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Built in-stain or paint?

jeanking
6 years ago

We are building a french style home. The kitchen opens to the great room and the cabinets in the great room will be "swiss coffee" and glazed, so essentially creamy colored. Our trim in our house will be swiss coffee but not glazed, so same general tone but a bit lighter. We have three large staned trusses in the great room.


My question is we will have enclosed built ins on each side of our fire place about 9 ft high. Would you stain them like the trusses, paint them like the trim, or glaze them like the kitchen cabinets?


My thought was to no stain as we dont want a cabin type feel and want to keep the area bright and airy. I think if we painted it like the trim it could match paneling in our house but then would it make the kitchen cabinets look "dirty"?

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