It is pretty easy to get a decent match on older wood - if you are willing to pay! There are numerous companies that specialize in reclaimed lumber. They would be able to match you up with some planks from the same time period and mill them to match yours. We just did that with heart pine in a 1912 house. It is not cheap though. Lumber, milling, installation/weaving, sanding and finishing came in over $25/sq ft. Fortunately it was just a few small patches. If you are just trying to make a new board look "old" - good luck. Modern lumber just isn't going to have the same look as the old growth trees they were logging 100 years ago. If you can swap out some boards from a closet for "free" that is a better option. As for the costs, ripping up 2 sections and repairing them obviously will cost more than just 1 section. For the urine damaged areas - whose idea was it to just sand? If you asked him to do it to save some money on repairs and now don't like the look, expect to pay to have it fixed. If you left it up to the contractor as to which boards to replace and which to salvage and he just did a poor job, then he should stand by his work and fix it.

My daughter and her husband just bought a house with knotty pine beadboard ceilings. They were very yellow in tone and had a high gloss clear finish. They had a yard sale right after taking possession of the house and EVERYONE commented on how gorgeous the ceilings were. I mean everyone. So based on that, I'd say they are a selling point. My daughter and son-in-law didn't like them and painted them a lovely off-white in an eggshell sheen and they look beautiful. I didn't like the natural wood either---at least not that particular type. A lighter non-yellowy, non-knotty wood might work if the ceilings are high. Anyway, leave 'em if you can stand it.

Take a look at Pirula's kitchen in the Finished Kitchen Blog--link below. She has slab cherry counters and wood floors, and her kitchen is gorgeous! Her counters and floor don't match exactly, but they look great together. (Dianalo is right about tones needing to match, I think.) Her counters were the inspiration for ours, although ours are oak. Do you have samples of the floor and counter you're thinking about? If the samples look good together, then I think you're OK. Oak counters with hickory floor: Here is a link that might be useful: Pirula's kitchen in the FKB

This is the first time I’ve ever felt compelled to leave such a negative review about a product. If you have any other option, do not buy from LV Wood. They will happily take your money, deliver a poor-quality product, and then leave you to deal with the consequences on your own. The salespeople were friendly and attentive—right up until the moment I signed the paperwork. After the floor was installed, we discovered several major issues with the product. Instead of acknowledging that their flooring might have defects, the owner of LV Wood immediately blamed me and my contractor. Trying to resolve the issue was pointless. The owner refuses to accept any responsibility, and negotiating with him is nearly impossible. Don’t expect a refund or any meaningful support—according to them, everything is somehow your fault, never theirs. If you can avoid doing business with this company, do so.