Understand the Different Types of Mats for Picture Framing

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I am Debbie Reeves at John's Design Center and I am here to tell you about custom picture framing. One of the first things that you want to do is choose the kind of mats you want. We have lots of different kinds of mats. We have rag mats which are conservation acid free. These will help protect your pictures for the next hundred years. We also have fabric mats that have many different kinds of textures. These have a leather so that you could choose one of those. We also have suede matting. This gives you a little different texture than if you just used a regular white mat. Then, you also have mats that have designs on them; ones that have leaves on them, or we have ones like this. So, we have lots of different choices than just a simple white mat. "