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Fatherhood: Review – I’ve been Framed

Posted on February 17, 2015January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

IMG_4526Most of the items I get contacted about reviewing for this blog are child-related – and usually in a pretty obvious way. So I found myself scratching my head a little when the folks at eFrame got in touch to ask if I’d like to review their online picture frame service.

However, whilst scratching my head I glanced round my living room and quickly realised the connection they had made – as our living room, and indeed the rest of our house, is covered in pictures of our children. That’ll explain it then!

With my moment of confusion brushed aside, I jumped at their offer, and set about finding something that needed framing.

Now eFrame offer all the usual frame sizes and a whole heap of styles and colours – but I soon figured that just ordering a run-of-the-mill frame would make for a pretty boring review.

IMG_3443As luck would have it, I’d also recently purchased an art print online by Dan McCarthy – a print which is a rather unusual shape, being around a foot wide and 3 foot high, give or take.

So I asked the framing people whether they could make a custom frame to fit my print, and they set about constructing it there and then.

Considering I placed my order in the week before Christmas, I was pretty damn stunned when the frame turned up just a couple of days later – though as you can probably tell from the date I’m posting this, their efficiency in putting it together FAR outstripped my own inefficiency in putting it up…!

IMG_4525The frame came in an impressively constructed suspension-style box, which as you can see from the photo, ensured my frame came in one piece – and also gave the kids a LOT of cardboard to use for their next constructions.

Getting the frame setup was as easy as you can ask for – all transparent surfaces came with multiple protective coatings, to ensure the thing didn’t go up covered in finger prints. The hanging kit supplied was also pretty easy to attach – meaning the whole process took me less than 20 minutes to do from box-opening to hanging it on the wall!

IMG_4529As you take a look at my handiwork, you might be a little confused as to why I appear to have framed a blank sheet of paper. The answer to that puzzle delights me (and utterly infuriates my poor wife) – the painting is done in phosphorescent paint, meaning 90% of it can only be seen in the dark – as you can see below.

Thankfully, the pleasant and smart frame I chose means that even when you only see the blank version on the wall, it still looks pretty damn nice!

I shall definitely be using these guys again in future – though for the sake of my wife’s sanity, I might choose something a little more “standard” to frame next time…!

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