Gallery One's stone building on Millwood Avenue on a sunny day

Custom framing studio and art gallery, Winchester, Virginia

Where framing is magic

Custom framing, matting, needlework and shadow boxes for the pieces that mean something to you. Bring it in and we will find the frame it deserves.

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40+

years of custom framing

5.0

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Inside the Gallery One workroom, laying out a framing job on the big work table

Who you will meet

Ada and Martha run the shop

Gallery One is a small, owner-run framing studio and art gallery on Millwood Avenue in Winchester. Walk in and you will be working with Ada or Martha, the two people who run the store.

For 40+ years the shop has framed what people bring through the door: heirloom dolls, service medals, diplomas, handwritten letters, needlework and team keepsakes. Most of these pieces are one of a kind, so every job starts with a conversation at the counter about what the piece is and how you want it to look.

They love the unusual requests. If you are not sure what is possible, bring it in and ask.

40+ years of framing
Owner-run by Ada and Martha
Local art in the gallery
Open Tue–Fri, 11am–4pm

The salon wall

A little of everything we frame

Every piece on this wall came through our door. Scroll, and watch each one settle into place.

Hand-lettered Shenandoah Valley print decorated with birds, butterflies and wildflowers — Custom framingA hand-lettered Shenandoah Valley print, framed so the color can breathe.

Antique porcelain doll in a white dress displayed in a shadow box beside her gown — Shadow boxesAn heirloom doll and her gown, mounted together on a soft green mat.

Military shadow box with a portrait, sergeant stripes, insignia and a row of medals — Shadow boxesA soldier's portrait, stripes, insignia and medals, laid out as one display.

Colorful Mad Hatter print in a sea-green mat and a weathered blue and gold frame — MattingA bold print given room with a sea-green mat and a painted frame.

Collage of black and white family photos and carved keepsakes in a deep frame — CollagesFamily photos and keepsakes arranged so they tell one story.

Ornate gold frame holding a gold pocket watch on a chain next to a handwritten document — Certificates and documentsA handwritten certificate framed beside the pocket watch it belongs with.

Academic achievement award framed with a varsity letter A, a pin and a photo — CertificatesA student's award, letter and photo, framed in school colors.

Tall shadow box with two wooden sticks, old team photographs and pins — Shadow boxesWooden sticks, team photos and pins from a club's history.

Also framed here: needlework, finished corner frames, and work by local artists in the gallery.

A wall of frame corner samples above framed art on display in the shop

It all starts at the sample wall

Corner samples held up against your piece, mats laid side by side, and someone who knows the craft right beside you.

Kind words

What customers say

“I had a framing job for a delicate item that needed a quick turnaround, and Gallery One made it happen. Their work was impeccable, and the woman who helped me at the front desk…”

John I., via MapQuest

1 / 4

Another customer wrote about impeccable work, great matting and framing, good value, and pleasant, inspiring service.

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5.0
out of 5, from 10 reviews
Yelp
5.0
out of 5, from 3 reviews
Facebook
5.0
out of 5, from 4 reviews

The Gallery One storefront on Millwood Avenue, with red awnings and a teal-trimmed door

Have something worth framing?

Call or text and tell us about it, or just stop in during open hours.

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Visit the studio

Come by Millwood Avenue

Bring the piece with you if you can. Seeing it next to the samples is the easiest way to decide.

Open hours

Tue–Fri: 11am–4pm
Closed Mon, Sat, Sun

Find us

385 Millwood Ave, Winchester, VA 22601

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