Island Life October/November 2018

Prestige Property
Pictures perfectly framed
The combined talents of a
father and daughter have
produced a service that can
capture cherished memories and
favourite images for a lifetime.
The Cowes-based workshop
of A. Hathaway Picture
Framing is run by Anthony
and Laura Hathaway, and
offers bespoke framing and
expert repairs for individual
and contract customers.
Anthony’s technical skills are
combined with the creative
flair of Laura, a local artist who
draws on her Degree in design,
her knowledge of fine art and
natural creativity to complement
her dad’s meticulous work.
The workshop holds a large
selection of PEFC and FSCapproved
mounts and mouldings
with ranges in bare woods
alongside pre-finished mouldings
Safe and secure for 50 years
A second generation
family storage business
is celebrating half a
century of service to
the Island this year.
Image by permission of Jo Hummel-Newell
in wood tones, plastic and plasticcoated.
Anthony and Laura can
also create hand-finished frames
using stains, waxes, paint and
hand gilding techniques.
They’re equally happy working
with watercolours oils, pastels
and fine art prints or photos,
certificates, mirrors and keepsakes
in 3-D settings, and also offer
frame repair and conservation.
As part of their friendly
and personal approach, the
Hathaways are always happy
to give advice and guidance
on how to achieve the perfect
frame and finish. Their workshop
is open weekdays for walk-in
enquiries and they can also offer
weekend appointments as well
as art group visits on request.
Contact A. Hathaway Picture
Framing on 07740 407655 or
you can find them at Unit 6A
Northwood Business Park (rear of
290) Newport Road, Northwood,
PO31 8PE. Visit their websites at
www.ahpictureframing.com or
www.laurahathawayartist.com.
Vectis Storage was launched
purely as a transport and
storage business in Sandown
1968, by husband and wife
team the Harrisons – but as
the enterprise grew, the family
expanded into the self-storage
business in Newport in 1992.
That was followed by acquiring
the Osborne Stable Block site
in East Cowes, where they have
created a small Business Park, and
more recently, they have opened
a site at Kingston for shipping
containers and caravan storage.
The shipping containers at Kingston
For customers Vectis Storage
offers affordable, dry and secure
purpose-built units for the storage
of everything from household
items and business stock, right
through to vehicles and boats.
Customers have the reassurance of
knowing that they are the only keyholder
to their unit and that there is
24/7 CCTV in operation at the site.
The business continues under
the direction of the Harrisons’ son
Richard who joined the family firm
13 years ago and is now Managing
Director, and also his sister Poppy
who has recently joined the team.
To contact Vectis Storage call
01983 281881 or visit the website
at www.vectisstorage.co.uk
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