Upgrading a thrift store find or a tired frame-and-mat combo from home is a low-risk venture into this trend. With one bottle of paint, you have a surefire way to an exact match for the mat and frame.

Mats are flat pieces of paper-based material that fill the space between a frame and the art within. They perform a number of aesthetic and practical functions, and they can also be expensive to pu… ...

My wife and I have a couple of art posters that we purchased from a local artist while visiting the island of Porquerolles several years ago. Until now, we've had them framed in cheap, pre-made ...

Framing gets expensive. For those of us looking to mat art or photos without the insane pricetag of pre-cut mats, The Small Object art blog has a photograph step-by-step on cutting out your own. I ...