Transitional Living Room Transitional Living Room, Toronto

Frame GuidelinesWhile frame selection criteria is fluid, framing professionals agree on two rules of thumb. 1. The frame width should be skinnier than the mat. Custer says a 1-inch-wide frame would look strange with a 1-inch-wide mat. It’s best to have a larger mat to create a variance in width. 2. Select the best frame for the piece instead of matching another frame. This tenet is true for diverse artworks on a wall, like a mixture of photographs, drawings and paintings, not a collection of similar works. “Nine times out of 10, if you do what’s best for the art, it will look great in the room,” Custer says. Sometimes a client will come to him with a photo of another frame or other finishes in the room and want the new frame to match. The danger in this is if he tries to match something and it falls a little short, it won’t look right. The best approach is to find something complementary to the finishes in the room that will still work with the art.The installation shown here pretty much hits on both points.

Scale of wall art, full and bring the space in

Multiple pictures on large wall

Maybe a photo wall in living room mixture of family and art