Staining, day 2

This is my future office. The stained section represents an hour of (backbreaking) work. This and the master bedroom have a single coat of stain. We now have to decide if they are getting a second coat of stain and whether or not to polyurethane. Partly this is a decision of how long will we be able to hold out before we can begin to unpack and live like normal people. You don't want to move in furniture, rugs, clothes and THEN decide you want it darker and shinier.

The black slate in the right corner is where there once was a fireplace. There is only one fireplace in the house now but once there were five.
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