Recommend fireplace mantel stain (PIP)

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H votes to match the wood floor stain. I'm not sold with it 100%. I wonder I we should go darker? Or maybe medium brown or medium reddish brown? See, I'm really not sure. LOL.

Any recommendation?

[lavender444]

I'm on your side. I think a honey oak color on the mantel might look dated. Are you painting or staining?

[nomad100]

Lurker her but I would find a stain that pulls out the browns in the fireplace stone.  I can't tell from the pic how much red there in the stone is but I would probably lean more medium brown.

I think the yellowish hue of the floor on the mantle would just make pull the yellow of the stone to much.  Plus the darker color would give the mantle some additional presence. 

[FoxInFiji]

I'm voting on your side. A white mantle sticks out like a sore thumb around all of the stone. I'd try a medium brown. If that didn't look right you can always go to a dark brown.

[kitty]

I agree with medium brown. The floor color will be too light to hold its own against the stone.

[TBM]

Another vote for medium brown...although I would probably go with a dark gray or black if it was in my house.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the votes. lavender444 --- We'll be staining.