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At the start of the year, I decided that I would become America's bravest woman. I would frame some art on my own.
Getting something framed professionally is super expensive, so I was convinced that this would be a herculean task — requiring precision and craft to justify such a high price tag. Ultimately, the endeavor turned out to be painless. With a handful of frames I bought online and, briefly, the help of a butter knife, I accomplished in an hour what I'd assumed would take me all day. My framing job is not awesome, but it's fine.
I recognize this sounds a little silly, but it did make me seriously wonder why getting something framed professionally was so costly. I've spent a lot of money to get art put behind glass in the past, and my DIY job didn't seem so vastly different.