This Magnetic Frame Is My New Favorite Way to Hang Prints and Posters

I recently tried a new product that has me rethinking the way I hang art — especially prints, posters and anything else made of paper or cardboard. These minimalist magnetic frames from Well Made look great, and make it easy to display art in your home.

While I used these wooden magnetic frames to display local art I picked up at a winter festival, they’re an effective fix for anything that’s awkward to hang. That can include maps, quilts, special documents you want to show off and, if you’re an artist, prints of your own work. Here’s my experience.

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Snap-on brilliance

Well Made’s magnetic frames, technically called “Stiicks,” are made of four parts, forming two horizontal magnetic clasp bars with built-in magnetic beads. One bar you screw into the wall to mount, while the other bar magnetically locks on top of it. Place the edge of your print or other art between the two, and it’ll be held in place. The bottom bar then completes the look and holds the art firmly in place while allowing minute adjustments as needed.

Those magnets are strong, too. They’ve held my prints, plus their cardboard backing, firmly in place for months now without a single twitch. Well Made allows you to customize the length (between 9 to 25 inches in width) and choose from several wood colors. They’re also reasonably affordable considering their quality: A 17-inch version, for example, costs $40, while a 9-inch model costs $25.

With a bit of care, you can also line multiple frames up for a running bar, which ended up being one of my favorite ways to hang 16- by 20-inch prints. It’s a method that makes it easy to avoid damaging the edges of artwork.

Measure thrice, drill once

One thing I quickly learned about the Stiicks is that you need to take plenty of care and time when mounting them. Without four-sided frames, centering and measuring takes extra work. You’ll want to make sure the height and spacing of the frames accurately matches the measurements of your art, with enough overlap (around half an inch to a quarter inch) to adequately clasp the edges of the poster.

I spent a while measuring, marking and remeasuring to make sure I got things right before I finally started drilling. This is one project where you don’t want to make unsightly mistakes, so the installation will probably take some time.

I highly recommend drilling the frames in place, for stability and a sleek look. But if you want to avoid drilling or you don’t have the option to make holes in your walls, Well Made offers a couple of other installation formats. You can order the frames with foam tape, or get them with a hanging cord.

Once you have the Well Made frames properly installed, you’ll notice another big benefit: The frames make it easy to switch out art if you ever to display something else, adjust the art to match the season or update your overall style. It’s a beautiful and clever answer to poster problems that plague many homes. I’m already wondering where I could put up another frame.

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