Getting the frame you want....

The process of choosing a frame and the accompanying materials to present your work should be a pleasant experience, leaving you feeling sure of the end result. Part of this process at ECO Frame and Mirror is listening to the customer's ideas and interpreting how they might see the end result. Your choices for having any item framed are extensive for frame styles, casing and spacers as well as for glass, matboard and preservation materials / techniques.

Specific attention needs to be given to every item's requirements, exploring different feelings about the item to be framed.

Any item, from the cheapest poster through hand crafts and valuable original work to unusual or heirloom items can be catered for through the use of specialist materials. For instance sports and other memorabilia items need to be framed with attention to the particular requirements for preservation. In this regard future value is an aspect not given enough emphasis particularly for sport memorabilia items pertaining to famous sporting achievements.

Glass that provides protection against UV light damage is an important component when deciding on how to frame many items.

This first line of defence can be combine with conservation standard mats and backing boards along with techniques which allow the complete reversal of the framing process. To assist in this regard ECO have two Guild commended framer's instore to advise on the best treatment for your work

Our ever increasing range of products has recently seen an expansion of the silver and champagne silver finished mouldings. Also new instore a range of New Zealand made painted mouldings in Antique white, very clean and simple, in slim casing shapes and wider mouldings.

 Ready made frames for pictures and photos are available in store as well as a range of stock moulding for urgent framing requirements, for this ECO offer a 24 hour service but can also complete a framing order within a day. Commercial and multiple framing requirements can also be catered for, with our on site consultation service, in the Christchurch area.