Cheap Poster Framing Options?

sheenTN

Hello all! My wife and I are buying our first home, and I will finally have the man cave to display my 20 poster collection (17 PJ) and I was wondering if anyone has a lower priced solution for having a good frame without spending huge $$. Before the poster purists destroy me, we are having our first baby so I am under a tight budget, but she knows how long I've waited for Knoxville '98 and it's friends to grace our walls so any ideas would be awesome!! Thanks!!

81

depending on the size....target and ikea both have cheap frames

sheenTN

81 wrote:

depending on the size....target and ikea both have cheap frames

Biggest is 20 x 28 (Bonnaroo) and only strange dimension is the blue '00 print (10.5 x 39). Thanks 81! I'll start hunting..

phungi

If you live in the Northeast, go to a Michaels (or similar arts/crafts store which does framing) and get poster frames when they are on sale... I purchased 10 frames for about $25 each and the picked out custom mats which they cut for me (about $15-25)... "custom" framing for under $50 a poster.

derbydave

First of all...Avoid the "Big Box" framing stores like Michael's / Hobby Lobby / JoAnn's!!
These place offer HUGE discount coupons, but mark their prices WAY UP to make up for these supposed discounts & don't have a great reputation for quality work.
If you want to have your prints framed by a professional,
find a local independent framing store in your area.
Take the poster in with you and tell the framing professional what your budget is for each piece.
I've had really good luck with my local store and have been able to have several of my prints done professionally for not much money!!

Simple Black frame with Non-reflective glass / NO MATTE - $56.00



Same frame & glass / Blue Serpentine Fillet instead of a Matte - $72.00


Same frame & glass / Single Matte - $108.00

The other option is to learn how to cut mattes & build your own frames...
I know several people on the boards that are quite good at framing their own posters!!
Finally...take your time and do the best job you can, framing your art.
I can tell these posters mean a lot to you,
so don't feel like you have to have them all framed and hung on the walls at once!!
Hope this helps :ugeek:

Indi4ence

phungi wrote:

If you live in the Northeast, go to a Michaels (or similar arts/crafts store which does framing) and get poster frames when they are on sale... I purchased 10 frames for about $25 each and the picked out custom mats which they cut for me (about $15-25)... "custom" framing for under $50 a poster.

Exactly what I did for a couple of posters and they came out great. Especially since alot of posters are weird sizes that are typically custom. Buy the bigger frame and and order a custom matting.

boyo79

sheenTN wrote:

81 wrote:

depending on the size....target and ikea both have cheap frames

Biggest is 20 x 28 (Bonnaroo) and only strange dimension is the blue '00 print (10.5 x 39). Thanks 81! I'll start hunting..

Think I have 7 or 8 posters framed and I've used the Ikea frame for all. I keep my simple, just a white background so the focus is on the poster. Bonnaroo is one I've framed.

I realise this isn't what the posters experts would do but its how I like my posters.

Some pics are in here

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PhishNoC

sheenTN - Are you currently living in TN? Memphis by chance? If so, I have a good professional who does great, artistic work, and will be about the same as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The work is so much better though.

RKCNDY

if you buy ANY poster framing items, make sure they are all 'acid free'. Otherwise the chemicals in the components (frame, paint, mat, backer etc) will eat away at the poster and discolor it.

binaural2002

Anyone knows a good shop where I can buy some non-standardsize frames in Germany?

demetrios

Check out Walmart for some cheap ass frames. We are not talking about acid free boards or conservation glass or anything fancy but if you want something dirt cheap, they have it.

I heard Costco does it cheap too.

sheenTN

Thanks for the feedback! I've kicked around the uniform framing option for some (IKea) but I will check into some other local framers. Another thought- I've got a few i'm definitely more attached to ('98 Knoxville, EV Nashville Hatch Print w/Setlist, Signed PJ20 prints from all artists) to get matted and framed, but has anyone tried a poster display case you can flip through for the rest?

sheenTN

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN - Are you currently living in TN? Memphis by chance? If so, I have a good professional who does great, artistic work, and will be about the same as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The work is so much better though.

