Northwest Art & Frame

Seattle, United States

4.3

Closed now

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 206-937-5507
Address:
4733 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98116
Fairmount Park, Junction
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
410 ftSW Alaska St & California Ave SW
600 ftSW Alaska St & 42nd Ave SW
670 ftAlaska Junction
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Dogs Allowed
Yes

Today

Today 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Seattle) 20:42 Saturday, 31 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Located in the heart of the West Seattle Junction, we offer an enormous selection of frames (both custom and ready-​made) with a knowledgeable framing staff to help guide you through your framing experience, art supplies for every type of artist and a fabulous gift /​card selection to satisfy any occasion or holiday on your calendar!

History

Established in 1963.

Formally called Hi-​Yu Arts, Northwest Art & Frame has been a staple of the West Seattle Junction for decades. We are very dedicated to the West Seattle community and are grateful for all the years of continued patronage form our loyal customers!

Meet the Manager

Art C.

Manager

Store Cat (1991 — May 15, 2010) After years of working in customer service, Art spent his last years living with store owners Dan & Jeri. He will be sadly missed in the West Seattle community, but his joyful spirit will live on!

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20 reviews of Northwest Art & Frame

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Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
A crafter’s delight! I love this place; it’s so well curated and quaint. I hope it never leaves the Junction. This is one of my go to shops for gifts and art supplies. Nice selection of art supplies, gifts, cards, frames and custom framing service! Some days I just come here for crafty inspiration.
Place rating: 2
Seattle, WA
Expensive compared to online shopping. Some of the art supplies were triple the cost. Yikes.
I was there for quite a while browsing and getting $$$ worth of supplies however found the customer service severely lacking. I asked a few questions regarding stock and received attitude and no help finding similar items since they didn’t carry what I was looking for. Pretty disappointing in that regard.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
i have been a loyal customer for 20 years; never been disappointed with service or product and every year the selection continues to just get better! i always find something.
I have all my framing done here and it’s consistently good service and quality work, for framing this is the place, i have friends who drive over from issaquah to have their art framed here too.
you can’t wrong with jenn and the wonderful crew!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I have all my framing done here and it’s consistently good service and quality work. Just picked up my vintage Pearl Jam poster and it’s now beautifully archived and sun damage protected with museum glass!
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
Lots of good stuff here and enjoyable to shop in a neighborhood store. They have a decent selection of artist supplies. Prices are decent and there are also lots of cards and gift items as well. Street parking can be rare in the junction, but if you go around to the backside of the block from the store, there is a lot where you can park for free and just go in through the back entrance. I always manage to find something interesting here!
Place rating: 5
Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
We had the best experience here! We went in looking to get a picture framed and instead of overselling us on a custom frame they found the odd sized frame for $ 20! And they helped us to frame it and add a wire to hang it for free! Amazing service!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Don’t be fooled by the name of this store. A little less than half of it is related to the store name while the rest may be called Weird & Witty Stuff Artists Like.
This is a really great art supply store if you paint or make cards. There is a decent selection of professional paints, brushes, canvases, and painting instruction books. There is a small assortment of beautiful, handmade papers in vibrant colors. The rest of their art supplies are kits for children to make jewelry and the like, a couple Buddha boards, some ink & pencil.
They do custom framing, but I haven’t used that service with them.
They offer some art for sale in a very limited supply that look like they are multiple copies in the beach, local or tourist themes, with nothing original.
The other side of the store, and still part of the art selection side, is a shop that isn’t art or framing related but rather delves into a retail space for the artist type. It includes odd & interesting non-​fiction books like photography of small toys and humor telling one how to be a man, journals & calendars featuring Star Wars and birds, lovely cards with barbed statements, magnets featuring pics of ’60’s housewives asking for another drink, and socks in bright, cheerful colors & patterns with antagonistic sayings. They also have a shelf where they sell goods from Archie McPhee.
In the front of the store, they have it stocked right now with traditional Christmas goods such as candles, party poppers and linens.
I thoroughly enjoy visiting NW. I buy art supplies here, books that are in my humor zone, and a stellar, glittery wall calendar with birds & gardens for a gift. I know I’ll be back.
The parking in the area is terrible. There’s street parking but it’s always full. There are pay lots nearby.
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
I’ve shopped here many times. Yes, art supplies and framing are the mainstay of this business. The store offers so much more: In a Knick of time gifts that are reasonably priced. Good quality cards and some higher end quality keepsake cards that’ll never get recycled or thrown away. There is on street and behind store lot parking which is currently free. Bus accessible within one block. Check it out!
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
Thanks for the painting and colors advice!
Super friendly staff. Good problem solving skills.
Uniquely varied selection of crafts n goods. Centrally located near California-​Alaska Jnctn.
Good hours too.
Place rating: 3
Seattle, WA
How’s it hanging?
Stopped into this store in West Seattle to get some hardware to «re-​hang» some art that I’ve had hanging for a while. But, they were just hanging on nails, which I realized had resulted in cutting/​breaking many of the strands of stainless steel and my artwork was at risk of falling off the wall! This store has great options, although kind of pricey, to hang in older homes, mine was built in 1926 and has a many walls constructed with plaster.
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
Great for when you are in a pinch for a present! There have been a few occasions where I needed to grab a quick birthday present, so I just ran across the street from my apartment, bought something cutesie, bought some delicious cake from Bakery Nouveau next door, and voilà, done in 15 minutes tops. It is a bit spendy, but I don’t mind helping out a local business and saving myself some extra time!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Northwest Art & Frame is super cool. They have a great selection of art and paper products, and awesome frames to make your place look great.
