4 techniques to chose the right picture frames for your room

It can be very difficult to decide which picture frames to hang on the walls at home since there are many materials and colors to choose from. In this guide we talk about different methods when choosing a frame for the room. The same tips should work for all the types of rooms at home. Feel free to use our free picture frame tool to test different types of picture frames on the wall at home.

1. Match materials and color with the room

One method of choosing the material and color for your picture frames is to try to match the type of frame with the rest of the room. Maybe you have a color and / or a recurring material in the room that can be in the frames on the wall as well? It is often very nice if, for example, you have black colors in the furniture and have black wooden frames, or if you have copper details in the room and match with copper frames, or maybe sofa legs or an oak table and have oak frames on the walls. Often in interior design you want to choose a few materials, shapes and colors and stick to them to create consistent themes in the room. That's why it is so good to reuse materials and colors in the picture frames, which will make the room match and make the result look very well thought out.

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2. Match with the interior style

A lot of interior styles welcome specific materials and colors in the picture frames because they reappear in that specific interior style. So if you have a certain interior style, you can try to find picture frames in the same theme as the furniture itself and the interior details. Some interior styles and which frames fits well with are:

• Scandinavian: In a Scandinavian interior style, it is often nice with white or black wooden frames because they are more discreet and a Scandinavian interior style is often light and not so eclectic.

• Glamorous / modern luxury: If you have a modern, more luxurious style, for example a glamorous interior design style, silver and gold frames often fit very well because the furniture in the room is also often in silver or gold. For example, if you have a beverage cart with gold details or candlesticks or similar details in gold or silver.

• Industrial / rustic: Has many elements of wood, metal and factory-related details and matches well with picture frames in black wood, oak, darker wood or metal frames in gold, copper or silver.

• Modern industrial: Uses many black straight lines and therefore black frames can fit very well with the style

• Rural: A rural style often fits well with wooden picture frames in oak or light wood. White frames also fit well if you have a more Scandinavian rural style.

• Marine: In a marine environment it can be nice with for example darker wooden frames.

• Bohemian: In a bohemian environment it can be nice with for example wooden frames in oak or darker wood

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3. What type of impression do you want to give?

Another method is to choose picture frames according to the type of impression you want to give with the room. For example, if you want to give a minimalist and discreet impression, where the frames do not take as much focus, you can use white or light wooden frames because they blend in with the wall more. If you want to give a clearer impression you can for instance have black or metal frames that take more focus in the room.

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4. Mix frames

Instead of choosing a certain type of frame you can also mix between different picture frames, even in the same gallery wall. Of course it's a matter of taste if you want a uniform picture frame type in the entire gallery wall or not. But if you want to mix you can try to find different picture frames that fit with the furniture in the room or interior design style and match until you find a combination you are happy with.

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