We wanted flooring that would last our lifetime. Flooring that gave us a solid feeling and a sense of old school. We decided to use Southern Yellow Pine 1x6x12. Overall, after screws and A LOT of hard work.... we ended up with $1.25 per sq ft!! The floors turned out perfect!!! We wanted to stain the floors but decided not to... for the main reason of time so we just coated the floors with a Water Base Polyurethane. The floors got 3 coats of the polyurethane and it gave the floors a great...