Thank you for sharing info on the floor. Can you tell me what is the reason for mixing or selecting rift vs quarter sawn white oak? Thanks!

Rift-cut oak shows the least amount of a "cathedral" pattern in the wood grain; very linear. We like to mix in quarter-sawn sometimes to get at least a little movement with the grain (as compared to doing all plain-sawn).

@jamesthomas, LLC: Thank you for your reply. I'm beginning to see that looking at pictures of both. Plain-sawn is different from quarter sawn? Quarter sawn has more movement than rift sawn. It seems more choices lean toward rift sawn (but a majority of those were contemporary light toned finishes - so a more lineal pattern may be part of the reason for picking the rift cut......your observations please). We're going with white oak - I'm leaning toward mixing rift cut w/some quarter sawn based on your comments. We have to play with the stain but what I'm looking for is a diluted coffee tone (dark, but able to see wood grain).

Beautiful floor. Do the width of the floor boards matter for this look?

Not really. It is more about the stain and the cut of the oak.

Would this color/look work on pine do you think? I have a new, wide pine floor in my newly renovated kitchen. I want a grey finish, and not sure the best product to use. Thank you in advance.

Was this a water based poly on the oak floors?