The reels that teach, grouped by what you came to learn.
Best Framing films its custom framing, printing and installation work at its shop in Costa Mesa, Orange County. The purpose-made series is coming. Until it lands, these are the shop's own reels that already answer the questions we hear at the counter, sorted by topic.
The custom framing process, cut to join.
Designed at the counter, then cut, joined and fitted by hand in the shop.
If you’ve ever wondered what goes into custom framing, here’s a peek behind the scenes.Watch on Instagram
German, our chop-and-join specialist, has been with Best Framing for over 20 years.Watch on Instagram
If you wondered what a quick frame job looks like and how it’s done, here you go.Watch on Instagram
The wood shop, where the profile no catalog carries gets milled.
When a finish or a size does not exist in any moulding catalog, we mill the profile ourselves and hand-finish it to match, under the same roof as the showroom, the print lab and the fitting shop.
Printing and UV, onto wood, acrylic, aluminum, a door.
Giclée on cotton papers and canvas, and a UV flatbed that prints directly onto many flat materials, a plain door for a school play among them.
Signs and vinyl, with the print lab’s color management.
Window graphics, dimensional lettering, CNC- and laser-cut acrylic, made with the same color management as the framed print they hang beside. Signage here gets the same care as the framing.
Installs and deliveries: made, driven, hung straight.
Site measurements and consultations, then a crew that hangs the finished work straight. A single mirror, a gallery wall, a showroom opening.
Giant 110 inch by 72 inch mirror. We didn’t just make it, we also delivered it and installed it.Watch on Instagram
A quick-turn custom art piece for a showroom opening. Our team handled the printing, framing, and installation from start to finish.Watch on Instagram
Some behind the scenes of our oversized work.Watch on Instagram
Get them loaded and out of here.Watch on Instagram
Memorabilia: jerseys, guitars, race suits, the things with a story.
In person design consultation is required for framing 3-D objects. So many variables must be taken into consideration, and these reels show why.
A custom white oak frame, designed to highlight the instrument while keeping the focus on the story behind it.Watch on Instagram
One-of-one race suit frame.Watch on Instagram
Always having fun projects going through our shop.Watch on Instagram
I love when the coolest frames come from the most interesting finds.Watch on Instagram
The videos made on purpose come next.
Everything above is from the shop's own Instagram, filmed in the shop and on installs. Until the series is ready, the counter is still the fastest way to get an answer out of us.
Coming
Educational videos
Framing products, materials, processes and decisions, including why we recommend certain approaches. Organized by topic.
The shop film is 52 seconds long and has been on YouTube since 2021.
The questions people ask at the counter, answered.
From what can be framed and choosing the right glass to mounting jerseys, printing artwork and protecting the pieces that matter, we answer the questions our customers ask us every day.
How to frame a jersey, step by stepHow to frame a jersey: a shadow box deep enough that the glass never touches it, mounting that can be undone, a mat lined to its colors. From Costa Mesa.Read Article
Laser CutterHow our laser cutter turns artwork into custom acrylic: CAD files drawn from your art or ours, cut, then printed on the back in any color. From Costa Mesa.Read Article
What is UV printing?How UV flatbed printing puts color straight onto wood, acrylic, aluminum, tile and more, with examples from our Costa Mesa print lab.Read Article
What can you actually frame?Photos, posters, diplomas, jerseys, kimonos, oversized art and mirrors: what a custom frame shop in Costa Mesa can take on, and what each one needs.Read Article
Print and frame what you love. Visit the showroom.
No appointment required.
- Call
- (949) 791-8780
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9am-1pm
Bring us the thing you love.
Walk in with it and talk it through with a designer. No appointment required, though you are welcome to book one.
1671 Placentia AvenueCosta Mesa, CA 92627
- Call(949) 791-8780
- HoursMon-Fri 10am-5pm · Sat 9am-1pm · Sun closed
- Talk to a designer nowStart a Video CallSomeone is on the floor Mon-Fri 10am-5pm and Sat 9am-1pm, Costa Mesa time
- Book an appointmentPick a time with a designerAppointments are optional. Walk-ins are welcome.