Rooftop Pine Terrace Pavilion in Delhi

An open-air terrace pavilion in Delhi, framed entirely in pine — lattice jali screens, deck boards underfoot and a slatted overhead ceiling — at roof level under full sun and the approaching monsoon. The pine was raw and beginning to grey. A LEINOS India contractor finished it in a single coat of Terrace Wood Oil 236 in the Oak tone, an open-pore oil chosen so the lattice and slatted timber could be coated without a film that would peel on a weather-exposed terrace.

The lattice jali screens are the awkward part of a job like this — an open diagonal weave with hundreds of edges. An open-pore oil suits it: brushed into the weave it coats every face without pooling in the gaps the way a film-former would. Here a single coat was enough to even out the raw pine, and the oil can be refreshed later without sanding when the surface dulls.