Trimming A Mat To Fit Frame

Use the back of your frame for measurements.

Trimming a mat to fit frame.

Use an x acto knife and a metal ruler to cut through the mat board. The addition of a sleek well cut mat can greatly enhance the look of any framed picture but having a mat cut and frame made commercially can sometimes cost more than the picture itself. Using a pair of scissors cut the mat free of the tab securing it to t. Hi i m todd here and today i ll be showing you how to measure and trim your floor mat.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. Typically if you cut 2 3 of your own mats your tools will pay for themselves. Measure the reveal area you want around. The key is to find something that helps the art stand out without being too distracting itself.

Several different solutions ranging from cutting down the frame or picture re stretching a canvas painting or cutting mats to fit the picture are explained. Mats are used in framing photographs and artwork to center the focus of the picture and give it a sense of spatial depth. Your mat board can be any color of the rainbow. When trimming interior door to fit don t cut too much.

Use the back of the frame to make sure you ve got these measurements right. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. You could say a kind of hybrid between the first two options. The logan mat cutter i use runs about 50 for the guide and cutting handle.

Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame. Buy a frame a few sizes up then cut a mat board to fit in the frame and showcase the art. In other words a mat with no frame and does not move. And finally our preference recessed into the wood floor with no moulding or trim.

The mat is placed on the bottom then a smaller piece of foam mat is mounted to the mat and then the artwork sits on top of the foam mat maybe 3 16 of an inch above the decorative mat. Personally i always stick with a bright white mat on archival board. How to make pictures fit frames when the frame is the wrong size. If you re going to frame your matted art both your backing and the mat boards need to be measured to fit into the frame.

You will have to chop the veneer from both sides of the frame to get it to fit back into the hollow. Expanding the rebate to enlarge the frame is explained. With float matting hidden spacers are placed underneath the lip of the molding separating the acrylic from the mat to give more of an impression of drama.