Taping off places that need to be protected . Once that was done , the first big task was to re - stain the woodwork . One thing I 'll say for this house is that it has nice six - panel doors , which were originally stained a medium brown rather than painted . Unfortunately all the doorframes and the baseboards ( too narrow and too obviously off the cheap builder 's shelf to be graceful ) were stained to match , setting the whole place instantly and unmistakably in the 1980 's .

Question: Why does staining certain elements make it " unmistakably in the 1980 ' s " ? .
Answer: The 80s had disco balls and stain on the disco balls and you could see it there .The 1980s were super religious and the stain will make a sort of cross .None of the above choices .It painted a calendar on the wall inadvertently