Yes ticki2, staining over both.
The areas that still have original finish (shellac I think) don't take in as much stain as the bare wood areas. It's pretty close though. And I could have used paint stripper to remove all finish, but chose not to do so, mostly because of the increase to time and effort. Plus sometimes paint remover is so messy, I just don't enjoy the work as much :)
Now the wood filler - it's kind of stark. Comes off lighter than the surrounding wood, so repairs can jump out at you! But at least a past injury is now flush, and the repairs kind of show you to the story the injury might tell. The lighter the story on a dark background the easier it is to read! But I guess that's all called patina, and we kind of want to show that off too.
The welting is actually cream color, and so it's a nice light color contrast to any darker colors used, including how our treatment of the paneling will show it darker than was original, although our original wasn't the whitish stain that some Travel Queens are. And the welting is the same color as the plastic framing around each door and drawer front. There's that overall light contrast to our darker color choices.
We're even discussing a buckskin color fake leather microfiber for for cushions and covers. That would add more light colors for contrast. So we'll see. As I looked at the stained wood again it seems a bit lighter than I was thinking at first. And that would be nice. But our poly finish is going to add some red tinge as it's a maple thinned stain added to poly.
And yes, nice to be moving forward now.
