Finishing the floors

April 2012 still

One day the builder said we needed to go look at the stain samples and choose one that day.  Good thing I had a time limit!  However, this was not a hard choice. My decorator was out of town so my husband and I were on our own.  We done good!  There were about six colors when I got to the house but two looked just like the rough floor.  I knew I wanted a dark stain and always really wanted Brazilian cherry floors, but everyone (my uncle, my builder, etc.) talked me out of that because not only because it is costly but it apparently discolors.  They said you can't move furniture or rugs, etc., because there would be shadows.

The top photo is Will's room, which turned out gorgeous with the reclaimed heart pine flooring.  The study is also pine and it has an interesting background story. My in-laws built in 1989 and had a lot of their pine flooring leftover (which they stored behind a sheetrock panel), so we decided to do the study with the pine.  Will decided he would prefer wood to carpet (his sisters demanded carpet!) for his bedroom since it may help with his allergies - and it looks good!  I have been told that pine is soft and easily scratched, so it would not have been good for the high traffic areas.  We used 5" oak for the foyer, dining room, great room, halls, stairs, powder room, and master bedroom. The bottom photo is the master bedroom, although it's a little dark and hard to see the actual color.  The floors are gorgeous and I am not bothered at all by the two types of wood as I had feared.  We used the same stain on both although the pine takes the stain differently. Absolutely beautiful!  The Lord has truly made me feel,
SEW Blessed