we have a boring 1960 split-level. The main floor is decorated in what you might call eclectic rustic - mostly famhousey-looking antiques. We redid the kichen cabinets, appliances and counters about two years back, and it is somewhat sleeker but still simple, but the printed-brick-patterned linoleum floor still didn't go too well with the whole vibe.

(As a dad, you know linoleum is great even when ugly b/c your kids can spill whatever the hell they want and it's easy to clean.)

So my wife was determined to get the final stages of the kitchen done... custom tile backsplash (tiles not here yet) and a wood floor. She's been really into repurposing old stuff - she's been great at using Craigslist and Freecycle to sell or give away stuff we're getting rid of. It occasionally becomes a pain in my ass (ie, reusing old chair spindles to build a scratch ladder for the chicken coop, which was waaaaaaaay harder than buying new dowels for rungs would have been) but this was a great call. So she had her heart set on salvaged wood and found someone to sell it to her.

Fortunately she had a carpenter she knows put it in, so all I have had to do is sand, stain and topcoat it.

Wood appears to be a mix, possibly cedar and pine. Definitely distressed - knotholes, wormholes, etc. I patched some and even got plug cutters for some of the bigger holes.

http://s79.photobucket.com/user/lonesome_d/media/kitchenfloor_zps0d4a4026.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

That's right after the first coat of poly. Have three done now, one more to go. (Two to three is sufficient for most uses, but as this is soft wood and in a high-traffic area with high probablility of large quantities of liquids spilling onto it.... safer is better.)