Make Your Own Floating Frame For Canvas

While a regular canvas frame would hug tight against the canvas a float frame has an intentional gap all the way around to make the canvas look like it s floating inside the frame.

Make your own floating frame for canvas.

These sleek frames create a magically suspended look that adds polish and depth to your art. Float frames are different from regular frames meant for canvas because they are made to be just a little bit bigger than the canvas itself. Here s how to make an easy diy floating frame. For this project we used red oak in a 1 3 4 x 1 2 size.

This particular painting was done on a masonite board but the plan can be modified for wrapped canvas as well. Floating frames for canvas artwork. Highlight your canvas artwork with elegant floater frames. We carry a wide selection of frame styles and sizes with options for many popular stretched canvas depths.

It s just called a kiln dried wood board if you re searching for it at lowe s. This inexpensive painting 40 on ebay needed a frame but i didn t want to invest the money in an expensive custom job. Next time you re struggling to choose a frame consider making your own. The thing i particularly like about float frames is that they re easy to build look great and they re pretty versatile as far as framing different.

I think that the float frame or floater or floating frame as i ve heard them called is a particularly stylish way to display canvas art from paintings to canvas photo prints also check out my video on how to stretch your own canvas. A gap between the art and frame gives the appearance of floating artwork for a high end look. The size and width of the diy floating frame are entirely up to you.