Been making some shelves out of 'whitewood' pine. I originally intended to whitewash them (so the grain still shows), but the whitish-yellow of the pine is growing on me.
Since these are shelves - not tabletops or window frames or anything that'll see any weathering bar a bit of dust and the odd spider - what am I letting myself in for if I leave it untreated? I expect it'll go slightly yellower with age, which is OK, but I'm not keen on the 'swiss chalet' effect of varnished orange pine. I thought whitewashing (dilute emulsion) would be a lot of effort to keep them roughly the same colour.
Any other pitfalls? Will the knots weep significantly? (if they do it's not an absolute tragedy - they won't exactly be holding first editions)
Theo