I've refinished a number of furniture pieces and wood trim when matching an existing stain was important. I've had far better luck getting stains matched by the staff at the paint store than I've had ...
As far as woodworking materials go, pine offers a lot of advantages. It’s cheap and plentiful and its naturally bright color ...
They apparently are thinner than our original boards, so now we have a trail of old stain marks on our siding ... where you are just trying to match an existing color that’s light, this really ...