light wood vs. dark wood

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Originally Posted by Sting

Sorry it all went over your head Jim. Thanks for your advice, I guess thats what it was. I was engaging in what I thought was a harmless topic about woods. Dont know why I needed that scolding from ya? By the way my Dad says I can do what I want, but I will be sure to pass things by you next time. Oh, thats a neat lil saying you have there..." Wanting something is better than having it." My saying kinda goes something like this "Owning something is better than Wanting something." Since you really didnt answer anything to do with the topic and your post are full of questions for me I figure I will go ahead and answer yours. Lets see you asked..Do you really want the Bus or do you like the social aspects and process of the acquisition!? I really want the Bus and I am going to GET the Bus and yes I like the social aspects and the process of acquisition. The next thing you said..."When you told us that you were not keeping any bus very long you were making a statement that money was not important to you. Colors for resale ??? Go figure!"... You gonna have to show me where I said I am not keeping a bus very long. If you are referring to the post in this thread that I responded to Mango Mike, then I would encourage you to read the context and note that smiley faces dont mean statements are serious. As far as colors for resale, I thought that we reasonable minded folks here could discuss that regardless if money is not important to me. By saying money is not important to me you are attributing motive. For what reason? Why! When you say "The way you are going through buses you are proving my point"...Just how many buses have I gone thru? I will tell you. NONE. I have yet to buy a bus. I have had a 2005 Allegro Bus, a 2006 Country Coach Affinity and thats it. NO BUS yet, but I hope to be like you and own one soon. You have to tell me though WHY this tone on a "light wood vs dark wood thread"? I come in peace and mean you no harm. I promise not to take the same tone you took on me on your threads.

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Hi Sting. I saw a 2004 Country Coach on the Featherlite Web site, and a Royale. They both looked interesting. Also, Phil Coopers Web site had a 2006 Royale if your interested. Good Luck. Gary

Sting

I guess we all didn't mean to be sarcastic, at least as sarcastic as you said we were. You did come across as someone who changes coaches about as often as Mango changes underwear.

Before you get on line, how long does it take you to paint your face for the performance and heavy metal? :D :D Does that mean I'm not serious? No, I'm serious and laughing. :p :p

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Originally Posted by lewpopp

Sting

I guess we all didn't mean to be sarcastic, at least as sarcastic as you said we were. You did come across as someone who changes coaches about as often as Mango changes underwear.

Before you get on line, how long does it take you to paint your face for the performance and heavy metal? :D :D Does that mean I'm not serious? No, I'm serious and laughing.

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Lewpopp my brother I dont want to get into a war of words as again it was what I thought was a harmless thread about wood. But I have to let you know that when you say "sarcastic as you said WE were", I dont get it? I NEVER said anything about the POG group as a whole. Just one gentleman seems to have made this something personal for himself and I responded as tactfully as I could which is something I tryed to convey that he could adhere too in the future. But I don't see where I attributed everyone or the "WE" in your post as being sarcastic. I thought it was obvious that the tone of the gentleman's response was somewhat harsh about a small topic about woods. I have tried again to be tactful, as I havent seen this type of harshness in posts since I have joined the forum. I did not attribute envy or other negative qualities to the gentleman, but he certainly feels justified in his post about his attributes to me, which again any normal, reasonable person or POG bretheren can see had nothing to do with the topic at hand. I dont understand the gentleman's motives, perhaps I am the only one, I dont know? But when he says "I gave my opinion"...Opinion about what? Not wood? I saw an opinion about myself, not the topic. He further said a couple of posts up from this one..."He agrees to disagree". Again about what? What are we disagreeing about? The topic is about wood. What did he disagree about? I will continue to be a gentleman and again I have no problems with anyone. Not even Jim. I am just lost as to WHY the attack? Again the topic was about woods. As far as the paint goes it has nothing to do with heavy metal. Does not take that long to put on as the ladies know what they are doing.;)

Sting

My slant on the Light Wood vs Dark Wood. My wife and I love dark wood and when we bought our house and remodeled it, I gutted it taking out all of the woodwork, doors, etc. We replaced it all with oak stained Danish walnut. We even went so far as to replace the floors with walnut wood. Again, we love dark wood.

All of our previous coaches had dark wood also. Until our Prevost.

I saw it on Parliaments website and it was light, light, light but it immediately captured my attention. It was about a month of convincing before my wife would even look at the photos because it was not dark wood. We went to Florida to look at it and after 5 minutes of sitting in it we felt like we were home. We did a 180 on the dark wood we love so much.

In the coach the light finish makes it seem so much brighter, cheerful and larger. It is a non slide coach. After having the coach for 3 months, we are still very satisfied with our choice in finish. Our home has the dark and the coach has light. We feel we have the best of both worlds.

As for resale, future value and what other people think, I don't care. It is what we like and what we are happy with. I am sure that someone in the future will like it just as much as we do.

Denny

I guess I stick my nose into places that I shouldn't. I guess I am bored and want to give my ideas.

Years ago, most all coaches had dark or darker wood in them. As years progressed the lighter laminates took over and they were beginning to please more and more people. I would venture a guess that there are more lighter interior coaches out there that darker ones.

I feel I am entering a cave when I get into a darker wood coach.

I purchased a Gulfstream Tour Master and it was my first taste of a light interior. I believe they were the first builder to use the white laminate throughout. We fell in love with it. It was very cheerful and we really enjoyed the coach because of the new found lightness.

I would encourage you to not go any darker than cherry. I've seen many coaches with wood much darker and have noticed that they seem to stay on the market a bit longer... but those are older coaches and it might be a different story with the new ones.

I have a light wood look coach. Cherry is my favorite, but it only took about a week for me to get completely used to the lighter color and to like it possibly more than cherry... it just looks brighter and more open with the lighter wood.

That's my 2 cents worth.

I feel the same way you feel Denny and I agree with your assessment Ben. I have always been a dark wood fan but the light wood I see offered on a Millennium Coach sure looks nice and its light. I may have to convert to the light side. I will see as I am flying there next week.

Todd,

I love the look of wood. The darker the better. It makes the coach look like an elegant vintage yacht or the inside of an exclusive club.

But despite that preference, there are two strong arguments in favor of not only light wood, but even laminates.

The first has been stated. Dark colors seem to shrink the coach. It feels smaller and even cramped.

The second argument in favor of light laminates is not only does it open up the coach and make it feel less confining, but with a spray bottle of Glass Plus and a rag you can wipe down an entire coach in minutes. I don't even want to think about the effort required with furniture polish to maintain a fine dark wood interior.

Our Liberty has gone beyond light....we have white laminate and as Jon states it is very easy to clean. Additionally, in our non-slide coach the white interior seems larger. Ken

Sting: The consensus -well It appears almost unamimous in favor of light vs dark.,,I used to be the guy who loved dark wood, and then I got older and the light began to fade and dim the eyes, - the lighter the interior, the brighter, the easier it is for an old fart to see. so as you get a little older in age - you might need to see what you are doing rather then feeling your way.
Of course Winchester with all his skills probably doesn't need light- Just the LED type. or his flame thrower. or cold hands!

I even had my offices redone into a super light wall with white wainsright and lots of lights and windows. Now I have to wear sunglasses!:cool: