Greener Photography

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It’s time to shine the spotlight on another great organization that is pushing the “green” envelope, Greener Photography.  Here is a brief description about Greener Photography from their website: “Greener Photography is a member-supported organization that certifies professional photographers, educates the photographic industry and consumers, and collaborates with manufacturers on greening their services and products.” [...]

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Giveaway for Buy Nothing Day

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[This is the first post in a series we will be doing each month to give back.  For the past 8 years, we have relied solely on the support and word of mouth promotion from our existing customers.  A huge thank you is in order for all the nice things that have been said about [...]

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Project Highlight: World Wildlife Fund

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At the end of August, we were contacted by the World Wildlife Fund about using our frames for one of their programs.  They asked us to make charcoal frames in an 8″ x 10″ from our Standard Collection.  Lars found just the right boards to use for this job at Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage in [...]

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Our Mission: Preserve Art AND The Environment

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At Green House Framing, we believe that art should be preserved with respect to the environment, not at the cost of it.  We also believe that the framing is just as important as what is being placed inside.  Every one of our handcrafted frames is an original work of art.  For those of you who [...]

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Roma Cares…About Their Bottom Line

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Update:  The Forest Stewardship Council made Roma remove the false claims about their suppliers being FSC certified.  None of Roma’s mouldings are made from wood that is FSC certified or reclaimed.  They have left the language about reclaimed wood because there is no organization that can force them to remove it.  Roma knew their wood [...]

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Standard Thin Collection

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In an effort to increase the variety of our reclaimed wood frame lines, we have officially launched two new collections, The Natural and Standard Thin.  You can read more about The Natural Collection here. We handcraft the Standard Thin frames from the same furniture grade reclaimed douglas fir as The Standard Collection.  This collection was [...]

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Portfolio Highlight: R. Crumb

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Just a few weeks ago, Lars and I had the pleasure of seeing R. Crumb’s The Book of Genesis at the Portland Art Museum.  We highly recommend this exhibit, which runs through 9.19.10 in Portland.  Crumb produced 207 black and white drawings for all 50 chapters of Genesis.  Each drawing is packed with so much [...]

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The Natural Collection

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We’ve just launched our newest line of frames, The Natural Collection.  Over the years, we’ve had many requests for an understated frame that simply highlights the beauty of reclaimed wood without overshadowing the artwork.  With that in mind, we designed this collection of frames from reclaimed douglas fir and have finished them with our natural [...]

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Frame Collection: The Joinery

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When we received a call from The Joinery in Portland earlier this year inquiring about framing, we were thrilled.  If you don’t know about The Joinery, get on over to their website or showroom in Woodstock.  They handcraft some of the most beautiful furniture we have ever seen. The Joinery is a company that truly [...]

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Companies We Support: Terressentials

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We will be writing a series of posts about the truly great green companies we support.   We feel it is important to be as transparent as possible about where your dollars go when you purchase our frames.  We make every effort to support small, like-minded companies that are producing high quality products.   This is the [...]

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