What color to choose???

by Bruce
(IA)

We just built a cedar wrap around deck. Our house is a light gray with a hint of blue in it. Most times it looks mostly light gray and other times of day it appears to be a little more light gray/blue.

We have been trying to decide what color of semi-transparent stain to apply to our deck and just can not decide what would be the best. We are very afraid of making a huge mistake.

The deck wraps around our sunroom, it is 12 x 30 one way and 12 by 26 the other. We are putting white vinyl railing on it.

The brands we are interested in are Cabots and Arbor Coat from Benjamin Moore. We would appreciate any advice. Thanks

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