Thank you Julie, Marina and Michele,
Julie thanks for explaining the way you have altered frames. JFM has been great regarding their mess-up on my last order. We'll see how the final bill comes out though.
My only problem with them is they hardly ever have what I need in stock. I have to order it and then it's on 'backorder' for months. I did a search on this site for frame places and have some others to try . . .
Finding a website that would explain this type of this is a great idea Marina. I think the bottom line is I just need to experiment, on some old frames.
Michele, thank you for posting the experience you have had with changing the color of frames. This probably wouldn't even have occured to me but I went to a workshop last week and the instructor really stressed being able to alter a frame to best showcase one's artwork. That got me thinking!
I called JFM this morning and they are going to send me two other 14"x18" frames that are
similar to what I ordered. So I'm hoping these new ones will work for the two portraits I have. The two 14"x18" frames that I bought over the weekend (with the bright gold finish) will go into the storage room for some later project. I will experiment on some old frames before I try to alter their color. My first two commissions are completed and I am anxious to show them to my client . . . .I just want them to be in decent frames!!!
thanks again for the replies,
Joan