How to personalise your frame

Many of our clients tell us they have spent a lot of time looking for a picture frame for their artwork, but then realise that they need something very bespoke and customised to display it. They want something totally individual that suits their taste, the art itself, while also complimenting their home décor. And that’s why they come to us. We specialise in making one-of-a-kind picture frames. Frames that really are unique, and that can be personalised. Personalisation can be as simple as changing the frame colour and finish and / or designing the profile from scratch. What follows are some ways the team here at Soho Frames can make your frame unique.

1. BEYOND RECTANGLES

Thinking outside of the rectangle is a great way to personalise a picture frame, especially when the artwork itself leans towards a frame that is of a different shape. SohoFrames can make picture frames in almost any shape, be it for an artwork or a mirror. Shapes can be triangles, circular, oval and and other geometric shape. Triangle frames are particularly interesting as multiple triangle frames can be slotted together to make a beautiful octagon shaped display. We’ve even created a special music design shaped like Africa inspired by Toto’s song, which showcases just how wide-ranging our unique frames are.

2. Engraving onto the frame

An example of this can be seen in the featured photograph for this page. It’s a great way to make a frame totally special. In this example, we carved the picture frame profile and then craved the lettering into the wood. The main part of the frame was stained and polished. The lettering was finished with a contrasting bright red enamel. The possibilities are literally endless.

3. Choose a CUSTOM colour and finish

We custom spray paint our picture frames to almost any colour code. This can be a RAL code, a home decor colour like Dulux or F&B, a match to a Pantone colour, or something totally unique. We can even produce very customised colouring. This might be two-tone finishes, that change colour depending on how the light strikes the frame. It could be a pearlescent finish or even something like a tortoishell look. Almost anything is possible. The degree of shine can also be customised. The standard finishes are matt, satin and gloss, but everything in between is also possible. 

4. Sketch your own design

There’s very few limitations at Soho Frames in terms of what we can do for your artwork. Any unique vision can be brought to life thanks to our framing expertise and experience. Our advice if you have an abstract idea for your picture frame that’s hard to detail verbally is to send us a sketch. We will then turn that sketch into a 3D render and then make a sample for you before we make the complete frame.