The ARTery — Local services in Atascadero

It pains me to give a bad review of a family owned local business. I dropped off a golf ball, score card and flag for my son's hole-in-one. I asked for it to be nicely displayed in a frame. 4 months later I had still heard nothing so I asked for the items back to go somewhere else. I received a very nice note saying "we're so sorry, we will finish this in a just a few days". And they did. And they billed me $675. To frame a golf ball, score card and pin flag. The work was nicely done, and I believe they are nice people. But to spend four months with no contact to frame something, and the invoice me for $675 is stunning. We simply never would have agreed to spend that amount of money to frame something. When I complained about the entire experience, they did reduce the price- to $595. I am not saying you shouldn't use them. But if you do, demand a written estimate for both turn around time and cost before agreeing to anything, or 4 months later you'll pay $600...

Fabulous craftmanship! I had an odd sized rug framed. When I brought it in it was not really in frame-ready shape (dirty, needed trimming). They took the extra time to put it in the best shape for framing. They also worked within my budget to help me pick out a frame that I liked. Great people and...

Us artists like art stores and to visit them. This was a quaint, cute, art store. Lots of quality items. didn't see any ceramic supplies. Lots of various paints, brushes, paper, gifts, etc. Classes avaialble. The lady working there was very friendly...