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	<title>theFrontSteps - San Francisco &#187; painting</title>
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		<title>To Save Money On Painting, Build Your Own Scaffolding!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several ways to save money when painting a home in San Francisco, the most common being to do the job yourself. But should your painter be building their own scaffolding to save costs on their end? It does provide for good entertainment watching them risk their lives painting though. Seems a ladder would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are several ways to save money when painting a home in San Francisco, the most common being to do the job yourself.  But should your painter be building their own scaffolding to save costs on their end?  It does provide for good entertainment watching them risk their lives painting though.  Seems a ladder would be just as effective (dangerous). </p>
<p><img src="http://thefrontsteps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/scaffoldi.jpg" alt="scaffoldi" title="scaffoldi" width="505" height="673" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5223" /></p>
<p>In case you&#8217;re just not getting the magnitude of how rickety this structure (if you want to call it that) is, we have another picture for you.</p>
<p><img src="http://thefrontsteps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/scaffold.jpg" alt="scaffold" title="scaffold" width="505" height="673" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5224" /></p>
<p>What&#8217;s worse (we should have snapped a photo of this too), the base support consists of 4&#215;4 blocks simply resting on the ground and the 2x4s you see holding this thing together are simply nailed into the sides of said blocks!  </p>
<p>Crazy?  Stupid?  Common?  Or all of the above?  One thing&#8217;s for sure, you won&#8217;t find us up there&#8230;we&#8217;ll use the ladder, thanks.</p>
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		<title>Ask Us: Color Me Condo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We get all kinds of questions in every shape and size and this one has got to rank right up top with one of the most off the wall, but we love it nonetheless and will coddle it like one of our own: Which Condo complex in the City has the nicest hallway color scheme, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We get <a href="/category/ask-us">all kinds of questions</a> in every shape and size and this one has got to rank right up top with one of the most off the wall, but we love it nonetheless and will coddle it like one of our own: </p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Which Condo complex in the City has the nicest hallway color scheme, in your opinion?</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><img src="http://thefrontsteps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/graffiti460.jpg" alt="graffiti460" title="graffiti460" width="500" height="326" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4589" /> </p>
<p>One short answer&#8230;no frickin idea!  We have seen so many condos, so many homes, so many different colors of paint in different rooms that they all blend together.   But, we&#8217;re not looking at color palettes, we&#8217;re looking at numbers, size of rooms, location, proximity to public transport, and so on.  Painting can easily change the look and feel of a home or building, so we always try to look past it.  With that said, go neutral.  Colors that are too wild one way or the other can bring down the overall feel and kill a deal the moment someone walks in the hallway.  You might have a look at the <a href="http://millenniumtowersf.com">Millennium Tower website</a> for a good idea of what we think is a good choice. </p>
<p>Hope this helps.  Guess we did have an idea after all (since you forced us to think about it).     </p>
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