Shopping in West Raleigh

Frameworks Gallery and Frame Design, Inc.’s owners, Charles and Carolyn, operate by a simple philosophy: “Frame it once, frame it right, and frame it forever.” For more than 30 years, the custom frame shop and art gallery has matched museum-quality frames with portraits, memorabilia, and portraits of memorabilia, earning repeated recognition from loyal customers and local publications such as Metro Magazine. Customers can peruse a selection of ready-to-hang frames or collaborate with helpful staff members to create a one-of-a-kind picture home, with a variety of framing materials, mats, and glass to choose from. On its walls, the family-operated store proudly displays work by local and regional artists interspersed with flawless Sunday crossword puzzles completed entirely in ink.

News & Observer

The News & Observer serves Raleigh and rest of the Triangle through its award-winning regional newspaper as well as nine community publications. Every day, readers catch up on local news, relevant national news, entertainment, sports, and business. Learn about restaurant openings in the Dining section, or get the latest on North Carolina State’s, Duke’s, and the University of North Carolina’s basketball, football, and foosball teams in the Sports section. The News & Observer’s writers are devoted to crisp, clear journalism that targets both national and local issues. In 1995, the paper earned the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for an investigation into the effects of commercial hog farming on the region’s economy and environment.

The professional florists at PG Flowers band bright blossoms together to create special-occasion bouquets, floral arrangements, and seasonal centerpieces. Housing a large selection of fresh blooms, tropical flowers, and plants, the arrangers pair vase-clad creations with stuffed animals, mylar and latex balloons, and other gifts. The florists offer prompt delivery service throughout Raleigh, Morrisville, and the surrounding area to help clients wordlessly express their emotions or demonstrate remorse for backing a station wagon into their neighbor's koi pond.

When Raj Bulchandani begins working on a suit, he isn't afraid to spend ample time checking his measurements carefully. He translates each precise measurement to the cloth, then hand-cuts and stitches the cuffs, shoulders, breast, and canvas structuring from scratch. Raj believes in the superiority of the bespoke suit, following the traditions of London's legendary Savile Row tailors. As he crafts each piece, he ensures that each suit, vest, and shirt is unique and still respects the Magna Carta.

Raj crafts suits in five single- and double-breasted styles for men and women, using more than 350 fabrics, colors, and patterns. He makes his shirts from egyptian cotton and sources fine Italian and English fabrics from well-regarded mills such as Ermenegildo Zegna, Loro Piana, and Holland & Sherry. And whether he is working with worsted wool, mohair, or cashmere, he makes sure each piece offers a modern fit and a pocket for your secret-agent card.

America’s Mattress of the Carolinas' show rooms brim with plush, pillow-top, and memory-foam mattresses that vary in firmness and coil structure to help any sleeper find a match. The staff invites clients to try out a nap or enchanted slumber upon one of the store's own brand of budget-friendly mattresses. The selection also includes Tempur-Pedic models and Serta models, such as the iComfort with gel-infused memory foam.

To accessorize their purchases, clients can peruse a selection of bedroom furnishings, memory-foam pillows, and mattress protectors that seal in a mattress's naturally smoky flavor. Clients can enlist the store's staff to help haul away old bedding and set up new purchases.

Beth Massey is a double threat. Not only is she a framer with more than 15 years of experience, but she is also an artist and invokes her knowledge of art conservation on every piece she works with. She took care to draft expert team members for Wake Forest Art & Frame Shop, and they employ formal framing and design training to treat each assignment with equal emphasis on aesthetics and preservation. Beth and her staff channel their artistic experience into selecting the proper method for displaying each prized work of art, photo, or drawing of precious family heirloom tomatoes.

In addition to framing services, Wake Forest Art & Frame Shop also works closely with many local artists. During Art After Hours sessions, the artists present exhibits of their work or lead students in classes on painting or watercolors.