Custom Stain for Timber Pergolas & Pavilions
Your Vision, Your Color.
Our custom stains honor your unique palette, elevating timber design with personalized precision.
The color
Meet Custom
Don’t see the color you’re after among our signature colors? Custom is a made-to-order finish tuned to the exact color you have in mind, so your pergola, pavilion, or gazebo fits your home, your brand, or the vision in your head. It’s the same Sherwin-Williams water-based finish as every Western Timber Frame color — applied in two shop coats and backrolled so it works into the rough-sawn timber — just in your color.
It’s the right choice when you want to match an existing structure, a home’s trim, or a color scheme our signature colors don’t quite hit — like the soft blue-grey below.
What it brings
Your color, grounded in timber
Custom gives you the freedom to choose the color — while keeping everything that makes a Western Timber Frame structure feel like real wood.
Matched to your vision
Have a color in mind? We work with you to land on the finish you’re after, so the timber fits your space instead of the other way around.
Made for your setting
Match a home’s trim, a brand’s palette, or an existing structure on the property — Custom lets the timber belong right where it lands.
Real-wood character
It’s still worked into rough-sawn timber, so the texture reads through and it looks like real wood — not a flat coat of paint.
For any structure
Pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, cabanas, and commercial builds can all be finished in a custom color.
When it’s the right call
Where Custom feels at home
Custom is the right choice whenever an exact color matters more than picking from a set — so the timber looks like it was part of the plan all along.
Matched to your home
Tune the finish to your siding, trim, or roof so the structure reads built-in, not added on.
Neighborhood & HOA palettes
Hit a required or preferred color scheme without giving up real, rough-sawn timber.
Commercial & branded spaces
Match a business’s colors on cabanas, shade structures, or entries that need to stay on brand.
A color you already love
When you already know the exact shade you want, Custom lets you have it — no compromise.
Two-tone, your way
Make it a pairing all your own
Because Custom is your color, you’re not limited to our set pairings. Combine tones to create a two-tone look that’s entirely your own — a soft grey with crisp accent posts, or a deep color matched right to your home.
The details
Custom color, answered
Can I get a custom stain color?
Yes. If the color you want isn’t one of our signature colors, Custom is a made-to-order finish tuned to the look you have in mind — on the same rough-sawn timber as every Western Timber Frame structure.
How do I get a custom color?
The best place to start is a quick conversation. Reach out to our team with the color you’re after — whether it’s to match a home, a brand, or an existing structure — and we’ll walk you through the options for your project.
Will a custom color still look like real wood?
Yes. A custom color is applied in two shop coats and backrolled, worked into the rough-sawn timber just like our signature colors, so the rough-sawn texture shows through and the structure looks like real wood — not a flat coat of paint.
Can you match a specific color?
We work with you to land on the color you’re after. Every color and setting is a little different, so the surest way to know what’s possible for your project is to talk it through with us.
What structures can I get in a custom color?
Any of our timber structures — pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, cabanas, and commercial builds — can be finished in a custom color.
Where can I see all the color options?
Browse our full range on the stain colors page. If none of them is quite right, Custom fills the gap.
––– Ready to begin?
Tell us about your project
Send us your project and we’ll help you choose the right color and put together a quote for your structure. Prefer to see a shade in your own light first? Samples are available on request.
Start here
Explore our signature colors
Custom starts where our signature colors leave off — but your color may already be one of them. Browse the full range first, from deep and dramatic to light and silvered:
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