We went with Antique Brown because it's dark enough to make a very large room look warm, a small room feel cozy, and bring a richness to the spaces. We had thought about going with stain that is almost like paint called Ebony. Ebony makes the floors look almost black, but the thought of seeing every speck of dust at any given moment was enough to drive me crazy, so we went for the next darkest stain (a true stain).
We also have white oak floors on the lower level of the house and the lighter wood absorbs the stain much more.
If you have pine, birch, maple or white oak, you have to go as dark as you can to achieve that warm, milk chocolate color. It's also an oil based stain which will protect the floors from scratches a lot better than a water based stain will and we coated it with polyurethane. It stinks to holy... But, it's well worth it if you aren't inhabiting the house for a few days. It will protect the floors for a lot longer than if you used other top coats.
Satin? Sheen? Super Gloss?
I went with Sheen. It gives the impression that the floors were just mopped, but without looking like a museum and it hides the dust a little better.
Thanks Home Restoration Gods. After the huge surprises last week with the holes all over the floors, I never thought we'd finally get to this phase.
Floors done... Next up painted the molding, trim, and starting to install the light fixtures.
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