Finished Thresholds - Finally!

So, I showed you the finished flooring in the hallway and living room, remember?

What I didn't show you is that the thresholds weren't installed yet.  I know, sneaky!  Ha!
Hubby has been working on getting the oak thresholds cut, sanded and ready to go into all those doorways for a few weeks now.  Time has not been on his side, obviously...  This weekend he finally found the time and good weather to get outside and prepare all of the thresholds for me to finish them.  The only nice thresholds we could find were unfinished oak from Lowes.  They didn't match the new flooring AT ALL, so I broke out the acrylic paints and mixed up a pseudo-stain to match the oak to the new flooring.  Here is what I used:

Hubby gave me a scrap piece of threshold to use for my samples and after 2 tries, I had the color close to perfect!  I just brushed the mixed acrylic paint onto the wood, wiped down with a paper towel and let dry.  Basically a grey-wash, if you will.  Two coats of Polycrylic for protection and this is what I had:

They match the flooring pretty darn well!  Here are a few before and afters - first the kitchen/living room:

And below is the hall/studio and into our bedroom door in the left background:

The oak thresholds worked out great and took the grey-wash very well.  It can sometimes be difficult in smaller, older houses like this with all of the different flooring types and levels to transition from room to room.  These oak thresholds are versatile and tough.  We used them in our last old house and after 13 years of heavy use, they still looked new.  Someday, we dream of having a house where the same beautiful hardwood floors blanket the entire level of the house with NO thresholds!  The struggle is real ya'll...  :-)
I hope you are all having a great week!
Cheers!
M J