This post on how to replace broken glass in a picture frame, was prompted by an innocent enough Customer remark on the cost of reglazing 
( replacing old glass with new glass in a picture frame, whether broken or not ) a picture frame that someone had inadvertently stepped on. The remark was to the effect "Why does it cost so much to to get new glass put in a picture frame?" Now, the picture was about 50 x 50cms and the cost quoted was $37.74 which, by the way, we believe to be a fair and reasonable. Nonetheless the Customers persisted with his query in wanting to know the exact pricing formula. We didn't disclose it ...
points for photo frames and picture frames for centuries. But it is only in these last few years that ledges and floating shelves, upon which picture frame may be rested upon, have become a fashion's must-have. All the display homes, homewares and department stores seem to be replete with them, in all shapes, colours and sizes. Many home owners are also a little nervous at the prospect of having to design and install a wall gallery system. Not only there’s the main commitment problem of having to make holes everywhere, but ... 
puzzles together right now all over Australia. Our various statal, work and home restrictions, lockdowns and quarantines have pretty much driven a lot of people bonkers with boredom. And since ennui and accidie are the enemies of our naturally wandering, imaginative and creative minds, it is little wonder that so many of us have sought some relief from this depressing state of mental affairs by tiling, assembling and solving puzzles. Interestingly, jigsaw puzzles have been around for about 250 years.
The commercialization, if not the ... 
feedback we receive from them, for which we are grateful. One sunny ( sometimes a rarity here in Melbourne ) Saturday morning a young mum visited us bringing an 
You place an online order, you pay, you get your stuff and that’s it. There are no duties, obligations or responsibilities, right? Wait, not so fast, we would respond. While not a face-to-face personal interaction, ordering online is a human activity that does carry some responsibilities. This is because we approach and interact with others asking them to do something for us, even if it’s electronically and not personally. And when interact with others under any circumstances, it pays to be nice, doesn’t it? Have you ever found that ... 
And by art, we certainly don’t mean the crypto art being flogged online nowadays which isn’t just cryptic but basically incomprehensible to most folks. We mean art on paper, mostly being drawings, limited editions, lithographs, serigraphs, watercolours, gouaches or small oil paintings. In times gone by, Customers would visit art shows, attend art galleries or visit artists’ studios to buy art. And just as often, they might visit their local picture framer and see what posters there might be in the print bin. We fondly remember Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Peter Pan, Superman, Jaws, Mad Max, The Man from ... 
the famous dictum “ By three methods we may learn wisdom: the first, by reflection, which is noblest; the second, by imitation, which is easiest; and the third by experience, which is the bitterest." And this is pretty much how it is when we witness how some Customers are arranging the collection and transport of the picture frames we’ve framed for them. Ergo: a) We reflect on how they do this, resolving never to do what they do, b) we never imitate what they do, lest we wreck the frames and c) we practice doing the opposite of what are doing, which may be harder and ... 
surprised Customer some time ago. The gentleman in question had brought in a very rumpled, markedly creased, badly folded, extensively dog-eared and rather aged, large movie poster for framing. All the Customer required was for the poster to be put in a frame and look straight and flat. He didn’t want conservation, didn’t care for preservation or how we did it and, and, oh, yes, he was on a tight budget a couldn’t spend “too much on it”. So we suggested clear glass and a frame with a price ... 
work. It doesn’t matter whether it’s for your 
a wall that will make the beholder sniffle, if not cry, in a happy, emotional response. Typically the framed item might be a photograph, a note, a document or an object marking or commemorating a birth, a newborn wristband, cast of baby hands or feet, a christening, a school report or something and anything just as close or as dear to a family’s heart. This brings us to one inescapable truth of life, all children will eventually grow up, and become adults. And adults love their birthdays, just as much as children ...