Favorite Sources for Frames?

[wawa]

I need to buy 7-8 frames for christmas gifts. My family is all getting 20x200 prints and my MIL and GMIL are getting (way way way belated) wedding prints.

So I'm looking for mostly 8x10 sized frames. Affordable, but not cheap/crappy. I've got a couple of Joanne/Micheal's coupons ($5 off $25 purchase, 40% single item). I've also got an Ikea within a 15 minute drive so I could just grab a bunch of Ribbas.

And of course there is Homegoods and so forth.

I don't really want to drive all over creation hemming and hawing on this - what do you think is my best bet for affordable, decent quality, simple picture frames?

[artichokie]

Ribbas are my favorite but you have to watch out for the European sizing. Found that out the hard way.

[thewop]

Kohls is my go-to. They have a good selection and are always on sale.

[Deleted]

Target is my go to. They have these nice frames with a thick black border and a classy white matting. I must own 15 of them.

They're not the cheapest but not the worst. My 16x20 one was less than $30.00ish. I think my 8x10s where like $19.99?

They're just the Target Home brand or whatever it's called now.

[peach]

ikea

[wawa]

Dec 7, 2012 11:23:36 GMT -5 artichokie said:

And Kohls has that Spend $50, Get $10 promo going on

I have an irrational dislike of kohls' pricing scheme.

I'm not organized enough for coupons, and that kohls cash nonsense is just a way to make me go back in there and spend MORE money. Really...it's not like I'm going to just buy something for $10. And I shop so erratically (like I'll buy myself clothes once every 6 months. If that.) that I'll forget I have it before I need something again.

My two best local friends are huge Kohl's fans, but I just can't get into it. It also annoys me that it's all "OMG on sale!" but the original prices are all higher than I'm willing to spend for the quality, so all the sale does is make the prices normal. And then a coupon actually makes them a good sale...but again...I'm not a coupon girl.

[sierramist03]

Hobby lobby. Micheals and Gordmans

[floridakat]

Costco has some nice, basic frames with heavy white mattes. I can get two 11 x 14 frames matted down to 8 x 10 for $20.

[wawa]

Dec 7, 2012 16:52:01 GMT -5 floridakat said:

Costco has some nice, basic frames with heavy white mattes. I can get two 11 x 14 frames matted down to 8 x 10 for $20.

I was just looking for those at my costco yesterday. I wasn't looking terribly hard though.

Did they have them in the middle seasonal section at your store, or over with the general houseware stuff?

[floridakat]

In ours they're in the general houseware stuff. Somewhat close to the packages of 8,000 Sharpies and 42 rolls of Scotch tape. ;-)

[wawa]

Dec 7, 2012 16:57:59 GMT -5 floridakat said:

In ours they're in the general houseware stuff. Somewhat close to the packages of 8,000 Sharpies and 42 rolls of Scotch tape. ;-)

LOL, I'll check there.

And I will resist the case of sharpies.

Seriously...I have an absurd attraction to large numbers of sharpies. The displays near the checkout at Lowes kill me. I really really want to buy a whole rainbow of the mini ones.