What wood you do?

Even the President of the Wood Paneling Fan Club, the most wood-loving-est wood-purist alive, fervent  protector of all things woody, would look at this before staircase and be like "Holy frank n' beans, that's too much wood."

And what's worse, Janine tells us that this was all bare pine!  No stain, no varnish, no varathane, no nothin', except lots of hydrogen peroxide and tweezers, I presume.  Looks so much better now!  Thanks for sharing Janine!