I have to say that I am not surprised that most of you voted to paint it white. The reason I wasn't surprised is because that was my first intent as well. A nice creamy white, much like this...
But then, I headed to Pinterest, and found many examples of stained wood that I just LOVED!!
On a trip with McG to Home Depot to buy some supplies for his garage project, I picked up a small can of Weathered Grey stain, hoping that would help me to solidify my choice.
I grabbed one of the extra boards that we had in the garage and tried it out.
The piece I chose had some knots and some variation in the colour of the wood, much like most of the boards we used on the wall.
I did not use wood conditioner prior to the stain because the look I was hoping for was more mottled and not uniform.
I love how the wood grain shows and some of the natural colour of the woods shows through.
I'm really leaning toward this look and I think that the other walls will look great painted a creamy white along with the trim and closet doors.
Have I won you over...or are you still voting for white??
Cheryl
