Since 1990, Wallingford's Frame n' Art has been the expert in archival, conservation and custom framing. It's the place to go find affordable prints, mattes and mouldings and ready-made frames. Wallingford Frame n' Art also specializes in custom framing for handiwork, artwork, mementos and posters. Other services include plaque lamination, custom mirrors and over-sized artwork.
Make use of the coupons you can find on the Wallingford Frame n' Art website.
Tucked far from the hustle and bustle of Wallingford's main roads is the Blue Trail Rifle Range and Gun Store.
The facility includes a 25-yard pistol range, 50- and 100-yard rifle ranges, a public shotgun field and a 200-yard range for air guns and BB guns.
Blue Trail Range also offers classes such as the NRA Handgun Safety Certification Class, leagues and clubs such as the Ladies Pistol Club and Junior Rifle Club (ages 9 to 19) and various match opportunities.
The gun store sells new and used guns, ammo, earplugs, safety glasses, targets and cleaning supplies.
A discount is available for members of the military. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food, and a snack bar is open on the weekends.
Contact the range or visit the website for details on classes, forms and range rules and regulations.
Coatings International is a small independent store offering automotive paint, wax and finishing supplies. Located in Yale Plaza, Coatings International also carries an extensive supply of Sherwin Williams auto detailing supplies. The store is open six days a week and offers friendly advice for both novice and experienced auto detailers.
Yankee Cloth is located on picturesque Center Street in a charming house with a large, wraparound porch. This quilt shop offers a place for quilters to dream and design, take classes, learn and update skills and, most of all, create works of beauty and functionality.
The Crafty Lady, on Main Street, in Wallingford has been in business for 38 years. The hours may be erratic, but if you call before setting out, you will probably hear an updated message with the shop's business hours for the week. You can generally expect the shop to be open on Saturdays.
After working in the aerospace industry since before 1990, Joe Acosta decided to take his background, and passion for flying and launch his own store. Build Right - Fly Right Hobbies offers a huge inventory of kits, parts and accessories for the aviation hobbyist. His emphasis at the store is on aiming to provide good service and training.
Wallingford's Country Yarns has quite a reputation. Fans of knitting, crocheting, spinning and textile design from all over the state flock to this eclectic shop with the incredible inventory. For 21 years, Country Yarns has been a place to find custom patterns, an extensive selection of colors as well as hard-to-find, funky and unusual yarns, buttons, needles and accessories.
Join the Tuesday night and Wednesday and Friday afternoon knitting and crochet classes. Take a look at the one-of-a-kind handmade products throughout the store; most are for sale.
Landmark Gallery & Framing is located next to the new J. Christian's restaurant and is right where it all comes together at the corner of Center and Main streets. It's an upscale, stylish framing shop that specializes in custom framing, and can also do repairs. The interior walls of the shop are painted sky blue and feature hundreds of multi-colored and multi-textured frame examples, as well as framed mirrors for sale and rotating artwork from various artists.