what color?

Martin and I need to decide on a stain color for an tigin. He needs to weather-proof the wood as he is renovating his new workshop (aka old barn). 

We are having a terrible time agreeing on color schemes.

We managed to narrow our choices down to these three (we think).

Would love to know your opinion

Blue Smoke

White Birch

Weathered Barnboard

Martin's workshop

Our plan is to turn the old barn into a workshop for Martin.

However, it needs more work than the house. I know that is hard to imagine.

We have taken out the remains of the two outhouses (original and replacement). The floor has been completely removed, so we are down to original ground. There was no foundation so we need to dig out and frame in where the the footers will go to support the foundation wall we will put in.

fun finds in our digs

While taking the floor out of Martin's workshop (formerly known as The Barn), he discovered these three soda bottles.

I've done some on-line research.  The Casco Pale Dry Ginger Ale seems to be a rare find.

The only reference I can find to Casco Ginger Ale is in 32 ounce bottles. No where can I find a 7 ounce version.

If any of you find additional information, or can figure out a way to date them, I would be thrilled for you to comment.

The Barn Floor History - the original floor was built right on the ground. After it got to the stage of needing replacing, the owners put joists on the original floor and built a second floor on the joists. The space between the original floor and the added floor was used as a dump.  We think (after having found a 1960s calendar in the original outhouse) that the second floor was added some time in the 60s.

The Moxie bottle also seems to be a challenge to date. I thought it would be easy. Moxie is Maine's official soft drink.  The Moxie Company's Website has good historical information with lots of pictures of labels. Even with that information, I can't seem to date the bottle.  I've looked on e-Bay and similar bottles are for sale, but no dates in the descriptions.