Beadboard... Before and After

I took this photo yesterday about 6pm.  John stayed until he'd finished putting the first coat of sealer on the beadboard in the living room, dining room, kitchen.  He and Chris had done the bedroom in the morning.  It is looking SOOO good!!!  I wish the pictures were clearer, but they just don't let you see how much better it really is.  The stain I'd started with, and what is on all the beadboard, is Minwax Golden Oak.  Before I finally picked this color stain, I bought several quarts of different colors.  Sure wish Lowe's had those 2 oz samples. 
By the way... Just about everything we've used in the remodeling project, we bought at Lowe's in Texarkana, Texas.  We tried shopping at The Home Depot, but we always came back to Lowe's. 
The sealer is Minwax Oil-Modified Water-Based Polyurethane Semi-Gloss... purchased at Lowe's, of course. 

 This was from Feb 20th.  The crown moulding and trim had been painted.  The beadboard looks good without the sealer on it, but it needs that extra something to finish the look.  I'd wanted the Satin finish, but they didn't have the Water-Based in the Satin.  Semi-Gloss has a little more shine/reflection than I wanted, but I certainly wouldn't change now. :-)

Here is the photo I took this morning.  There is a definite reflection of light on the ceiling now. And this is just the first coat.  The instructions on the can says that Water-Based Polyurethane needs at least 3 coats with drying time of 2 hours between coats.  John said the odor wasn't too bad, either.  They had the doors and windows open...  I didn't notice any odor, either.

 This is on the right side of the fireplace.  Not sure what day it was, but it was night time.  The crown moulding is up and painted...  The paint is Valspar Filoli Honey... purchased at Lowe's. :-)

Oh, Yes!!! Much better!!! Sorry about the optical illusion look to the beadboard.  I thought I had the resolution set to the highest possible, but I'd changed it for some reason and didn't put it back.

Another night time shot...

From this morning. 
I guess that will do for now.  I'll look through my photos to see if there's anything else that I think you might be interested in seeing.
Oh...  The Corp of Engineers has raised the lake level back up to normal.  I'll put a couple of those up next...