House Name Plate Designs
This is the page we wish we could have handed people in 2019. Most of the questions we get before someone orders a house name plate are the same five, and they are all about choosing rather than buying. Here is how we would think it through.
1. Start with where it goes
A plate on a wooden front door wants to be smaller and quieter — 12x6 inches is right, and wood or brass sits better against wood than gloss acrylic does.
A plate on a gate or boundary wall is read from the street, often from a car, often at dusk. That argues for bigger and higher contrast: 18x9, 12x12, 16x16, or up to 2x2 and 3x2 feet. Black and gold or black and silver read furthest.
A house number that has to be found by a courier is a different job again. Individual stainless steel 3D numerals fixed straight to the wall beat any backing plate for legibility, because there is nothing around the digits to compete with them.
2. Then the material
Acrylic — the default, and the easiest to live with. We cut at 8mm so the letters stand off the face as raised 3D text. Takes colour well, does not fade or warp, wipes clean. If you are unsure, this is the safe answer.
Solid wood and Lasani — for older houses, wooden doors, and anyone who wants the plate to age rather than stay new-looking. Either engraved into the surface, or with 3D acrylic letters fixed on top. The second reads from much further away.
Brass — the formal one. Engraved, gold or silver finish, usually 12x6. This is what goes outside a doctor's or a lawyer's house, and it is the only material here that looks better after ten years than it did on day one.
Stainless steel — individual 3D letters and numbers, no backing plate. Modern facades, and house numbers that need to be read from the road.
LED — backlit acrylic, single or double sided, for gates and reception walls. Worth it only if the plate is genuinely hard to see after dark.
3. Size, honestly
12x6 inches is the standard and it is what most people should order. It is large enough to hold a full name comfortably and small enough not to dominate a door.
Go bigger when the plate is set back from where it will be read, when it carries a house number and a name, or when it is going on a wall rather than a door. 18x9 and 12x12 are the usual steps up. 2x2 and 3x2 feet are boundary-wall sizes and look oversized anywhere else.
Desk and cabin plates are smaller again — 12x4 to 12x6 — and sit on a stand rather than being fixed.
4. How it is fixed
Flat to the wall is the simplest. Standoff mounting holds the plate a few millimetres proud, which throws a shadow and looks considerably more expensive than it costs. Hanging suits wooden signs and porches. Desk plates come with a metal or wooden stand, and some have a pen holder built into the base.
Tell us which you want and the right fixings come in the box.
5. Urdu
We engrave Urdu Nastaliq as well as English, and it works particularly well cut into wood. One thing to be careful of: send us the exact spelling you want, written out, rather than describing it. In Urdu a single character changes the word, and the proof we send back is the moment to catch it — not after it has been cut.
What it costs and how long it takes
House plates start at Rs 1,699. Most land between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000. Solid brass and the larger solid-wood pieces run higher; LED and 3x2 feet pieces are the top of the range.
Delivery is Rs 399 flat anywhere in Pakistan, cash on delivery. Allow 3–7 working days for us to make your plate, then 3–7 working days for the courier. Nothing is cut until you have approved the design we send you.
Browse by what you have decided
- House name plates — everything for doors, gates and walls
- Acrylic name plates — 8mm laser cut, two-tone, frosted and LED
- Wooden name plates — solid wood and Lasani, engraved or with 3D text
- Office and desk name plates — cabin, reception and desk signs
- All name plates
Still deciding? Send us a photo of the door or gate on WhatsApp at 0348-0111117 and we will tell you what size to order. We design in-house and we do not charge for it.