What Comes in the Box With a Framed Print

A hanging kit question is really a question about the last ten minutes of the job. Here is what ships with framed and canvas editions, and what you still need to supply yourself.

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The short answer

Framed editions ship with a basic hanging kit included. It covers the essentials for a standard wall: hooks, wall plugs and screws suited to the frame's weight. Canvas editions are different. They arrive ready to hang but without a kit, so plan on supplying your own hooks or a hanging system for those.

What the hanging kit contains

Every framed edition includes a small hanging kit packed alongside the frame. The contents are deliberately basic: hooks for the wall, matching screws or wall plugs, and hardware appropriate to the frame's weight class. Nothing in the kit is decorative. It exists so that a print can go from packaging to wall in one session, without a second trip to the hardware store.

The kit is sized to the format. A smaller framed poster needs less holding power than a large canvas, so the hardware scales accordingly. If you want to see exactly what ships with a given size before ordering, the product page for a framed poster edition lists the contents in full, so there is no guesswork at the unboxing stage. the FAQ page confirms the same for canvas formats.

What you still need to supply

The kit assumes an ordinary wall and an ordinary tool drawer. It does not include a drill, a spirit level, a pencil or a tape measure, and it does not include anchors for brick, tile or plasterboard beyond the standard plugs supplied. If your wall is masonry, buy masonry anchors. If it is drywall, a self-drilling anchor holds more reliably than the supplied plug in most cases.

Canvas editions are the main exception to the included-kit rule. A canvas arrives with its hanging structure already in place on the back, but no wall hardware in the box. Anyone ordering a canvas edition should budget for a hook or a French cleat separately. The choice between the two formats matters here as much as the hardware, which is covered in more depth in the guide to choosing between canvas and framed poster.

Worth having on hand

A drill with masonry and wood bits
A spirit level, even a small one
A tape measure and a pencil for marking
Wall anchors matched to your wall type

Hanging a print without drama

The mechanics are simple enough that the kit is genuinely sufficient for most walls. Mark the height, check it with a level, fix the hook, hang the frame. Two hooks spaced apart keep a wider frame from rocking, and that is the one upgrade worth making on anything above roughly 60 centimetres across.

Placement is the part people get wrong, not the hardware. Eye level sits lower than most people guess, and a print hung too high reads as a mistake from across the room. The sizing guide for prints in a small living room covers height and scale in detail. For anyone still deciding on format, a framed poster edition is the option where the included kit does the most work, since the frame arrives with everything needed to mount it the same day.

The kit solves the wall. It does not solve the wall you actually have.

Format	Hanging kit included	What you supply
Framed poster	Yes, hooks, screws and plugs	Tools and any special anchors
Canvas	No, hardware mounted on the back	Wall hook or hanging system

What ships in the box

Key takeaways

Framed editions include a basic hanging kit with hooks, screws and wall plugs.
Canvas editions ship without wall hardware, so buy a hook or cleat separately.
The kit suits standard walls only, so masonry and drywall need their own anchors.
A level, a tape measure and a drill are the tools the box does not contain.

Related questions

Do I need special hardware for a heavy or large print?

For anything above roughly 60 centimetres wide, use two hooks spaced apart rather than one. Large canvases benefit from a French cleat or a proper hanging system, which distributes the weight along the whole back edge instead of concentrating it at two points. The supplied kit is a starting point, not a ceiling.

Can I hang a framed print on a plasterboard wall?

Yes, but swap the supplied plugs for self-drilling plasterboard anchors, or fix into a stud if one falls where you want the print. Standard wall plugs only grip properly in solid masonry, so on plasterboard they are the weakest part of the setup.

Does the hanging kit work for canvas editions too?

Canvas editions do not include a kit, because the hanging structure is already fitted to the back of the canvas. You only need to supply the wall side, meaning a hook, a nail or a cleat depending on the size and your wall.

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