Can you restain oak to look like either maple w/o too much grain

by Claudia Warren Cobbs

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I have a beautiful stone fireplace which matches the stone outside. Unfortunately, it is bordered on each side with a bookcase an d then library paneling--in OAK, which I detest. Any ideas. I'm afraid white would look too stark.

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Claudia Warren Cobbs on Aug 28, 2017

I thought about somehow putting some green on it, as I will carry some of this it into the kitchen, and there is a granite with green that I love! What is liming?

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- Cynthia H on Aug 28, 2017
  
  Liming is similar to whitewash. The grain of the oak will show. If you really dislike the oak grain, you may want to paint it, instead. There are some gel stains that will let you go much darker and it will be less obvious. Strip it, sand it and paint it with the shade of green you like. There are gel stains that come in colors also. I'm sure the oak has a sealer (and possibly wax) on it, so for the best results do some good prep work that includes cleaning with a TSP type product, strip and sand.
  
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Johnavallance82 on Aug 28, 2017

Strip it and re-stain it, but it will always look like Oak or Paint it......

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Janet Pizaro on Aug 28, 2017

Personally I would pull a color out of your fire place to paint or stain the bookcase

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Mary on Aug 28, 2017

buy Renew in a darker color. Renew comes in all the wood colors I got mine at ACE hardware

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Mary on Aug 28, 2017

buy "Renew" in Maple color,apply and wax after with Howard Feed-N-Wax both at Ace hardware

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