Order a Custom Canvas for Your New-Year Refresh

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To order a custom canvas for your new-year refresh: measure the wall, size the canvas to about two-thirds the width of the furniture below it, choose your photo and finish, and place your order. It arrives stretched and ready to hang - free shipping, 30 day guarantee, about 7 days in total.

Step 1: How do you measure the wall?

Start here, because size is what people get wrong. Measure the furniture beneath the wall - the sofa, the bed, the console and aim for a canvas about two-thirds of that width.

• 84-inch sofa → roughly 50–60 inches of art (a 30×40, or a set).
• Queen bed (60 in) → roughly 40 inches (a 24×36).
• 48-inch console → roughly 32 inches (a 20×30).

The five-minute check

Then do the genuine five-minute check that prevents almost every sizing mistake: cut paper to the size you're considering, tape it to the wall, and stand back. It will look smaller on the wall than it did in your head, that's the point of doing it.

Awkward wall? A custom size canvas can match it exactly.

Step 2: What should go on it?

Your own photo will almost always beat bought art - a landscape you stood in, a family portrait, a place that means something. It costs nothing extra and it's the one thing no one else can hang.

Match the mood to the room: bold and graphic for a living room, calm and muted for a bedroom, understated for an office. And favour timeless colours - neutrals, earthy tones, black-and-white over a trend shade you'll be tired of by next January. See timeless canvas colour schemes.

Step 3: Which finish and orientation?

Match the orientation to the wall and the photo: landscape for wide walls and horizontal images, portrait for narrow or tall spaces, square for balance and gallery groupings. Getting the shape right matters more than the exact inches, because the wrong shape forces a crop into your image.

Choosing between matte and glossy

On finish, matte is the safe default - it scatters light and avoids glare, which matters in any room with windows. Glossy adds depth but reflects, so it needs a shaded wall. See matte vs glossy.

Step 4: How do you place your order?

Once you're happy with the photo, size, and finish, place the order. Every canvas is made to order - production takes 24–48 hours, then it ships, arriving in about 7 days in total. There's no rush or next-day option, so it's worth ordering with a little lead time.

It's worth double-checking your photo's resolution against the size you've chosen before you order, since a low-resolution image can look soft once it's printed large and stretched over the frame.

Step 5: How do you hang it properly?

The last, genuinely important step, and the one that undoes all the others if you happen to get it wrong. Centre the canvas at 57–60 inches from the floor, that's standard eye level measuring to the middle of the piece, not the top. Above furniture, leave 6–10 inches of gap.

Because canvas is genuinely lightweight, a small piece needs only a hook or an adhesive strip. Level it very carefully, step back, and you're genuinely fully done. Full guidance is in the canvas hanging guide and how high to hang a canvas.

Start your order

Measure up, upload your photo, and pick the size that fits your wall. Then it's printed with giclée on 100% cotton, hand-stretched over kiln-dried pine in our USA studio, inspected by hand, shipped free, and backed by a 30-day guarantee.

Start your custom canvas, or get the ideas first in new year, new walls.

Ordering a custom canvas for your new-year refresh really comes down to these five steps in order - skip the measuring, and everything downstream tends to go wrong regardless of how good the photo is.

Why the order of these steps matters

It's genuinely tempting to start with the photo first, since that's usually the exciting part, but starting with the wall measurement instead avoids the single most common mistake: falling in love with a size that simply doesn't fit the space you actually have available in the room.

Whatever order you tackle the rest in, getting the measurement right first genuinely saves the most time and disappointment later on in the whole process, once the photo and finish are already fully decided upon.

FAQ

How do I order a canvas for my wall?

Measure the furniture below the wall, aim for a canvas about two-thirds that width, choose your photo and finish, then place your order. It arrives stretched and ready to hang, with free shipping and a 30-day guarantee, usually about 7 days in total.

How do I know what size canvas to order?

Measure the furniture beneath the wall and take two-thirds of its width. Then cut paper to that size, tape it up, and stand back - it will look smaller on the wall than it did in your head. That five-minute check prevents nearly every sizing mistake.

Does the canvas come ready to hang?

Yes, every canvas ships stretched, finished, and ready to hang. It's hand-stretched over a kiln-dried pine frame and inspected by hand before leaving our USA studio, so there's nothing to assemble. Because canvas is lightweight, small pieces need only a hook or an adhesive strip.

How long does delivery take in January?

Around 7 days in total. January is the easiest shipping month of the year, with the December crush over. Production takes 24–48 hours after you order, with no rush or next-day option, so it's worth ordering with a little lead time.

Measure, take two-thirds, and be braver than feels natural. Start your custom canvas