Paintings & canvases
Surface protected, corners guarded, and crated so nothing touches the canvas.
Fine Art Crating
Paintings, framed prints, mirrors, and sculpture packed in crates built to each piece, for moves and deliveries across San Jose and the Bay Area.
Overview
Fine art crating and art moving
Art gets damaged in a move in a few predictable ways. Glass breaks when a frame flexes. A canvas gets punctured by the corner of something else in the truck. A sculpture snaps at its thinnest point because someone carried it by the part that looked strongest. A crate built to the piece removes most of that risk: nothing can press on the surface, the frame can’t flex, and the piece can’t shift inside.
Framed work and canvases are wrapped to protect the surface, given corner protection, and closed into a crate sized to the frame. Sculpture is padded and braced so its fragile parts carry no weight. Large mirrors and glass-fronted pieces are crated the same way as paintings, because the glass is what breaks.
Art can travel as part of a home move or as its own job. Not every piece needs a crate, and we’ll tell you which ones do and which travel fine in blankets.
What’s included
What we crate
Framed art under glass
Prints and photographs crated so the frame can’t flex and crack the glass.
Sculpture
Padded and braced so thin or projecting parts carry no weight in transit.
Mirrors & glass panels
Large mirrors and glass tabletops crated and kept upright, the way glass travels best.
Oversized pieces
Large canvases and wide frames that won’t fit in a car, crated and moved on our truck.
One piece or a collection
A single painting delivered across town, or every piece in the house crated as part of a move.
How it works
From call to settled in four steps
Clear pricing up front and a real person in your corner the whole way. No guesswork, no surprises on move day.
- 1
Tell us about your move
Share your locations, home or office size, and ideal date. It takes about a minute online, or call and we’ll take the details over the phone.
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Get a written quote
We follow up with a clear, itemized estimate so you know what to expect, with no hidden fees or surprise charges on move day.
- 3
We pack & move
Our crew arrives on time and equipped with blankets, dollies, ramps, and our own trucks, and treats your belongings like our own from start to finish.
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Settle in
We place your furniture and boxes where they belong and reassemble what we took apart, so you can get settled instead of sorting through a pile.
Fine art crating questions, answered
Do all paintings need to be crated?+
No. Sturdy frames without glass often travel well wrapped and padded. Crating is worth it for glass-fronted work, valuable or irreplaceable pieces, large canvases, and sculpture. Send photos and we’ll tell you which pieces need it.
How is a painting packed for a move?+
The surface is covered with a material that won’t stick to it, the corners are protected, and the piece is padded inside a crate sized to the frame so it can’t shift or flex. The crate is marked for orientation and stays upright on the truck.
Can you move a sculpture?+
Yes. Sculpture is padded and braced inside a crate so the fragile parts, like an arm or a base, don’t take any load. Tell us the weight and material when you book, because stone and bronze need a bigger crew than resin or wood.
Can you move art without a full house move?+
Yes. One crated painting or a handful of pieces can be their own job, moved across town or delivered elsewhere in the Bay Area.
Is my art covered during the move?+
Every move includes standard basic valuation coverage, and additional protection options are available. For high-value pieces, tell us what they’re worth when you book and we’ll go over the coverage details with you when we quote.
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Learn morePacking Services
Full, partial, or fragile-only packing, and unpacking at the other end, with or without the move.
Learn moreService area
Based in Santa Clara, moving the whole Bay Area
Being local means a same-day move across the valley is a short trip rather than an across-the-Bay haul. Plus long-distance moves anywhere in California and across the country.
- San Jose
- Sunnyvale
- Santa Clara
- Mountain View
- Palo Alto
- Cupertino
- Milpitas
- Campbell
- Los Gatos
- Saratoga
- Fremont
- Redwood City
- Menlo Park
- Los Altos
- Morgan Hill
- Gilroy
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