Picture Frames
Dec 8, 2019 08:59:06 #
I’m looking for a good source for picture frames with a fairly large selection at somewhat reasonable prices. Any suggestions?
Stan Fayer
Stan Fayer
Dec 8, 2019 08:59:58 #
Dec 8, 2019 09:04:03 #
Check out this topic:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-585995-1.html
There are "budget" ideas, others that are fanciful and unique, and Costco and Walmart are mentioned too.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-585995-1.html
There are "budget" ideas, others that are fanciful and unique, and Costco and Walmart are mentioned too.
Dec 8, 2019 09:08:42 #
Hamltnblue
Loc: Springfield PA
Stan Fayer wrote:
I’m looking for a good source for picture frames with a fairly large selection at somewhat reasonable prices. Any suggestions?
Stan Fayer
Stan Fayer
Flea Markets and Yard Sales.
I recently got 2 nice frames with stock pictures for 3 bucks each. Color wasn't what we wanted so we painted them.
Dec 8, 2019 09:10:40 #
I buy frames at thrift stores. I pick the ones that just need to be cleaned, and maybe a little old english polish, unless I want to paint them. They often come with mats that can be reused. For $5 or so and a few minutes of my time I get a frame that would cost $100.
Dec 8, 2019 09:13:54 #
Hamltnblue wrote:
I was very impressed by how well some frames take to spray paint ... Color wasn't what we wanted so we painted them.
Dec 8, 2019 09:16:06 #
ngrea wrote:
The "art" area, not just empty frames or mats with frames, can be great too, if a bit more money than simply the frame. I did occasionally run into tough-to-remove backings, however I buy frames at thrift stores...
Every frame and mat here, and the two smaller mirrors, are from thrift stores.
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My "critter" wall
Dec 8, 2019 09:22:18 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
Linda From Maine wrote:
The "art" area, not just empty frames or mats with frames, can be great too, if a bit more money than simply the frame. I did occasionally run into tough-to-remove backings, however
Every frame and mat here, and the two smaller mirrors, are from thrift stores.
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Every frame and mat here, and the two smaller mirrors, are from thrift stores.
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And love the dog; what’s his or her name?
Dec 8, 2019 09:27:54 #
For archival framing you should not use wood. It airs fumes and resines into the photo. Metal frames are best followed by plastic. Oil paintings are a very different matter.
Dec 8, 2019 09:28:37 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
I go to a World War 2 and Korean War annual picnic. I missed the last one though. I take portraits of them, sometimes alongside their immediate family. I use my Nikon 50mm f1.8G lens on a DX camera. I give the Veterans two free 4X6 photos, that I take to the VFW Building, for distribution of the photos. Occasionally, a couple or three will request an 8X10. They offer to pay for the 8X10 photos, which I accept. And I put them in an 8X10 frame that I purchase from a $1.00 Store. To keep cost down. I call them up, and a member of the family, meets me at their VFW, to get the framed photo. It's worth it for these veterans, who mostly are in 90s now. And came up in hard times during the Depression Era.
Dec 8, 2019 09:39:44 #
Stan Fayer wrote:
I’m looking for a good source for picture frames with a fairly large selection at somewhat reasonable prices. Any suggestions?
Stan Fayer
Stan Fayer
You may want to look at the website for Studio 500 Frames. They have every kind you can think of at reasonable prices.
Dec 9, 2019 05:51:32 #
Stan Fayer wrote:
I’m looking for a good source for picture frames with a fairly large selection at somewhat reasonable prices. Any suggestions?
Stan Fayer
Stan Fayer
Try Ikea
Dec 9, 2019 07:13:22 #
Dec 9, 2019 08:02:56 #
Stan Fayer wrote:
I’m looking for a good source for picture frames with a fairly large selection at somewhat reasonable prices. Any suggestions?
Stan Fayer
Stan Fayer
Art-to-Frames (Brooklyn, NY) will take your dimensions, cut a double mat of your color choosing and frame it all with a frame of your choice. They're not dirt cheap, but they're competitive and, in 3 years, I've only had a problem with one frame. That problem was my wife didn't like the frame material.
Dec 9, 2019 10:02:18 #
Jerry's Artorama Art Supplies has been very quick on delivery and I believe the prices are at least reasonable if not better.
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