Artworks of Northwood Framing and Printing

Northwood Village’s reputation as West Palm Beach’s designated arts district rests on a handful of small, hands-on businesses, and Artworks of Northwood is a good example of what that looks like in practice. Set on 25th Street in the middle of the district, this is a family-owned custom framing and fine art printing shop, built around the kind of detailed, materials-focused work that a big-box frame counter simply cannot replicate. The shop describes its approach as building frames in-house using museum-quality materials, and its online portfolio backs that up with dozens of photos of finished projects ranging from delicate shadow boxes to large canvas stretches and full commercial installations.

Custom framing is a craft that depends on getting small decisions right: mat width, glazing choice, whether a piece needs UV-filtering glass, how to mount a fragile textile or an oversized print without damaging it. Artworks of Northwood’s portfolio includes examples of exactly that kind of specialty work, including a custom-framed kimono delivered and installed for a client and framing done at odd diagonal angles to suit unusual pieces, which suggests a shop comfortable with jobs that fall outside a standard rectangle. Alongside framing, the business also handles fine art printing and canvas stretching, so photographers and painters can get a finished, ready-to-hang piece from the same shop that will frame it, rather than coordinating between a print lab and a separate framer.

The shop offers free design consultations, a detail that matters for first-time framing customers who are not sure what options exist for a particular piece or how much a project might cost before committing. Its Florida LLC registration shows the business was formally organized in 2019, and it currently shows as active in the state’s corporate registry, consistent with a small, locally run operation rather than any regional or national framing chain. The shop’s working hours lean toward a traditional weekday retail schedule, open mid-morning through mid-afternoon Monday through Friday with a shorter Saturday morning slot, and it notes that additional appointment times are available outside those hours for clients who need more flexibility, a common accommodation for a business that serves working professionals, artists, and interior designers who may not be free during a typical nine-to-five window.

Being located directly inside Northwood Village matters beyond just the address. The city has spent real money rebuilding the streetscape along this stretch of 25th Street specifically to support its identity as an arts district, and a working frame shop is part of what keeps that identity functional rather than purely decorative. Local artists who show work in the district’s galleries need somewhere nearby to get pieces properly framed for sale or exhibition, and homeowners renovating in the surrounding Northwood neighborhoods need a framer who can handle everything from a simple family photo to a full art collection. Artworks of Northwood fills that role for the district, a small, independently run shop doing detailed craft work a few doors down from the galleries and antique stores that give Northwood Village its character.