three different stains, the outside was cabot red mahogony, the yin yang part on the darker side was 2 coats on minwax ebony, the lighter side was a coat of minwax natural, then a coat of the ebony since some had bled through, which turned out ok cuz it kept it a little lighter, then a coat of polyurethane which is still kinda drying, little sticky still, i used small paintburshes to apply it, which was like 5 bucks, the stain and poly was about 6 bucks a can, so about 30 bucks or so, and i got tons of stain left over in case i get another one!