Living Room Part 2- The Floors (distressed)

So in my last post, we thought we had it down with the floors. Super stoked and ready to go. dun dun dun.... Not so much. The stain was pretty choppy from the old stain and the new stain. Then there were parts that were really weird patches. Do you see about 3 feet of wood that doesn't match coming straight from the doorway out? where either side doesn't match? Its hard to capture in photos, but its incredibly obvious in person.

Tilley photo bombed this one. But you can see the patchy-ness 

Here is in between the bedrooms. It looks as if we took a stain brush and painted in patches. the wood just absorbed it differently. I am not sure if the previous owners had damage there and sanded down the wood? I have no clue

We broke out the sander... again. (3rd time is a charm right?!?!) We decided to distress the entire thing and give it a rustic look. Beware this is not for everyone's taste but Care and I absolutely love it! Once we get crisp paint on there and furniture, the floor is going to not be as loud and its gonna rock. (So bare with me a little)

We distressed it and it looks pretty cool. 

Here is the living room now. And for real this time, we are going to put down the polyurethane.