West End Gallery & Custom Framing

Jim & Paivi have been framing and restoring my record collection for many years. I wouldn’t go anywhere else. The quality of their work and attention to detail have consistently been a delight to behold. Absolutely the best, and always ensuring that the final results exceed my expectations. The friendship that we’ve developed over the years has been the best. We can spend hours just talking about antiques, restorations, and just about any other subject. Step into their shop, and prepare yourself for a real wonderful experience.

Wonderful, small, locally-​owned independent framing and art shop where the owner has impeccable taste and loads of patience. Highly recommended, especially over the high-​priced «discount» national chains with their bogus coupons giving you 60% off — these guys are still less expensive and do a better job! I’ve had a couple of things framed at different times and the service has been excellent both times. My work is ready quickly and has turned out beautiful. Definitely worth checking out.

I have two Italian oil paintings that were in bad shape, backed onto bowed cardboard, and had come out of their frames. West End carefully removed the backing and put a stiffer backing on the delicate paintings so that they are no longer bowed, and placed them back in my original frames without any damage. I’m very happy with their work.

Great work. My photo looks fantastic in its custom frame.

For my son’s birthday we bought him an autographed, collectible jersey from his favorite hockey player. The day of his birthday party my husband suggested we have it custom framed, which seemed like a great idea to me, so we set out to find a shop that would do it. Based on their excellent reviews on
, we called West End Gallery first. The owner was very understanding re: our last-​minute predicament and it turned out they had the necessary materials on hand to do my job on a rush basis. We made a beeline to their gallery, where we were met by the most delightful, accommodating couple. They proceeded to explain how the jersey would be mounted and showed us the materials they would use. They very kindly agreed to do the labor-​intensive job, even if it required them to stay later to complete it. We were very impressed with their knowledge, experience, quality of materials and friendliness, so we dropped off our jersey, happy to know it was left in good hands. Half an hour past closing time our jersey was ready, and we could not possibly have been more pleased with the results! Hands down top notch, gallery quality framing, down to the use of museum glass for our piece! We could not possibly be more pleased with the final results and recommend WEG&CF without reservations for your most treasured art, photographs and collectibles. The framing cost is not inexpensive, but you will get quality quality quality, aaaaalllll the way! Most importantly, the owners are such nice people, and they do not pressure/​oversell. For example, it was my husband who inquired re: museum glass, and they just happened to have a single piece in stock, which was precisely the right size for our job =)). They showed us the glass and commented re: the substantial price difference it represented, but did not in any way hype it up to capitalize on our emotions; they even suggested we think about it after we dropped of the jersey and call back if we wanted it, but we decided right then and there to go for it. When we saw the results we were soooooooooooo happy we did!!! All in all, it was a most pleasant experience, they saved our day and we were able to present our son with a beautiful collectible piece; the smile on his face — truly priceless =)). We recommend WEG&CP without reservation; they are our new go-​to shop and we are sure it will become yours too, plus you’ll enjoy browsing through all the delightful antiques at the store while you wait =).