Cheap Pete's, San Rafael

For over four decades, Cheap Pete's framers have honed their technique to a science, creating high-quality framing for any type of artwork, document, or object. Its locations stock a huge selection of ready-made frames, including environmentally friendly options crafted from sustainably harvested pine or bamboo. Collage frames display a multitude of photos, showcasing favorite family memories or charting the development of a tiny infant into an adult-size infant. Customers can also create DIY frames with a large selection of framing tools and supplies.

Cheap Pete's custom-framing services give customers the choice of more than 500 styles of mouldings, five types of glass, and a rainbow of mat colors. Shadowboxes display three-dimensional objects such as sports jerseys, matchbox cars, or exhibitionistic human beings. The shop also stretches canvases onto canvas bars, readying them to be hung at home or on the walls of a gallery. They also do high quality printing on paper and canvas.