way over priced and the owners have never been nice. So anyways, went in to ask about re framing a large canvas Into to 2 smaller canvases. I can likely do this with some materials from home depot and tools I own for about $ 10 but figured I would ask then and avoid the time to do it myself. I gave them basic measurements to get a ballpark price. They came up with almost $ 200 for what would take a skilled person minutes to do.
Now for sure will never walk into this shop owned by some greedy people. I hear there is a shop on Fleet or go to Michael’s. Good luck.

Like Gustav Klimt? Apparently the owners here do too because his works are in every form (prints, mug, postcards, pens, etc). «The Kiss» was quickly feeling more like «The Makeout!» LOL!
Another thing I learned about the owners? They must LOVE cats. Dog-​lovers beware. I think I saw only one dog-​inspired knickknack in there (and that’s being generous)!
The Frame House specializes in (you guessed it) custom framing (most of which seemed very traditional). However, there are also tons of handmade crafts and gifts for those with discerning and/​or whimsical/​comical tastes. Martini glasses and coffee mugs come with crazy sayings and wine stoppers may just have lady legs flipped mid-​air…
Perfect place to dash in and find a gift from mom, a neighbor, a co-​worker. And, if you get stuck in the rain in Fell’s, know that this is a good place to dash in and get one. I know that is a random, just still very good information this time of year!