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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 11:40 AM
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4. I was a picture framer for many years.
Edited on Sat Apr-02-05 11:49 AM by intheflow
Things like this are always a tough call, but if it was my menu, I'd put it in a metal frame sandwiched between two pieces of glass. That way you could see the front of the menu and also the back just by taking it off the wall. Also, many (if not most) metal frames just screw together with corner brackets. They're easy to take apart and put back together, so you could change the section of menu displayed "out front" on occasion.

But my real advice to you is to find a frameshop and ask them. A small, locally owned frameshop would probably give you the most creative options, but if money is an issue, get an idea from a small frameshop and then hit a Michael's Arts and Crafts during one of its sales. If you can't afford a custom frame, get a sectional metal frame and glass (also available at most frame shops, including Michaels).

This is the kind of project I would have loved to have comethrough my frame shop. Wish I could see the menu--it sounds very cool! :hi:

*On edit, I want to note that the two panes of glass option is real only a good option with metal frames because of how the frames go together, but also because of the weight of two pieces of glass. You'd have to have a REALLY thick, sturdy wood frame to do this, and then it would be a pain in the arse to change the display.

If you copied all the pages, as suggested by someone else, above, it would be huge and very, very expensive if all in one frame. It could be kind of cool with many single frames, but again, potentially expensive and would take up a lot of wall space.

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