This is a subject that no matter how many times I tell my GC that we are refinishing the ORIGINAL hardwood floors, he always tries to convince me otherwise. "It would be so much easier and cheaper to replace them with new flooring". Shaking my head. These are original 1946 white oak hardwood floors. This House had them downstairs AND upstairs. White oak is really hard to come by these days and NOT cheap. I love my high heels, never mind I am just shy of 6 feet tall, I still love fancy slip on heels. I do not have to worry about my heels making holes in these floors... because they are WHITE OAK! These floors have lasted all these years.  They have been exposed to the elements. This home was wide open to rain storms, hurricanes, and every animal out there. I'm keeping these floors. When there are boards that need to be replaced we carefully feather in a piece of red oak from the local hardware store.. with a talented floor guy, you would never know which ones were replaced.