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FrameMeter

Custom framing, visualised on your wall

See your art framed on your own wall before you spend three hundred dollars.

FrameMeter shows your artwork in any moulding and mat, to scale on a photograph of your own wall, with the price updating as you choose. Order direct, or send the specification to a partner local frame shop.

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No account. No card. No sales call.

How big will your piece be once it is framed?

Put in the artwork size, the mat border, the moulding width and the wall space it will hang in. See the finished size, how much of the space it fills and where the top of the frame sits. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.

The artwork and the wall

Example sizes to start, in inches. Runs in your browser. Nothing is sent.

Framed, the piece measures 25.0 in by 29.0 in and fills 42% of the width of the wall space, with 17.5 in either side.
Framed width
25.0 in
Framed height
29.0 in
Share of the wall space width
42%
Top of the frame from the floor
74.5 in

On the wall

Space either side
17.5 in
Mat width, outside edge
22.0 in
Bottom of the frame from the floor
45.5 in
Outside perimeter of the frame
9.0 ft

Take this with you

No email required. It is your result.

FrameMeter — frame size calculator
· A 16.0 by 20.0 inch piece
· Framed size: 25.0 in by 29.0 in
· Fills 42% of a 60-inch wall space

Run it yourself: https://framemeter.com

Method: framed width = artwork width plus the mat border and the moulding face on both sides, and the same for height. Share of the wall = framed width / wall space width. Top of the frame = centre height plus half the framed height. It assumes the mat border is the same on every side.

Choose the frame by seeing it

Photograph the artwork and the wall, see it framed at the right scale, then order direct or through a partner frame shop.

  • Your art on your actual wall

    Photograph the artwork and photograph the wall, and see the piece framed on that wall, correctly scaled.

  • Any moulding and mat

    Try any moulding and mat combination, with the price updating live as choices change.

  • Suggestions from the artwork

    Suggestions are generated from the artwork's own colours and style.

  • Conservation, explained

    Conservation options are explained in terms of what the piece actually needs.

  • Delivered to you

    Order your framing directly, for delivery.

  • Or through a local frame shop

    Send the specification to a partner local frame shop, who fulfils the order.

The problem

Custom framing is expensive, intimidating and entirely unvisualised. The customer stands at a counter holding mouldings and mat colours against a corner of the piece, guesses, pays, and finds out weeks later whether it works.

Online framing services are cheaper but the same blind guess, so many people never frame anything at all.

Who it is for

  • People framing something

    Anyone framing art, prints, photographs, jerseys or memorabilia who wants to see the result before paying for it.

  • Independent frame shops

    Shops that want online ordering without building it themselves, including a branded visualiser on their own site.

How it works

FrameMeter, from the first step to the result.

  1. 01

    Photograph the art and the wall

    Any artwork, any wall, no account needed.

  2. 02

    Try mouldings and mats

    Correctly scaled on your wall, with the price updating live.

  3. 03

    Order your way

    Direct for delivery, or through a partner local frame shop.

Questions people actually ask

Do I need an account to use the visualiser?

No. The visualiser is free and unlimited, with no account, and works on any artwork and any wall.

Is the preview to scale?

Yes. The piece is shown correctly scaled, framed on a photograph of your own wall.

How do I know what it will cost?

The price updates live as you change the moulding and mat.

What about conservation framing?

Conservation options are explained in terms of what your piece actually needs.

Who makes the frame?

You can order directly for delivery, or send the specification to a partner local frame shop who fulfils it.

What does partnering cost a frame shop?

Partner frame shops pay 12 percent of order value on orders routed to them. A branded version of the visualiser for their own site is 49 dollars a month.

What can I frame?

Art, prints, photographs, jerseys and memorabilia.

Why should I trust the frame size calculator?

It is arithmetic on the sizes you enter, in your browser. It cannot show colours or mouldings; the free visualiser does that, correctly scaled on a photograph of your own wall, with the price updating as you choose.

Pricing

The visualiser is free. Framing orders are priced live as you choose, and partner frame shops pay on the orders routed to them.

Visualiser

Any artwork on any wall.

Free
unlimited, no account
  • Correctly scaled
  • Suggestions from the artwork
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Framing orderRecommended

Order direct for delivery, or through a partner frame shop.

Priced live
per order
  • Price updates as you choose
  • Delivery or local fulfilment
Get in touch

Partner frame shops

For independent shops fulfilling orders.

12%
of value, on routed orders
  • Orders routed to your shop
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Branded visualiser

The visualiser on a frame shop's own site.

$49
per month
  • Branded to your shop
Talk to us

Prices in USD.

How big will your piece be once it is framed?

Put in the artwork size, the mat border, the moulding width and the wall space it will hang in. See the finished size, how much of the space it fills and where the top of the frame sits. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.

Open the free tool

It runs in your browser. FrameMeter never sees your inputs.