Real dark paneling...

I don't like the current tend towards dark wood work either. It's dark enough around here and most of the time we're camped under trees. We need all the brightness we can get.

The big thing I feel with the dark wood is that it makes the interior of the unit seem smaller. I've looked at same size units one dark wood and the other light wood and the light wood seemed so much bigger inside.

Plus stained wood will darken with time. Better to start out lighter.

When we were shopping for a new C I thought we wanted the Cherry interior. We ended up finding a nice used model that came with the Maple interior and the difference is amazing. We now love the Maple and having see a couple of the Cherry interiors find them far to dark and yes they do seem smaller. :h

Personally, I'm not an oak fan, and think it looks cheap. I like a medium-dark color, but I also like RL rigs with large rear windows, so that helps. Having the windows in the ends of the big slides helps, too. I've see a couple of FWs that have a antique'd white finish, which I think looked very nice. Would have looked even nicer with some bubble-glass cabinet doors...but that's just something else to break. :-)

Lyle

Dark wood feels Warmer for those that camp in colder (Darker) seasons. :S

That is when you get out the spot lights!!!

There is the other extreme, I saw whitewashed oak in one the other day! It took 20 years to finally get rid of that in our old stickhouse:(

You guys talking about the color of the wood stain. I doubt there's much wood in there. Most are simulated wood vinyl covering over wood composite.

Ric Flair wrote:
You guys talking about the color of the wood stain. I doubt there's much wood in there. Most are simulated wood vinyl covering over wood composite.

When you buy a quality rig the wood is real and no I'm not talking particle board or plywood. Our Nexus has solid Maple cabinets throughout.

:C

The interiors seem to be cyclical. One year there all light colored and the next all dark. Would be nice if they offered the choice in the same model year.