We have installed a thick 1mtre long piece of hardwood as a bench in a cut out wall that seperates the kitchen?

and lounge room. This was done to open up the big room and allow the air con to flow through to the kitchen from the lounge and also let some light into the kitchen from the lounge. So we had to build a insert a supporting beam etc. However, I don’t know whether we just stain the wood or laquer it – or both, cause we know nothing @ wood. The bench is raw at present and the surrounding wall/s have half the old mission brown panelling on the bottom & painted on top – throughout the whole lounge kitchen. It’s hard for me to determine what color of stain/laquer or both that we should do because we have mission brown kithen cupboards and a pantry the same. I’m afraid that if I darken the wood too much then it will not bring out the natural features in the wood. We are also going to rip up our carpet and polish the floorboards an oak color to match the dining room set, which also a nice deeper brown color similar to oak.
Sorry to ramble on but as I say, I just want to make the bench an oak color to match the dining suite & floors. Anyone able to assist please?
thankyou so much in advance.

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Written by admin on January 20th, 2012 with 2 comments.
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