Wood vs White-Wash

Stuff I'm lovin'

Wood  (like I mentioned yesterday)
and paint
maybe even together!

I do love wood, and have wainscotting in my family room, but sometimes it seems too dark and I wish I'd paint it.  Hubby likes it too much to paint it, so I don't. 

I love wood - it's such a natural and earthy look, but it often feels like the room is falling in on you or like you're in a dark space and can't lighten it up with enough day light or lamp light. So, the next best thing would be to white-washed wood. It's a bit more bright and cheery. It livens up a room.  It's still earthy and natural.  I love it.

We have seen several pallet walls or partial walls, that I like, but when it comes right down to it, it's just so dark that I don't do it.  Here is a photo from a previous post of a pallet wall.

 
White-washing (or graying it) would be awesome.  This lighter look from House to Home Blog is a lovely room.

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I just posted yesterday of a pallet walk way ..., and I love it, and would leave it natural (unpainted), but inside a home or lodge might be a different story for me.

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I love the look of the pallets when they are white-washed.  Here is another photo, from Owen's Olivia, that shows the upper half done and the lower half not yet done, so you can kinda see a difference.

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Just look at the paneling in this room, from Just a Touch of Gray, that was re-done with a white-wash

It went from this look (and feel) ...

to this look (and feel) ...

Can you breathe better?

The walls made enough difference that I could have left the fireplace brick unpainted and felt great.

It's quite lovely ...

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Country Living showed a cabin that was done with light colored walls, - "Forgoing a dark stain, Houston pickled the planks himself, conjuring a color that evokes the innards of a tender sapling."

Read more: Salvaged Bulthaup Cabinets - Bobby Houston's Cabin Decor - Country Living

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Another great look, where the ceiling is white-washed ..., oh, and the floors.  From Natural Decor.

or the whole room ...

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These are justs the posts / beams, but are nicely white-washed, from Gypsy Purple.

... and these are logs of a cabin wall, white-washed or painted ..., definitely lightened up the place ...
found at decorology

and this look from HERE



and one more from Design Shuffle



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This one, from Gypsy Purple,  is more painted than white-washed, but you can see that it's wood, and looks very nice.

and this one from NYDesignGuy

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Here is an awesome pallet looking wall - in color.  I like it a lot!
Found at Apartment Therapy

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