First I would like to get this off my chest: framing is such a rip off! I made sure to get to Michael's for the "60% off sale" and even with this discount the stupid thing was more than $200. Ridiculous.
That being said we do love it :)
It even has our neck of the woods: Mimico! Can you see it down there? Please visit our little neighbourhood. It's quite lovely with the lake and swans and such.
ps- I just learned that there are three NHL players from Mimico! Wow! I had better get those hockey skates for Leo pronto!
lovely! i totally hear you on the framing costs...got something last year from michaels and cost me as much as the piece itself! i heard the flea market is where you can find framing deals.
ReplyDeleteGot this for my brother last year and decided to get a poster frame from ikea to cut down costs. Love these posters!
ReplyDeleteI love this print! While we no longer live in Toronto, we were both born there and it's where we met so I may head over and buy one too :)
ReplyDeleteYou chose a great frame - I know what you mean about the frame costs. Yikes.
I have a Toronto framing shop and I live and breathe the cost of materials. I agree costs can be ridiculous. Please understand that many of our suppliers are absolutely gouging us at every turn. Everyone takes a cut from the framed item on your wall. The owner of the frame shop is lucky to cover his costs: his framer(s), the courier that delivers the material, the company that puts it in the truck, the company that sells it to the company that puts it in the truck. I sympathize with my clients, but please don't assume your framer is ripping you off. BTW, I was in Chicago and went into a frame shop as a mystery shopper in an average neighbourhood. Guess what. Her pricing was at least as high.
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