Stain Colors on Pine
About Southern Yellow Pine
Southern Yellow Pine is our standard wood for all of our furniture, and the most affordable lumber option we offer. It has been used for for 100s of years in North America from framing to flooring to fine furniture.
Southern Yellow Pine vs White Pine
Most Big Box Home Improvement stores carry White Pine sometimes referred to as “Whitewood Pine.” This lumber is garbage, I hate saying that, but it’s the truth. Most of it is imported from Sweden. It’s far too soft, it warps badly and doesn’t make good furniture.
Southern Yellow Pine grows abundantly in Texas and is harder, stronger, and more stable than the White Pine. We source all of our lumber from sustainably managed forests in Texas.
Pine Stains Very Well
Now we’re getting to the meat of this blog post. All the different colors you can stain Pine (It also paints very well). We use premium wood stains from Old Masters
I know this picture isn’t the best, but if you click the color name below you’ll be taken to better picture further down. Clicking the Pictures will blow it up full screen.
Top Row: 1) MW Dark Walnut, 2) OM Aged Oak, 3) DW Barnwood, 4) OM Spanish Oak, 5) VT Carbon Grey
Second Row: 1) OM American Walnut, 2) OM Espresso, 3) OM Fruitwood 4) OM Dark Walnut, 5) MV Provincial
Third Row: 1) OM Pecan, 2) OM Provincial, 3) OM Special Walnut 4) MW English Chestnut, 5) OM Natural Walnut
Bottom Center: Unfinished Natural Pine
OM = Old Master’s Brand, MW = Minwax Brand, VT = Varathane Brand, DW = Dailey Woodworks Custom Blend
NOTE: I’m a believer that we should only publish our own original work. That’s way I don’t have all examples of all the above colors or limited pictures. This post will be updated regularly as I build you and other’s great furniture. We can always mail you stain samples once we enter the design process.
You can see our stain supplier’s website for more colors
Espresso (OM)
Espresso is one of our most popular stains. It’s dark rich/chocolaty color looks great in formal, modern, and rustic settings.
Barnwood (DW)
Barnwood is my own in house blend of stains. I developed it in my frustration in finding a gray stain that looked “real” all the other stains I tried were too pink, too blue, and just looked “fake.” So I mixed matched and took notes until I found a gray stain that really does look like barnwood
American Walnut (OM)
American Walnut is a deep reddish brown. It looks great with whites, off-whites, and really pops when paired with blues.
Carbon Gray (VT)
Carbon gray is a deep dark gray with blue undertones.
Spanish Oak (OM)
Spanish Oak is a very dark, almost black brown.
Natural Walnut (OM)
Natural Pine
Sometimes a nice clear-coat on natural pine is the way to go.
