https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:59:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741584 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:15:27 +0000 Cherrybee 741584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the darker colour too. Wow, your deck area is amazing! I want to live in your house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741563 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:10:30 +0000 spaniellove 741563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @Bao: I never thought about how hard the maintenance would be! DH would do it, but it's certainly something to take into consideration. As it is I have to go out there and clean bird poop off the railings once or twice a season! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741476 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:52:41 +0000 winniebee 741476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like the darker w/ white trim. Pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741475 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:52:33 +0000 anbanan15 741475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer the darker color as well. I love the last picture with the rich dark deck and white trim! </p> <p>Our neighbors just refinished theirs in a very red stain (much brighter and more red than your original deck color) and it just looks off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741466 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:49:48 +0000 MrsKoala 741466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh, darker brown with the white trim, definitely. Gorgeous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741418 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:36:01 +0000 Bao 741418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Now if I had a deck boy to do it, I would love to keep them white since it does look nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741408 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:33:27 +0000 .twist. 741408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: srsly! my folks had white fences since I can remember and EVERY summer it was my job to paint them. lol. I will never ever paint my fences/decks white. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741403 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:31:37 +0000 Bao 741403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think they all look nice, but agree with @.twist.: white is really hard to keep up. The house we just moved into has white decks and they did not take care of them so now we have to get the white off and stain it :/ a nice big project. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741369 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:20:18 +0000 autumnlove 741369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love your deck area and I think it would look nice with a darker color! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741367 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:19:59 +0000 .twist. 741367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the dark brown a lot, and just something to keep in mind, white is SUPER hard to upkeep with the forces of mother nature. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741365 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:18:34 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 741365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the dark brown with white trim! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-choose-a-deck-stain#post-741360 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:17:06 +0000 spaniellove 741360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is going to refinish our deck because last summer we used a solid stain, and...just...no. </p> <p>So the first picture is our deck before we bought the house, and I'm thinking of doing slightly less red, more brown, with white trim. (The red umbrella + table is gone...previous owner LOVED red.) Sort of like in the pictures below? Redder? Darker brown? Or would you suggest another color altogether? </p> [attach=2312/13/mltecj.229x344.Backyard2crop2.jpg] [attach=2312/13/mlteck.480x340.DeckExample1.jpg] [attach=2312/13/mltecm.600x392.DeckExample2.jpg]