Gray paint
We're taking full advantage of this dose of midwinter sun and warmth. Monday, we managed to get the creek pump
going despite icy ground, filling the wash-water tank before it drained
completely dry. Tuesday, I caught up on a bit of laundry while the sun
was shining, 
then pulled out the paint can and brush to coat some of our kitchen remodeling projects.
Mark chose this dark
blue/gray based on the reality of our housekeeping skills. We'd
originally considered just staining the boards since we both love the
warm tones of plain wood. But our cats have free rein of the kitchen and
like to leave dirty footprints everywhere. We wipe up after them now
and then, but figured it might be smarter to just start with a darker
color to begin with so those paw stains aren't so obvious.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I love the combination of reactions --- "horrors" to "but what if our feline overlords want to stand there?" You can guess where I lie on the continuum....
Good idea, Roland! We may do that with our next surface. Now that you mention it, I can visualize surfaces I've seen exactly like that, just didn't know which chemical to use to get there.