Hello @Sean O'Rourke O'Rourke and @Shelley Reil i love your homes and the floors are beautiful - i have Valor and it will be getting installed soon - please share the pattern you chose when putting them down? is it random? thank you

Love the paint color of your room and the furnishings. But are you sure this is the correct layout for the room? I cannot tell from one image. The TV is mounted too high in this room.

T. Love You said you used a tan wash on some red oak you had. Would you mind sharing that with me? We have white oak ordered, but have now been told it'll be the end of April before it's in. That won't work. Everything is at a stand still until we get the stair railings and balusters in. The floor isn't even in yet. :-( We can get the red oak in a couple of weeks, so we're going to get that instead. We did buy the stains you mentioned in this thread and put it on a sample of white oak and it looks great!!!! So, we will be using that when we get ready to stain. thank you so much for your help!!!

Thank you! I'm happy to share pictures. I remember when I was trying to pick out flooring (it took me a year to make a decision) I was so frustrated that I couldn't find pictures of all of my choices in rooms and only had swatches. Here is a picture of the front door. Our house faces the north so we usually get the sun through the side window. I love how it can change colors based on the lighting but I love it in each setting. I sadly don't have a current pic of the sun coming in on it but I can try and get one for you. I honestly wasn't sure about the saw marks either when I was making my choice but now that the floors are done, I love them. They don't stand out much to me and when I pay attention and actually look, it makes it seem not so perfect and I like that. We did the whole first floor of the house so I'm including a pic of the flooring in a bathroom as well. I hope this helps! Here is one with the area rug in the main room too: On another note...since it can look so different based on lighting, I would say the overall look of it is closest to the picture of the dining room table without the rug under it. I remember having a tough time making a decision because each picture would look so different. Let me know if I can do anything else to help.