^ Hope the funeral is beautiful/full of respect for your grandfather, Crip.
And yeah, I really love natural wood too. If it was possible I'd much rather keep wood without any paint/varnish/what ever but that's not doable/advisable with stairs, thresholds and the beam-bar of cherry wood. They need a layer of 'protection' again.. all were quite worn off. Especially the stairs.. and after one layer it looks quite good already.