Painted Pergola Pergola Painting Vs Staining?

Pergola painting vs staining? - painted pergola

We build a pergola pines, cedars wanted, but is 3 times more expensive. You wonder whether someone can use my experience in the color of shares or stain a pergola. Which takes longer, ease of use, reasons for the choice over and over ... etc. We were applied to the search for a house in the external application of stain with a brush, but holds more without completing a new .... in a year