Online Frame Builder
Professional Custom Picture Framing — Designed Online
Design your custom frame online with the flexibility of a powerful visual frame builder, backed by the craftsmanship and experience of a professional picture framing workshop.
Our Online Frame Builder allows you to customise your framing design from home while still receiving the same professional-quality framing materials, conservation-conscious framing methods, and expert fitting used within our physical workshop.
Unlike many online framing services, this is not a self-assembly kitset framing system. Every order is professionally framed, fitted, finished, and carefully packaged by experienced picture framers before being returned ready to hang.
Whether you are framing a family photograph, original artwork, stretched canvas, memorabilia, textile piece, certificate, or large-scale artwork, our system allows you to professionally customise your framing design online while still receiving true custom picture framing craftsmanship.
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Design Your Frame Online
Our Online Frame Builder allows you to preview and customise your framing design in real time.
Design options include:
- Custom frame styles and colours
- Timber, contemporary, and traditional mouldings
- Acid-free conservation matboards
- Single and multi-opening mats
- Acrylic and glass options
- UV-protective and non-reflective glazing
- Float mounting
- Canvas float frames
- Shadow box depth options
Preview your artwork as you design and build a frame tailored specifically to both your artwork and your interior space.
Every order is professionally built, fitted, finished, and packaged ready to hang.
Getting Your Artwork to Us
Whether you are uploading a Digital Image for printing or sending Physical Artwork for custom framing, we offer a range of flexible options to safely and professionally get your artwork to our workshop.
All artwork is professionally handled and framed in-house by experienced picture framers using conservation-conscious materials and traditional workshop methods.
Upload Digital Images & Printing
Upload your digital image directly through the Online Frame Builder and preview your finished framing design live as you customise your selections.
Choose from a range of professional printing paper finishes including:
- Satin photographic paper
- Matte fine art paper
- Textured matte papers
- Exhibition-style printing surfaces
Your artwork is then professionally printed, framed, fitted, and finished in-house before being returned ready to hang.
Send Physical Artwork to Us
For customers sending original artwork, photographs, canvases, textiles, memorabilia, or physical items requiring framing, we offer a range of flexible transport and packaging options.
We offer protective packaging solutions for a wide range of artwork types and sizes and can dispatch packaging directly to customers for safe return shipping to our workshop.
Packaging support may include:
- Flat mailers
- Artwork tubes
- Protective cartons
- Courier-ready packaging
- Shipping labels
- Fragile item protection
Free packaging and shipping-in options are available on framing orders over $200.
Artwork is carefully unpacked, inspected, and professionally handled upon arrival.
Drop Off and Collect In Store
Prefer face-to-face service?
Customers are welcome to drop off unframed artwork, memorabilia, textiles, photographs, or digital files directly to our Palmerston North workshop.
Once completed, your finished framing order can be collected professionally framed, fitted, and ready to hang.
Our team is also available in-store to assist with:
- Frame design advice
- Matboard selections
- Glazing recommendations
- Conservation framing guidance
- Large artwork handling
Nationwide Courier & Return Delivery
We regularly transport framed artworks safely throughout New Zealand.
Once framing is completed, your artwork is carefully packaged and returned ready to hang.
Packaging and shipping methods are selected depending on:
- Artwork size
- Glazing type
- Fragility
- Destination
- Courier requirements
Framed artworks are packaged specifically for courier transport to help minimise movement and protect vulnerable corners and glazing during transit.
Tracking and signature courier services are available where required.
Large artwork transport options are also available for oversized framing projects.
Need Assistance With Your Design?
If you require assistance with selecting frame styles, matboards, glazing, or mounting options, our framing team is always happy to help guide you through the process.
Whether your project is simple or highly specialised, we can assist with creating a framing design suited to both your artwork and your space.
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