Local Guide · Updated June 2026

Where to Get Art Framed in Austin: A Local's Guide (2026)

Austin's framing scene splits cleanly into three lanes: independent shops for conservation-grade work on pieces that matter, chains for speed and coupon pricing on everyday framing, and online services with flat-rate shipping for anything that fits in a box. Here's who's who — every shop on this list verified open and operating as of June 2026.

By the Austin Gallery editors · June 11, 2026

We handle a lot of framed art at Austin Gallery — consignments, appraisals, estate pieces — which means we see the good, the bad, and the “why is this acidic mat eating the print” of local framing every week. One thing up front: we don't take framing commissions ourselves, and nobody on this list paid to be here or knows they're on it. This is an editorial, unaffiliated rundown of the framing options we'd point a friend toward, organized by what each lane does best.

The whole landscape at a glance

Independent & conservation framers

If the piece has real value — monetary or sentimental — start here. Independents are where you find conservation materials, archival hinging, and someone who will actually talk you out of a bad mat color.

Davis Gallery & Framing, on West 12th in Old West Austin, has been framing for over four decades and states plainly that all materials and methods are preservation quality and museum standard. They handle fine art on canvas or paper, textiles, three-dimensional objects, oversized pieces, and heirlooms — the full conservation menu. This is the kind of shop we mean when an appraisal client asks where to reframe a piece properly.

Artworks Gallery & Custom Framing runs locations on West 6th and out in Belterra, with a stock of more than 3,000 frame mouldings and a specialty in shadow boxes and museum-quality displays for art objects. Their former Westlake shop has consolidated into the West 6th location, so don't drive to the old address.

A few doors down, West Chelsea Contemporary — the gallery on West 6th, with a second outpost in Dripping Springs — operates a proper frame shop alongside its exhibition program. Consultations are appointment-based, and the gallery context shows: it's a natural fit if you're framing collected contemporary work and want a framer fluent in how it should present.

On South Congress, DTW Art & Framing pairs custom framing with in-house digital printing, which makes it a convenient single stop if you need a photograph or reproduction printed and framed. Their site says most projects are completed in two weeks or less — one of the few Austin shops that publishes a timeline at all.

Mountary Custom Framing is a smaller independent with a loyal review following, known for canvas stretching and sports-jersey framing alongside standard custom work. And up in Cedar Park, Hang Ups Picture Framing serves the north metro with shadow boxes, needlework framing, canvas stretching, and photo restoration, backed by over forty-five years of experience. Worth the drive if you're north of the river — or already up there.

Chains & quick-turn options

For posters, diplomas, family photos, and anything where “done well, done soon, done affordably” beats archival perfection, the chains earn their place.

FastFrame covers the metro with franchise locations in South Austin (West William Cannon), North Austin, and Westlake. Each offers free design consultations and the chain's guarantee on design and craftsmanship, and they'll take on jerseys, needlework, shadowboxes, and mirror framing — not just flat work.

Michaels is the budget anchor, with custom framing counters at its Austin stores on Brodie Lane, North Highway 183, and Bee Caves Road. The open secret: almost nobody pays full price for Michaels framing. Time your order to one of their recurring framing promotions and the math changes dramatically. Just know what you're buying — it's production framing, not conservation work, and that's fine for the right piece. (JOANN, the other craft-store framing standby, closed its stores in 2025 — Michaels is the remaining chain option of that kind.)

Online framing that serves Austin

Framebridge built its business on mail-in, flat-rate custom framing — and Austin is one of the cities where it also runs a physical storefront, in Central Austin, with walk-ins welcome and framing up to 40 × 60 inches. Their site lists bestselling frames starting around $70. It's the strongest option when you want predictable pricing on standard-size work, or when the thing you're framing lives in your phone and needs printing anyway.

What custom framing costs in Austin

Honest answer: almost no local shop publishes prices, because custom framing is quoted per piece — size, moulding, glazing, and mounting all move the number, and the same print can be framed for a modest sum or several times that depending on the choices you make at the design counter. Rather than invent numbers here, we've broken down how framing pricing actually works — what drives the quote, where the money goes, and where it's safe to economize — in our companion guide: What Custom Framing Costs. Read that before your first consultation and you'll walk in knowing which upsells matter.

How to choose

Match the shop to the piece. Original art, works on paper, textiles, anything appraised or inherited: an independent with conservation materials — Davis, Artworks, or WCC are the safest first calls. Everyday framing on a deadline or a budget: FastFrame or a Michaels coupon. Standard sizes, predictable pricing, or digital photos: Framebridge. And whatever you choose, ask one question at the counter — “is this acid-free?” — because the cheapest mistake in framing is the mat, and it's the one that quietly ruins art over a decade.

Austin Gallery provides consignment and appraisal services; we do not offer retail framing and do not take framing commissions. This guide is independent and editorial — we have no affiliation with, and receive no compensation from, any business listed. Every shop was verified as operating via its own website in June 2026; hours, locations, and services change, so confirm directly before making a trip.