WHERE TO FIND STOCK NUMBERS AND DETAILS ON STOCK
(1) WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE "CUSTOM FRAMES" BUTTON ON THE NAVIGATION BAR A NEW WINDOW OPENS
(2) CLICK ON THE LINK "NEW 2008 DECOR LINE"
(3) A NEW WINDOW WILL OPEN TO THE DECOR SITE SHOWING IMAGES OF FRAME STOCK
- CLICK ON ANY IMAGE -
A SMALL WINDOW WILL OPEN SHOWING DETAILED, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES OF THE FRAMES IN THAT GROUPING (INCLUDING THE ONE YOU CLICKED ON)
STOCK NUMBERS ARE SHOWN DIRECTLY BELOW EACH IMAGE.
**MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND MEASUREMENT OF THE STOCK CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING ON IMAGE OF THE FRAME STOCK**
HOW TO MEASURE FOR YOUR CUSTOM FRAME
REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE FRAME STOCK (WHETHER ITS A 1", 2.5" OR 4") THE INSIDE MEASUREMENT IS WHAT COUNTS AND THAT MEASURMENT CORRESPONDS DIRECTLY TO THE SIZE OF THE ITEM YOU WISH TO FRAME.
FOR EXAMPLE; YOU WANT TO FRAME AN OIL PAINTING-
MEASURE THE HIEGHT AND THE LENGTH OF THE PAINTING, MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE THE HIEGHT ON BOTH ENDS OF THE PAINTING AND THE LENGTH ON THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM BECAUSE YOUR PAINTING MAY NOT BE IN SQUARE OR MEASURE EVENLY -
IF YOU GET SAY 23.75" ON BOTTOM AND 24" ON TOP - USE THE LARGER MEASUREMENT OF 24" SIMILARLY, IF YOU GET 17.90" HIEGHT ON ONE SIDE AND 18" ON THE OTHER - USE THE LARGER MEASUREMENT OF 18" THEREFORE YOU SHOULD ORDER A FRAME THAT IS 18" HIGH X 24" LONG (REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE FRAME STOCK ITSELF)
WE AUTOMATICALLY ADD A 1/8 " ALLOWANCE WHEN MAKING THE FRAME SO THE THERE IS A LITTLE ROOM FOR EASY FITTING AND EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF THE PAINTING WHIOE IT IS IN THE FRAME.
**WHEN FRAMING AN OIL PAINING ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE THICKNESS OF THE PAINTING (IS IT ON 1/4" BOARD OR 3/4" STRETCHER BARS OR 1.5" STRETCHER BARS?) AND THE DEPTH OF THE FRAME - PUTTING A 1/2 " DEEP FRAME ON A 1.5" THICK PAINTING IS GOING TO LOOK ILL CONSIDERED AND MISMATCHED.
TO FIND THE DEPTH OF THE FRAME FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE ON FINDING STOCK NUMBERS AND STOCK DETAILS
EXAMPLE 2 YOU WANT TO FRAME A PHOTO / A PRINT / A WORK ON PAPER / A POSTER
THESE ITEMS ALWAYS REQUIRE GLASS / PLEXIGLASS AND MAT OR SPACER TO KEEP THE GLASS OFF THE PICTURE.
POSTERS CAN BE FRAMED WITHOUT MAT AND THE FRAME CAN BE ORDERED TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS OF THE POSTER FOR EXAMPLE A 24X36 POSTER = A 24X36 FRAME, HOWEVER YOU MUST USE PLASTIC SPACER TO KEEP THE GLASS / PLEXIGLASS OFF THE FRAME
PHOTOS & WORKS ON PAPER ALWAYS REQUIRE GLASS / PLEXI AND ALWAYS NEED MAT OR SPACER. THE FIRST STEP IS TO MEASURE THE IMAGE AND DECIDE ISF YOU WANT TO USE A STANDARD SIZE MAT (WHICH CAN BE PURCHASED PRE-CUT (EG; 4X6, 5X7, 8X10, 9X12 ARE ALL STANDARD PHOTO SIZES) OR IF YOU WANT TO USE A CUSTOM MAT (IF YOUR IMAGE IS NOT A STANDARD SIZE, YOU NEED A CUSTOM CUT MAT) - CUSTOM MATS GIVE YOU FAR MORE CHOICES
IF USING STANDARD SIZE PRE-CUT MAT, ORDER YOUR FRAME TO MATCH THE OUTTER MEASUREMENT OF THE MAT - E.G. YOUR 5X7 PHOTO FITS INTO A PRECUT MAT THAT MEASURE 9X12 ON THE OUT EDGES - YOU ORDER A 9X12 FRAME.
FOR NON STANDARD SIZES DECIDE ON THE SIZE OF THE BORDER YOU WANT - LETS SAY YOU HAVE A DRAWING AND THE IMAGE MEASURES 13.25 " X 16.5 INCHES AND YOU WANT TO PUT A 3'" BORDER ALL THE WAY AROUND - MULTIPLY YOUR BORDER BY 2 AND ADD THE SUM TO EACH SIDE;
3 X 2 = 6 ADD 6 TO EACH SIDE 6 + 13.25 = 19.25 AND 6 + 16.5 = 22.5
SO YOU ORDER A FRAME THAT IS 19.25 X 22.5