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Advice please on white decking!

last year

We’re making a sizeable deck that extends from our kitchen and want it to match the kitchen’s whitewashed floorboards so it feels seamless moving from inside to outside. We could whitewash the boards, but that involves a lot of upkeep, and can only find ivory composite flooring not white. Is darker composite the way to go? Advice please!

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