The four steps
From photograph to framed wall
Start with the photograph
One photograph is all we need — the front of the place, taken in daylight, the whole facade in frame. A phone photo is perfectly fine; most of ours are. The guide below shows what makes a good one.
Choose the style
Seven styles, from architectural line art to oil painting. Previews are part of choosing — see your place in several and let the house decide. Every style keeps the facts of the building: the real windows in their real places, the door with its actual panels.
See it before you buy
The preview is the artwork. Look at it closely, try another style if you like, and order only when you love it. Nothing prints until you do — what you approve is exactly what we print.
Printed, framed, sent
Printed to order on gallery-quality paper, framed in solid pine if you choose, and shipped with tracking to the UK and EU. Made for your wall, and nobody else's.
The photograph
What a good photo looks like
Do – Step back and let the house fill the frame
Avoid — steep angles from up close
Do – crop the image to contain all your house front and a bit of the neighbours'
Avoid — having all of your neighbours' houses in it
Do – straight on, the whole facade in frame
Avoid — rooflines and edges cropped off
Do – daylight, with the light behind you
Avoid – night shots and deep shadow
Rules of thumb
Six small rules for one good photo
Tricky situations
When the photo won't behave
I can't get to the place.
There's usually a way: an old family album, a property listing, or someone who still lives nearby with a phone and five minutes. If you're truly stuck, write to us and we'll see what we can do.
All I have is an old print.
Old photographs are often the most moving ones — and they work. Scan it if you can, or photograph it flat in daylight, square-on, with no flash glare across the surface and the whole print in frame. A little fading is no trouble.
There's a tree, a van, or scaffolding in front.
Small obstructions vanish — cars, bins, a lamppost, a passer-by. What matters is that the facade itself is mostly visible. If half the house is behind leaves or scaffolding, try another time of day, another season, or a step to the side.
The street is too narrow to stand back.
Go as far back as the street allows — the opposite pavement, a doorway across the road — and hold the phone level rather than tilting it upward. A gentle angle is fine; we straighten it. What we can't undo is a photo taken from directly underneath.
It's a terraced house or a shopfront.
Include a sliver of the neighbours on each side — it helps us find where your building begins and ends, and the artwork will centre on yours. For shopfronts, make sure the signage and door are readable; we stylise away third-party branding where we must.
Is a phone photo really good enough?
Yes — most of the artworks on this site began as phone photos. Just send the original file rather than a screenshot or a much-forwarded copy, which arrive smaller and softer than you'd think. Portrait or landscape, either is fine.
Then the practical part
Sizes, frames and delivery
Ready when you are
One photograph is enough
Upload it, watch the artwork appear, and order only when you love it. Nothing prints until you've seen it.