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Fred Jannino

GREENING YOUR BABY'S SEASIDE NURSERY - GETTING READY FOR BABY SAFELY WITH NATURA!

We are PROUD to be using Benajmin Moore's NATURA Paint Line - which is a ZERO VOC Line!

As expecting parents ourselves, we at FJ Painting understand the importance of being Green and using sustainable products within your home and nursery.

We love Benjamin Moore's AURA paint line and now the NATURA line is a great choice for those wishing for ZERO voc's.

If you go to our website (www.fjpainting.com) or Benajmin Moore's you can view all of the information on this new product line!

Here are our picks for best SEASIDE NURSERY COLORS - OF COURSE THEY ARE SAND and SEA COLORS (Blues and Greens...)

SANDS/Beiges:

HUSH AF-95 (This is actually one of our favorite all-time Benjamin Moore Neutral Colors for ANY Room)

French White #1093 - Lighthouse Landing #1044 - Sandy Beaches #946 - Sandy Shores #948

GREENS/BLUES:

Polar Lights #400 / Lime Ricky #393 / Lemon Twist #394 / Calming Aloe#533 / Chameleon #526

Opal Essence#680/ Bali#702 / White Rain#708 / Polar Ice# 1660 /In Your Eyes #715/Stonewashed #865

Winter Ice #866/ Constellation #AF-540/ Aqua Marina #816 /Riviera Azure #822 / Blue Stream #1668

and FAVORITE Heaven on Earth #1661

Living by the Ocean you need to blend in with your surroundings...and Blues are a natural choice for ocean colors. I am sure we will have people saying ok so where are the PINKS.. I am having a baby girl...

Well step away from the norm here...how elegant and feminine is a blue wall with cream or white trim, white and blue toile fabric, and a white chandelier dripping with crystals, shells, and pearls... (check out various interior design webistes and nursery furniture sites for some inspiration...)

Let FJ Painting assist you in realizing your dreams for the perfect baby nursery call 508-638-8901 TODAY.

On the South Shore we serve these SEASIDE Communities:

Hingham Hull Cohasset Scituate Marshfield

also serving: Milton Norwell Hanover Pembroke Hanson

HOW TO HIRE A LOCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR IN MASSACHUSETTS

If You Read a recent article on Angie's List and other "informative" places around the net - there are TOO MANY ILLEGAL CONTRACTORS where many in Massachusetts REFUSE to become licensed or registered...

You do run the argument of whether or not being Registered or Lic is just the state's way to make $$$...

Do not get me wrong there are many FINE REPUTABLE PAINTERS especially here on the South Shore of Massachusetts that are not registered or lic - but when there are ILLEGAL ALIENS taking food off of my table for my kids - that is where I draw the line...ENOUGH!

So safest bet is to check if they are either have a CSL lic or HIC reg - DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR AN ID - There are many many many SCAMMERS out there lately.

Contact either the BBRS in Boston at 617-727-3200 or check a CSL License here: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Public+Safety+Agencies&L2=Massachusetts+Department+of+Public+Safety&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=dps_license_lookup&csid=Eeops

or Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs (for HIC Registration Information) (617) 973-8700 - you can check registration information here: http://db.state.ma.us/homeimprovement/licenseelist.asp

Deceit Continues . . . Dollar FALLS - WAKE UP AND HIRE US CITIZENS...

My wife blew a gasket the other day...she regularly posts ads for our painting service on Craigslist. Being a Massachusetts Registered Home Improvement Contractor it is mandated that we include our registration # in ALL advertisements...well somebody has been using our MA HIC REG# in THEIR ADS...

This is disheartening to us...for years we were told that we "HAD" to be registered in MA in order to do work - then we find out that it is NOT true - that hundreds of thousands of painters are NOT REGISTERED ...

I had complained last year to the BBRS - who in turn moved the HIC over to Consumer Affairs (HUH???)

So now it seems there are people stealing other contractors HIC#s and SCAMMING Consumers in MA

Why aren't the "POWERS THAT BE" Looking into this - it was bad enough over the last 5 yrs that our economy struggled and HIT ROCK BOTTOM (I firmly believe this was due to people continuously hiring undocumented illegal aliens because they would undercut LEGAL/US Citizen contractors - so the money that was being paid to them was being filtered out of the UNITED STATES and NOT being generated back into the US Economy...does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out...)

DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HOMEOWNERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HIRING PEOPLE WHO GENERATE MONEY BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND COUNTRY????

