Do you sell framed prints ready to hang? Yes, and here is what arrives

Yes, framed and ready to hang

Yes. We sell framed prints, and they arrive ready to hang. You pick the size, you pick the frame color, and the piece shows up boxed flat with the art already set inside the frame. There is no trip to the frame shop, no mat to cut, and no afternoon spent on the living room floor with a screwdriver and a pile of cardboard.

Here is the part worth knowing before you order. Every print is made to order in the USA, and framed pieces are framed by hand in Phoenix once your order comes in. Nothing is sitting on a shelf waiting for a buyer. That is why a framed order takes a few more days to leave than a loose print does, and it is also why the frame actually fits the art instead of almost fitting it.

That fit is the whole reason people ask this question in the first place. A print sold as 16x20 does not always drop into a store frame sold as 16x20, because some frames are measured at the opening and some at the outside edge. When we frame it here, that math is already done for you. If you like thinking about sizing anyway, the art print size and frame guide walks through how to measure a wall before you buy.

Desert Series

The Watering Hole

From $40.00

Dust & Shadow

Street View

From $40.00

Cowboys & Cowgirls

Admit One

From $40.00

Three pieces that can ship framed and hang the day they land.

What a framed piece actually is

A framed piece from us is three things: the print, a frame around it, and a clear front panel. The front is acrylic or styrene, never glass. That is on purpose. Acrylic and styrene come through shipping in one piece, so a box dropped on a porch does not turn into a problem you have to sweep up. It also keeps the weight down on the big sizes, which you notice the moment you lift a 24x36 by yourself.

Frame colors are black, white, walnut and natural wood. All four cost the same, so choose on looks and not on budget. You can also add a slim white mat, which adds $20 at any size. A mat puts a quiet border between the art and the frame, which makes a small print read larger on the wall and gives a busy scene somewhere to rest.

Do not overthink the mat, though. Some art already has a built in border and does not need another one. Admit One is a good example, since the vintage rodeo ticket design carries its own edge in cream and navy. Skip the mat there and you lose nothing. On a softer scene like The Watering Hole, the mat helps the gold light breathe.

We will not make any UV or glare claims about the front panel, because that is not what it is for. What it does is protect the surface and travel well. Hang the piece where you would hang anything you care about, which usually means not in the hardest afternoon sun. If you want to read more about framing without glass, we wrote about it over here: can you frame posters without glass.

Framed sizes and what they cost

Pricing works the same way on every print. You start with the base price of the piece, add the size, and add $20 if you want the white mat. Frame color is free. The numbers below use a $40 base, which is what most of our prints start at, so this is the real shape of the bill rather than a teaser.

If you are staring at that table trying to pick, 16x20 and 18x24 are the two that solve the most walls. A 16x20 framed piece sits well over a desk, a dresser or a narrow stretch of hallway. An 18x24 holds its own over a sofa or a bed without needing a second piece next to it. The 8x10 and 11x14 sizes are better in a group, on a shelf, or in a small room where a big frame would crowd the furniture.

At the other end, 24x36 and 36x48 are statement sizes and they want space around them. Measure the wall first. Hold up a sheet of newspaper taped to the right size if you need to see it. A frame that is one size too big is a much more expensive mistake than one that is a size too small.

Which frame color to pick for which print

There is no wrong answer here, but some pairings take less thinking. A rough rule: match the frame to the woodwork in the room, or match it to the darkest tone in the art. Here is how we would frame the six pieces people ask about most.

• Street View: black frame, no mat. It is a black and white scene of an empty highway running toward snowcapped mountains, and a black frame just extends the line of the road. Add the white mat if the wall behind it is also white and you want some separation.
• Fence Lines: black frame with the slim white mat. The barbed wire and the weathered split post carry a lot of fine texture, and the mat keeps that texture from running straight into the frame. Both of these belong to the Dust & Shadow collection, so they hang well together.
• The Watering Hole: walnut. The amber and gold in the sunset and the chestnut of the horse sit right next to walnut tone, and the whole thing goes warm. Good over a bed or in a living room.
• Grand Canyon Glow: natural wood or white. The burnt orange canyon walls and the teal river are already doing the work, so a light frame stays out of the way. Natural wood leans desert, white leans modern.
• Ride of the West: natural wood, no mat. Black ink strokes on warm parchment next to a light wood frame is about as clean as western art gets. It is the piece we would hang over an armchair or in a stairway.
• Admit One: white or black. The burnt orange and navy ticket design is graphic enough to take a hard edge. This is a bar and game room piece, and it holds up in a kid's room too.

If you are hanging two or three together, keep the frame color the same across the set and let the art do the varying. Mixed frames in a group tend to read as an accident even when they were a choice. There are more layout ideas in our western gallery wall ideas guide.

Cowboys & Cowgirls

Ride of the West

From $40.00

Westward Wonder: Vintage Trails & Sites

Grand Canyon Glow

From $40.00

Dust & Shadow

Fence Lines

From $40.00

Three more that we would send out framed.

How a framed order gets to you

Framed pieces ship flat in a protective box, ready to hang. Nothing to assemble on your end. Because each one is made and framed after you order, framed orders leave within 5 to 7 business days, where a loose print usually leaves within 3 to 5. After it ships, expect 3 to 7 business days in transit, and you get a tracking number the moment it goes out. Those transit windows are carrier estimates, not guarantees, so build in a little room if it is for a birthday.

We ship to US addresses only. Most orders go USPS. The one exception is our largest framed size, 36x48, which goes UPS because it is simply too big for USPS to take. On shipping cost, be straight with yourself about this one: free shipping applies to print only orders of $100 or more after discounts, and any order with a framed piece pays postage on every box, quoted at checkout from your ZIP code. Full details live in shipping and returns.

When the print alone is the smarter buy

Framed is not always the right call, and we would rather say so. If you already have frames you like, or you are filling a gallery wall with thrifted frames in one color, buy the prints on their own. You will spend far less, and print only orders of $100 or more ship free after discounts, which a framed order never does.

Unframed 8x10 and 11x14 prints ship flat in a rigid mailer or rolled in a tube. Anything larger ships rolled in a tube, so give a rolled print a day or two lying flat under a couple of books before you frame it. Our how to hang your print page covers placement height and spacing if you are starting from a blank wall.

The other case for going unframed is scale. A 24x36 print is $90 and the same piece framed is $350. If you want three big pieces across one long wall, buying prints and sourcing frames locally may get you there for the price of one framed piece. We would rather you get the wall you wanted.

A few things to know before you click buy

Double check the size and the frame color on the order screen, because production starts quickly. If you need to change or cancel something, email john@frontierprints.com right away. Once your piece is in production we may not be able to change it, and that is a real limit rather than a policy we are hiding behind. A real person reads that inbox and will write back.

Returns are accepted within 30 days of delivery when the piece is in its original condition. Email first and we will send instructions. You pay return postage unless the piece arrived defective or damaged, and we refund the item price to your original payment method once it is back with us. Banks usually post refunds within 5 to 10 business days.

If it is a gift, you can add a gift note and ship it straight to the recipient. Just remember the framed timeline, 5 to 7 business days to leave plus 3 to 7 in transit, and order with a week of cushion. More ideas for that in the western art gift guide.