[Marilyn]

Gayle, thank you so much for your suggestion. Rex used the hand scraped engineered hardwood in his last parade home. There was over 900 sq ft of it in the kitchen, dining, living alone, and that is where I fell in love with it. I like the wavy look of it. To me, it looks worn and refinished. It's wonderful that we all have different tastes though, or this world would be a very very boring place. I may change my mind when we really get serious about picking the flooring. I do love yours, but with my furniture and walls, a darker color is needed for it to work. In our next home, we may be able to go lighter.

I know we can't do it until after the first of the year, but I'm not waiting long as stated before. Our men have ways of forgetting they said things.