Great help! by Megan Kathleen Y. at InsiderPages
I walked in knowing what look I wanted, without knowing WHAT I wanted. I brought the artwork with me, and laid it down, and the woman pulled different mattes. I had brought a frame to let her know where I wanted to go, but with 1000s of mattes, I was so happy to let her pick. She pulled 3, I loved one of them, but didn't want to settle for the first thing I saw. She was very obliging and pulled about a dozen more, but she hit the nail on the head with the first matte. I bought it and the materials to build our own frame, and I was very pleased. They cut the matte to fit the picture though, and it was perfect.
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