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Post by PT on Feb 8, 2019 10:12:15 GMT -8
Thinking way ahead here and know it's a subjective call - but curious what others think about two tone wood interior? Anyone have pictures of well done examples to share? My trailer came from the factory with a fairly dark stain everywhere that makes things a little gloomy so want to lighten it up... I am replacing all wall and ceiling panels with red oak and was thinking I would do French polish with amber shellac on them. I want to save the original cabinetry so I am stripping/sanding and patching, etc. Even after using a small wire brush on the grain lines of the cabinets there is still a decent amount of brown/black showing. If I amber shellac these the dark grain lines will stick out big time compared to the new wood. Thus I'm contemplating going with a darker stain on the cabinets and the shellac on walls and ceiling. Thoughts? Here's what cabinets look like pre-stripping. Thanks for thoughts  |
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Post by kudzu on Feb 8, 2019 10:51:52 GMT -8
Your are right, it is subjective and a personal choice. But as a woodworker I find it hard to mix woods and ever look good together. Lots of people use light and dark wood together but I rarely find it attractive. It can be done but I rarely see examples I like and someday you may want to sell it so you need to think ahead.
'IF IT WERE ME" I would focus on upholstery, cabinet tops, backsplash, appliance colors and try to lighten it up with those before I started mixing woods.
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Post by PT on Feb 8, 2019 17:25:53 GMT -8
Thanks Kudzu -
All good points and likely a big part of why you don't see wood stain variation in a trailer very often. It would be pretty busy in a small space but I am curious if anybody has made it look good.
I'm determined to save the original cabinets so I will probably double down on working to clean up the cabinet grain lines enough to amber shellac cabinets/walls/ceiling all the same color. I tried some oxalic acid and while it cleaned up some water stains it really didn't do anything to the stuff in the grain lines... Here's to more mind numbing work with paint stripper and a little wire brush!
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Post by aslmx on Feb 8, 2019 18:46:46 GMT -8
Mine are two toned but not by choice. I bought the wall plywood and the ceiling and cabinet plywood at different times. I’m using luan and the place where I got it changed suppliers and it’s a different tone. I’m still shellacking and trying to get it close but it’s never going to match. It was one of my many rookie mistakes but this is my first time trial trailer. Lol
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Post by vikx on Feb 8, 2019 22:43:22 GMT -8
I have seen really tasteful interiors with two tone wood or wood and paint. It has to be done carefully but some really nice results have come about. Do some searches online and check some of the interiors out.
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Post by mel on Feb 9, 2019 10:22:00 GMT -8
There are a few people that have two tones, it can look nice. I have two different woods in my compact, but its hard to tell as I amber shellacked it all to match. Ash and birch
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Post by PT on Feb 9, 2019 11:38:29 GMT -8
Thanks all - Slightly off topic - but the original "charter oak" cabinets and walls were installed in the trailer as pre-finished panels. Their brochure is viewable here with a cool mid century look. archive.org/details/WeldwoodPrefinishedPanelingForFineInteriorsBoth the old wood and new wood I'm using is oak though I think the original cabinets are a mix of red and white... My real challenge is trying to go from a darker stain to a lighter stain on the original cabinets which I know is not recommended - but common sense rarely holds me back ;-). I had searched for samples of two tone stain use without much luck previously and want to keep this renovation fairly close to original so paint is definitely out. |
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Post by debranch on Feb 10, 2019 12:30:03 GMT -8
sanding will lighten them up some and distress them and then you could go back over it with a clear coat. The groves would be darker but that may give it an interesting effect on the cabinets. Are you going to replace all the paneling on the walls, if so it could look very nice. you could test it out on some of the paneling that you have removed to see what you can come up with.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Feb 12, 2019 22:06:16 GMT -8
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Post by PT on Feb 13, 2019 19:08:36 GMT -8
Awesome stuff - thank you for the visuals and thoughts!
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