You know, that's something I'd never even considered. I'm afraid I could probably make a bigger mess out of it trying to do that than by the simple refinishing though. It sounds like one of those, "In theory it's not that difficult just time consuming," things but given that I'm really not all that handy I'm sure I could really mess it up.

Keep the ideas coming though, I'm thinking it will be at least April before I actually start working on them. Contractor is putting in new windows (reframing and the whole nine yards) then (hopefully) and I sort of want to wait until all of that work is done before I hit the floors.

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