There's a piece on your wall that you love. Or used to love — before the frame started looking tired, dated, or just wrong for the space it's in now. The artwork itself is still great. The frame is the problem. Re-framing is one of the most satisfying and cost-effective things you can do for a piece of art — and it's one of our most popular services at Artmount & Framing Matters. The same artwork, a new frame, and suddenly it's alive again. It's remarkable how much differe

A jersey isn't just a piece of fabric. It's a memory — a match, a season, a career, a moment that meant something. And if it's signed, it's potentially an asset. Either way, it deserves to be framed properly. We've been framing jerseys at Artmount & Framing Matters for years, and we've seen all manner of approaches — from the DIY shadow box held together with hope, to the properly framed piece that still looks immaculate decades later. Here's what makes the difference.

Walk into a well-designed office and you'll notice the art before you notice the furniture. You might not consciously clock it, but it's there — setting a tone, communicating something about the organisation, making the space feel considered rather than generic. Framed artwork in the workplace isn't a luxury. It's a business decision. And done properly, it pays for itself in ways that are harder to quantify but very easy to feel.

Walk into a framing studio with a piece of art and an open brief, and the options can feel overwhelming. There are hundreds of mouldings, dozens of mat board colours, multiple glass options, and everyone seems to have an opinion. Where do you even start? After 30+ years of helping Auckland locals frame everything from Porsche bonnets to children's finger paintings, here's our honest, no-jargon guide to choosing a frame that actually works.

It's one of the most common questions we get at Artmount & Framing Matters: "Does the glass actually matter?" Short answer: yes, it really does. And not just for aesthetics. The glass you choose plays a significant role in how long your artwork stays looking the way it does today. Get it right, and your piece will look great for decades. Get it wrong, and you might be looking at fading, yellowing, or worse — and wondering why.

Dixie Finlayson has been framing since the 1980s — back when conservation framing was barely a conversation in New Zealand. Forty-odd years later, she's still obsessed with getting it right. Here's the story behind Artmount & Framing Matters, in her own words.