$16.95+
✨ DIY Canvas Stretcher Bars for Custom Painting Frames ✨
Build your own custom canvas frames with these natural wooden stretcher bars, designed with interlocking ends for simple DIY assembly.
Ideal for artists, painters and crafters who want to stretch their own canvas, replace an existing frame or create custom-sized artwork.
Each pack includes 2 wooden stretcher bars in your selected length. Combine matching or different lengths to create square, rectangular or larger multi-section canvas frames.
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🖼️ Why you’ll love these canvas stretcher bars
• 2 wooden stretcher bars per pack
• Easy interlocking corner design
• Create square or rectangular canvas frames
• Available in 8 different lengths
• Combine multiple packs for larger projects
• Suitable for stretched canvas artwork
• Great for painting, wall art and DIY projects
• Natural wood construction
• Simple DIY assembly
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📏 Available Sizes
Choose from:
• 20cm — 2 pcs
• 25cm — 2 pcs
• 30cm — 2 pcs
• 35cm — 2 pcs
• 40cm — 2 pcs
• 45cm — 2 pcs
• 50cm — 2 pcs
• 55cm — 2 pcs
Each variation contains 2 stretcher bars of the selected length.
For example, to make a 30 × 40cm rectangular frame, you would need:
• 1 pack of 30cm bars — 2 pcs
• 1 pack of 40cm bars — 2 pcs
This gives you the four sides required to create the frame.
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📐 Bar Details
• Quantity: 2 bars per selected variation
• Approx. bar width: 2.5cm
• Approx. thickness: 1.7cm
• Material: natural wood
• Available lengths: 20cm to 55cm
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🔨 Easy DIY Assembly
The ends of each stretcher bar are shaped to interlock with matching bars, allowing you to assemble a frame without complicated joinery.
Simply:
1. Select the lengths required for your frame
2. Interlock the corners to create the wooden frame
3. Position your canvas over the assembled frame
4. Pull the canvas evenly around the edges
5. Secure the canvas to the back of the frame with suitable staples or fasteners
Your canvas should be larger than the finished frame so there is enough material around each edge to wrap around and secure at the back.
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🖼️ Creating Larger Canvas Frames
Need a canvas frame larger than the individual stretcher bar lengths?
You can create a larger support structure by building multiple smaller frame sections and positioning them together to form the overall size required.
Each smaller section is assembled normally using four stretcher bars. Multiple sections can then be arranged side-by-side or in a grid to support a larger canvas.
Example configurations:
• 50 × 100cm frame
Create two 50 × 50cm sections side-by-side
→ 8 × 50cm stretcher bars total
→ 4 packs of 50cm bars
• 50 × 150cm frame
Create three 50 × 50cm sections side-by-side
→ 12 × 50cm stretcher bars total
→ 6 packs of 50cm bars
• 100 × 100cm frame
Create four 50 × 50cm sections in a 2 × 2 arrangement
→ 16 × 50cm stretcher bars total
→ 8 packs of 50cm bars
You can also combine different available lengths to create rectangular sections.
For example:
40 × 100cm overall frame
→ Two 40 × 50cm sections positioned side-by-side.
📌 The stretcher bars are designed to interlock at the corners. They are not designed to connect end-to-end to make one continuous longer stretcher bar.
For larger projects, make sure your canvas is sufficiently larger than the overall finished frame dimensions so there is enough material around the outer perimeter to wrap and secure to the back.
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🎨 Perfect For
• DIY canvas frames
• Artist canvases
• Acrylic painting
• Oil painting
• Paint by numbers canvases
• Custom wall art
• Canvas stretching
• Art studio projects
• Replacement canvas frames
• Large canvas projects
• Craft and hobby projects
• Creating custom-sized artwork
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📌 Please Note
• Each pack contains 2 stretcher bars only — not a complete four-sided frame
• A standard square or rectangular frame generally requires at least 4 bars
• Purchase two different lengths when creating a rectangular frame
• Multiple packs may be required for larger frames
• Canvas, artwork, staples and tools are not included
• Measurements are approximate
• Natural wood grain, knots and colour may vary slightly between pieces
• Please check the required frame dimensions and select your stretcher bar lengths carefully before ordering
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🌟 A versatile DIY framing solution for creating custom stretched canvas frames, paintings and wall art in the exact dimensions your project requires.
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Oct 31, 2024
Perfect for wat I needed.
Sep 24, 2024
Well made. Fast service. Thank you.
Mar 15, 2021
Product as described. However I didn't realise that it was actually shipped from China. Because I wanted this item quickly I thought it was coming from SA.. anyway it came damaged on one frame(it was packaged in a flimsy plastic satchel with no protection). The seller kindly did a partial refund.