When I visited the Trainyards for the first time, the first store that I hit was Michaels. I parked…read morewithin a few feet from the main doors and walked in. As with most Michaels stores, this one is huge and spacious. It has a ton of aisles and I can never figure out where the calligraphy section is. I feel like I need a map of the store. I did like the silicone moulds. I bought a couple of dog-themed ones for a friend. You can either make ice cubes or bake in them, or anything that suits your needs. I love the flexibility! I relived my youth by seeing Spirograph and macrame kits. I ended up getting a crocheting kit that was on sale. I like picking up a skill and crocheting, it is. Speaking of sale, there are a lot of bins with items that have been heavily discounted. I recommend checking them out. I was heading towards the checkout and a frazzled woman approached me. She looked at me and said, "Oh, you don't look like you work here." I was wearing a Snoopy t-shirt. Um, no. She decided to interrupt a transaction between a customer in front of me and the cashier to ask her question. This woman got her answer and I could tell that she was going to head in my direction and bump into me without watching where she was going. I held my crochet kit, which served as a shield. Yep, she plowed into it while I said to her, "Don't ram into me." Too much drama for a visit to a Michaels store, I tell ya! Anyway, the cashier was so sweet, apologizing. She asked me whether I had signed up for Michaels. I don't shop here all that often and said that I didn't think so. Well, after she looked up my phone number, it turns out that I am. Nice! I paid and walked out with my crochet kit, and my two silicone moulds. It's a good store, but watch out for the occasional weird shopper. (266)

Michael's craft store is a bit of a wonder to me. I've always lived in downtown, major Canadian…read morecities. Seeing as Michael's tends to pop up in suburban strip malls, I was overwhelmed by the size and offerings Michael's had. If you're looking for arts and crafts supplies, you've come to the right place. They have an extensive selection of scrap booking, sewing, knitting, beading, painting, framing, floral arrangement, and bake-ware supplies. I found myself at Michael's to sign up for their Wilton cake decorating class. They often offer 50% off specials on the courses, making it only 22.50$ for 4 weeks of 2 hour decorating classes. Their Wilton selection was decent, however not complete. It's a little disappointing that the store offering Wilton decorating classes was missing basics like piping gel. Be aware that Michael's generally ALWAYS offers a 40% off coupon available online here: http://canada.weeklyad.michaels.com/coupons/?storeId=3983&promotionCode=Michaels-121209C Normally when you make a purchase, you also receive a 40% off coupon for 1 item, which can be great. Be aware that customer service at Michael's Trainyards is often lacking; there's typically anywhere from 5-20 people waiting in line but only 1 or 2 cashiers. If you're looking for service on the floor, good luck! However, if you know what you're looking for and are looking for a good selection of art and crafts supplies, it's definitely worth checking out.

I just picked up my art and I'm very happy with the frame, it is beautiful. I highly recommend…read morethis family business. They very knowledgeable and their workmanship is excellent. Their prices are very reasonable for the quality of the work.

Great framing experience. Brought in quite a lot of framing to be done. After shopping around a…read morelittle, this place offered the best price and had a good selection of frame and glass styles. Every piece that was done including degrees, canvas wraps, laminating and framing, correcting matte's on frames we had purchased and brought in were all done very well. I highly regard this family run business and would recommend it to anyone with framing needs.

Great location in the South Keyes Centrum. Lots of supplies for pretty much any hobby or craft you…read moremight be in to. This location also has a big seasonal section with lots of house decorations. As with all Michael's locations, sales are frequent here and usually worth your time (buy one get one free, or 40% off type of deals). Don't forget your coupons as well!

