What color frames?

[jackie011]

We're finally hanging some prints on our walls!  (only lived in the house for 4+ years)  The trim in the entire house is white, but all of the wood furniture in this room is a darker walnut color.  The walls are a sagey green and beige carpet.  Would you go with white frames, dark wood frames, or opt for more of a metal finish?  Can't believe I'm stressing about something like this!

[magdala]

I tend to coordinate my frames to the artwork rather than to the room. Looking around the house though, I see that I have picked a mix of golden frames and black frames.

[auntie]

I have very little decor in my house. But I do have a fair amount of art. Art is framed and matted to play nicely with the individual piece rather than the room in which it will be hung. Much of my art has hung in different houses than where it lives now; framing it to suit the art means it generally transitions pretty well.

Frames for paintings and prints are a bit like settings for engagement rings- they reflect a style and a time while bringing out the best in the stone. I have a mix of styles. On my gallery in the upstairs landing, I have family photographs hung in the frames originally bought to display them where possible. Some of the oils I have are in the frames the artists who painted them chose. Downstairs I have everything from brushed metal to wood to gilt on the quirky collection of oils, prints, posters, photographs and acrylics.

If your prints are of a set, I'd frame them as a set. Most of my prints are framed in simple narrow wood or metal with double cut mats that bring out colors in the prints.The only "set" I have are some needlepoints of Bermuda scenes which are framed identically but matted in coordinating colors. I think this works because they are small and have always been in a bathroom or powder room.

[AmyRI]

I don't like metal finish frames in general. Wood or white is fine - I would probably choose white because there are a ton of options in white. A specific tone of wood can be harder and more expensive to find.

[Deleted]

I haven't hung up anything yet, but we have some artwork and posters that are all in wood frames. It feels more natural to use a frame that goes best with the artwork/pic vs the room. Like auntie, we've moved around a lot and so has our framed artwork/posters.

[jackie011]

We're going to frame a series of vintage travel/park posters. Lots of muted greens, blues, purples, etc. I think we'll have them framed & matted all at once, so I'll see what works best once they arrive. Thanks for the input!

[sierramist03]

I do all black frames in our house. Years ago I was told that was the best color for art work. In your case id probably do white