All the photos in this post were taken with VSCOCam on my iPod Touch.
I posted this photo above on my Instagram account recently and many people asked me about frame shop information, so here it is. The shop above in the photo had many cute frames, but the prices I was given were very high. For example, big frame (30 cm x 17 cm) with paint coating was 2,500 Rupees (US$40) and that does not come with a back or glass. It’s just a frame.
I have been wanting to create a frame collage on a wall for a while. It’s an inexpensive way to decorate your wall and the materials are available in Mumbai, India. As there is no IKEA to buy cheap decorative items in Mumbai, finding materials to decorate home on a budget, believe it or not, is challenging.
For wood carved frames shopping, I went to SV Road (Swami Vivekanand Road) and got out of my car at the beginning of the frame shop row on the same side as the Jama Masjid, the beautiful white mosque (photo below). I stopped at each shop and started asking prices one by one. I went all the way down to the last one, Craft Wood Art, that was located closest to the Jama Masjid, the beautiful white mosque.
CRAFT WOOD ART
I came to a frame shop called Craft Wood Art owned by Naushad Ahmed. The photo below is Craft Wood Art, the shop closest to Jama Masjid on the left side of the mosque if you are facing it.
I have purchased 5 frames in total from this guy in the photo. This person in the photo is Naushad Ahmed. The price he gave me was the least expensive among all the shops I went on the left side of the Jama Masjid when facing the mosque and I could tell that he was being honest. For a frame sized roughly in 30 cm by 17 cm without any coating finish, he asked for 750 Rupees (US$12.5). Most other shops asked for 1,200 Rupees. I still found 750 Rupees expensive because if you look closely you can see nails, the finish looks very rough and the wood frames had dust all over. I managed to buy one oval and one rectangular in the same size (approximately 30 cm x 17 cm) for 600 Rupees (US$10) each, thus 1,200 Rupees for both. This price was what I was asked to pay for one at other stores. I also bought one mid-size circular one for 500 Rupees (US$8.5). I asked him to give any of my readers the same prices. If you are Indian who speak Hindi or Marathi, though, I wonder you would get even better pricing. Anyways, since he was kind to me, I hope that I can help him get some more customers. I think he should start painting some frames like his neighbor shops, too.
CRAFT WOOD ART
Quresh Nagar, Near Jama Masjid on SV Road (Swami Vivekanand Road),
Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
craftwoodart@yahoo.com
Naushad Ahmed: 9324337574
HASSAAN WOOD ANTICS SPECIALIST
I also bought a small frame from a store Hassaan because I liked the design. I bought a small size frame (left on the photo below) with no finish or coating for 350 Rupees (US$6). Some of the frames Hassaan was selling were really cute. You might want to check them out, too, if you ever get to these shops on SV Road.
HASSAAN WOOD ANTICS SPECIALIST
Shop No. 6/227-a, Mukadama bungalow, Near Jama Masjid,
S.V. Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400050
Email: sajidmalik842@gmail.com
Sajid Malik: 7738026301
I bought a paint from Empire Paint Shop (next post) and painted the frames myself. Actually while I was painting, my helper came and took over the task. How lucky am I?!
I hope you enjoyed my post on wood carving frames and shops! I will try to have a post about the frames in my interior decor post as well in the future!
Those frames are gorgeous. And you painted them so well, too! The prices are envious as well. Getting frames of that size in Japan would be much more expensive, I think. (Or maybe I’m just not a very good thrift shopper?)
Miwa, I would imagine that the frames in Japan are much more expensive especially if they were made with real wood! The product quality here (hard to see in photos) is not up to any standard of work you would find in the U.S. or Japan, but for the price you pay here, I think it’s not too bad. If I lived in Japan, I would go straight to IKEA and buy decorative items which would be as cheap and would not require my extra work. 🙂 I wonder if you can find something quirky like this at a second hand shop in Japan.
I loved the pictures and I found you on Instagram and started following you ( my IG name @cieltje_badschuimenmeer). I was your 600 follower!! Love from Holland.
Thank you for finding me! That is so sweet of you to follow me on IG! I think I saw your IG photos, too. Very cool! Thank you for your kind words!!! By the way, I love Holland!!!! I want to go to Holland very badly! It’s my dream. One day! Cheers from Mumbai, India!
Hey would love to see the photos of the framed once U place them !
Yes! Thank you for asking!! Do you do instagram? I have posted a few photos of the frames on the wall there. @chuzailiving I plan on posting the photos in the near future. I have so many photos to edit! I’ll do my best!
Thank u so much for the information …. It’s been long I m saying infact requesting my husband to buy tthese beautiful frames to decorate on my yellow wall and put my little ones picture in it and ur post will now be very much helpful for me… Will go to the same shop and will definitely tell him about uhh. thank u so much
You’re welcome, Kanisha! There is a slightly bigger frame shop closer to the white mosque that also has many nice ones now. I have a few friends who bought them there and the price wasn’t too bad. I hope you will find something that you will love! I’m happy to hear that my post was helpful!! Thank you for your time to write me a comment!!