Where do you get your framed pictures from?

I rarely buy anything ready-framed but have prints or originals framed at the local art gallery/picture framers. In the unlikely event they can't supply what I want then, as has been mentioned above, I order from eframe.co.uk

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From the National Galleries of Scotland. (Something for all tastes)
'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' from 'The Apocalypse: Revelation of Saint John the Divine' (About 1498)
Albrecht Dürer

Still Life (About 1913) Samuel John Peploe

Una and the Lion (Exhibited 1860 (RSA))
William Bell Scott

We have always bought from local shops. My DS and DiL are covering their walls with pictures from Art Republic.

Bumping my post of 14 April 2021 as it is time to start buying things for the C word.
"The National Gallery of Scotland, in Edinburgh, sells good quality prints of the pictures in their collection. I have checked their website and they also sell them online. You choose your picture and the frame, and it is custom-made and sent to you, Prices from £7.99 for a small one and upwards for larger. www.nationalgalleries.org/custom-prints " Some of these works may be ones unavailable from English sources. Worth a look.

I get frames from Tesco and they get delivered with the grocery.

Most are sold as photo frames, some as certificate frames.

I have not yet used any for a photograph or a certificate, having used them for framing greetings cards, the ones that don't have wording on the front, just a picture.

Ten years ago, I used to buy framed pictures on my local market till they closed. Turned out they just moved online. On the web, you can find hundreds of services offering printings. Almost a half of my buys are from Artstation (not exactly from the service, but from the content creators). It's very convenient - any newly published art is offered in any size and frame style. Plus, you can take your favorite photo, enhance it with imglarger.com/blog/how-to-make-blurry-pictures-clear/ and make a request to print it. Isn't it worse than buying random ready-made ones?

We use a local chap in the village who does picture framing.

I usually buy prints in poster form and then peruse the charity shops until I find a frame that I like of the correct dimensions and simply dispose of whatever picture is already in there.

Fanny No, I'm very particular; I want very specific things, Pre Raphaelite stuff or 18th century flora and fauna.

Does 18th century flora and fauna mean botanical prints or do you mean 'Still Life' paintings, those wonderful studies of bases of flowers, items on a table.

In which case auctions and ebay are your best bet. Most auctions put their catalogues online and a bit of searching should help your refine your terms to find what you want.

I recently redecorated a room and needed a pair of smallish pictures for one wall. We went to viewing day at our local auction, I walked in the door and there leaning against the wall beside the door was exactly what I wanted. I paid £30 for them, they are now in place and look absolutely right.

A lot depends on the role artworks play in your home. If it's to fill wall space with something familiar then buy framed prints.
Our paintings are an important part of our home. They tend to be paintings that either made an emotional impact on us or remind us of a happy place and time. Most are colourist. We love them.

A good source is auction houses, they all do online catalogues, and the sort of thing you are looking for is often available as either prints or originals, which can go for surprisingly little. My brother is an auction stalker, and he’s got some beautiful stuff that way.

Aveline

Why not buy originals from local artists? More reflective of individuality and supporting local creativity. Needn't cost a fortune either.

No, I'm very particular; I want very specific things, Pre Raphaelite stuff or 18th century flora and fauna.
I could do my own originals, but it's definitely not up to my own standards!

I have lots of prints and pictures framed and I always use eframe online.
They have a massive choice.
They are reasonable compared to getting something framed. You just have to make sure you measure to the millimetre and work out if you want it mounted or not.
Every frame that has come has been spot on for me.

It is hard to find a print when you are looking for one. We tend to buy original art when we find something we fall in love with ( only then occasionally!)

We've bought quite a few originals and prints we like from craft fairs. Many take place particularly around Christmas but you can find them all year round. Otherwise, I agree with Etsy, charity shops or car boots. We do have a local shop for framing though so it's easy to choose a frame. Prints definitely get a lift with a new frame. Not much room on our walls so I guess we're old too , although our AC have pretty striking pictures - one bought them at charity auctions, supporting a good cause and getting something a bit different too.

A friend of mine had some lovely pictures on her wall. Turned out they were greetings cards she had bought or been given. Then she bought mounts and ready made frames online. Photo frames are not expensive.

For my own paintings I buy framed pictures cheaply from car boot or charity shops, throw the picture inside away and insert my own.

Why not buy originals from local artists? More reflective of individuality and supporting local creativity. Needn't cost a fortune either.

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and ideas, very much appreciated! I'll definitely look at the National Galleries, and I'm glad that King & McGraw has good reviews.

M0nica younger people? But I thought that was me?!

I think the porblem you have FannyCornforth is that pictures have gone out of fashion, Younger people and especially minimalists have plain walls.

Charity shops, auction sales (local ones, not high art ones) car boot sales, inherited, gift shops, artists exhibitions, gifts, made for me.

We may need to move home soon, between the pictures and the books, we need a house with more wall space.

If I like the picture, but not the frame I get it re-framed

At a local car boot sale, I bought the most lovely pen and ink drawing of the Rialto Bridge in Venice. It was in a horrible plastic frame but I loved the picture. I assumed it was a print until I took it out of the frame to put it in the new one I had bought. It’s an original drawing and signed and dated on the bottom - couldn’t see this in the old frame as the mount covered it. I bought it for the princely sum of 25p. Definitely worth going round these places when lockdown allows them again, as there are some little hidden gems.

Have a look at local auctions - we've seen loads of lovely prints sell for next to nothing at auctions. We bought an oil painting in a charity shop that we love, not a known artist, but we love it. You can browse the auctions on line, and bid online and if it's a local auction house collect in person.

Museums and art galleries sell prints of pictures in their collections. I buy from small local galleries, I have a disabled friend, a talented artist, who sells beautiful paintings and prints on her website, the profits going to charity.

I usually buy prints, or paintings by local artists and I frame ny own paintings. Even if they're framed I usually have them reframed by a local person.
But thanks for the info suziewoozie I might try doing it myself. Running out of space is a problem. I tend to rotate some of mine

Redbubble do a really wide array of prints and posters. I'm very fond of the Russian artist Repin and have found quite a lot there.
Worth a look.