I am in Knoxville, on Ol' Rocky Top.

derbydave

sheenTN wrote:

Thanks for the feedback! I've kicked around the uniform framing option for some (IKea) but I will check into some other local framers. Another thought- I've got a few i'm definitely more attached to ('98 Knoxville, EV Nashville Hatch Print w/Setlist, Signed PJ20 prints from all artists) to get matted and framed, but has anyone tried a poster display case you can flip through for the rest?

I'm pretty sure that suziemay has one of these...

You could PM her and ask her where she got it!! :ugeek:

RKCNDY

derbydave wrote:

sheenTN wrote:

Thanks for the feedback! I've kicked around the uniform framing option for some (IKea) but I will check into some other local framers. Another thought- I've got a few i'm definitely more attached to ('98 Knoxville, EV Nashville Hatch Print w/Setlist, Signed PJ20 prints from all artists) to get matted and framed, but has anyone tried a poster display case you can flip through for the rest?

I'm pretty sure that suziemay has one of these...

You could PM her and ask her where she got it!! :ugeek:

Presentation Cases!
http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... -cases.htm

you'd probably want the 24x36...(it can fill up faster than you know)
They usually have sales, I got mine for about $130 and free shipping.

PhishNoC

sheenTN wrote:

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN - Are you currently living in TN? Memphis by chance? If so, I have a good professional who does great, artistic work, and will be about the same as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The work is so much better though.

I am in Knoxville, on Ol' Rocky Top.

Nice, went to school at UT. I have one of the presentation cases, works great, but it's not on the wall. I use it mostly for posters that won't be framed or ones that are in the que to be framed. I will ask my framer if he knows a good framer in Knoxville next time I talk to him.

Sheets Of Clay

I'm in Memphis, I go to Midtown Framer. You got a better place?

MedozK

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN wrote:

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN - Are you currently living in TN? Memphis by chance? If so, I have a good professional who does great, artistic work, and will be about the same as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The work is so much better though.

I am in Knoxville, on Ol' Rocky Top.

Nice, went to school at UT. I have one of the presentation cases, works great, but it's not on the wall. I use it mostly for posters that won't be framed or ones that are in the que to be framed. I will ask my framer if he knows a good framer in Knoxville next time I talk to him.

I went to UT also..we need to start a UT Alumni PJ Society

sheenTN

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN wrote:

PhishNoC wrote:

sheenTN - Are you currently living in TN? Memphis by chance? If so, I have a good professional who does great, artistic work, and will be about the same as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The work is so much better though.

I am in Knoxville, on Ol' Rocky Top.

Nice, went to school at UT. I have one of the presentation cases, works great, but it's not on the wall. I use it mostly for posters that won't be framed or ones that are in the que to be framed. I will ask my framer if he knows a good framer in Knoxville next time I talk to him.

Thanks! I'm liking the presentation case. Better than the tubes they're in right now!

PhishNoC

Sheets Of Clay wrote:

I'm in Memphis, I go to Midtown Framer. You got a better place?

I use Tadporter's near Houston Levee. I have heard good things about Midtown Framer though.

TN70407

derbydave wrote:

First of all...Avoid the "Big Box" framing stores like Michael's / Hobby Lobby / JoAnn's!!
These place offer HUGE discount coupons, but mark their prices WAY UP to make up for these supposed discounts & don't have a great reputation for quality work.
If you want to have your prints framed by a professional,
find a local independent framing store in your area.
Take the poster in with you and tell the framing professional what your budget is for each piece.
I've had really good luck with my local store and have been able to have several of my prints done professionally for not much money!!

Simple Black frame with Non-reflective glass / NO MATTE - $56.00



Same frame & glass / Blue Serpentine Fillet instead of a Matte - $72.00


Same frame & glass / Single Matte - $108.00

The other option is to learn how to cut mattes & build your own frames...
I know several people on the boards that are quite good at framing their own posters!!
Finally...take your time and do the best job you can, framing your art.
I can tell these posters mean a lot to you,
so don't feel like you have to have them all framed and hung on the walls at once!!
Hope this helps :ugeek:

Totally agree. STAY AWAY FROM MICHAEL'S CUSTOM SHOP! I have gone to Michael's for two posters. The first was my SD PJ concert poster. First time I picked it up there was glitter inside, which must have gotten in there from the stripper that built it?? Or I guess another project in the room. They kept it another couple days, then the archive glass had scratches on it the next time I picked it up. This went on a couple times till it came out right.

