Wooden Picture Frames

"Wooden frames bring forth the fantasy & creative expressions of the picture". Wooden Photo Frame is highly appreciated for its beautiful look. It increases the beauty of the room. Wood and its magnificence is not just restricted to the Indian wooden furniture. In fact, wood has been used by the creative minds in innumerable ways to represent their creativity. Apart from furniture, wooden frames also make an ideal medium of art and craft.


Wood materials and styles
Wooden picture frames are generally made of Soft or Hard wood like Mahogany, Walnut, Cherry, Oak, and Maple, Pine, Cedar, Redwood, although other materials are also used to beautify it. It includes aluminum, polystyrene and sea shells. Wooden picture frames are adorned with various handcrafted designs and carving work. A picture frame may be of any colour or texture. Gilding is very common on older wooden frames. Some picture frames have elaborate mouldings which may relate to the picture inside.

Selection of the right wooden picture frame is simply a matter of artistic taste of yours. Wooden picture frames are also ideal gifts because of their looks and long lasting property. Besides, their raw wooden appeal gives them a better aesthetic value as gifts.

Types of wooden picture frames

• » A simple variety is "L"-style picture frames, constructed with a single L-shaped border of wood, with the bottom part of the the L, at the front of the frame for holding glass, object and backing, which are secured in from the back side.
  
  
• » A Phote Cube, best know as a special type of picture frame, often used to show several different family members, parts of a vacation, or even a timeline of someone's life.
  
  
• » Clip Frames, Box Frames & Shadow Frames are also other styles of wooden picture frames.
  
  
• » Macaroni Picture Frames are very popular craft project especially for children. Uncooked pasta in various shapes is glued to a wooden frame in a pattern.
  
  
• » Table top picture framesare comparatively smaller in size and are meant to be kept on tables. Mostly available in square or rectangular shape, they can however be available in various other shapes like oval and heart.
  
  
• » Hanging Picture Frames vary in size from small ones to large ones and are mostly custom designed. Hanging picture frames are mostly used as frames for portraits and are available in oval, and rectangular shape.