We do not sell poster hangers. No magnetic wooden rails, no washi tape, no clip strips. We sell frames in oak and black in all five sizes, coloured frames up to 50×70, and one wall hook. That is the whole of it, and it is worth saying before comparing the two, because the comparison is genuinely close and a hanger is sometimes the better answer.
What each one actually does
| Poster hanger | Frame | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | Two thin strips and a sheet of paper | Glass is most of it; noticeable from 70×100 up |
| Fixing | A small hook or pin is usually enough | A rated plug or hook; two people above 70×100 |
| Protection | None. Paper exposed to dust, damp and light | Glass front, backing board, sealed edges |
| Flatness | Held at top and bottom; the middle can ripple | Pressed flat across the whole sheet |
| Sizing | The rail must match the print width exactly | Made to the print size |
| Changing the print | Seconds | A minute, unclipping the back panel |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
| We sell it | No | Yes |
The sizing trap
A hanger has to be the same width as the print or it looks like a mistake. Against our formats that means a 21 cm rail for a 21×30, 30 cm for a 30×42, 50 cm for a 50×70, 70 cm for a 70×100 and 100 cm for a 100×140. Rails are commonly sold in A-series widths — 21, 29.7, 42, 59.4 — and only two of those coincide with anything we make. A 42 cm rail on a 50×70 print leaves 4 cm of paper hanging past each end of the wood. Check the rail width against the print width in centimetres before ordering, not the size name; the exact figures are in the size guide.
Solid oak frame 21x30 cm
Black wooden frame 50x70 cm
Black wooden frame 30x42 cm
Black wooden frame 21x30 cm
Solid oak frame 30x42 cm
Solid oak frame 50x70 cm
Where a hanger is the better choice
- A print you expect to change. A child's room where the poster is outgrown in a year, or a wall you rotate seasonally.
- A wall you cannot drill. A hanger and an adhesive hook together weigh little enough that a strip will genuinely hold, which is not true of a framed 50×70.
- Large formats on a tight budget. At 70×100 and above, the frame and its glass are the expensive and heavy part. A hanger removes both.
- A deliberately unfinished look. Some prints read better as paper. A frame puts a border round everything, whether it wants one or not.
Where a frame is the better choice
- Damp or greasy rooms. Bathrooms and kitchens are the worst places for unprotected paper: it cockles in humidity and holds cooking film. Glass wipes clean.
- Direct sunlight. Nothing stops fading entirely, but glass and a sealed back slow it. Bare paper on a south-facing wall will shift within a year or two.
- Anything you intend to keep. Exposed edges get knocked, corners curl and the bottom edge of a hung sheet lifts in a draught.
- Groups of prints. Frames give a gallery wall its structure; matching frame borders are what make a mixed group read as one arrangement instead of several posters.
What we have instead
Frames in every size, in oak and black, with white, dark brown, blue, green, red, yellow and pink up to and including 50×70 — all in the frame range. One accessory, a wall hook, in the accessories. No mounts, no hangers, no tape. If you want a hanger, buy it elsewhere and buy the print from us; the print is the part we make.
One thing carries over either way: the height. Whether the print hangs from a rail or sits in a frame, the middle of the image belongs at about 145 cm above the floor, and the rail's own thickness sits above that — see the hanging height guide. Prints that suit being swapped often are in the children's collection.