

Our metal frames come with the hanging wire and mounting brackets on the side, so you can easily screw them in to fit the correct orientation of your frame. Our wood frames are self-guiding, meaning that you can just use a screwdriver to remove the hanging hardware, place it to have the correct one, and re-screw the material back in. If you have a screwdriver, you should be able to fix this. But then you realize something: You ordered the wrong orientation. You finally receive your frame in the mail and you are excited to see the finished product and hang it on your wall immediately. “Art Size” does not equal the outside size of your frame. Note: If you hover over “details” next to “Art Size” you will be able to get the measurements of the outside of your frame. If you are uploading your print, you will be able to see what the frame is going to look like with the print inside, and you can adjust the size depending on how large you want it. But don’t worry, we do all the hard math for you! If you already have the piece of art you are framing, make sure to measure your art correctly putting the correct measurements into our frame designer. Your frame orientation won’t change even if you add a matboard, however, your frame size will.

But, if you enter the inverse order - 8″ X 10″ - you’ll get a frame that’s portrait. So, if you enter the measurements 10″ X 8″ you will receive a frame that’s landscape (horizontal). So, you could have a piece of art where one measurement is 10″, and the other is 8″. On our website, under “Art Size” the “Width” is always the first measurement, and the “Height” is always second.

That’s because we always orient your frame to the greater measurement. If you’ve been to our frame designer and plan on ordering a frame from us, you might notice that there’s no explicit box where you decide the frame’s orientation. Of course, other types of art can be assigned to either orientation. It got this distinction because, you guessed it, most pieces of art that utilize it are landscapes! Landscape is the exact opposite of portrait. The name is pretty obvious because most pieces of art that featured this orientation are, well, portraits! Portrait is a frame that hangs vertically. There is a pretty easy distinction between the two. There are two types of orientation - portrait and landscape. Landscapeįirst, let’s start with the most basic of fundamentals. We’re sharing with you some simple steps to take so that you get the perfect measurements and orientation for your frame. When you receive your frame, we want to make sure it is perfect, that’s why measuring and putting in your correct Art Size is very important! You don’t want to receive a frame that fits your art perfectly, but hangs vertically when it’s supposed to hang horizontally! landscape) is also an important step when designing your frame.

With that being said, the orientation of your picture frame (portrait vs. You first need to find where you will be hanging your frames (and measure), decide what you are framing, and then choose how you will design your frame to coordinate with your other decor. There are a lot of factors that you will need to consider before submitting your order. Here at Frame It Easy, we understand that when it comes to custom framing, it is not just an impulse buy.
