Framers recommendation?

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Wise Owl
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Framers recommendation?

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I have never framed a finished piece before. I don’t mind giving it a go in the future, but I was thinking of sending it to get framed from a professional.

I’ve looked online, but does anyone have any recommendations please for online or local shops? I live in the Berkshire area.

At the moment I was looking at Stitch and frame but I don’t know how much they cost.
Anything framed is about £60 - is this roughly how much I should looking to pay?

It’s for the balloon baby DMC, 19x20cm.
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Prices depend on several things, for example if you want glass and if so what quality; whether you have a mount (or even a double or triple mount); the type of frame; and of course the framer!

The one in our village is charging about £70 for mounting my two SAL Trees of Life in one large (portrait oriention) frame with a single mount with two circular apertures cut into it and no glass. I'm not absolutely sure what the finished size is but the two apertures are about 9 and 10-1/2 inches, so prob. about 13 to 14 inches wide and 22 to 23 inches tall.
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Thank you Mabel!
I found a local framer and visited them today. They were very patient with me, and I’m hoping to collect in two weeks 😊
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