U-Frame It

Specialties

U-​Frame-​It is a Seattle area family owned business that offers complete custom framing services in wood, metal, and several other options. All at very competitive pricing.

We also offer a do it yourself fused glass studio in our Renton location. Try it and you will find it easy and fun.

We are your premier framing provider offering a wide variety of styles including exotic, traditional, and contemporary frames for any picture or artwork.

Whatever the emotion you want to convey, our courteous and professional staff can assist you in choosing the perfect frame for the perfect picture.

Contact us in one of our many U-​Frame-​It locations today for more information on custom, traditional, and elegant frames.

History

Established in 1972.

Thirty-​two years later, U-​Frame-​It consists of eleven stores spanning from Federal Way to Edmonds on the west side and Renton to Mill Creek on the east.

Oh, U-​Frame-​It has changed a little. Steve’s long hair, beard and mustache are all gone. It seems everyone these days has so little time that the custom end of U-​Frame-​It has grown considerably and when you go in to frame a picture you can talk to a CPF (Certified Picture Framer). Machinery has replaced nailing for the most part but, if you want to clean the glass and put in a few screws, U-​Frame-​It can still have you out the door in about an hour.

Meet the Business Owner

Steve M.

Business Owner

At a time when the sign «will the last person to leave Seattle please turn off the lights» went up, Steve McDowell was a casualty of the big Boeing layoffs. It was 1972 and with no plans for what to do and a wife and daughter to support, he went with a longtime friend to have a look at an upstart business in Colorado. It looked busy enough and, when people were enjoying baking their own bread, applying braiding to their swabys (yes, it’s been done before) and macrameing their plant holders, «Do-​It-​Yourself» picture framing seemed a natural. It was the worst possible time to try a new business but, sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Steve went back to Burien, found a location and opened shop. At that time it was a relatively new concept so he learned right along with his customers, many who are still customers and friends today. Steve’s motto was, and still is, «have people leave feeling as though they received even more than they expected».