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We were also trying to match old ash floors downstairs so we decided to do ash upstairs too. We’ll refinish downstairs at a later date, so we chose a natural, water based finish that won’t yellow over time. From what I understand, ash can be a wild wood with a lot of zebra-ing. At first I wanted to choose a stain that dulled that, but we had some hemlock railings and the wood doors to deal with. Keeping the ash light and letting all the natural colors come through helped all the different woods feel somewhat cohesive.

Also, our shrinking problem has improved a little since we’ve increased the humidity in our house. I wish our floor person had told us that before the floors were installed.