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What color deck stain... (pic)

12 years ago

...goes with a yellow house? I'm having trouble deciding what color to stain my deck.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jrsmrs/DSC00945.jpg[/IMG]

(The roof looks a little grey in the pic, but in reality the shingles are black)

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DLM2000-GW

12 years ago

Are you talking about the deck railings or the deck floor? If it's the floor, do you know what wood was used? If it was cedar, (which is commonly used where I live) and not pressure treated lumber, then it will gray beautifully all on its own. If it's pressure treated, then you need to allow it to age a bit before staining - the stain mfgs recommend one year. I also think a gray would be the way to go. I wouldn't add color because your home has a very crisp palette that would be interrupted with the addition of another color. Do the railings in the same white as your trim - it will be knockout.

You have a beautiful house! I was going to say a darling or cute house because it it seems smaller scale (meaning not 5000 sq ft!) but didn't want to offend. However it's just so darn cute! I hope you don't mind me going in a direction you didn't ask about..... Your shutters are the only element that seems off to me. The widow on the right does not need shutters at all - actually, none of them NEED shutters. You have nicely scaled trim that stands well on its own. The shutters on the left windows are way undersized and look odd - if you're going to use them, they need to be half the width of the total window opening. If you imagine closing the shutters you have, they would cover little more than the side trim. For proper scale, they should appear to be functional. Your entryway is spectacular.

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jrsmrs
Original Author
12 years ago
Sorry, pic:
xantippe
12 years ago
I think you could do mos anything, but, personally, I would do a grayish brown, since your roof is gray and your shutters are black.
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dianalo
12 years ago
I'd keep it in the gray family or possibly a grayish green.
chickadee2_gw
12 years ago
Friends of mine used a solid stain on their deck railings and I really liked the color. Sherwin Williams Spanish Moss.

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/color/27951_Sherwin-Williams-SW2070-Spanish-Moss
jrsmrs
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks for the ideas, all!
I was definitely planning on staying in the neutral family. I don't want a colored deck, that's for sure, since I do like the color palette I have going on already. I guess I just can't picture it with any color other than the natural wood (plain old pine or whathaveyou, no nice cedar unfortunately), but the wood itself is looking pretty bad after the winter, and takes a good pressure washing to make it look decent again. I suppose I could simply pressure wash/sand the whole thing and do a clear coat so it doesn't discolor again?
dlm, thanks for the input. I know what 'they' say about faux shutters still being large enough to 'fit' the window, but these were picked by the previous owners who built the house, and I guess it just doesn't bother me enough to do anything about it, lol! I feel like if I just took them right off, the house might look a little too monochromatic/light? I think it definitely needs the hit of black that the shutters lend.
Boopadaboo
12 years ago
Do you have a picture of the deck? In mt last house we did black.
itltrot
12 years ago
No help on the color but your house is so classic and cheery! I LOVE it.
nicholaslittle_ymail_com
12 years ago
I want to make deck look like boopadoo's black stained deck. What kind of stain and color did you use on it?
Kathleen McGuire
12 years ago
I love the look of PB's Chesapeake furniture and now BM has the stain to match! I'm very tempted to try this on my cedar front porch floor!

Here is a link that might be useful: Arborcoat
Boopadaboo
12 years ago
I asked DH, he said it was a solid deck stain in black. He thinks it was Cabots.

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