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Your shelf cabinet looks lovely stained, Catherine. Great find. ☘️☘️
Stained! Looks great with the wicker baskets too!
Noooo! Stay with the stain. Just needs more coats.
For future reference: When you stain pine (which looks like the wood), you really need to do a wood conditioner before you stain, in order to get an even look without the blotchy parts.
Leave it stained! I LOVE it! Your kitchen is beautiful.
Leave it as is... it looks lovely!
I agreed with you on the stain....a little wonky. Then you hung it and styled it!!! Paint would have changed the whole vibe!! It looks magnificent!!❤❤ Well done!🥰
I love the stain it looks beautiful , and so rustic. Love it. 👍
Team stain it it looks awesome 💗
I like the stain. It adds warmth.
I think it looks great stained. It looks authentic.
Most definitely team: listen to your heart.....❤
Team Stain makes the piece gain some character to it. Plus as soon as you hung it up, I was also thinking a shelf underneath would really help balance the space from looking too top heavy. So definitely also Team Shelf! 🙂
Team stain it, display is lovely.❤ Don’t change a thing 😊
I like the shelf stained. If you get bored with it in the future you can paint it. I really enjoy how you decorated it.
I like the stain… it looks great with the baskets that you hung up.💕
Definitely keep the stain and you're absolutely right, it needs one more shelf underneath to balance the wall. Loving the look ❤
I love your stained shelf! Beautiful!
Such a great find. Love the stain. Charming cottage addition. ❤
Team stain it!! Looks lovely.