Experience

Susan Bryce Carver is the frame shop manager and has 25 years of professional experience in custom picture framing and fine art as well as in design and production. Her framing expertise is proven in all of her work. Simplicity, elegance and perfection are the main characteristics of all of The Framery's finished products. Susan's corporate experience is extensive. Many of her clients are Fortune 500 companies, such as Bank of America, Pacific Gas and Electric, AT&T, Dreyer’s and Edy’s Grand Ice Cream, Dean Witter Reynolds, and C & H Sugar and many others. Her expertise with deadlines and budgets are great assets when meeting the challenges and demands necessary when working with interior designers, decorators and corporations. (Credentials available upon request.)

The Framery was a concept created in San Francisco almost 15 years ago by owner/artist, Debra Bongiovanni and framer/manager, Susan Carver. After relocating to Pittsburgh many years ago, they settled-in and began creating their dream. Lawrenceville was the ideal and most obvious location to begin this venture. The renewal of this community with its many shops, galleries and restaurants was the borough they found so inviting.

After two great years and many fantastic new acquaintances, they both agreed that their shared passion for art and their love of Pittsburgh has helped the dream of The Framery to unfold. They recently moved The Framery into an 1880's storefront on Butler Street in Lawrenceville. The building belonged to a woman named Sadie O'Neil who lived there until the age of 102. Among the many stories of this fabulous new building's history was that it was at one time a bar, a poolhall, and a rooming house. And with this new phase of their dream, The Framery paid tribute to Sadie, with the opening of "The Framery at Sadie's Flats."

Affiliation and Location

The Framery is a founding member of the Lawrenceville Business Guild, a member of the 16:62 Design Zone and a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners. We are located in the heart of Lawrenceville directly across from the entrance to the historic Allegheny Cemetery.

The Framery is easily accessible to downtown Pittsburgh, Oakland, Shadyside and the East End.

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ARTICLES

36 Hours in Pittsburgh

By JEFF SCHLEGEL
Published: July 6, 2008

PITTSBURGH has undergone a striking renaissance from a down-and-out smokestack to a gleaming cultural oasis. But old stereotypes die hard, and Pittsburgh probably doesn’t make many people’s short list for a cosmopolitan getaway. Too bad, because this city of 89 distinct neighborhoods is a cool and — dare I say, hip—city. There are great restaurants, excellent shopping, breakthrough galleries and prestigious museums. The convergence of three rivers and surrounding green hills also make it a surprisingly pretty urban setting. And if the Pirates are in town, head over to PNC Park. Besides the game, the ballpark offers a great excuse to explore downtown Pittsburgh and the river views.


A Designed District Takes Shape

But in the past five years artists and other creative types have bought into the area's dirt-cheap storefronts and turn-of-the-last-century brick row houses, and opened galleries, boutiques and interior design shops along Butler Street. Today, it's a hub for an arts, fashion and interior design district called the 16:62 Design Zone that begins at the 16th Street Bridge in the adjacent Strip District and extends to the 62nd Street Bridge in Lawrenceville. Throw in some good restaurants and other ancillary amenities, and Butler Street is slowly becoming a go-to destination.