Our story
It started with a box
that should never have gone out.
A real mistake, made by the dad who built this.
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What happened
The drawer, then the bin
One quiet weekend I was tidying up. A soft-cornered shoebox sat at the back of a cupboard, full of my daughter Alaska's earliest drawings — a sun with too many rays, a family with extra arms.
I didn't really look. It went out with everything else.
Weeks later, Alaska asked where her early drawings had gone. I had to tell her. You can't photograph what's already in landfill.
Those first marks only happen once. When they're gone, they're gone.
Why now
The tech finally caught up to the feeling
A phone can now lift a drawing off a crumpled page and keep it true — freed from glare, never restyled.
I built the thing I wish I'd had the weekend of the box.
What it becomes
From a drawer to a gallery they can walk through.
Their art on the walls, year by year. This is Alaska's — yours is one photo away.
What we believe
Three promises we don't bend on
Faithful to their marks
We clean the photo, never the art. No line redrawn, no wobble smoothed.
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Grandparents included
One link and they're inside — no app, no account, no password.
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Made in Australia
Built by a small family team, here at home
A tiny Australian team — close enough that a real person answers when you write in.
We're building something our own kids can still open in twenty years.
A note from Nick
“I can't get Alaska's box back. But I can make sure you never have to learn the lesson the way I did. Snap one drawing today — that's all it takes to start keeping them.”
Nick Gee
Founder & dad · The Fridge Gallery
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One drawing is enough to begin — free, and always yours.
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