Welcome to SohoFrames of London, one of the UK and Europe’s leading picture framers who specialise in the making of fine hand-finished picture frames.

“Hand-Finished” means that the finished frame did not start life in the workshop as a pre-made length of painted or embellished wood, often of inferior or low quality, in a giant FAR EAST factory. Hand-Finished for us means that the wood started out as a plank of timber and was then milled to your exact specifications. Here at our 5-storey Soho workshop our wood comes from a local FSC timber yard. We go there in person to select the timber and if it is for only a small jo we bring it back on the train too to minimise our carbon footprint.

We offer many profile sizes and shapes, from simple but elegant square sections but also rounded profiles, hockey-stick, cushion, stepped and ribbed, redded and scooped. We can also mill a picture frame profile to your exact specifications. For example, if you like the look of our chocolate walnut frame sample but would like profile dimensions a little different from the sample then no problem. As well as adjusting our stock profiles we can also mill almost any shape and profile size to your exact requirements.

The most popular wood types we use are Black American Walnut, White Oak, Red Cherry and Ash. We also make picture frames from Pine and Douglas Fir. We can also upcycle unwanted furniture, desks, doors, draining boards, etc. (which are often made from more exotic woods like Teak and Mahogany) into new picture frames.

Many of the hand-finished picture frames we make we leave natural with just an oil polish. But we also offer various standard stains, chocolate walnut, as mentioned, but also mahogany walnut, rose walnut, and black. We can further finish frames like these by applying lacquers with different levels of shine, matt, satin, gun gloss and mirror gloss (there is a subtle difference. You can find more information about our custom spray service on the custom colour page of our website).

If brighter wood stains are wanted, and we can and have produced picture frames of all shapes stained in a range of rainbow-bright and pastel colours, we tend to use Ash, which has a pale colour and a delightful grain which shows off this kind of wood stain beautifully.

We can print artwork in-house too from your digital files or you can send us or drop your artwork in to us at our Soho workshop, which on a good day is only 30mins from Hackney. We can also organise artwork collection and delivery of the finished frame(s).

An extension of the hand-finished frame is the custom carved frames. We design and carve frames to order. They can be as flamboyant or subtle as you like. We can even make small changes to the standard profiles in the hand-finished range. For example, if you would like something carved into the frame, a name, text, logo etc  into the frame or a design pattern of your own carved all around the rim.

We have excellent turnaround times. We can make hand-finished frames in as little as one week to 10 days. Custom carved frames can take longer depending on the complexity.

Just contact us for details. Advice and 3D renders are free and so too are most samples. Custom carved samples may incur a charge depending on complexity, but this is always off-set against any subsequent commission.

Hand Finished Frames Hackney

We create hand finished frames for clients throughout Hackney and surrounding areas, including:

Hackney Central, Dalston, Stoke Newington, Clapton, Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton, Homerton, Hackney Wick, Shoreditch, Hoxton, De Beauvoir Town, London Fields, Haggerston, Kingsland, Shacklewell, Newington Green, Stamford Hill, South Hackney, Victoria Park, Lea Bridge, Woodberry Down, Brownswood, Dalston Kingsland, Dalston Junction, Hackney Downs, Clapton Park, Nightingale Estate, Pembury Estate, Holly Street, Frampton Park and everywhere inbetween…

Looking for Hand Finished Frames Hackney? Contact us today!