By Ross Leonhart

When Linda Osterberg first got to Vail in 1978, there was a Burger King where Solaris Plaza is now. There was also a small framing shop in the basement of the then-Crossroads Shopping Center.

She had a degree in biochemistry and was working for the town’s water district. While skiing every day, “because it was still one of my first winters here,” and driving the town bus, she met the manager of Mount N Frame who needed some help — offering any hours as long as the job got done, perfect for someone with a ski schedule.

“Honestly, I was a science person. I never paid attention to art very much,” Osterberg said with a laugh.

She spent time, when not skiing, going to seminars and educating herself with literature about the business of framing.

In 1980, she joined Mount N Frame. In 1984, she bought the business with a partner and eventually became the sole owner. On Aug. 1 of this summer, Osterberg celebrated 35 years of running one of Vail’s longest-running businesses.

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. First we had to figure out how to mount the guitar so it could be taken out of the acrylic box and played if so desired. We definitely wanted the mount to be reversible. Problem solved by attaching an acrylic clip integrated into the strap holders on the guitar over the fabric mounted to the box. Polished and cleaned all of the parts and we were ready to finish the assembly. 

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As Jeannie put it ” When I was a little girl, my Mom would put me on the counter and let me to sift flour. My earliest memory of this is from the age of 2. It has been the same with my boys. As long as they could reach the counter or sit on the counter, they could get flour all over, I don’t care about the mess because this is a tradition. And the tradition starts in the middle of November, once a week until Christmas. God forbid you should ask about making them in July! According to my Mom you can’t make them any other time of year. You make them in a specific way. You roll them into little snakes, cut them into an exact size, and place them cut side down on a cookie sheet. Sometime my boys would get into little squabbles and they’d reach over and smash each others cookies right before they were to go onto the cookie sheet. They have wonderful memories of that! Not only do you have to make them in a certain way, but they are eaten is a certain way as well. You have a plate with a mug in the middle, with the Pepper Nuts all along the edge and you don’t dip them, they are NEVER dipped!  Instead you have your spoon and you put your Pepper Nut in and just before they sink you snag ’em! You can see in the frame that there is a picture of the 3 of us at the top, the recipe in the middle and on the bottom a picture of each of the boys making Pepper Nuts.”

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Well, this one takes the cake for the longest sized project in the history of Mount-N-Frame.  We were enlisted to stretch and frame a 14 foot canvas which is a task taking precision and a lot of hand strength! Assembling the stretcher bars was akin to putting a puzzle together. Most framing stock is 10 feet long and this requiring bridging that 4 foot gap with overlapping pieces and lots of cross braces for support. Although part of me was intimidated seeing something I had not encountered in over 35 years of framing, it was pretty fun. Here is a step by step photo essay including the customers reaction.

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Mary and her son Chris are no exception, they love dogs too! Almost 7 years ago, while surfing the web, Chris came across the Eagle County Sheriff’s animal shelter website. He read about a 15-month old Alaskan Husky that had just been relinquished by his previous humans. Chris convinced his mom, Mary, to go check out the dog, “Roco”,  in person. Suffice it to say that they all fell in love. Although it took lots of training and hard work to help Roco overcome anxiety, and some very bad habits like jumping tall fences and running away, it was worth all the effort.

Now Roco is a sweet and secure dog who has travelled and played in dog parks in Vail, Chicago and Portland.  It truly is a dog’s life!

The story came full circle to us at Mount-N-Frame the day Mary brought us a picture of Roco to frame as a gift for Chris. She was so thrilled when she picked it up…you can tell by the look on her face.

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