got around to starting to finish floors and put things back together this week. unfortunately the flu is slowing us down (both me and my hired help have it ) but we did get one room of floors finished yesterday and today at least.
like everything else, oil sealer, garnet shellac, satin waterlox on top. 2 of each got this looking about like what we were shooting for.
the specks on the bottom right? best idea we could come up with is golf cleats. they follow a pattern to where the back stairs used to be, then around to the nearest bathroom, and back to the center of this room. some we were able to sand out, some were surrounded by enough sapwood areas in the boards to fill, some will just be there forever.
anyways, this is what the knuckleheads who lived here before put white carpet over after tearing up with their golf shoes...