[RAO-3]

To follow up on my previous posting, I've now spoken to all three painters; I can see that each is very friendly and would be easy to deal with. Of course that doesn't make the decision any easier. Each seems to provide a high quality finish and understands the details of what's required to give me the outcome I'm looking for. As I still have a bit of time to make a final decision, I'm going to consider each alternative further.

cobraed, when I first started considering each of the shops, I figured that I could call each of them and get "a price"; but having talked to each of them, I think that providing "a price" from each shop would be deceptive, since each shop asks specific questions regarding the colors that you're looking for and what you want done. That said, on the ERA site, they mention prices starting at $4k and $5.5k; I think those are old numbers, and likely were only the starting point at the time they were posted on their site. If you'd like more details, you can PM me.

Ray