Why Order a Custom made Picture Frame?

A Picture Frame has two functions: to Protect, and to Present your artwork. Ready Made frames generally make no attempt to protect, with acidic materials right next to your artwork and usually no mount to keep it away from the glass. Presentation is usually also a compromise with set sizes if they fit at all, and only a narrow range of frame types. With our Custom Made Service, you get exactly the right size, a huge choice of frames, and high quality materials. Best of all you’ll be surprised by the price - so please have a play with our state of the art visualisation technology to help you find the Perfect Picture Frame.......

In the high street, custom framing can be an expensive business but our research shows that you'll normally pay about half that price at PictureFrames.co.uk and there are straightforward reasons for this: firstly, the technology we've built over the last ten years gives you a vastly better tool-set to help you choose the right frame than the traditional framing shop which relies on imagination to visualise the final product, but as you do that design work on your own time the price of the job doesn't have to include it; then there are the economies of scale that we have with significantly greater throughput than any high street framer, and finally there's the fact that you are fitting the artwork into the picture yourself which again we don't need to price into the job.

In terms of quality, we have as many qualified framers on our staff as any framing business in the UK so the entire production of your frame is either carried out by or supervised by a GCF qualified framer. When you receive your frame, your package will include everything that you need to finish the job off to the Fine Art Trade Guild “Commended” standard, including full instructions

If you're an artist then the saying goes: “the frame sells the picture”: if the potential buyer sees a bargain shop frame around your work then he or she is immediately thinking bargain shop prices. Equally the other way round definitely happens: London galleries who regularly sell works for thousands of pounds know full well that a decent hand-made frame is an essential part of the success.

But if you're starting out you can't splash out on gold leaf frames for every piece but you still need to make sure that you reflect your professionalism in the presentation of your work and make it unique, standing out from the crowd!

Yes, if go to your local bargain shop you can buy a picture frame for 50p. But, even if you manage to find something to fit, what does it say about your picture – it says “I'm a picture that's only worth spending 50p on” and that's the statement you'll be hanging on your wall.

There are cases where you will find a nice quality and design conscious ready made frame but there are only very few standard sizes that frame are made in so most pictures will not fit properly and even then the frame may not do the maximum possible to accentuate the character of the image. In our “off the shelf” section of the website we have put together a unique range of ready made frames specifically designed for those occasions where they are appropriate, in short: certificates, posters and photography.

If you do find one of our good quality ready made frames which does the job then sure, it will be a bit cheaper than custom made equivalent, but only a bit cheaper so please do consider imprinting your personality on what's on your wall by designing just the right frame yourself.