The second poster I took there....well its still hard to talk about, even to this day...

RKCNDY

TN70407 wrote:

The second poster I took there....well its still hard to talk about, even to this day...

please share...it may be hard to talk about, but think of it this way, 'you may save someone else the heartache of a ruined poster'

Plankton

All I would say is...

Don't go cheap.

Frame less posters in good frames - you'll only ending up spending money on reframing in the future. Don't get standard sized IKEA frames.

Do shop around though - usually the best prices will be found with your smaller local frame shops.

TN70407

RKCNDY wrote:

TN70407 wrote:

The second poster I took there....well its still hard to talk about, even to this day...

please share...it may be hard to talk about, but think of it this way, 'you may save someone else the heartache of a ruined poster'

I had a Spider-Man movie poster from 2001, the one that was pulled from the movie theaters after 9/11 because it had the twin towers in Spider-Man's eyes. Well I sat on this thing or years waiting to get the man room it deserved. I take it to Michael's (I know that part is my fault) cause there are not a lot of options by me. I do up the whole archive options, glass, bindings etc. It took an extra couple weeks to finish, and when I went to pick it up it was in the frame backwards (it was a double-sided print). Evidently, the tech must have thought YAM was the month the movie was released. Ok, no harm no foul. Excuse, me, this is when it gets hard.. Until two weeks later when I get a call while I am out of town that "there was an accident." When they removed the poster from the frame to put it back in, the tore the edge. I, cool as ever (maybe not) went back to the store when I got back to find that not only did it tear in the middle, they did not used heavy duty tape or something. The tape removed colors and layers all around the border of the poster. My heart broke. They resized the frame and matting to cover the damages and didn't charge me, but my baby is ruined, and it hurts my soul every time I look at it.

RKCNDY

TN70407 wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

TN70407 wrote:

The second poster I took there....well its still hard to talk about, even to this day...

please share...it may be hard to talk about, but think of it this way, 'you may save someone else the heartache of a ruined poster'

I had a Spider-Man movie poster from 2001, the one that was pulled from the movie theaters after 9/11 because it had the twin towers in Spider-Man's eyes. Well I sat on this thing or years waiting to get the man room it deserved. I take it to Michael's (I know that part is my fault) cause there are not a lot of options by me. I do up the whole archive options, glass, bindings etc. It took an extra couple weeks to finish, and when I went to pick it up it was in the frame backwards (it was a double-sided print). Evidently, the tech must have thought YAM was the month the movie was released. Ok, no harm no foul. Excuse, me, this is when it gets hard.. Until two weeks later when I get a call while I am out of town that "there was an accident." When they removed the poster from the frame to put it back in, the tore the edge. I, cool as ever (maybe not) went back to the store when I got back to find that not only did it tear in the middle, they did not used heavy duty tape or something. The tape removed colors and layers all around the border of the poster. My heart broke. They resized the frame and matting to cover the damages and didn't charge me, but my baby is ruined, and it hurts my soul every time I look at it.

:( oh wow, that's pretty bad. (i just looked up the poster and it's going for $129-250 on the auction site right now) That sucks they weren't the brightest framers, what they did was unacceptable.

I went there to get a price quote for a poster, and wasn't impressed with the framer or the price-even with their 60% off framing + additional 15% off. CJMST3K ('the framing guy' on here) has better prices than Michael's. He usually does sales/specials for all of us here.

RYANPB999

Don't ever go to prints plus!!!! I took my Boston poster there a few years ago and it came out really good. Fast forward a few years and I wanted to take it out and to my surprise they fucking glued it to the back poster board. RUINED!!!!!!!

Dr Emmett Brown

If you're in the UK, I can highly recommend eframe.co.uk - produce excellent quality custom frames at pretty good prices

ComeToTX

I've done most of mine at hobby lobby. I buy the sectional frames an do it myself. Very easy. If I need to or want to I'll have them cut some mat for me and they cut glass for me. Almost always under $60.

They also have built frames of all types and sizes. If I like one that fits my poster I'll have them cut the glass for that and they'll usually finish it for me right then.

I've only used their custom framing a few times but never had a problem. I do agree that you should do them right or you're just going to want to redo them later.