gwent: I read your previous message and see that you are seeing green in your RG----is this in your north facing room? I do accent with a lot of reds and have been considering RG for a long time but I sure do not want the green cast in this already darken room. I am with you, it looks so beautiful in others' photos. Wonder about Tobacco Road, would it also cast a green cast in a darken room. I have it in a room that gets a lot of light and it is beautiful.

Squirrel I'm glad you brought up the bookshelf. It is very outdated looking. I think I'll ask dh to cut a piece of wood and nail it up there. I guess it wouldn't look any worse than it does now, lol. I had plans to finish installing the crown molding tonight, but I am ticked off with dh for taking too long with another project so he is ticked with me, ;) I think we might need to take a break and relax for a while. Reading some of the 'why men won't read directions' thread in the kitchen forum cooled me off quite a bit. Men, just gotta love 'em!

Les - Thank you for the encouragement in your previous post. I really have been beating myself up about this, mainly b/c I'm such a perfectionist and it kills me that I made such a big, costly mistake. But you're right, at least I am doing something and in the end it will look great. Polkadots - Yes the banisters were a LOT of work. It took 3 guys an entire day just to do the banisters. First they taped off everything around them very carefully, then they stripped them, then sanded them, then stained them, then sealed them, then put a veneer on. It was a ton of work! But I absolutely love the result and I'm glad we did it. It had bugged me, the light oak color that they were before, ever since we moved in a few months ago (this was a spec home so we didn't get to pick them). I appreciate the pp's cautions about the art niche. I do agree that it will be limiting in what kind of artwork we can put there, but I think we plan to put a large iron scrollwork of some sort there, so the color won't matter and will set off the iron that much more. Also, we are just doing the back wall of the niche in red, not pulling it onto the sides of the niche, so it won't be as overpowering. At least I hope so. OK everyone...so now I'm wondering - do y'all think that pulling the Latte through to the LR will make everything too dark? Also, do you feel that Latte is too dark for the entryway or is it OK? I am thinking that having everything one color, since the floor plan is SO open, would make things flow better and look bigger. At least that's what I hear on all the design shows LOL. So we were just going to do Latte throughout, but now I am questioning whether I should pull the Latte through or do a lighter coordinating color, Nomadic Desert or Kilim Beige, in the LR... Is the Latte too dark for my big open LR?

Hi! Yes, I think Bona high traffic. Or maybe that was the sealer they used. I think they used Dura Seal. Just found this sample sheet in my kitchen draw. We used the middle sample. QC 11 Hope this helps! We put a matte finish on the floors. Very little shine to it. It’s great but note that if you go that route. You can’t really scoot things that would scratch across the wood. It removes the matte and you will see a sheen streak in the right lighting or angle. Just a heads up if you go that route. Not too big of a deal, if you know in advance. We pic up and slide anything a tad heavy. Pads for bar stools etc.. Best of luck! Lmk if you have any more questions 😊