This owner-operated custom framing studio, original-art gallery, and installation business has operated continuously from the same downtown corridor of the nation's capital for 34 years. Quietly built on craft, reliability, and word-of-mouth, the Business has compounded a senior workshop team, three generations of repeat clientele, and a diversified blue-chip customer base into a high-margin specialty operation that is increasingly rare in a downtown retail context.

Revenue is anchored by high-margin custom framing - approximately 77% of trailing revenue at framing gross margins near 85% - and rounded out by a diversified service catalog: original art and prints (curated and consigned), in-house small-format and large-format printing for individual and corporate clients, professional white-glove art installation across the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region, custom acrylic showcases and shadowboxes for memorabilia and three-dimensional pieces, and traditional plate engraving, hand calligraphy, frame repair, canvas stretching, and ancillary services.

The revenue mix is intentionally diversified across four distinct customer channels. The retail walk-in channel comprises neighborhood and downtown residents, embassy staff, and employees of nearby agencies and professional firms commissioning piece-by-piece custom framing of personal artwork, diplomas, photographs, jewelry, and memorabilia - approximately 85% repeat-or-referral driven. The corporate and law channel comprises downtown law firms, lobbying and policy organizations, trade associations, embassies, and corporate offices that engage the Business for recurring high-volume framing and installation work tied to office build-outs and refreshes. The federal and DC government channel includes a multi-year framing contract with a major federal client (recurring through 2030) plus referral-based work for several additional federal agencies and DC government departments; the Business is SAM.gov registered and holds the requisite DC business licenses and sales tax registrations. The property management and design channel includes commercial property management firms and office interior design firms commissioning large-scale office installations of 20 to 30 pieces per project.

Operating fundamentals are exceptionally clean. The Business generated approximately $828K in revenue in 2025 at gross margins near 80%, with Seller's Discretionary Earnings of $264K (2025) trending to approximately $269K on a 2026 pro forma basis. The quoted-to-close rate runs near 90%, average framing ticket is approximately $300, average installation ticket is approximately $1,500, and master-framer rework is below 0.1%. Customers pay net 30 with deposits collected up front; bad debt is effectively zero. The Business is debt-free with a clean balance sheet and carries general liability, property, and workers' compensation coverage.

The team is small, senior, and unusually stable - a master framer with more than 24 years on the bench, an assistant framer with more than 7 years, and a long-standing installer subcontractor relationship. Average framer tenure exceeds 15 years per framer. The owner-operator handles customer-facing sales, quotes and estimates, ordering and supplier management, art preparation work, and occasional bench framing during peak periods. The owner is fully retiring at close and will provide a reasonable transition handover to the buyer.