They also do custom framing which we’ve done a few times now and do SUCH a great job! They’re very helpful also. This was the first place I’ve ever had custom framing done so I wasn’t sure what to expect. They make it easy though which is good because you want your art to shine right? They are more than happy to help you pick out exactly the right frame and matte, and are also mindful of how much you want to spend. Custom framing can be costly (though worth it), but they also have a great selection of stock frames in MANY different sizes (even funky ones), and will help you pick out a stock frame as a nice alternative.
Kids love the store too. The art stuff is awesome, but they also have a fun selection of erasers that sits low for kids to peruse while you’re doing your shopping. Good times had by all.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
This is my first non-​food or drink oriented Unilocal review but had to say good things about this place.
I brought in a few items that needed framing that I’ve had for a while and the people here really knew what they were doing and had a great eye for matching things up. One of them is a custom job (still waiting for that to get done) and the other two were standard.
You can even save a few bucks by doing the framing yourself after they provide the materials. It was a great pleasure just getting to work with my hands again after a few months of new desk job.
Again, really nice people that all seemed to get along really well. Lots of art supplies and just about any style of frame you could possibly want.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Having to say goodbye to our dog was the most painful memory my husband and I ever want to experience in this life. In preparation of the inevitable, I asked a designer/​artist friend to photograph my best friend so I could hang his picture in our living room.
I was not entirely in a good space when I brought my photo to Northwest Art & Frame – my apologies for my curt behavior. That said, I cannot thank the staff enough for their care, quality, and efficiency.
I now have my best friend presented beautifully in our living room, and his photo makes me smile so much. Knowing my best friend is no longer with us will always be painful, but in time this photo will heal my broken heart.
Place rating: 4
Issaquah, WA
I wanted to give NW&F five stars… but… well… how to describe…
First, I went here primarily for art supplies. In some areas, it seemed a little lacking… but in others, HOLY CRAP. They have exotic imported paper like I’ve never even seen before (or felt)… and their art paper selection in general was enormous to select from. (Ditto on frames, hence the name.)
What shocked me was that at least half of the store was more like a gift shop… and not cheap crap, but not outrageously priced stuff either. FANTASTIC assortment of handbags, totes, purses, etc… fantastic selection on books (both informative, but also off-​the-​wall-​funny-​as-​hell-​stuff too. I especially loved the weird Japanese stickers… and the super creative selection of greeting cards.
It was an unexpected delight! I guess I can’t give it that final star because I still have to find some things I need at other places, but overall, it was worth the trip over the bridge. :)
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
A really great store — — — and I have been in tons of art supply, craft, gifty, framing places the world over — –this is the bomb! The place is huge and well stocked. The staff is intelligent and helpful… so, I have no clue why someone down the Unilocal line would say otherwise. Perhaps there was misunderstanding cuz it’s a huge place and the customer service is so good and attentive that they may get stretched a little thin while actually doing their work., assisting with framing etc. Case in point, I was in kind of a hurry and I interrupted a sales transaction to ask where something was and not only did the staff lady happily tell me but another customer came over to show me as well!
There are tons of weird, interesting items here. Worth a visit just for the pleasure of it!
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
Caution! Hours can be possibly lost in this store due to how many different interesting and fun things they have.
I usually come here for birthday cards but end up with additional stuff each trip, they have tons of cards and you should be able to find one for the occasion you are looking for.
The name is kind of misleading they have a lot more than just art and frames, this store is definitely worth a visit!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I don’t agree with the comments about how expensive NAF is. I’ve done framing at a lot of places and this is comparable. And truthfully, I’d rather give the money to a local small business than Aaron Bros or Michael’s.
Great card selection and nice gifts, as well as a good selection of art supplies.
I had EXCELLENT customer service. I was asked if I needed help the moment I entered the store and I had a dedicated person helping me for the half hour I was working on framing two pieces. I’ll definitely be back (plus it’s 6 blocks from my house).
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
West Seattle has the best Christmas lights around! It is one of our Christmas traditions to go into West Seattle, drive around, and look at lights. So, the other night, when it finally was not raining, we decided it would be a good opportunity for our annual yuletide illumination treasure hunt. We stopped in The Junction for some dinner first. Then, when we were heading back to the car, I spotted Northwest Art & Frame. «The art store!,» I shouted, excitedly. We were still in need of a few «special people» cards, and, having been to this shop before, I knew they would have exactly what we needed.
Northwest Art & Frame, as the name implies, has an extensive selection of art and framing supplies. But, they also have greeting cards, gift wrap, gift books, lotions, notions, candles, candies, home décor, toys for kids, games for adults, and lots of other funky stuff. It is a fun store just to wander and explore. And, as I mentioned, they always seem to have just the right card (or the right gift) for anyone or any occasion. They did on this visit, and I was happy to know our purchases helped to support a good local business!
Northwest Art & Frame is definitely a favorite stop of mine when I cross the bridge and visit West Seattle. Prices are reasonable. Staff are friendly and helpful. I seldom leave here empty-​handed…
Place rating: 3
Brooklyn, NY
Yiikes this place smells!!!
HOWEVER, aside from assaulting my olfactory senses, I must say I love the smattering of goods offered here! When we visited there were some older ladies, some little kids, and some young adults in the back framing area, so you can tell by their diverse clientele that there’s something for everyone here.
The most outstanding section to me was the giftwrap and craft area, where they had a huge range of ribbon (something I’ve struggled to find in Seattle) as well as a lot of plain/​solid wrapping paper (can’t stand the gaudy drugstore stuff). They also stock some curious gag gifts and tiny, miniature japanese food toys (ummm YES!).
Definitely a good place to come for random fun gifts and/​or gift wrapping needs!