I want to use 960 or Blueprint, but I also want to use lots of Padding and Borders, is it a good fit

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I started using 960 today and thought it would be really easy. However, trying to translate a site to 960 quickly proved tough for many reasons.

The first is that I can't use any padding or borders. Unless of course I add many more divs. Same thing with borders.

Question is, if I want to use lots of padding and borders (where padding and borders are either 5px "thin" or 10px "thick" styles), are 960 and blueprint overkill? It seems pretty easy to create a custom grid, but once I add padding and borders, 99% of the work is making sure the grid doesn't break.

I still am going to end up lining everything up to a 960 grid with 12 columns, but I want to have padding and borders included in the width, and it seems that's not easily possible with 960 or blueprint.

What are your thoughts?

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