You can use different stains for a multi-tonal weathered look or sand back some of the stain to prevent it from looking too uniform. Mixing the stain with paint thinner will result in more buildable ...

“I looked up and saw an old gray barn on a hillside, its roof sagging, boards missing, paint weathered and a bit tilted,” Kroeger, 74, said. “Then a powerful message came — hard to ...