Published on July 22, 2026
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Buy Matboard and More if you've got art, photos, or prints in odd sizes that no stock frame fits — and you want a clean, gallery-style mat cut to spec. Not the pick if you just need a standard 8x10 frame from any drugstore. Measure twice, order once, and your walls will thank you.
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You bought a print you love. Then you tried to frame it — and every stock frame was half an inch off, or the mat opening swallowed the image, or the whole thing looked cheap. That gap between "great artwork" and "framed properly" is exactly where Matboard and More lives. They cut mats and framing components to your size, not the sizes a factory decided were convenient. It's a small thing that changes everything on your wall.
Most people never think about the mat until they need one. It's the border around a photo or print — the breathing room that makes art look intentional instead of taped to a wall. Matboard and More flipped that afterthought into the whole business.
The idea is refreshingly focused. Instead of being a framing shop that also happens to sell mats, they treat matting and custom framing components as the main event. That focus tends to show up in the details: cleaner bevels, better fit, fewer compromises.
Home and garden brands usually spread themselves thin across a hundred product types. This one narrows in. And when a company narrows in on a single job, they usually get very good at it. There's something reassuring about ordering from people who obsess over the exact thing you're struggling with — the border that either makes your art sing or makes it look like a school project.
Here's the real problem with standard framing. Frames come in fixed sizes: 8x10, 11x14, 16x20. Your artwork almost never does. Prints from independent artists, vintage photos, kids' watercolors, concert posters, wedding certificates — they arrive in whatever dimensions the moment demanded.
So you're left with two bad options. Trim your art to fit a frame you can buy, or jam it into a frame that leaves awkward gaps. Neither respects the piece.
Matboard and More solves this by cutting to your measurements. You tell them the outer size and the window opening you want, and they cut it. That means a 13.5 x 19 poster gets a mat sized for 13.5 x 19 — not shoved into a 16x20 with a lopsided border.
The window opening matters just as much as the outer dimension. A well-cut bevel — that little angled edge around the opening — catches light and adds depth. Do it wrong and you get ragged corners and fuzzy edges. Getting clean, sharp bevels at any size is genuinely hard, and it's the difference between "framed at home" and "looks like a gallery did it."
Custom sizing also future-proofs your framing. Move that print to a different room, swap the frame style, layer a double mat for extra depth — the flexibility is built in when you start with components cut to your spec rather than off-the-rack guesses.
The core of the catalog is home and garden decor built around custom matting and framing. Think matboards in a range of colors and finishes, cut to the exact size you need for photos, prints, artwork, diplomas, and keepsakes.
Beyond the mats themselves, this category of specialist usually stocks the supporting cast — backing boards, mounting materials, and framing pieces that let you assemble a finished, wall-ready result at home. It's the toolkit for anyone who wants control over how their art gets presented.
The through-line is customization. Rather than picking from a wall of pre-made frames and hoping one fits, you're specifying dimensions and building something that matches your piece exactly. That approach fits a home-decor mindset: you already know what you want your space to look like, and you want the parts to match your vision instead of forcing your vision to match the parts.
Let's talk about the flagship job — a custom-cut matboard for a piece that means something to you. Say it's a limited-edition art print in an odd size, or a family photo you want to enlarge and display properly.
With a big-box option, you'd hunt for the closest standard frame, accept an uneven border, and quietly know it doesn't look right. With a local custom framer, you'd get the exact fit — and a bill that can run over a hundred dollars for a single small piece.
Matboard and More sits in the middle in the best way. You get the custom fit of a professional framer, but you order the components online and assemble at home. You choose your outer size, your window opening, your mat color, and whether you want a single or double mat for that layered, high-end look.
The payoff is on the wall. A properly matted print reads as considered. The eye rests on the art, the border frames it, and nothing about it whispers "compromise." For anyone who's spent good money on prints only to cheapen them with the wrong frame, this is the fix — at a fraction of a framing-studio price.
Here's the honest part every buyer wonders: what if I order the wrong size? Custom cuts aren't like stock items — you can't just swap a bespoke mat the way you'd return a standard frame.
So the single most important thing you do is measure. Measure your artwork's exact dimensions. Decide how much of the border (the "reveal") you want the mat to cover versus show. Standard practice is to size the window opening about a quarter-inch smaller than the art on each side so the mat holds it in place.
Write those numbers down before you start ordering. Double-check them. A print that's 11 x 14 might actually measure 11.25 x 14.25 once you account for the image versus the paper edge. That small difference is exactly what trips people up. Get it right, and the fit is flawless.
This is for you if you own art, photos, or memorabilia that don't fit standard frames — and you care how they look on the wall. Independent-art collectors, photographers printing their own work, parents preserving kids' drawings, anyone framing a diploma or a treasured document. If you've got an odd-sized piece and a picky eye, you're the target buyer.
It's also great if you love a DIY project and want the professional result without the professional price.
Who should skip it? Anyone who just needs a plain 8x10 frame for a standard photo — a drugstore or big-box store does that fine and fast. And if measuring makes you nervous, you may prefer a full-service local framer who does it for you.
Exact pricing isn't spelled out clearly upfront, which is the main thing I'd want them to fix. So treat this as positioning rather than a firm number.
The value case is strong, though. Custom framing at a studio can run $75 to $200+ for a single modest piece, mostly labor. By selling cut-to-size components you assemble yourself, a specialist like this lets you capture the custom fit while skipping the studio markup.
For anyone framing more than one piece — a gallery wall, a series of prints, a stack of family photos — the savings compound fast. You're paying for precision cutting and material, not a framer's hourly rate. If you're comfortable measuring and doing light assembly, the value here is easy to justify.
Matboard and More does one thing and aims to do it well: custom-cut mats and framing components for art that refuses to fit a standard frame. If you've ever loved a print and then ruined the effect with the wrong frame, this is your workaround — gallery-style results, ordered online, assembled at home.
Buy it if you've got odd-sized pieces and a bit of patience with a tape measure. Skip it if you only ever frame standard photos or want someone else to handle every step. For the DIY-minded art lover, it's a smart, focused pick. Just measure carefully — that's the whole game.