Recommendations for finishing floorboards

[blm4e]

We've been sanding old floorboards in our cottage. We have several different types of wood and some replacement reclamation yard boards are 'newer' than others. The floors had been stained, some had paint, and of course, covered with carpet for a while. I wanted to get on here to ask about stain/varnish recommendations in dealing with different types of wood floorboards. The stairs don't reflect this in the photo but it's already a warm tone - we'd like to keep the floors overall warm but light and ideally a Matt finish. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[fernicarry]

I have a similar problem in the room I'm currently decorating. Mixture of original boards and replacements that are much lighter in colour.

I've bought myself a selection of testers and I'm going to try to come up with a concoction that evens out the colour variation. I'm happy to go quite dark so I'm hoping with some extra coats on the light boards it'll end up acceptable. If you want to stay very light you might need to go the other way and do a white finish on the darker boards first to lighten them up a bit. Best to experiment on some spare boards if you have some.

There are a lot of threads on here discussing different products for floor finishing if you care to search.

 

[Katie_B]

There's a floor guy on Instagram that shows a range of finishes if you want some examples, in particular he helps avoid floors going orange! He is Danny Sandhouse and has his own mixes

 

[lizziecupcakes]

I follow Danny Sandhouse! Love watching his work

@blm4e I have a few newer boards in a couple of my rooms. Is it just me but I just don’t think it’s a big deal. I think they add a lot of character especially in an older property, but then again my taste is quite eclectic. I like mixing old with new.

If you ask me, your floors look great!

 

[blm4e]

Thank you so much! After so much renovations, it's nice to read a such a lovely comment.