For Our Fiftieth Post: Stained Floors!

Ashley worked on the landscape this past weekend. I'm sure the look of our land will change many times over the coming years because he has a habit of moving plants around. For now, here's what we have out front.

On the inside, our floors are stained. This first picture is taken with my camera's cloudy setting and doesn't represent the actual color.

Here's the real color. It's NOT the Provincial we had in mind but after looking at it several times and getting the opinions of several family members (Martin, Kristin, and Ashley's parents), I think we like it. We thought about having another coat of stain applied to get closer to the look we wanted but we're just going to keep it as it is. When you read about red oak flooring online, you will learn that it's the most common flooring choice in America. It's hard, durable and widely available (and a reasonable price). But with red oak you have to embrace the grain. There's no way around the grain!

Here's a bigger section. Again, it's lighter than we thought we wanted but I think it fits with a farmhouse. And as Ashley's mom pointed out, this color will be less likely to show dust, sand and dirt (and the occasional scratches that are bound to happen!). Three coats of polyurethane will be applied before the other crews can get back into the house to finish up the tile, plumbing, and electrical.