“Ready to hang” is one of those phrases that means whatever the shop wants it to. For some it means “we included a sawtooth hook.” For others it means “you’ll still need a frame.” Here is precisely what a Kiyo Arts canvas is when it comes out of the box, and what’s left for you to do.
What arrives
A finished stretched canvas: the printed textile — a premium cotton-polyester composite — pulled taut and stapled around a solid wood frame. The frame is 1.25-inch radiata pine, sourced from renewable forests, chosen because that depth resists warping and bowing better than the thin 0.75-inch bars a lot of budget canvases use. Hanging hardware is already fitted to the back. The back corners have rubber bumpers so the canvas sits flat and level against the wall instead of tilting or scratching the paint.
What you still do
Put one fastener in the wall — a picture hook or a nail rated for the canvas’s weight — at the right height, and hang it. That’s the whole job. No frame to buy, no mat to cut, no assembly, no glass to clean. For most pieces it’s a five-minute install with a hammer and a level.
Why the 1.25-inch depth is a real feature
It reads as finished. A deeper frame sits proud of the wall and throws a subtle shadow line around the piece. That shadow is what makes a stretched canvas look like a considered object rather than a poster taped up flat.
It’s more stable. Thin stretcher bars flex and can bow over time, especially in rooms with humidity swings. A 1.25-inch pine frame holds its shape.
You can leave the edges bare. The image wraps the sides, so there’s no white border and no need to frame it to “finish” the edge.
No glass is the underrated part
A framed print behind glass reflects everything — your window, your TV, your monitors, the overhead light. On a battlestation or a bright living room that glare is constant. A stretched canvas has a matte surface and no glass, so it stays readable from every angle and doesn’t bounce your screen back at you on a video call or a stream.
Hanging it straight, once
The five-minute install: mark your height on the wall (center of the piece around 57–60 inches from the floor for a bare wall, or 8–10 inches above furniture), find the hardware position relative to the top of the canvas, transfer that measurement to the wall, drive one nail or hook rated for the weight, hang, then use a small level on the top edge and nudge. The rubber bumpers on the back corners hold whatever angle you set, so once it is level it stays level — they also keep the frame off the paint so it does not scuff the wall.
Care, which is almost nothing
A stretched canvas asks very little. Dust the face occasionally with a dry, soft cloth or a clean makeup brush. Do not spray cleaner on it and do not use a damp cloth on the print. Keep it out of direct, all-day sun and away from steam — a bathroom or right over a stove is the wrong spot for any canvas. That is the entire maintenance routine for years.
The bottom line
“Ready to hang” at Kiyo Arts means: unbox, one nail, level, done. It ships that way because it’s made to order on that frame every time. See the construction notes on any piece in the canvas collection.