[bfrohwein]

if you're going for originality.. don't do the fancy woodworking stuff on it. No staining. I did that to a cabinet and yes, it looks great, but it looks modern and not authentic.

I'd stick to satin, personally, it can always be made to be more shiny. Behlens and Mohawk are the same company. not sure how much of the formulas are the same, but I tried behlens and it seemed to be the same as mohawk but 50% more expensive. I can get both locally. I won't make everyone jealous again about my hardware store with an entire Mohawk, "wing".. oops.