Unhappy, at least for now

By jelly | November 7, 2007

They started to stain the house, I’m not totally happy. I’m fine with the color, however since the wood on our existing house is 8 years old and the wood on the addition is only 1 week old there is a noticable weathering difference. The original home has cracks and signs of weather on it, the new looks like siding and is too perfect. I’m hoping the addition will weather and crack over time but probably not until after the first coat of stain wears off. Looking back even though it wouldn’t have been an option it would probably have looked better to leave the addition unstained for the winter, so that it could develop some character, then stain it so that they both matched.