This is what the refrigerator did to the floor, even after emptying it completely and removing the bottom freezer drawer. (click on photos to enlarge)
Hint- Rent or borrow a refrigerator dolly if you are doing your kitchen. The fix-it still has extra stain around the edges, which should fade and blend in after I clean.
I took this photo with my cell, it is a little blurry.
After I finished this part, the last bit where the refrigerator and stove sat was left. It blended in nicely. I still need a transition strip for this area. The kitchen floor had a layer of "fiberrock". Great to lay down before adding tile and the like. I was not about to remove it. It gave a 3/8" difference in the great room floor. I rather add the strip to compensate. The stuff did change the way the paper and Varathane looked, making it more satin than the rest of the floor. Weird.
This is a photo of the bedroom. I need to make a bed skirt. I use to have finished boards that hide the underside of the bed. There is no way I am sliding those in and out when I need to retrieve something!
Last... The craft room. Full circle. The paper held up under the tarps while moving furniture and boxes in and out while doing the whole house. I added a protection design, which some may find offensive. I am not apologizing. I like protective symbols of all sorts. It will be hidden under the stuff. The craft room is like stuffing 100-lbs. of junk in a 1-lb. bag. (laughing...) The first photo is taken with my cell phone. It is of the paper stage. The next photo is after 3 coats of Varathane. I will be doing the 5th after I make some biscuits for dinner and we eat. ;) 
I get 3 days "off", to take car of other things before putting the room back together. I then will clean the whole house and photograph the rooms for the final part of my blatherings on the subject.
I am glad to be done. Sally has scratched the floor in the great room jumping on and off the furniture. That is the downside of stained paper flooring. I am working on a good fix that is easy, blends well, and holds up. Areas where the floors have dried at least one to two weeks instead of 3 days do not show her scratches. I cannot find an answer as to why the Varathane is not scratched, but the stain/coloring underneath is!
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