Do you also find it easy to lose track when browsing through the endless posters on different online art shops? You might find a beautiful print you’d like to match with others, but somewhere along the way you forget which ones caught your eye.
Smart tips and tricks
Maybe you already use the shopping cart to save posters you like, or a “wishlist” if the shop offers one. That’s handy—but you usually see all the posters in the same size, not as they’d actually look together on a wall.
So here are a few simple tips on how to combine posters and prints across different stores—and even test them out in various sizes.
It’s free
You don’t need expensive software like Photoshop or Illustrator. All you need is a free program such as OneNote, which is available for nearly all computers and tablets. Even something like Word—which most people already have—works perfectly fine.
Then it’s just a matter of finding the posters that catch your eye. For instance, I want to create a set in blue tones for my living room wall.
At Plakatfar, it’s easy to find posters by mood or colour using the Mood Cloud. I start by clicking on the button "blue", which brings up a long list of posters where blue is the recurring theme.
I choose the print "Storm over Røldal", right-click on it, and select “Copy image.”
In this example, I’m using OneNote to create my poster layout. You can insert the image you just copied from Plakatfar’s website in several ways. In the menu bar at the top, under “Edit,” click “Paste.” Or simply use the keyboard shortcuts—CTRL+V on Windows, CMD+V on Mac. You can also right-click anywhere on the page and select “Paste” from the menu.
I then pick a few more prints I want to include on my wall—"The Tasman Sea No. 1", "Fishing Nets by the Coast" and "View from Klakkur".
I’ve now selected four prints that I think complement each other nicely. They’ve all been pasted in the same size, but I’d like to experiment with proportions—mixing sizes and formats, which is thankfully easy. When I click one of the posters, small “handles” appear that I can drag to resize it.
I adjust by eye—it’s just a sketch, after all. If the first poster represents 70x100 cm, I know there’s space beside it for two 30x40 cm prints.
This way, it’s easy—and rather satisfying—to sit quietly and design your own poster combinations.
With or without frames
As you can see, all my chosen posters have white aluminium frames. If you’d like to see them with oak or black frames instead, just visit each product page, where all frame options are shown. From there, you can copy the framed version in the same way—right-click and choose “Copy image.”
When you’re done, it’s up to you whether to order the posters framed and ready to hang, or buy frames elsewhere.
You can also read my post "Understanding poster and frame sizes", where I try to make sense of the sometimes confusing world of formats and measurements.
Plenty of options
You’ll easily find affordable frames in Ikea, Bilka, or Harald Nyborg for our poster sizes: 15x21 cm, 21x30 cm (A4), 30x40 cm, 30x42 cm (A3), 50x70 cm, and 70x100 cm.
Plakatfar, however, is highly competitive on price—especially since shipping is included.
You can also find frames at Hennetec, Ilva, or BGA Nordic, which are slightly pricier but offer a wide selection and premium finishes.
Happy designing 😀
