This is a raw wood drop leaf table. I put a weathered gray stain on it, which took the tiniest amount of stain you can buy, and about an hour to do. I then added a matte polyurethane finish just to the top so any greasy food, or spilled red wine would wipe up. That took all of ten minutes. The result is darling.  Even if you don’t stain it, the porousness of the raw wood means you may want to protect the wood from food and dirt with.ccoatcoat.ofpolyurethane.