Frugal Framer

Frugal Framer has been a fixture in Vero Beach’s retail framing scene since 1995, when brothers Craig and Kyle Stevens opened the shop following the example set by their father’s own business, building a family framing operation that has since become a familiar name to residents needing anything from a single family photo framed to full-scale projects involving dozens of pieces for a home renovation or office buildout. The shop operates out of a storefront in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center, positioned next to the Fresh Market grocery store, a location that puts it in a well-trafficked retail corridor rather than tucked into the smaller-scale downtown Arts District where many of Vero Beach’s galleries and artist cooperatives are clustered.

The shop’s core promise centers on competitive, everyday pricing rather than premium conservation specialization, positioning Frugal Framer as an accessible option for customers who want quality custom framing without the higher price points sometimes associated with boutique conservation framers. That approach has clearly resonated with a broad customer base over the past three decades, as the business has expanded its service offerings to include next-day framing turnaround for customers on a tighter timeline, along with delivery and installation services that take the hassle out of hanging larger or more numerous pieces once framing is complete. These add-on services matter particularly for customers furnishing a new home, staging a property for sale, or managing office artwork across multiple rooms, where the labor of hanging dozens of frames evenly and securely can be as time-consuming as the framing itself.

As a family business now in its third decade, Frugal Framer has built the kind of institutional memory that comes from serving the same community across multiple generations of customers, and the Stevens brothers’ direct involvement in day-to-day operations gives the shop a personal touch that distinguishes it from framing departments inside larger craft store chains. The shop handles the full range of typical custom framing work, including artwork, photographs, diplomas, memorabilia, and needlework, fitting each piece with mat and frame combinations selected to match a customer’s decor and budget.

The Miracle Mile location places Frugal Framer within a short drive of both the downtown Arts District galleries and the Riverside Park cultural corridor, making it a convenient stop for residents who have just purchased a piece from a local gallery or the Vero Beach Museum of Art gift shop and need it framed before hanging it at home. Open six days a week with consistent daytime hours, the shop offers a level of accessibility that smaller by-appointment galleries and artist-run spaces in the downtown district cannot always match, giving Vero Beach a reliable, everyday framing option alongside the more specialized conservation framing available elsewhere in the city.