The wood floors have a first coat of General Finishes Cherry Oil Stain. Originally I expected I would need 2 coats, I seem to recall doing 2 coats in the French Country. I placed the flooring in the house and am thinking about leaving one coat, and just finishing with poly sealer. They are actually still drying and it gives me time to consider.
I rather like the lighter look.
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I took the plunge and wallpapered with the new Les Chinoiseries wallpaper I proposed in the last post. The quality of the paper is as promised - thick but not too thick. I completely forgot to spray with sealer before applying paste, as I always do with Itsy Bitsy Minis and Brodnax. Thankfully I had no problems with bleeding even when I wiped off excess paste.
The upstairs hall got papered as well, sort of a marbled paper that blended with the foyer paper where it met in the stair opening. I was originally planning on papering it before I glued the floor in. Somehow I forgot that was my plan, and then had to adjust my papering plan so I could accommodate the height difference where the floor ended.
Looking ahead, I pulled out the crown molding that I have been planning on using, and placed it up against the ceiling in the dining room. What to do with the fireplace chimney breast and the crown - to cut and miter all around or just butt it up to the chimney breast. The problem is that there is a small step inset on each side. If I do miter, I have to miter to the deepest spot and that's that.
Living room, dining room, master bedroom, 2nd bedroom and 2nd floor hall wood floors are all done, each strip cut, and attached to a posterboard base. They are ready to be stained with cherry stain.
