Advice please: dressing door surrounds

[jpadie]

Hello all

 

This is for a garden room that has bamboo flooring and skirting.  A sort of natural caramel colour.  

I've fitted pine unpainted door surrounds and wanted to get close to the bamboo colouring (can't get bamboo trims that are long enough to be fitted as door surrounds without a cut). 

I'm looking for advice on whether there is an easy way to stain or varnish the pine to look close to the bamboo.  The various things I've tried have all been jarring so far.   

Failing that any ideas beyond some white non-offensive paint?  The door within the door surrounds will probably be white and the walls behind are a green shade on one side and blue on the other.   

Thanks in advance 

Justin

[Russell griffiths]

Try linseed oil on the pine, the more coats the darker it should go. 
im afraid it’s a case of buying 10 different things and trying them until you get a good match. 
 

I think on my last count I have over 30 paint test pots at home because the wife thought they were not quite right !!

[Jilly]

I love the white or off white and almost any wood combo.