Pictures or photographs are an important part in everyone's life. They are witnesses to special events that we have celebarated in life with friends, family, and golleagues.

They also capture special moments in our lives whether graduating from school, marriage, first child born, many more.

While most of our photos are kept and preserved in several photo albums (or maybe on your computer), there are some photos that are too good to be kept hidden for everyone's view.

These pictures, we proudly show off in picture frames. What are the Standard Picture Frame Sizes that we can choose from? How do we make the right selection?

Buying a Good Photo Frame

When considering what kind of picture frame that we need, more than the design and material of the frame, what we should decide first is the size of the frame itself.

For standard picture frame, usually there are five available size variation: 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, and 16x20.

All of these measurements are in inches. What we should keep in mind when looking for the right picture frame size is that the measurements are the actual size of the photos and not the frame itself as there is usually a border that comes with the frame.

When choosing standard picture frame size, the borders are not to be considered, but the actual space where we will be inserting or placing the photo.

In some other countries, there are a few other frame dimensions that are also considered as standard picture frame size. These measurements are 4x10, 5x5, 8x8, 20x24 - still all measured in inches.

Some of these Standard Picture Frame Sizes also come in additional half-inch sizes so we’d best check what photo dimensions we have printed out.

~ xmas is coming! read our Christmas Tree Size Guide first before getting one for your family

Other Considerations

There are two additional thing that we need to consider, which are the flexibility of the frames (either horizontally or vertically), and panoramic frames for wide-shot photos.

On the other hand, we will not be hard-up on finding these standard picture frames as these are readily available on the internet if we can’t locate them in regular land-based stores.

By using the internet we can easily get access to several excellent picture frames and order them online. Once we have received our delivery, we can immediately set-out to place our photos in the frame and display them in plain view for everyone to see and enjoy.

~ a bookcase might be a good place to put your photo frame, read our Bookcase Dimensions guide to know more

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