Although it's liike pulling teeth to even try to convince me to head into Miichael's, I have to…read moreadmit that they have a tonne of stuff that, although you may not need, you'll always walk out with an arm-load... This particular location is always clean, and the staff are very helpful. There is a framing department near the back of the store, and even have a customer bathroom. Try to avoid weekends as they get pretty busy, but other than having to whine and stomp my feet to convince my significant other to finally leave the store, I've never really had a bad experience xD

I had procrastinated long enough so covid or no covid, we needed help choosing a suitable frame for…read moremy photo. An appointment was made, we masked up and fell safe while the choices were narrowed down to a final choice. It seems that people restricted to their homes, also discover thing that need framing, so we had to wait. The framing was completed before we expected and the pictures was delivered to our back seat, covid style. All in all, we had a pleasant and a comfortable covid-safe experience with Amy, and our photo looks wonderful on the wall. Very highly recommend! P Powers

Staff very pleasant, excellent service with quality products. We had a lot of framing work done…read moreover the years, always pleased with the workmanship. Special thanks to Kelly.

Very rude and impatient service. I was referred to this store for framing and to replace some art…read morepieces which were lost in a house fire. I was namely interested in the fact that they carry work by A.J. Casson which we lost in the fire. Once I asked for prices on replacing frames and that i needed the information for insurance purposes, I was told "I'm too busy". So I said I have one more question and was told "I'm busy" and he proceeded to look at his phone and appeared to be texting. So I persisted and said that I was interested in Casson specifically because I had lost a whole collection of Casson's work and the reply was "I don't know what it's worth, you'll have to go on line and find it" and he just carried on with his phone and ignored me. I have several pieces which were damaged in the fire and are in need of re-framing but I didn't dare mention that because I knew the answer,"I'm too busy". Thanks for showing your level of service before I trusted you with any of my work. Mike

We came in with a group of 4, originally booked for 6 but 2 ended up running late. They were super…read moreunderstanding! They explained everything really well and were super helpful. They also weren't too worried when we went a little over our time slot. There's a wide array of pieces to pick from and the turn around time was pretty quick too! Would definitely come again!

My friend and I were looking for a place to do pottery painting and we randomly found this place…read more we had an amazing experience! The staff is sooo friendly and kind, there's a lot of option and colors too. We both painted a classic size plate and it was 30$, really good price in my opinion. I would totally recommend!

This is such a cool store right from the entrance that's filled with manga (in English and French),…read morefigures of all sizes, and even has two floors. You could spend so much time wandering and taking it all in.

Imaginaire opened on October 21, 2023. It's a chain from Quebec and this location is the first one…read moreoutside of Quebec. It is located in the Rideau Centre and spans 2 floors. It's huge. It has board games, comics, collectible cards, Funko Pop, LARP gear, dice and so much more. Prices are a bit on the high side, and I didn't see any sales while I was there, but their inventory is huge and it's fun to poke around. (66)

This is my third large furniture purchase from EQ3. Bed, couch, and a recent, really, bigly leather…read morecouch. I don't mind paying the premium for EQ3 products because the items I picked up were all Made in Canada. You can buy things for much cheaper from other shops, for sure.. choices.. The shopping experience. Personally, I'm new to the city, I live here part-time, and I just needed a few things to make a place comfortable for me. I've bought $ things and $$$$ things from the shop in the Byward; I love a good deal and the third floor is great for sales. The staff have been helpful without being pushy The real nugget to shopping EQ3. Those delivery guys are gold. I ordered the biggest, baddest, heaviest couch in there. I'm in a low-ceiling, 90s building. Elevator said 'no' and these guys took the stairs up 3 stories. It was like 3D Tetris on 'roids from the get. I cannot thank these guys enough

We currently have a couch that was purhcased at EQ3 (its going on 10 years old), and we were…read morelooking to replace and purchase a new couch. Since we were in the market, we decided to pop into EQ3 and test out some of the couches. Honestly, the store was not inviting at all, and was pompus! I actually left this place livid! I'll keep this short and sweet! We were followed around the 1rst floor after an assoicate said hello. (If only looks could kill!) Super uncomftorable browsing in this store. At least ask if I need anything. Not sure if we were treated like this due to being dressed down and wearing baseball caps, but it was incredibly unproffesional. We walked out!