Save Money - Cool Idea - Recycle Old Frames - 3 Great Tips

Antique Frame Dropped and Busted: Just Like Life... Pick Up The Pieces!

Did you know, that if you drop an old frame and pieces are busted off... you can put them in a baggie... staple the baggie to the back of the frame... and when you get around to it... the frame restorer can probably use the pieces again to put the frame back together?! And you might save yourself some money.

This frame hit the floor when the nail in the wall gave away. A nail actually, doesn't hold very well if its just put into plaster board (no wood behind the plaster). They make hangers especially for mounting framed items into plaster board. Do it right and you'll avoid expensive repair bills. Anyone live in earthquake or hurricane country? Yea, that's what I thought....

$25,000 fell off the wall!

Even if you think you have a strong enough wire on the back, the eye hook that attaches the wire to the frame could pull out if the screw hole has been used over and over. Even if you have the artwork's hanging hardware looking good, you might have it barely hanging onto a nail on the wall! Even if you think its a good sturdy nail, it could pull out of the plaster wall board fairly easily. In other words, the weakest link will be the one that causes the whole thing to come crashing to the floor... JUST LIKE THIS $25,000 PAINTING!

If you live in hurricane or earthquake country, I'M TALKING TO YOU. But I've seen hanging items come off the wall with as little as a sonic boom and playing rambunctious kids. For additional suggestions about shake proofing your hanging artwork, look for an article on www.preservationcoach.com

A "Priceless Russian Renaissance Icon" A Priceless Mistake and a Great Story.

I had a "priceless Russian Renaissance Icon" delivered to me for evaluation. If you are "up" for a good story, watch this 7 minute video: http://bit.ly/5W1ZUo  Appraisal questions? Contact www.faclappraisals.com. Need divorce counseling and therapy? Call the appraiser first.

Organize your Storage ITEMS!

After receiving a large mold cleaning job here at the lab, we put our Abatement Specialist to work cleaning and organizing this collection for storage while the owner was re-building his house.
There were boxes and boxes of family photos, family books, collector items, art objects and paintings....all exposed to mold!

After cleaning all items, we now set to organizing them for storage. We find that an easy way to know what you have and where to locate things is to photograph each item, assign it a number, and log it into a file, either on computer or in a binder.  We do both.  You can make notes there....about the condition of an object, painting, or book, dates you worked on something or even reminders to yourself. We then do a print-out of that file and put it into a binder as a copy for the client.  After carefully packing each item, putting precious items into a "zip-lock" baggy for extra protection or organizing "by-year" photos (you can find giant zip-lock bags for large items @ Home Depot and Osh)...TAPE an Inventory List Sheet to the outside of the crate.  Clear crates are handy to quickly & easily identify your items.  The number of each item can appear on the Inventory List sheet.  Add a second sheet to the inside of your box, just in case the outside sheet gets damaged in moving....Happy Preserving & Storage!