The best picture frames are the ones you actually fill. Everything here is sized for the prints people really order, 4x6 and 5x7, and finished in color rather than the usual black or brushed silver.
A 4x6 frame holds the standard photo print, the default size most phone photos come back as, which makes it the safest thing to buy for somebody else. A 5x7 is the step up, worth using when there is more than one person in the shot and faces need to read from across the room. Both sizes stand on a tabletop rather than hanging, so they suit a desk, a nightstand, a bookshelf, or a picture ledge.
Frames are one of the few gifts that land at almost every milestone, which is why shoppers tend to search by occasion rather than by size. A graduation gift wants something bright and a little irreverent, built for a dorm desk or a first apartment. A wedding or anniversary gift leans quieter, and the hand-painted ceramic pieces suit that better than the candy stripes do. A new baby calls for something soft. For a housewarming or a thank-you, a frame and a candle together make a complete present, which is what our hostess gifts collection is built around.
Mix the finishes freely. A checkerboard beside a stripe beside a scallop reads as a collection that was gathered over time. Four matching frames read as a hotel room.
