Finally some good news about the remodel

Finally! Something is done and looks great!

The wood floors are beautiful! We went with mesquite, which is actually a bush rather than a tree. Some types of mesquite are invasive in certain areas. It is locally native in the US southwest and Mexico. It has tons of character, and it’s a very hard wood. And it’s environmentally friendly because it grows so readily.

Wikipedia says mesquite is one of the most expensive woods, but we didn’t find that to be true at all. Maybe because it’s locally native, or maybe it’s becoming more common to use it for flooring, so economies of scale is bringing the cost down. I don’t know, but it was barely more than oak and less than most of the speciality woods like cherry, etc.

It’s hard to tell the color in these pictures because it really depends on the lighting. In these pictures the stairs look darker and redder, but they aren’t really. I just took the stair photos yesterday evening, and the other photos this afternoon. In general this wood is redder and darker than most hardwood.

I could just stare at this wood all day.