There was an interesting post on CL today that pretty much summed up the scamming that is going on and how consumers MUST hire locally/LEGAL CONTRACTORS:

"South Shore Consumers (Greater Boston Area)

Date: 2009-11-15, 6:45AM EST
Reply to: see below

This whole site has become a board for GYPSY CONTRACTORS (some are even just walking around neighborhoods knocking doors so BE CAREFUL) and SCAMMERS - Consumers BEWARE and CHECK OUT COMPANIES BEFORE YOU SCHEDULE ESTIMATE APPOINTMENTS MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THEIR REFERENCES - IF THEY HAVE NO LEGITIMATE ONES IN THE AREA DO N-O-T EVEN CONSIDER THEM!
Just because they say they are licensed or registered does not make it so... MASS HAS WEBSITES where you can check CSL or HIC #S - You can check by name or number INVESTIGATE - as there is a flooding of people using numbers that DO NOT EXIST, numbers THAT HAVE EXPIRED, or numbers THESE FRAUDS have STOLEN from others (IDENTIITY FRAUD) !!! DO NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE PRICING SCAMS ($150 per room - get real) - Also read the ads carefully there are tell-tale signs
of scams evident everywhere in these ads - just from how they describe a room ( a "flat" is a pretty good indication that this guy is sitting in a little room far far away just waiting to scam you) - DO YOUR INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE YOU GET SCAMMED! There ARE some GREAT CONTRACTORS that are local here in MA (that are your neighbors and have lived here ALL OF THEIR LIVES) - then there are SCAMMERS from Nigeria - Brazil - Britain - etc etc etc... BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU HIRE A DRYWALLER - PLASTERER - PLUMBER - PAINTER - CARPENTER - HANDYMAN - Go to your neighborhood hardware store (not a chain - but something like Hingham Lumber or Factory Paint) and ask them if they have references for LOCAL guys - ask your neighbor you have NEVER spoken to since you moved in - ask someone at the town supermarket... make a DIFFERENCE in OUR U.S. ECONOMY - HIRE LOCAL AMERICAN CONTRACTORS! "





GREENING YOUR BABY'S SEASIDE NURSERY - GETTING READY FOR BABY SAFELY WITH NATURA!

We are PROUD to be using Benajmin Moore's NATURA Paint Line - which is a ZERO VOC Line!

As expecting parents ourselves, we at FJ Painting understand the importance of being Green and using sustainable products within your home and nursery.

We love Benjamin Moore's AURA paint line and now the NATURA line is a great choice for those wishing for ZERO voc's.

If you go to our website (www.fjpainting.com) or Benajmin Moore's you can view all of the information on this new product line!

Here are our picks for best SEASIDE NURSERY COLORS - OF COURSE THEY ARE SAND and SEA COLORS (Blues and Greens...)

SANDS/Beiges:

HUSH AF-95 (This is actually one of our favorite all-time Benjamin Moore Neutral Colors for ANY Room)

French White #1093 - Lighthouse Landing #1044 - Sandy Beaches #946 - Sandy Shores #948

GREENS/BLUES:

Polar Lights #400 / Lime Ricky #393 / Lemon Twist #394 / Calming Aloe#533 / Chameleon #526

Opal Essence#680/ Bali#702 / White Rain#708 / Polar Ice# 1660 /In Your Eyes #715/Stonewashed #865

Winter Ice #866/ Constellation #AF-540/ Aqua Marina #816 /Riviera Azure #822 / Blue Stream #1668

and FAVORITE Heaven on Earth #1661

Living by the Ocean you need to blend in with your surroundings...and Blues are a natural choice for ocean colors. I am sure we will have people saying ok so where are the PINKS.. I am having a baby girl...

Well step away from the norm here...how elegant and feminine is a blue wall with cream or white trim, white and blue toile fabric, and a white chandelier dripping with crystals, shells, and pearls... (check out various interior design webistes and nursery furniture sites for some inspiration...)

Let FJ Painting assist you in realizing your dreams for the perfect baby nursery call 508-638-8901 TODAY.

On the South Shore we serve these SEASIDE Communities:

Hingham Hull Cohasset Scituate Marshfield

also serving: Milton Norwell Hanover Pembroke Hanson

If the DOW Hits 10,000 will it bring back Consumer Confidence? ? ?

Just askin'...

For the past 2 years it seems that people just are not painting their homes... Is it lack of consumer confidence??? People used to care what their homes looked like...

PEOPLE if it hits 10,000 TODAY (puh-leaze let it happen TODAY) - WILL PEOPLE SPEND AGAIN??????????