We’re in the process of stripping acres of paint off of wainscoting, fireplaces, window surrounds, doors, etc. in our 1880’s home. We’re not doing all of it – personally I like the look of white-painted trim in some rooms – but in the hallways, stairs and one or two rooms we’d like to have stained wood. But we’re having a hard time picking a stain color. We’d like something fairly period-accurate, but it appears that the original finish was a very dark varnish that is a little too Addams Family. Has anyone used a stain that they particularly love? And would you recommend sticking to one consistent stain color throughout the house? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We’re in the process of stripping acres of paint off of wainscoting, fireplaces, window surrounds, doors, etc. in our 1880’s home. We’re not doing all of it – personally I like the look of white-painted trim in some rooms – but in the hallways, stairs and one or two rooms we’d like to have stained…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-42964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woodwork"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/which-stain-col\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Woodwork Stain Color","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/which-stain-col\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/which-stain-col\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Woodwork","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"StuyMom"}],"creator":["StuyMom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-04-13T10:46:45Z","datePublished":"2010-04-13T10:46:45Z","dateModified":"2010-04-14T13:34:03Z"},"rendered":"