Understand the Different Styles of Picture Frames & Glass

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I am Debbie Reeves at John's Design Center and I am here to tell you about custom picture framing. In framing, we have many different aspects. We have matting. We have custom framing. We have ready-mades; standard sized frames. We have different kinds of glass. We have regular glass, non-glare glass, anti-reflection glass and museum glass. This is a demonstration of the three different types of glass. The first one is non-glare. It works good on most pictures. Then, we have anti-reflection glass, which is the one in the center. The one on the right is regular. The anti-reflection glass cuts the UV so that it protects the color of your picture so that it won't fade. Then you have museum glass which is one of the best. Also, we have designs that you can do in the matting. You'll see one right here. This is an original watercolor and we've cut in a lizard into the matting. We also have an ancient piece of pottery which is almost a three dimensional look. There are many, many different choices of custom framing. You have old looking frames that look like they might have come from Italy. We have metal frames that you could put on possibly black and white photographs, on posters. You can take a picture that is very, very simple and by putting just the right frame and matting on it, you can make it a spectacular picture. So, sometimes people will come in and they'll say "I want to put a very, very simple frame on this because I don't want to take away from the picture." But, sometimes, putting a very, very simple frame actually destroys a picture. Sometimes, you need something with a little more design to make that picture just stand out. "