Barbara Was Framed

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Barbara Was Framed We are a boutique interior decorating company and vintage resale shop focused on creating unique spaces while remaining committed to sustainable practices.

10/15/2026

Sexy and I KNOWWW IT.

Construction is fully underway for my project at Houston Museum of Decorative Arts !

The grand reopening is November 14th, and I cannot WAIT to show you the finished product because she’s gonna be REAL pretty. 😍

10/08/2026

This purse will stay clean for six hours. Max.

10/06/2026

It was such a joy creating this piece for Jennifer Nanney ❤️

Jen came to me wanting to create a really special gift for a friend who is opening a sober living home in Charleston. She wanted to use this amazing photo of the two of them together and add some vinyl decal pop art lettering that would make the women coming into the space feel welcome.

She showed me the room where the piece would eventually live, along with the colors, patterns and overall feel of the house, and from there I helped her design something completely custom for the space.
And like, you can totally do the same you know.

If you know you want one of my upcycled framed pieces but have no idea what size, style, artwork or frame will work best, you don’t have to figure it out yourself.

With any custom frame purchase, you can schedule a free design consultation at my studio. Come see the frames and artwork in person, show me photos of your space, and I’ll help you put together something that feels completely personal to you.

Whether it’s for your own home or a one-of-a-kind gift for someone you love, we can create it together.

Have something special coming up? DM me to get started.

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10/04/2026

In between plumbing disasters this week, I had the absolute joy of helping Gina Marie Boyd M.Sc. | Integrative Health + Spiritual Counselor bring her new office space to life. Just steps away from Frazier Avenue in the North Shore, this amazing space will be an absolute haven for people coming to Gina for her integrative health and wellness work.

Words cannot describe how incredible this space feels now that it’s all coming together. You’ll just have to go check it out and experience it for yourself to see what I mean because pics don’t come close to doing it justice. ❤️

More to come from this beautiful little space very soon!

It’s coming together 🙂I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been working on for the soon-to-reopen Houston Museum of Decora...
10/02/2026

It’s coming together 🙂

I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been working on for the soon-to-reopen Houston Museum of Decorative Arts.
SOOOOOOON.

Last year, I had the absolute joy of helping Gina Marie Boyd transform her apartment into a space that felt completely h...
09/29/2026

Last year, I had the absolute joy of helping Gina Marie Boyd transform her apartment into a space that felt completely her, including this gallery wall.

Built from a mix of pieces she already owned and had inherited from her aunt, loose prints that needed homes, and artwork that I reframed to give it new life. The result was this colorful, collected, slightly woo woo wall that feels like it grew together over time instead of being bought all at once.

Fast forward to now, and Gina is moving into an amazing new office space on the North Shore for her work as an integrative health practitioner and spiritual counselor. Tonight, we get to start reimagining this wall for its new home!

So much has changed since that first project, including the fact that what started as a design job turned into a really wonderful friendship. 💕

And yes, I do office spaces too! Have a pile of art you love but no idea how to make it all work together to reflect YOU and your brand?? DM me and so we can bring the story of you and your loves to life 🩷

09/27/2026

These minis could be YOURS. 👀

This Thursday I’m popping up at Broads for Estate Sale Bingo, and I’m bringing some fun upcycled prizes with me!

Bingo winners will get to choose from these upcycled mini frames, vintage art prints and a few other fun little tchotchkes I’m pulling together for the occasion. 🖼️✨

Huge thank you to Broads for having me and putting this together. I’m so excited!

Estate Sale Bingo
Thursday at 7 PM
📍 Broads Lounge

See you Thursday! 💃

09/25/2026

One of the most fun parts of this project is that I get to display not only Anna’s personal letters, receipts, envelopes and other pieces of her life, but also actual objects from her collection of thousands of incredible antiques.

The challenge is trying to stay focused when I go downstairs looking for ONE specific little treasure to fill ONE specific little hole in the gallery wall. 😂

Thank God for the amazing staff at the museum (shoutout to the queens Beth and Pam!) for helping me find things, because otherwise I would spend the entire day down there playing house like a little girl with the world’s greatest dollhouse.

This has been such a fun part of getting to know Anna through the things she collected, saved and surrounded herself with, and I feel incredibly lucky to have access to all of it while putting this wall together.

The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts reopens in late November. ❤️

09/23/2026

You know all that art you’ve been meaning to hang?

Did you know you can hire me to help design, style AND actually hang your art?

Maybe you have a couple of large pieces you’ve been afraid to hang. Maybe you have a pile of prints and absolutely no idea what to do with them. Maybe you know what you want where, but you just need someone to come hang everything. Or maybe you have a completely blank wall and want me to take it from there.

I can help with as much or as little of the process as you need:
• Designing and arranging your walls
• Sourcing vintage and secondhand frames
• Framing + custom matting
• Helping decide what should go where
• Hanging and installation
• Or the whole process from start to finish

Basically, if your walls need some love, I got you. 🖼️

DESIGN + INSTALLATION RATES

$75/hour
3 hours: $200
4 hours: $260
Full 8-hour day: $500

Payment in installments is available.

Frames, matting and other materials are additional.

Have a project in mind? DM me to get started! Send me a few photos of your space and tell me what you’re thinking, and we can figure out what kind of help makes the most sense.

📍 Chattanooga + surrounding areas

Curio Kobo is HERE!I’m so thrilled to be part of this amazing new artist and creative collective from the owners of I Go...
09/19/2026

Curio Kobo is HERE!

I’m so thrilled to be part of this amazing new artist and creative collective from the owners of I Go Tokyo + Verre Noir.

The space is home to dozens of local artists, makers and creatives, and opening day was killlllerrr. I loved getting to meet some of the other artists, see everyone’s work together in one space and officially become part of this little creative community.

A huge thank you to the owners of I Go Tokyo and Verre Noir by Joli Jardin for putting this space together and
creating another place for Chattanooga’s local creatives to share and sell their work. ❤

And a special shout-out to store manager Lauren for doing such an amazing job working with all of us and getting this whole thing off the ground in such a short amount of time. She has been incredibly helpful throughout the entire process and is just all-around kick-ass.

Come check us out and shop some cool local art:
📍 Curio Kobo
157 River St
Chattanooga, TN



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